The Ultra Wide Camera Is Gone

Apple naturally didn’t mention this at all yesterday, but anybody who has used a recent-model iPad Pro in the past few years would likely have noticed a conspicuous omission when Apple Senior VP John Ternus showed off the 12-megapixel camera and adaptive True Tone flash.

That’s right, the Ultra Wide camera that came to the iPad Pro alongside the LiDAR scanner in 2020 is no more. This means you get the single 12MP shooter that’s more or less identical to the one found on prior models, and no more 2x optical zoom out.

We’re assuming that was a concession to making the iPad Pro “impossibly thin,” but we’re not sure it’s much of a loss. The iPad Pro was never really about the cameras, and the new adaptive flash allows for much better document scanning, which is the only thing many folks use their iPad camera for. However, if you liked the ultrawide capabilities, the M4 iPad Pro will be a bit of a letdown.