The new iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max have the most impressive cameras Apple has created to date. Here’s how you can get the most out of them to make your photos and videos look stunning.
The new iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max have the most impressive cameras Apple has created to date. Here’s how you can get the most out of them to make your photos and videos look stunning.
Between updates with iOS and enhancements to the hardware, Apple’s stock Camera app gets more powerful every year. Here is your definitive guide to the camera app.
How to master the camera app on iPhone 15 Pro — Physical buttons
Unbeknownst to many, the volume up and volume down buttons can iPhone can be used to capture photos — similar to a physical shutter button on a camera.
Press either the up or down volume buttons to instantly capture a photo, without having to press the on-screen shutter button. Some users find this easier and cause less movement of the phone when taking the picture.
If you hold down either button, a video will begin recording. The on-screen shutter button will morph into a red circle and a red timer will appear at the top of the screen to indicate a video being captured.
By heading into Settings and selecting Camera, you can toggle on an option to use the volume up button to capture burst photos instead.
In that situation, you still hold the volume down button to start a video but the volume up will capture a series of burst photos until you release the button.
Both of the pro phones have the new programmable Action Button. In settings, you can choose from several different functions for this button including turning on the flashlight or starting a voice memo.
Since we’re talking cameras, one of the preset options for the Action Button is to open the stock Camera app. It even has options for jumping into various modes including photo, selfie, video, portrait, and portrait selfie.
To customize further, you open a third-party camera app. Choose Shortcut as the option and then „open app.“
You can choose any third-party app but we like Halide due to its support of new features such as its zero-lag shutter and upcoming support for HDR.
How to master the camera app on iPhone 15 Pro – On screen controls
In the camera app, there are lots of controls on display, some of which aren’t readily apparent. One of them hides within the shutter button itself.
Everyone knows that you can take a photo by tapping the shutter button, but some may not know about QuickTake. With QuickTake, you can start capturing burst photos or a video without swapping shooting modes.
When you tap and hold the shutter button, it will start recording a video. When you release the shutter button, the video capture will stop.
While you are recording a QuickTake video, you can slide the shutter button to the right and it will lock into video mode so you don’t have to keep holding the button down.
Apple even adds this wonderful animation where the red square that denotes the video recording will morph into a red circle as you drag. That circle, by the way, can be tapped to take a photo while recording a video.
Similarly, holding the shutter button and quickly dragging to the left will start shooting burst photos. Once you release the shutter, the burst photos will stop.
Zoom levels on iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max
Both iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max have the same two Main and ultra-wide cameras.
