Take macro photos and videos with your iPhone camera (2024)

You can control when the camera automatically switches to the Ultra Wide camera for capturing macro photos and videos.

  1. Open Camera Take macro photos and videos with your iPhone camera (1) on your iPhone, then get close to your subject.

    When you get within macro distance of your subject, Take macro photos and videos with your iPhone camera (2) appears on the screen.

  2. Tap Take macro photos and videos with your iPhone camera (3) to turn off automatic macro switching.

    Tip: If the photo or video becomes blurry, you can back up or tap .5x to switch to the Ultra Wide camera.

  3. Tap Take macro photos and videos with your iPhone camera (4) to turn automatic macro switching back on.

To turn off automatic switching to the Ultra Wide camera for macro photos and videos, go to SettingsTake macro photos and videos with your iPhone camera (5) > Camera, then turn off Macro Control.

If you want to maintain your Macro Control setting between camera sessions, go to SettingsTake macro photos and videos with your iPhone camera (6) > Camera> Preserve Settings, then turn on Macro Control.

Take macro photos and videos with your iPhone camera (2024)
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