iPhone 11 Camera Tips and Tricks Take Advantage of its Photographic Power

Without a doubt, the iPhone cameras are the best there is on a mobile device and the iPhone 11 series which include the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max have received hardware and software upgrades that make them even better. Throughout this article, we’ll be discussing several iPhone 11 camera tips and tricks on how you can make the best use of them for taking pictures, their specifications and all the differences between them.

iPhone 11 Tips and Tricks on Taking Photos

The iPhone 11 comes with a series of new features that improve the quality of images and videos captured.

Here are a few of them with tips and tricks on how you could make use of them:

Using the Wide Angle Camera

Here’s the first iPhone 11 tip, as the name “wide-angle camera” implies, it provides a pretty wide view of the images captured and it is the default camera setting of the iPhone 11.

It is perfect for portraits, landscapes, group photos, and street photography. These images can be taken either horizontally or vertically. To shoot vertical images it is best to select the portrait orientation.

If you’d like to capture images outside the frame, you would have to switch to the Ultra-Wide Lens. To do this, go to SETTINGS and enable PHOTOS CAPTURE OUTSIDE THE FRAME.

Adjusting Compositions

The second iPhone 11 tip is adjusting compositions to make your photos stand out and also edit it just the way you like it. This is done by heading to SETTINGS and selecting COMPOSITION.

If PHOTOS CAPTURE OUTSIDE THE FRAME is enabled two images will be taken at the same time – one with the standard angle lens and the other with the wide-angle lens. Also, if the wider angle photo isn’t edited within thirty days it gets deleted.

Using the Camera Zoom Control

The third iPhone 11 tip is focused on using the zoom control settings. The iPhone camera was upgraded in the iPhone 11 series and this means that some settings have changed.

To zoom images, there are two buttons: 0.5x and 1x which are the ultra-wide camera and standard camera respectively.

You can tap on the button to view the zoom wheel. With the zoom wheel, you can select intermediate zoom levels and focal lengths. You can also zoom in and out of images and switch between lenses by using two fingers to pinch and zoom images.

Using the Smart HDR (High Dynamic Range)

The fourth iPhone 11 tip is focused on making use of the Smart HDR setting. The iPhone 11 series possess the smart HDR function which allows users to take awesome shots in high contrast situations.

This is also a default setting and it is done automatically, detecting light levels and preserving highlight and shadow details in images. To disable this feature, go to SETTINGS, head to the CAMERA section and turn off the Smart HDR.

Taking Night Photos

This iPhone 11 camera tip explains how to use the night mode settings. This mode is only automatically activated when the iPhone 11 detects that lighting conditions are pretty low and the image could be enhanced with longer exposure.

A crescent moon icon appears in the top left corner of the screen and it indicates the night mode. If the image has low-to-medium lighting conditions, the night mode isn’t automatically activated but the option is left available to users who can then manually tap the icon to enable it. Also, the slider can be dragged to adjust the exposure time.

Changing Crop and Aspect Ration

A cool iPhone 11 trick is swiping up on the viewfinder (an upward pointing arrow) to reveal a whole lot of controls of which crop and aspect ratio are among.

To change the aspect ratio, simply tap the button and select either of the options which include 1:1 (used to take square images), 4:3 (default setting) and 16:9. Cropping can be easily done in the Photos library.

iPhone 11 vs iPhone 11 PRO vs iPhone 11 PRO MAX

As expected there are some differences between the iPhone 11 models and they include the following:

Retail Price

The iPhones are pretty expensive as the iPhone 11 retails at $699, the iPhone 11 Pro retails at $999 and the iPhone 11 Pro Max retails at $1099 for their least storage options.

Lenses

The iPhone 11 series boasts of its ultra-wide, wide and telephoto lenses which allow its users to take awesome camera shots and videos, however, only the iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max possess the telephoto lens feature. The telephoto lens allows users to take optically zoom into images without distorting the image.

Display

The iPhone 11 has a 6.1” Liquid Retina LCD screen with a resolution of 1792 x 828 pixels while the iPhone 11 Pro has a 5.8” Super Retina XDR OLED screen with a resolution of 1125 x 2436 pixels and the iPhone 11 Pro Max has a 6.5” Super retina XDR OLED screen with a resolution of 1242 x 2688 pixels. The OLED screens in the Pro models allow users to have improved image quality as colors are more vibrant and blacks are even deeper.

Storage Options

The iPhones come in various storage models such as the iPhone 11 with storage options of 64GB, 128GB and 256GB while the iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max have storage options of 64GB, 256GB, and 512GB. 

Water Resistance

 The iPhone 11 series all possess water resistance features. The iPhone 11 can be underwater at a depth of 2m for 30 minutes, while the Pro and Pro Max variants can be placed underwater at a depth of 4m for 30 minutes.

CONCLUSION

The iPhone 11 series is an improvement of the iPhone X series. These smartphones are quite expensive but they make up for it with the all-round upgrades they have received. Judging by the improvements in its lenses, Smart HDR, water resistance, improved battery life to many other features they are a must-have gadget.

The 12MP wide-angle selfie support to capture the best images is by far the coolest iPhone 11 tip so also is recording 4K videos at 60 fps including slow-mo videos.

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