Basic (or Maybe Dumb) Questions About Taking HDR Photos on iPhone 12 Pro

[clayj]

Hi all -- so, I have a few really basic questions for which I cannot seem to find answers.

My iPhone X was capable of taking HDR pictures, of course -- I had it set to always keep the original photo as well as the HDR photo. The HDR photos were always tagged with a little yellow rectangle with "HDR" in it when you viewed them in the Photos app. Is that no longer the case? I've taken what I *think* are HDR photos using my new iPhone 12 Pro, but I see no way to tell if they are actually HDR or not.

Also: Am I correct in assuming that the "Keep Original" option is gone?

Finally: What steps should I follow to absolutely make sure that all photos I shoot are in HDR?

Thanks!

 

[r.harris1]

Maybe you’ve already seen this - https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/adjust-hdr-camera-settings-iph2cafe2ebc/ios - but HDR is on “when the lighting conditions dictate” without you having to do anything. You can manually control it too, not sure if you can default to always on. Also, don’t know if the “save all shots” is gone.