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Home > News > How To Get Clearer Pics With Your iPhone Camera

How To Get Clearer Pics With Your iPhone Camera

April 26, 2012 by Scott Ellis

Tip A Day #14

In some circumstances getting a clear shot with your iPhone is a little more challenging than with a regular camera. I recently learned (ok, months ago) a bit of insight that can help get clear pictures with the iPhone.

What I didn’t realize, and some of you may not, is that your iPhone snaps the picture when you take your finger off the virtual button, not when you tap it down.

Undoubtedly that’s by design because when you first press your finger to the screen you’re likely to shake the camera ever so slightly, but that’s all it takes to ruin any picture.

BTW, this also worked with all Android devices we tested.

iPhone now also allows you to snap a pic by pressing down the volume button on the side of the phone when you are in camera mode. However, in that circumstance, it does snap the picture when you press it down.

BTW, this little iPhone insight courtesy of Scott Kublin.

That’s it for this tip. Take some awesome iPhone pics and share them, and your tip ideas, with me on Google+ at gplus.to/scottellis or on Twitter @vsellis.com.

Learn Something New Everyday!

Filed Under: News, Tutorial Tagged With: Mobility, photography, Tip a Day, tips

About Scott Ellis

Scott Ellis: is the founder of vsellis.com web design, and hyperlocal publisher of the leading online media resource for Frisco, Tx. Connect with Scott on Instagram, Google+, or twitter @vsellis.

Comments

  1. Chris says

    May 6, 2012 at 11:30 am

    Thanks for the tip, it works in HTC Droid Incredible Android phone also.

  2. EclipseGc says

    April 26, 2012 at 9:44 pm

    I have shaky hands and have known about this “solution” for a long time (works at least as far back as the original 3G), that being said, Camera+ is a relatively inexpensive app and has a burst mode that I find invaluable for capturing children. In fact the biggest problem with this solution is the volume of photos I have to sift back through, but it’s well worth the effort and has gotten me a ton of photos I would have NEVER caught any other way. A recent update for it allows it to use the volume + button as well, and this makes getting bursts of photos very very easy. I can’t suggest it enough for anyone who has this issue.

    Eclipse

  3. Henry Escolano says

    April 26, 2012 at 9:16 pm

    You can also use the iPhone headset as a remote switch. Pushing the volume button on the headset also snaps the picture.

  4. Shawn Weisfeld says

    April 26, 2012 at 2:57 pm

    For those Windows Phone users, when you press down on the camera button the picture is taken. However, on my Nokia Lumina 900, if I half way hold down the camera button it will auto focus the picture, press it the rest of the way down and it will snap the pic.

  5. Lisa Marie Mary says

    April 26, 2012 at 1:06 pm

    Awesome! I was having issues about ‘when’ the pic was getting snapped – now I know! Thanks, Scott!

  6. John Hays says

    April 26, 2012 at 12:57 pm

    Scott!! Wow, I am SO out of the loop! I didn’t know you were part of Geekbeat now! That’s awesome! 🙂

    John

    • Scott Ellis says

      April 26, 2012 at 1:21 pm

      Thanks John, started contributing on camera at CES this year. It’s been a blast!

  7. Stefan says

    April 26, 2012 at 12:52 pm

    This is a great tip! I remember you sharing it with me at CES and I have been taking better shots ever since!

    Thanks!

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