Iphone X Camera and Disney At Night

[AntonyJ]

My iPhone does 98% of the pics I want to take perfectly.
These are daylight ones and it just ...does them well, well enough for me. I point and click!

The final 2% are the night time, dark ones - and on my Disney trips those ones tend to look grainy or just not that good, too dark etc.

I have heard there are apps you can get that give you more control over the camera, make it less automatic and more manual, but alas all the ISO etc. jargon goes over my head, or is it more I just to do have patience to read it, hmmmmm...

Is there an app, with pre-defined programs that lets you take a nice pic at night, that the fireworks come out nice - or do you need to go into the apps and do all sorts of manual settings.

Also, is it possible to take a good fireworks pic on the iPhone without holding it on a solid surface to keep it steady, as that appears to be the best advice I can find..

[Jockey]

Originally Posted by AntonyJ

My iPhone does 98% of the pics I want to take perfectly.
These are daylight ones and it just ...does them well, well enough for me. I point and click!

The final 2% are the night time, dark ones - and on my Disney trips those ones tend to look grainy or just not that good, too dark etc.

I have heard there are apps you can get that give you more control over the camera, make it less automatic and more manual, but alas all the ISO etc. jargon goes over my head, or is it more I just to do have patience to read it, hmmmmm...

Is there an app, with pre-defined programs that lets you take a nice pic at night, that the fireworks come out nice - or do you need to go into the apps and do all sorts of manual settings.

Also, is it possible to take a good fireworks pic on the iPhone without holding it on a solid surface to keep it steady, as that appears to be the best advice I can find..

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I would be interested too. I love the camera on the Iphone x..I will be using mine with the Osmo mobile 2..a fab addition to the iPhone

[BevS97]

Basic principle of any camera is that if it’s dark you will need to keep the shutter open for a longer time to allow more light in. And if the shutter is open for a longer time the camera must be still or it will be blurry.

Saying that my iPhone 6 did a reasonable job on the fireworks but the castle was well lit up which helps .

[KeithOP]

Originally Posted by BevS97

Basic principle of any camera is that if it’s dark you will need to keep the shutter open for a longer time to allow more light in. And if the shutter is open for a longer time the camera must be still or it will be blurry.

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Well that's one element of the basic principles but not the only factor by a long way!

Firstly you may be able to open up the aperture to a wider one letting in more light and thus not having to extend the time the shutter is open. Some camera phones do now have aperture control so you should choose the lowest number (which is the large aperture) to let the most light in.

Then you can sometimes change the sensitivity of the film (sensor in a camera phone) called the ISO. That will be a balance because the higher the iso, the more sensitive to light but the more grain you will tend to see in the results.

As BevS97 says, you can always leave the shutter open longer but then you'll need to rely on stabilisation or put the camera on a stable surface to take the shots.

I'm not great on iphone x camera addons as I prefer DSLRS for low light situations but an app like "camera +" should allow you to play a little more with the settings mentioned, aperture etc.

[paw]

I was more than happy with photos taken with my 6S, even the fireworks ones in Disney. However, I bought an iPhone X yesterday and decided that I wanted to make the most of the camera. So on Sunday I’m doing a walking tour photo course with Apple that teaches how to take photos in an urban environment (ready for New York). There are lots of courses which are free and I’m also going to do the Portrait one and Light and Dark.