Mastering the Camera app on your iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro will help you take advantage of new features like Dolby Vision HDR recording and night mode portraits.

The hardware and software component of your iPhone 12's camera comes with great new features and many of them are not even mentioned in Apple's how-to guide. Beyond the how-to guide, though, there are several more features and many ways of using your device's cameras. Each of them designed to enrich each of your photo-capturing experiences. You can take advantage of these features when you master the Camera app on your iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro.

Did you know that you can use your volume buttons as the Camera app's physical shutter controls? Users who have mastered the Camera app on their iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro already know this but there are still some who are not aware of this nifty function. Launch your Camera app and click either the volume up or down button and you will find the buttons function like physical shutters. Long-pressing either of the buttons will tell the Camera app to record a video and releasing it will also stop the recording. You can also use the Settings app to set the volume up button to take burst photos.

To quickly change the aspect ratio of the Camera app in your iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro, look for the carrot icon found on top of your Camera app. Tap on it and it will show a tool tray where you can set the aspect ratio to 1:1, 4:3, and 16:9. If you also captured a photo in 16:9 and later wanted a different aspect ratio, you can always crop it using the Photos app without any degradation in quality. Try on different settings a couple more times to master the Camera app on your iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro.

   

Videographers love the ability of the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro cameras to shoot in Dolby Vision HDR. Apple said the new iPhone is the first smartphone with the ability to shoot, edit, and share Dolby Vision HDR videos. Although many consider the feature as high-end and learning it can be a daunting prospect for some, it is actually very easy to use. You just need to master the Camera app on your iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro so you will know how to use the feature. Activating the feature takes only a few steps and involves going to the Settings app, then tapping Camera, and then Record Video, where you can find the toggle switch for the HDR Video.

These are only some of the many features that you can easily use when you learn and master the Camera app on your iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro. Other features include capturing Night mode portraits, Deep Fusion, and Apple's ProRAW. Deep Fusion is the Cupertino tech giant's computational photography technology, while ProRAW is Apple's new image format which the company said will come to the new iPhone 12 Pro soon.