Apple iPad Pro 11 "Review (2023): our opinion, our measurements in the lab

With its 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro, Apple is slightly increasing the photo capabilities of its high-end slates. The traditional 12-megapixel module is thus accompanied by an ultra-wide-angle 10-megapixel module. In total, we identify a triple rear photo module, with the following configuration.

• Main wide-angle module: 12 megapixels, f / 1.8, eq. 26 mm
• Ultra wide-angle module: 10 megapixels, f / 2.4, eq. 11 mm
• LiDAR module dedicated to augmented reality and depth of field

Main wide-angle module: 12 megapixels, f / 1.8, eq. 26 mm

The main photo module of this 11-inch iPad Pro (2023) turns out to be very slightly better than that of the 2018 edition. In two years and with a very close module, the picture obtained gains sharpness and contrast, but turns out also warmer, without being perfectly convincing. Faced with a Galaxy Tab S6, its direct competitor, the iPad still boasts a more natural look.

enlarge

However, Apple has not advanced its main module at night. The noise still invades the cliché as much, the colors drown in the dark and do not give way to a usable shot.

enlarge

Ultra wide-angle module: 10 megapixels, f / 2.4, eq. 11 mm

With its 10-megapixel sensor, the ultra wide-angle module of the 11-inch iPad Pro (2023) is just fine. It makes it possible to obtain exploitable shots, but which lack sharpness and contrast. It's still better than the Galaxy Tab S6, without being really good.

enlarge

If the ultra wide-angle of iPhone are already at night, that of the 11-inch iPad Pro (2023) is simply on the street. The picture hardly makes it possible to distinguish the scene.

enlarge

Front module, portrait mode, LiDAR sensor

At the front, the front module has a 7 megapixel sensor supported by a lens opening at f / 2.2. This combination offers detailed selfies. The module will thus prove capable of easily managing videoconferencing. Portrait mode is relatively effective, precisely turning faces, but stumbling here and there on curly hair. Finally, the integrated LiDAR sensor makes the experience of augmented reality much smoother. When the iPhone operating its photo modules requests to be moved around the area concerned before taking a measurement, the iPad Pro is directly operational. In the measurement app, for example, errors are also much rarer, the points really anchoring in space. A nice little bonus, in short.