According to one of the Lux Optics co-founders, who's also the developer behind the Halide camera app, Apple was close to acquiring Lux Optics in an attempt to improve its native Camera app. Lux Optics is also behind the Kino, Spectre and Orion apps.The deal eventually fell through in September last year. However, the report claims that Apple was pretty close and planned to improve the camera experience in its default Camera app on iPhones.If you've been following the news lately, you've probably seen headlines about Apple working on a variable aperture feature for the iPhone 18...