Read the note in each section to see if your iPhone supports each feature.
Just tap the circular arrow.
Switching between the back-facing and front-facing camera works on all iPhone models since the iPhone 4.
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Switch Lenses on Your iPhone Camera
With the iPhone 11, Apple introduced additional lenses.
Apple All iPhones since the iPhone 4 have a front and a back camera.
It’s similar to how youzoom up on web pagesand pictures.
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Drag the bar to the left to see more of the picture or to the right to zoom closer.
Use the iPhone Camera Flash
The iPhone camera picks up details in low light.
Still, you might get great low-light photos with the built-in camera flash.
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Recent models of the iPhone include multiple flashes, which deliver better, more natural colors.
In the Camera app, thecamera flashicon is the lightning bolt at the top of the screen.
Portrait Mode and Portrait Lighting work with iPhone 7 Plus and newer iPhone models.
Your phone gives you some control over HDR photos.
A square appears on the screen to indicate the part of the image on which the camera is focused.
Tap the screen to display the focus square, then swipe up and down to adjust the brightness.
Use the iPhone’s panoramic photo option.
Even though it doesn’t have a panoramic lens, iPhone uses software to stitch together multiple images.
From the Camera app, swipe through the text below the viewfinder to selectPano.
Tap the button used to take photos.
TapDonewhen you’re finished to save the panoramic photo to your Photos app.
Instead of snapping a picture every time you press the button, it takes up to 10 every second.
get into the iPhone camera filters by selecting the three interlocking circles from the corner of the Camera app.
Scroll through the filters to see how each looks, then use your camera as you normally would.
The camera will save any image you take a picture of with the filter you selected.
you could also apply filters that loop the animations or bounce the action back and forth.
The button looks like a series of nested circles.
Swipe the words beneath the viewfinder to switch to square mode untilSquareis selected.
Then, use the camera as you usually would.
Enabling a grid in the Camera app puts a grid on the screen while taking pictures.
It breaks the image up into squares to help in composing photos.
The grid doesn’t appear in your photos; it’s just on the screen to help you.
To turn it on, fire up the controls app and tapCamera>Grid.
To find this setting in the Camera app, tap and hold the screen untilAE/AF Lockappears at the top.
Tap the screen once anywhere to turn it off.
Use the built-in Camera app to readQR codesno matter where you see one.
To do this, view the code on your camera and tap the banner that explains where it goes.
You’ll immediately complete the QR code’s action.
Recent models can capture ultra-high-resolution4Kfootage, slow-motion video, and more.
you could alsotake still images while recording the video.
This effect can add drama and detail to your videos.
To record slow-motion videos, swipe the row of options below the viewfinder toSlo-Mo, then proceed as usual.
Record Time-Lapse Video
Slow-motion isn’t the only neat video effect built into the iOS Camera app.
There’s also a time-lapse video feature.
Record as usual to make the video.
FAQ
Only some iPhones have the ability to do macro photography.
Assuming they are paired together, yes!
