How to set the cross for Apple camera?

The camera of Apple's mobile phone has many hidden functions, some of which are common, others are not. Let's talk about it in detail, especially for photographers who haven't fully understood the shooting mode and function of Apple's mobile phone camera. This article is worth collecting and reading.

Apple's own camera can be said to be the simplest of all mobile phones, because all its shooting modes are equivalent to fool mode. We just need to click on the screen to focus, and then press the shutter to shoot. Although it is very simple, we should also know some small operations and skills to make us more handy in shooting. There are also some small hidden functions in the iPhone.

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Shooting mode

When you turn on the camera of iPhone, you can see many shooting modes, from left to right: time-lapse photography, slow motion, video, photos, portraits, squares and panoramic views. The three items on the left are video shooting modes, and the four items on the right are photo shooting modes.

Seven shooting modes of Apple mobile phone

Time-lapse photography: equivalent to fool mode, it can shoot video images with changes and movements, such as moving cars and clouds. When shooting, it is best to use a tripod to play a stable role. After switching to time-lapse photography mode, click on the screen to focus, and then shoot with a dark shutter.

Slow motion: a picture specially used for shooting slow motion video. The picture speed is slower than that of conventional video, which is suitable for shooting scenes where people are walking and moving quickly. Slow motion can make these scenes more detailed.

Video: Used to shoot video at normal speed.

Taking pictures: The mode of taking pictures is also the most commonly used shooting mode in daily shooting.

Portrait: You can take photos with blurred background. In portrait mode, the iPhone's second camera is actually working, and the camera will automatically switch to twice the focal length to zoom in.

Square: The ratio of the number of frames taken is 1: 1, and the length and width are the same, otherwise it is the same as the "photo" mode.

Panorama: a mode specially used for shooting large scenes, suitable for shooting landscapes and buildings.

The function above the shooting interface

At the top of the shooting interface, there are some shooting function options, from left to right: flash (usually off), HDR (often used to shoot scenery), live broadcast, countdown shooting and filter. The cross in the middle is a level, which is used to judge whether the mobile phone is horizontal when shooting.

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Focus and exposure operations

In the camera shooting interface of iPhone, click the screen, and a yellow focus box will appear in the screen. Before taking a picture, you must focus on the subject to ensure the clarity of the subject.

Click on the screen to display the focus box.

The focus of the mobile phone not only ensures the clear focus of the picture, but also has the function of metering. When there are both dark shadows and bright areas, the exposure of the picture obtained by focusing on the dark and bright areas respectively is completely different.

The focus frame is aimed at the sky (bright part) and the exposure is dark.

The focus frame is facing the ground (dark part) and the exposure is too bright.

The focus frame is aimed at the junction of the sky and the mountain peak, taking into account the exposure of the sky and the scenery.

On the right side of the focus frame, there is a small yellow sun button. This "little sun" is called the exposure compensation function. We can hold it with one finger and then pull it up and down. Pulling up can improve the exposure of the picture, and scanning down can reduce the exposure of the picture. This function is very common in the seven shooting modes of iPhone. You can adjust the exposure by pulling "Little Sun" when taking photos and videos.

The small sun on the right side of the focus frame can be pressed, pulled up and slid down to adjust the exposure.

Usually, when shooting some pale white scenes such as white walls and sky, you need to pull up the small sun to enhance the picture exposure, while when shooting some scenes with strong contrast between light and dark, you need to pull down the small sun to reduce the picture exposure to enhance the contrast between light and dark.

There are many white walls and skies in this painting. When shooting, you need to raise a small sun to make the picture brighter.

The light and shadow (contrast between light and shade) in the picture is strong, so it is necessary to lower the small sun to strengthen the contrast between light and shade when shooting.

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Live function

At the top of the shooting interface, there is a function called "live broadcast", which can shoot long exposure effects. It is a function worth playing in the camera, and this function needs to be updated to the latest system of iPhone.

Live function

When turning on this function, you need to hold the phone firmly and try not to shake it when taking pictures. The "live broadcast" function is mainly used to shoot several subjects: people walking, car light tracks and water drawing, which means you need to shoot in scenes such as people walking, cars at night and running water.

After taking a photo, open the photo album, then hold down the photo and slide up. There will be four photo effects below, namely: live broadcast, cycle, back and forth and long exposure. The first three are basically meaningless, and the fourth long exposure is the most worth playing. Just choose the long exposure effect.

Shoot the track effect at night.

Vaguely flowing crowd.

Beat the water to get the effect of atomizing wire drawing.