Kate Mills
Dec 25, 2023
Since we all await occasions and festivities like Christmas and the New Year to capture photos and videos of the festivities with family and friends, what’s holding you back from making them unforgettable if you’ve got an iPhone?
Don’t undermine your iPhone, for it contains a set of features capable of enhancing the quality and creativity of your holiday photos and videos.
Gad Insider brings to the table the top 5 features that mostly remain undiscovered and unused for an average iPhone user like you.
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Top 5 iPhone camera features
- Spacial Video
- Cinematic Mode
- Ultra Wide-Angle Lens for Group Shots
- Portrait Mode
- Photographic Styles
1. Spacial Video
The Spatial Video capture feature is available on the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max running iOS 17.2 or later. The feature allows you to record 3D-format videos. Videos made using this feature can also be played back in normal 2D format on other devices.
The technology behind Spatial Video Capture involves using the iPhone 15 Pro's Main and Ultra Wide cameras. The feature merges inputs from these cameras, creating a single 3D video.
The video produced through this feature offers depth that can be utilised by compatible devices to produce a 3D viewing experience and makes the viewer feel as if they are actually part of the captured moment.
2. Cinematic Mode
It’s a feature that adds a depth-of-field effect to videos. Cinematic mode uses advanced computational algorithms to automatically focus on subjects and creatively blur the background. The feature is available in iPhone 13 and newer models.
Cinematic mode allows users to shift focus smoothly from one subject to another. The feature automatically adjusts focus when someone enters or leaves the frame.
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3. Ultra Wide-Angle Lens for Group Shots
This feature is resting inside your phone’s Ultra Wide camera lens. Available on most iPhone models starting from the iPhone 11, it offers unique functions that are particularly fruitful when taking group photos on holidays.
4. Portrait Mode
Although the feature exists in earlier models of the iPhone as well, the iPhone 15 series brought remarkable enhancements to Portrait mode. The feature now allows users to adjust the focus of an image or add background blur after its capture, even if the Portrait mode wasn’t selected at photo-taking time.
The feature simplifies the post-editing of the photos, allowing you to try out different focal points, ensuring that each portrait captures the subject in the most flattering and interesting way.
5. Photographic Styles
This feature, introduced in the iPhone 13 series, offers a personalised photography experience to make your holiday photos look more stunning by applying filters to the images taken. The feature allows users to choose and customise a photographic style their photos automatically adapt.
Photographic Styles are filters with smart adjustments that apply selectively to different parts of the photo, such as skin tones and sky. Photographic Styles is self-reliant to adjust to different lighting conditions in each shot, making sure the natural skin tones and textures are captured.
