How to use the iphone camera

About the Camera features on your iPhone

Learn about Photographic Styles, QuickTake, the Ultra Wide camera, and other camera features on your iPhone.

Lock in your look with Photographic Styles

With Photographic Styles on iPhone 13 models, you can personalize the look of your images in the Camera app. Choose a preset — Rich Contrast, Vibrant, Warm, or Cool — and if you want, fine-tune it even further by adjusting the Tone and Warmth settings. Set your style once to use your preferred style setting every time you take a photo in Photo mode.

Set up a Photographic Style

When you open the Camera app for the first time, tap Set Up to choose your Photographic Style. Swipe through the different styles and tap Use [Style Name] on the preset that you like.

Make sure to set your style before you start taking photos — you can’t add your Photographic Style to a photo after you’ve already taken it.

Change your Photographic Style

Want to change the Photographic Style that you set? Just open the Camera app, tap the arrow , and tap Photographic Styles . Standard is the default, balanced style that’s true to life and can’t be customized, but you can swipe left to view other preset styles that are customizable. Tap Customize to adjust the Tone and Warmth of the style that you’ve chosen.

Capture close-ups with macro photos and video

iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max introduce macro photography, using the new Ultra Wide camera with advanced lens and auto-focus system for stunning close-ups with sharp focus as close as 2 centimeters. iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max can also shoot macro videos, including slow-motion and time-lapse.

Shooting macro in Photo and Video modes is automatic — just move your iPhone close to the subject and the camera will automatically switch to the Ultra Wide camera if it’s not selected, while maintaining your framing. To shoot macro slow-motion or time-lapse videos, select the Ultra Wide camera (.5x) and move close to the subject.

You might see the Camera app transition to the Ultra Wide camera as you move your iPhone close to or away from a subject. You can turn off automatic macro switching by going to Settings > Camera, then turning off Auto Macro. To shoot macro photos and videos after turning off automatic macro switching, select the Ultra Wide camera (.5x) and move close to the subject.

Grab a video with QuickTake

You can use QuickTake to record videos without switching out of photo mode. QuickTake is available on iPhone XS, iPhone XR, and later.

Hold the shutter to take a video

When you open the Camera app, you see the default photo mode. Tap the Shutter button to take a photo. Then tap the arrow to adjust options, like flash, Live Photos, timer, and more.

If you want to capture a QuickTake video, just press and hold the Shutter button .* Release the button to stop recording.

With iOS 14 and later, you can hold one of the Volume buttons to capture a QuickTake video. If you have Use Volume Up for Burst enabled, you can use the Volume down button to capture a QuickTake video.

Slide to the right to lock recording

To keep recording video without having to hold the button, slide the Shutter button to the right, then release it. When video recording is locked, a Shutter button appears to the right. Tap the Shutter button to take a still photo during video recording. When you’re ready to stop recording, tap the record button.

Slide to the left for burst mode

Slide the Shutter button to the left and hold it to take a burst of photos, then release it to stop.

With iOS 14 and later, you can capture photos in burst mode by pressing the Volume up button. Just go to Settings > Camera and turn on Use Volume Up for Burst.

* To take videos with customizable resolution, stereo audio, and audio zoom, switch to Video mode.

Automatically apply a tailored look to your photos

With Scene Detection, available on iPhone 12 models and later, the camera intelligently detects what you’re taking a photo of and applies a tailored look to bring out the best qualities in the scene. To turn this feature off, go to Settings > Camera, and turn off Scene Detection.

Adjust your focus and exposure

Before you take a photo, the camera automatically sets the focus and exposure, and face detection balances the exposure across many faces. You can use Exposure Compensation Control to precisely set and lock the exposure for upcoming shots.

Just tap the arrow , then tap and adjust your exposure level. The exposure locks until the next time you open the Camera app.

Exposure Compensation Control is available on iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and later with iOS 14 or later.

Take a mirrored selfie

With iOS 14 and later, you can take a mirrored selfie that captures the shot as you see it in the camera frame. To turn Mirror Front Camera on, go to Settings > Camera, then turn on the setting.

The Mirror Front Camera for photo and video is available on iPhone XS, iPhone XR, and later. If you have an iPhone 6s to iPhone X, the setting is called Mirror Front Photos and captures photos only.

Capture photos even faster

You can use Prioritize Faster Shooting to modify how images are processed, allowing you to capture more photos when you rapidly tap the Shutter button . To turn this off, go to Settings > Camera, and turn off Prioritize Faster Shooting.

Prioritize Faster Shooting is available on iPhone XS, iPhone XR, and later with iOS 14 or later.

Enhance your selfies and Ultra Wide photos

With Lens Correction, when you take a selfie with the front-facing camera or a photo with the Ultra Wide (0.5x) lens, it automatically enhances the photos to make them appear more natural. To turn this off, go to Settings > Camera, and turn off Lens Correction.

Lens Correction is available on iPhone 12 models and later.

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How to Use the iPhone Camera

Tips for using the world’s most popular camera

If you own an iPhone, your smartphone camera is pretty impressive. Modern iPhone models have cameras that rival standalone devices that cost thousands.

The iPhone camera has evolved over the years. The original iPhone took photos, but not much more. Subsequent models added features like flash, zoom, and panoramic images. Later models added burst mode, portrait mode, higher megapixels, extra lenses, night mode, and more.

Whichever feature you’re interested in, here’s how to use the Camera app that comes pre-loaded on every iPhone.

The tips in this article apply to various iPhone models with modern and older iOS versions. Read the note in each section to see if your iPhone supports that feature. The Camera app is also available on the iPad and iPod touch, although different models have different features based on their hardware.

Switch Cameras on Your iPhone

All recent iPhone models have two cameras:

• The front-facing camera is for taking selfies, using FaceTime, and similar tasks.
• The back-facing camera is more feature-packed and is for taking photos and videos of other subjects.

It’s easy to change between the two cameras on your iPhone so that you can take selfies, record video, or perform some other task. Just tap the camera button that shows a refresh symbol.

Switching between the back-facing and front-facing camera works on all iPhone models since the iPhone 4.

Switch Lenses on Your iPhone Camera

All iPhones since the iPhone 4 have a front and a back camera. With the iPhone 11, Apple introduced additional lenses.

• The iPhone 11 features a wide-angle and an ultra-wide-angle lens on the back of the device.
• The iPhone 11 Pro has a third telephoto lens on the back, making a total of four lenses, including the front-facing camera.
• The iPhone 12 offers the same arrangement between the standard and Pro models.

If you have one of these models, you can switch between lenses by selecting one of three buttons above the Photo tab in the Camera app:

• .5 refers to the new ultra-wide lens.
• 1x selects the standard wide lens.
• 2 refers to the new telephoto lens.

The telephoto lens is only available on the iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max.

Zoom In With Your iPhone Camera

The iPhone camera can zoom in and out to capture the photo you want. It’s similar to how you zoom up on web pages and pictures.

With the camera open and viewing something, pinch two fingers together to zoom out, or drag your fingers away from each other to zoom up.

Another way to use your iPhone’s digital zoom feature is to pinch either direction to reveal a zoom bar at the bottom of the screen. Drag the bar to the left to see more of the picture or to the right to zoom closer.

Camera zooming is supported in iPhone 3GS and newer models.

Use the iPhone Camera Flash

The iPhone camera picks up details in low light. Still, you can get great low-light photos with the built-in camera flash. Recent models of the iPhone include multiple flashes, which deliver better, more natural colors.

In the Camera app, the camera flash icon is the lightning bolt at the top of the screen. Tap it to reveal these options:

• Auto: Uses the flash only when needed to take a good picture, as determined by the iPhone camera.
• On: The flash is used for every picture.
• Off: This is the default setting for the camera. The phone doesn’t produce a flash, regardless of the lighting conditions.

These camera flash details are relevant for all iPhone models from iPhone 4 and newer.

Use Portrait Mode and Portrait Lighting on an iPhone

Some iPhone models have a dual-camera system on the back that delivers high-quality photos that apply lighting techniques and depth-of-field effects.

Portrait Mode and Portrait Lighting work with iPhone 7 Plus and newer iPhone models.

Use HDR Photos

High Dynamic Range (HDR) photos deliver better-looking, more detailed images by taking multiple exposures of the same scene and combining them.

Your phone gives you some control over HDR photos. Tap Settings > Camera, and then do the following:

• Move the Smart HDR slider to on/green to use HDR photos for all the pictures you take.
• Move the Keep Normal Photo slider to on/green to keep a non-HDR copy of your photos (this isn’t necessary, but some photographers prefer it).

HDR photos are available on iPhone 4 and newer models.

Apply the Camera Focus on an iPhone

Tap an object or person to apply the camera’s focus to a particular part of a scene. A square appears on the screen to indicate the part of the image on which the camera is focused.

The focus feature automatically adjusts exposure and white balance to deliver the best-looking photo, but you can also control this. Tap the screen to display the focus square, then swipe up and down to adjust the brightness.

Focusing your iPhone camera on an object is available on iPhone 4 and newer.

Take Panoramic Photos on an iPhone

Want to capture an immersive vista that’s more detailed and spectacular than the standard image size offered by iPhone photos? 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 select Pano.

Tap the button used to take photos.

Follow the on-screen directions and move the iPhone slowly and steadily across the subject you want to capture in the panorama, following the line you see on the screen.

Tap Done when you’re finished to save the panoramic photo to your Photos app.

The photo will look small on your iPhone since the screen isn’t big enough to show the full-size image. Share the image to a device with a larger screen to see the full-size photo.

Panoramic pictures can be taken on iPhone 4S and newer devices with at least iOS 6.

Use Burst Mode on an iPhone

If you want to capture several photos quickly, like when photographing action, use burst mode. Instead of snapping a picture every time you press the button, it takes up to 10 every second.

When you take photos using burst mode, tap and hold the shutter button. As it captures images, the on-screen count rapidly rises.

When finished, go to the Photos app to review your burst mode photos and delete any you don’t want.

iPhone 5S and newer models support burst mode.

Apply Photo Filters on an iPhone

Some popular photo apps apply stylish effects and filters to photos to make images look cool (hello, Instagram!). The iPhone’s Camera app has a set of filters that you can apply without using another app.

Access 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.

Photo filters work with iPhone 4S and newer on devices with iOS 7 or higher.

Take Live Photos on an iPhone

Apple’s Live Photos format combines animation and audio to create fun, engaging snapshots. You can also apply filters that loop the animations or bounce the action back and forth.

iPhone 6S and newer models support Live Photos.

Capture Square Format Photos

Your iPhone can take Instagram-style square photos instead of the rectangular photos the Camera app captures typically.

To switch to square mode, swipe the words beneath the viewfinder until Square is selected. Then, use the camera as you usually would.

iPhone 4S and newer can take square photos if it has at least iOS 7.

Use a Grid to Compose Better Photos

Want some help taking better-looking photos? Turn on the grid feature built into the Camera app to get on-screen composition assistance.

Enabling a grid in the Camera app puts a grid on the screen while you’re taking pictures. It breaks the image up into squares to help in composing photos.

To turn it on, open the Settings app and tap Camera > Grid.

Using the camera grid is supported on all iPhone models back through iPhone 3GS.

Use AE/AF Lock

The Camera app also includes an AE/AF lock feature to lock in your current auto-exposure or autofocus settings.

To find this setting in the Camera app, tap and hold on the screen until AE/AF Lock appears at the top. Tap the screen once anywhere to turn it off.

AE/AF Lock is supported on iPhone 3GS and newer models.

Scan QR Codes With an iPhone

Modern iPhones don’t need a separate app to scan QR codes. No matter where you see one, use the built-in Camera app to read QR codes.

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.

QR code scanning was introduced in iOS 11.

Record Video on an iPhone

Besides being a great still camera, the iPhone is also a terrific video camera. Recent models can capture ultra-high-resolution 4K footage, slow-motion video, and more.

To take a video on an iPhone, open the Camera app, slide to Video, and use the red button to start and stop the recording.

Some still photography features, like HDR photos and panorama, don’t work when recording video, though the camera flash does. You can also take still images while recording the video.

You can use the phone’s built-in video editor, the Apple iMovie app, or third-party apps to edit videos taken with the iPhone camera.

Record Slow-Motion Video

Slow-motion video is another significant improvement delivered by the iPhone 5S, along with burst mode. Rather than taking videos that run at 30 frames per second (fps), more recent models can capture slow-motion videos at 120 fps or 240 fps on some models. This effect can add drama and detail to your videos.

To record slow-motion videos, swipe the row of options below the viewfinder to Slo-Mo, and then proceed as you usually would.

Slow-motion video recording works with iPhone 5S and newer models.

Record Time-Lapse Video

Slow-motion isn’t the only neat video effect built in to the iOS Camera app. There’s also a time-lapse video feature.

To record time-lapse video on your iPhone, open the Camera app, then swipe the text below the viewfinder until you reach Time-Lapse. Record as usual to make the video.

iPhones with iOS 8 and higher can record time-lapse videos.

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