The camera button appears at the bottom right of the screen
As a user of the new Apple iOS 5 (currently running on my iPhone 4), I have been discovering and using the various features and functions. One that catches my eye to start is a feature I have long bemoaned the absence of – the ability to take a photo from the lock screen rather than having to unlock the phone and open the camera app.
Also improved:
- Quicker physical shutter release
- The ability to use the volume button (hard button) to snap pictures, which makes self-pics much easier, especially if you need the flash.
- Focus lock feature (AE/AF). This lets you lock the exposure (AE) and the focus (AF) of your image. Tap on what you want to focus on or what you want the iPhone camera to use to determine the proper exposure. Tap and hold to turn on the AE/AF feature.
- If you select HDR as your photo choice, you may choose in the Settings to not save the non-HDR version of photos (no more double photos in your album or stream)
- You may now perform limited editing functions directly from the iPhone. From the photo, select “Edit” in the upper right corner and you have the ability to change 1) the orientation of the photo 2) use an auto-enhance feature 3) tap and selectively remove red-eye and 4) crop photos.
- For Twitter enthusiasts (like me), Apple has finally added the Tweet option to the Share options (accessed by the arrow when viewing the photo). Now you can compose and send a tweet directly from your photo!
- Finally for those who have the iPhone 4S (me too soon hopefully), the camera has been bumped from 5 megapixels in the iPhone 4 to 8 megapixels in the 4S. Once I get the 4S, I will post some comparative pictures between the two.
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