

Tap Live Photo to shoot a short, animated GIF-style picture, or tap the Filter button - the far right button - to show real-time filters. Along the top, there are two options you should pay attention to: Filters and Live Photo. Flip to the front camera using the button in the bottom right of the screen, which is opposite a shortcut to the Gallery. All the modes are spread across the screen under the viewfinder window, and you swipe left or right to select them. The iPhone’s standard camera app is one of the easiest to use, and one that doesn’t get bogged down with many features you will never use.

The camera app Julian Chokkattu/Digital Trends The shutter release button is obvious, but you can also use the volume up key on the side of the device to snap a photo. There are two ways to actually take a photo, too. We like this method, as it has a pleasing amount of haptic feedback when you press the button. Alternatively, one of the two shortcut buttons Apple places on the lock screen - it’s the one on the right - opens the camera app straight away. The first is to simply slide your finger from the right to the left of the lock screen, and the camera viewfinder automatically appears. You know where the camera icon is on the iPhone’s homepage, but do you know the various ways to quickly access the camera from the lock screen? There are two.
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The front camera has 7 megapixels and an f/2.2 aperture, 1080p video recording at up to 60fps, and it also offers a portrait mode, although here it’s purely software driven. It will also record video at up to 4K resolution and 60fps, in stereo.

This provides a 2x optical zoom, and has dual optical image stabilization, a Smart HDR feature, and a portrait mode. The sensor is larger than the one used for the iPhone X, measuring 1.4nm. What do you get? A dual-lens 12-megapixel camera made up of a main wide-angle lens with an f/1.8 aperture, and a second telephoto lens with an f/2.4 aperture. What applies to one, applies to the other. Worried the iPhone XS Max may take better photos than the iPhone XS, or vice versa? Don’t be, because they both have exactly the same camera on the back. Camera specs Julian Chokkattu/Digital Trends Here’s our hands-on guide to getting the best from your iPhone XS camera.
