We have been traveling on a Viking Expedition ship to Patagonia. During the voyage, there have been various presentations and some have involved technology. While I am an experienced iPhone user, I did attend a session on the iPhone camera, and as is so often the case I learned something I had overlooked because I tend not to explore new capabilities.
The new techniques makes use of the “shutter” button while in camera mode. It turns out that this button can be moved and the different movements accomplish different things. Slide the button to the left to enter “burst” mode. Slide the button to the right to take video even when taking photos. Slide the button up and down to zoom in and out. Maybe you already knew this, but it was new to me.
When in burst mode, the number of images captured is indicated in the space where the shutter button used to be. Note that when shooting bursts only one image will appear in your photo collection, but click on this image and you will see the entire sequence.
What is burst mode useful for? I think of it as “whale mode”. It is so difficult to capture that perfect whale picture because it takes some time for a camera to respond and the perfect time is never predictable. You see the whale arch its back to dive and by the time you get the photo at best what you capture is the tail. Burst mode allows a sequence of images to be collected and you can then select the shots you want. Action shots such as sports photos would be another good example of an application.
Finally, the use of the “shutter” button to zoom in and out. This move is especially useful while shooting video in order to get smooth transitions. You don’t have to pinch to zoom allowing one-handed operation and smooth transitions.
I don’t own an android phone to explore, but similar actions are available within the camera app on these phones.
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