Leica's response to 12MP showing on the iPhone 17 Pro

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LUX shows 12 MP because Aperture Mode still uses Apple’s 12 MP depth data pipeline.

Even though the iPhone 17 sensor is 18 MP, Apple doesn’t yet allow access to both full-resolution capture and depth data at once.

The app doesn’t just resize the image—it’s actually captured at 12 MP by design.

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this doesn't work? i thought the IP17 is 48mp.. >>>>

have the Camera app’s Resolution Control setting enabled.

To do this go to Settings > Camera > Formats and then toggle on Resolution Control.Now when you open the camera app, in the upper left hand corner you’ll see HEIC 24. Tap that and then tap 48MP to shoot 48MP images.

"when switching to 48MP: When you switch, the iPhone Camera won’t automatically capture depth data at this resolution. That means you can’t shoot in 48MP and then take advantage of one of the iPhone’s coolest camera features: being able to turn any photo into a Portrait mode photo when editing later—even if you didn’t shoot the photo in Portrait mode in the Camera app.Portrait photos require the Camera app to capture depth data. Apple limits the capture of depth data to the binned 24MP capture mode. This is reflected in the fact that once you switch to 48MP and then switch over Portrait mode while shooting, the Resolution Control icon disappears, indicating that the camera is locked at 24MP."