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iPhone 16 Pro Max Anyone else hate the camera button?
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I'm looking for a case that just ignores it completely, but I have a feeling that will never happen.
OK, I had been using my 16P in a couple of aftermarket cases that just had cutouts for the camera control button. It was not a good experience. So, I put it in the Apple clear case that has a CC button, and damn, if that didn't work much, much better. I am still not sure how often I will use some of the controls and effects, but the button functioned pretty well to access them and snap photos. I will keep an open mind. Although I prefer the other silicone case feel to the Apple hard case. Maybe it'll grow on me.... both the case and the CC. Or maybe I'll get an Apple Silicone case.
I felt it was very fiddly at first, but getting used to it now. Took some time, but I think honestly think it's worth it. I feel the haptics (and if possible the resistance of the button being pressed) should be more prominent somehow.
Using it as often as possible seems to be the key, at least for me.
Using it as often as possible seems to be the key, at least for me.
🤷🏻♂️ I like it and use it regularly. I haven't accidentally pressed it once, but I do use a case with an indent. Makes it easier to prevent accidental presses and to quickly find the camera button with my finger.
No. As a photog I do not "hate the camera button." It is a step in the right direction. I simply expect Apple to slowly improve their iPhone camera UI (just like Nikon did over many decades); hopefully taking less time than Nikon, Canon, etc. took.
I love it. Admittedly, I turned off the swipe nonsense in Accessibility settings (might be an 18.1 thing). It's nice to be able to quickly open and shoot!
Apple needs to ditch the hard press for taking a photo. Make it all light press. light press open camera, light press photo or double light press menu. The hard press is just dumb. It's like having a hard press click on a trackpad, not necessary or fast.
It is sealed. With it being a haptic button, there are no open holes for water to get in. My guess is that Apple is testing the button to train users to utilize haptic buttons in ancticipation of a portless phone.
hate it, it should have been a fingerprint sensor plus a programable button to do whatever user wants it to do.
I like it because it's convenient to launch the camera from it and then again to take a photo. I will probably use the on screen controls for focus and other adjustments though. I think some folks are just piling on each other on YouTube with the negativity at this point. The 16s are not a huge upgrade and this is a way to get views anyway so people can feel better about not upgrading when they watch.
I just changed the setting to light press and it is very easy to use. I take photos of my dog and it makes it easier with the button to take the photo quickly before she moves.
I just couldn't figure out how to properly use it and not drop my phone
It’s actually grown on me in a few aspects, in the sense of just being able to pick up my phone and quick catch a shot, it might not be a perfect shot but something that captures that moment, also in landscape I enjoy the scrolling through settings, it feels old school but modern at the same time.
You can disable that too. My camera button only opens the camera with a double click and captures. No tapping, sliding, or gestures.
Now that we have the button, can we get rid of the "slide to access the camera" from the lock screen? There is no need for me to have 9,000 ways to access one app.
Out of curiosity, what about the case improved the button for you?
(Don't have a 16-series phone myself yet, but was underwhelmed by the UX of the Camera Control button when I visited my local Apple Store to check them out. So I've been curious how other people have acclimated to it. Or not, as the case may be.)
Ah yes, so your logic is to remove the only useful way to access the camera on an iPhone.
You'd fit right in with Tim Apple.