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Aug 7, 2022 07:58:12   #
Rab-Eye Loc: Indiana
 
jcboy3 wrote:
With an iPhone, pressing either volume control button will take a picture. Makes it possible to easily take pictures one-handed.


I never knew that!

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Aug 7, 2022 08:03:30   #
JeffL Loc: New Jersey
 
JD750 wrote:
Huh? Mine doesn’t. I just tried it. Nope. Neither volume button will trigger the shutter. Seems like that was a feature that used to work and it was removed by an iOS update.

iPhone XS
iOS ver 15.6


Either volume button in my iPhone 12 releases the shutter.

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Aug 7, 2022 08:36:40   #
ELNikkor
 
I never see the composition, as it is always to bright to see the screen on my wife's phone. I just point in her general direction and push a round thing I can barely see. So far, so good, she's happy with the images.

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Aug 7, 2022 08:43:39   #
markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ
 
goldenyears wrote:
I am using my new cellphone camera when my wife and I take our daily walks. It normally takes very good photos. I see that most people hold the cellphone and trigger the shutter with one hand, but at 80 years of age, I'm having difficulty doing that. I try to hold the cellphone with one hand and tap the shutter button with the other. This usually results in poor photos. So, I bought a wireless remote for the cellphone to see if that would help. Works great. But I now have another accessory that works even better... my wife holds the remote and presses the button for me and I can hold the cellphone with both hands.
I am using my new cellphone camera when my wife an... (show quote)


No accessory is better than a wife!!
I have very similar issues with holding steady with my iPhone. Just curious, what brand remote and cell phone?

Mark

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Aug 7, 2022 09:02:58   #
gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast
 
Check out the videos by Emile Pakarklis on YouTube. He has one on how to steady your device with a two-hand hold for better shots. I use it. It works quite well.

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Aug 7, 2022 09:28:14   #
ncribble Loc: Albuquerque, NM
 
jcboy3 wrote:
With an iPhone, pressing either volume control button will take a picture. Makes it possible to easily take pictures one-handed.


What a great tip. I just tried it and it works. JC you get today's "At-A-Boy"

Gracias

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Aug 7, 2022 09:57:32   #
dbrugger25 Loc: Raleigh, NC
 
isn't there some way to use an apple wired headphone volume control as a shutter trigger?

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Aug 7, 2022 10:06:59   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
goldenyears wrote:
I am using my new cellphone camera when my wife and I take our daily walks. It normally takes very good photos. I see that most people hold the cellphone and trigger the shutter with one hand, but at 80 years of age, I'm having difficulty doing that. I try to hold the cellphone with one hand and tap the shutter button with the other. This usually results in poor photos. So, I bought a wireless remote for the cellphone to see if that would help. Works great. But I now have another accessory that works even better... my wife holds the remote and presses the button for me and I can hold the cellphone with both hands.
I am using my new cellphone camera when my wife an... (show quote)


Excellent!

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Aug 7, 2022 10:13:07   #
LDB415 Loc: Houston south suburb
 
I think one of the main points was wanting/needing both hands for holding/steadying with nothing else to do so solutions that require using one hand elsewhere aren't a solution. Maybe I misinterpreted though.

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Aug 7, 2022 11:44:35   #
Celtis87
 
dbrugger25 wrote:
isn't there some way to use an apple wired headphone volume control as a shutter trigger?


Yep. Volume control on it is same as volume control button on phone. Nice, cheap remote. Doesn’t even need to be a Apple headphone. Any with a volume control has worked for me.

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Aug 7, 2022 13:04:50   #
whatdat Loc: Del Valle, Tx.
 
Pressing the volume controls on my iphone8 doesn’t make the camera work. Am I missing something?

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Aug 7, 2022 13:06:27   #
mikegreenwald Loc: Illinois
 
goldenyears wrote:
I am using my new cellphone camera when my wife and I take our daily walks. It normally takes very good photos. I see that most people hold the cellphone and trigger the shutter with one hand, but at 80 years of age, I'm having difficulty doing that. I try to hold the cellphone with one hand and tap the shutter button with the other. This usually results in poor photos. So, I bought a wireless remote for the cellphone to see if that would help. Works great. But I now have another accessory that works even better... my wife holds the remote and presses the button for me and I can hold the cellphone with both hands.
I am using my new cellphone camera when my wife an... (show quote)


You might try holding the ‘phone with both hands, and push the button with your tongue

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Aug 7, 2022 13:08:09   #
Ollieboy
 
Just tried it on my Pixel, and it works. Thanx

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Aug 7, 2022 13:08:23   #
Old Coot
 
JD750 wrote:
Huh? Mine doesn’t. I just tried it. Nope. Neither volume button will trigger the shutter. Seems like that was a feature that used to work and it was removed by an iOS update.

iPhone XS
iOS ver 15.6


Still works on mine

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Aug 7, 2022 14:37:02   #
JD750 Loc: SoCal
 
jcboy3 wrote:
I just updated to 15.6, and it still works on my iPhone 12.

This indicates is should be possible with IOS 15 and any supported phone:

https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/camera-basics-iph263472f78/ios


Yep agree, it does say that. And it does not work on my phone.

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