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[Ron]

I just got an iPhone... my first, and after using Android for so long I'm having a bit of a ... I guess you would call it, teething problem. And, among the things that really wet my diaper have to do with the Apple iOS 9 camera app. It seems I can't take a decent picture with this thing to save my life. And, burst mode? Excuse me? How on earth do you turn that... uh, feature... off?

 

Inquiring minds want to know...

 

--Ron

[hatman]

Hey Ron. To prevent using burst mode is quite simple, don't rest your finger on the shutter button. It can't be turned off. As for why you can't take a decent photo you'll have to elaborate. 

[TBonz]

Heck, I wasn't even aware of the burst mode (didn't really look for it) on the iPhone until about a week ago...tried it for the first time with some lightning and the burst came in pretty handy...here's one that SOOP (Phone)...

 

 

Grainy and everything, but they do take nice photos once you get used to working with them...

 

 

EDIT:  And, of course, it posted sideways...oh well...

[Rontography]

Heck, I wasn't even aware of the burst mode until right now. Interesting. 

 

EDIT:  And, of course, it posted sideways...oh well...

 

drives me crazy when it does that

[Ron]

Thanks guys. The phone does take decent pictures but, for whatever reason, I'm having difficulty training myself to touch and release. The phone is extremely fast and can easily fire off a dozen shots if I'm not careful. I was just hoping that there was a way to turn this um... feature off. I've talked to Apple and they parroted what you've already said, nope nope nope. I did suggest that they add the ability to toggle this in a future release of iOS but I'm not gonna hold my breath. I'm still learning though.... in time maybe I'll get the hang of it. At the moment, I don't even know how to view all those burst shots individually. :-\ 

 

On the sideways deal... I've noticed some other photos that got posted that way and I was wondering how to manage it. Apparently that's not possible either. Jeeze Apple!

 

BTW... speaking of grainy and whatnot. I installed Lightroom mobile on the phone and the syncing feature works great. I'm able to edit my iPhone photos on the PC which is a whole lot easier on my tired old eyes. The caveat is that, until you save them locally, they are just synced. If you delete them on the iPhone, they also get deleted from your PC or Mac which is kind of a bummer although I guess it makes sense. Lightroom mobile also has it's own camera... without burst mode. woohoo!  

 

Oh, and btw... that's a cool photo, Tbonz!

 

--Ron

[Malice]

Maybe you're already aware of that and maybe not all of this works with all iPhone models, so just in case:

5 Weird Ways To Release The iPhone Camera Shutter

[Merco_61]

Maybe you're already aware of that and maybe not all of this works with all iPhone models, so just in case:

 

Malice, that site is on F-secure's blacklist at the moment because of reported malware.

[hatman]

Perhaps the problem is as with most cameras one normally rests their finger on the shutter button, give it a half press to focus, then take the image by pressing further. With the phone's touch screen one can't do that. A little practice and it becomes second nature. For a phone they take pretty good photos though. As someone once said, the best camera is the one that's with you. 

[Malice]

Malice, that site is on F-secure's blacklist at the moment because of reported malware.

Applogies then. I wasn't aware of this.

The article is about alternative ways to release the shutter of an iPhone.

You can for example use the volume control buttons of the phone itself or even on the headset.

[Ron]

Thanks. I was able to find another article with basically the same info (I think). At least it also listed 5 alternate ways to release the shutter.

 

Hatman: You're absolutely correct that part of my problem is that I'm used to resting my index finger on the shutter release, using a half press to activate metering (I use back button AF) and then a full press to fire the camera. Yeah, clearly I need to do more practicing.

 

I'd still like to see Apple add some code to iOS to toggle burst mode. Yeah, Apple. I'm talking to you!

 

--Ron

[Jerry_]

@Ron,

(For what it's worth)

On the rare occasions that I use the camera mode on the iPad, I am using the 'Top camera' app (not only since iOS9), of which I am adding a printscreen hereafter.

Number of possibilities to setup and adjust the captures. For more details check the Appstore.

[Ron]

OK, thanks Jerry! Will do!

 

--Ron