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The results are startling, elevating Apple to the level of Huawei, Samsung and Google when it comes to taking low-light and night photos โ and in some ways enabling it to surpass its rivals. Night mode can make photos shot at 1am look as if they were taken in late afternoon, and if you can get your subjects to remain still, youโll take great snaps.
However, try to photograph a scene that includes motion โ people dancing at a concert, for instance โ and itโs a world of blur. Youโll need to manually turn off night mode, and thatโs a little bit of a nuisance when youโre trying to get a quick snap.
Talking of speed, thereโs a nice new feature added to iOS 13 whereby pressing and holding on the shutter button will allow you to take a quick video, Instagram-style, instead of burst mode photos (you can still do this by sliding your finger left; if you slide right instead recording will be locked, allowing you to take your finger off the shutter button to adjust exposure and zoom).
Whether youโre in a sort-of-dark situation, or focusing a tripod-mounted phone at the night sky, thereโs a setting that enables you to make what would normally be a badly-lit photo look as clear asโฆ well not quite as clear as day, but wonderfully bright.
This works by the iPhone 11 automatically telling you to hold the handset steady for 2-5 seconds so that the shutter can stay open for longer; the phone then captures a number of photos at different exposures and sharpness levels, before merging the data to produce the very best photo possible.
If youโve braced or mounted the phone securely, the capture time can be extended to up to 30 seconds โ this is only really necessary if youโre going to be taking photos of the night sky, and for general night shots we saw very little difference between the brightness of photos taken over 5 seconds and 30 seconds.