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The iPhone 16 is very close. We will meet them next Monday, September 9, and among its many new features there is one that is particularly striking for
The iPhone 16 is very close. We will meet them next Monday, September 9, and among its many new features there is one that is particularly striking for mobile photography enthusiasts: a dedicated button for the camera.
Talking about A physical button called the “capture button” For example, it can replicate the two-stage shutter release button on DSLR cameras. If you press halfway, it focuses the image, but you have to press it all the way down to take a photo.
The system has been with us all our lives in traditional cameras, but it has never caught on in mobile phones, and some manufacturers have been betting on it for a long time.
Sony has been adding a two-stage physical capture button to its high-end phones for years. Source: Galaxus.at.
Manufacturers like Sony have been including this in some of their mobile phones for years, and we see a good example of this in the Sony Xperia 1 III, which we analyzed in the summer of 2021.
From this analysis, it was clear that Sony’s implementation had two issues. The first was the lack of a touch shutter button in the camera app, forcing photos to be taken with a physical shutter button.
Secondly, the location of that button was suitable for landscape photos, but It wasn’t very comfortable for vertical photos.something that’s important in the age of vertical Instagram photos and videos.
Sony has continued to rely on this dedicated camera button: the latest Sony Xperia 1 VI, generational successor to the one mentioned above, continues it. It provides a good feel and is complemented by a redesigned implementation that once again includes the touch capture button.
But Sony’s high-end phones continue to fail, despite their excellent advanced mobile photography options (including a two-stage shooting button), perhaps because the vast majority of users They just want a good auto mode that doesn’t make their lives harder.
Mobile photography enthusiasts have interesting candidates for the manual control offered by DSLR cameras in this Sony Xperia, but for the general public, these options are They are usually very dominant.
This is actually one of the biggest challenges of the physical shutter button on iPhones, and it’s always hoped that Apple will continue to offer equally good or better results with the app’s on-screen button-activated automatic photo mode.
Therefore, the physical shutter button should not make the mistake of overwhelming iPhone users who fully appreciate these devices for the good photos that can be achieved with a simple tap on the screen.
Even the capture button on the iPhone 16 will be sensitive to touchso you can also use it to zoom in by sliding your finger towards one end of the button or the other, as if it were some kind of invisible dial.
The Xiaomi 14 Ultra offers an optional “photo cover” that offers a two-stage shutter button and a zoom control dial, among other options.
If confirmed, this option could undoubtedly make the use of said button particularly interesting, since managing the zoom from the screen with precision is often not ideal: the well-known two-finger pinch gesture works in many scenarios, but it is not more convenient when it comes to having precise control over the zoom.
This is something that Xiaomi has interestingly implemented in the Xiaomi 14 Ultra, for example. These phones do not have a physical shutter button per se, but it is possible to buy a case (Xiaomi 14 Ultra Photo Kit) that adds this component.
In fact, in this case, not only a two-stage physical button is offered, but it also has a physical dial to control zooman independent button for video recording and a 1,500 mAh auxiliary battery that extends the life of the mobile phone by 23%.
It seems that what Apple proposes is quite different from what Xiaomi offers with this case or Sony with its high-end mobiles: here we would theoretically have the best of all these worlds.
While this theoretically gives users access to both of the iPhone’s “old-fashioned” photo modes, Apple goes one step further and offers an interesting option for those who are keen on manual mode, which has always been a big differentiator for traditional high-end cameras.
Here’s another reflection: Google and the Pixel 9 have revolutionized mobile photography, but they have done so with the importance that artificial intelligence can have in the process of “redesigning” our reality.
At Apple, at least for now, they don’t want to go in that direction and continue to prefer a wink, wink approach. traditional photography and video They continue to be absolute heroes.
This is demonstrated, for example, by the fact that the iPhone 15 Pro/Max allows you to connect a hard drive to the USB-C port and record Apple ProRes video in LOG at up to 4K 30 FPS.
These mobile phones have been planning to be small portable recording studios for some time now, and the hypothetical shutter button with two stages or stages only reinforces this profession to be a reference in mobile photography, where artificial intelligence and algorithms have still not taken over the experience.
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Emma Ortiz is a gadget expert and author at Div Bracket. She provides in-depth coverage of the latest and greatest in consumer technology, offering readers an inside look at the latest trends and innovations in the world of gadgets.
