Last spring I was at the Paris Zoo and I couldn’t believe how good the 5x zoom pictures were with my 15 Pro Max. Like at most zoos the animals were far away and you can barely see them, but with the 5x from 50 feet I can see the eyelashes on a zebra!
I don’t know how these will convert upon uploading, but here are three photos of the same zebra at different zoom levels (1x, 5x, and max). There’s obviously some digital zoom on the max one, but the detail is still incredible.
Far:
Medium:
Max:
I came away wildly impressed. Obviously the zoom doesn’t replace a DLSR with a real zoom lens, but for a pocket camera I carry everywhere, wow.