Monday, October 27, 2014

iPhone 6 Camera Quirks – and How to Fix Them

iPhone 6 Camera Quirks – and How to Fix Them


The new camera in the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus is one of the best smartphone cameras we've seen. Its superfast autofocus and use of local tone mapping to rein in overexposure put the camera in a class of its own.

But no gadget is perfect, and the iPhone 6 camera needs a little handholding for best results. In certain situations, the iPhone 6 camera can suffer from three (fixable) glitches: poor white balance, low contrast and discolored skin tones. We've seen these results in photos from two iPhone 6 and three iPhone 6 Plus models we tested. We shared the photos with Apple to confirm that the cameras were not defective and that we didn't make any mistakes when shooting with them.

Luckily, you can often fix these problems by changing how you compose shots or by using tools built into the new iOS 8 camera app. However, it's well worth the $1 to $5 for third-party camera apps that simplify the process, yield better results and provide advanced photographic controls, to make a great phone camera even better.

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