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The previous photos are fantastic. here is my little guy, just point and shoot:
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Nice photo! And interesting.. looks like a few ~3 second exposures and a longer exposure combined to make the 30 second.
Yeah. I thought it was odd that there were smaller segments. Perhaps the wind moved the tripod slightly and it dropped down to 3 seconds? I don’t know. It still went the 30 sec duration I set.
 
Yeah. I thought it was odd that there were smaller segments. Perhaps the wind moved the tripod slightly and it dropped down to 3 seconds? I don’t know. It still went the 30 sec duration I set.

Possibly, but they look like identical ~3 second exposures, so makes me think it wasn’t tripod movement. I’ve seen a couple of other similar pics which seem to show exactly the same... a few shorter exposures and one long exposure.
 
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You need to have the iPhone mounted on a tripod. Only when the phone realises there is no movement will it go from 10sec to 30sec.
Yep. I had a tripod. Then tapped the “night mode” icon and scrolled it to max setting. Used a Bluetooth remote to snap the picture so I didn’t move the phone at all.
 
Yep. I had a tripod. Then tapped the “night mode” icon and scrolled it to max setting. Used a Bluetooth remote to snap the picture so I didn’t move the phone at all.
Interesting... When after placing the phone on the tripod and scrolled the NightMode to it’s max setting, what time did it show?
The only other action that effects the maximum time is the amount of light. More light will reduce the time.
 
Interesting... When after placing the phone on the tripod and scrolled the NightMode to it’s max setting, what time did it show?
The only other action that effects the maximum time is the amount of light. More light will reduce the time.

It went to 10 seconds, then adjusted itself to 28 seconds then 30 seconds. It auto adjusted since I initially scrolled it to "max". You can manually lower it too.
 
It went to 10 seconds, then adjusted itself to 28 seconds then 30 seconds. It auto adjusted since I initially scrolled it to "max". You can manually lower it too.
Sorry, there’s a bit of a mixup, in my first post I was answering ‘torontoapple’ who asked why he couldn’t get his phone to go greater than 10sec. When you replied to the answer I gave I thought I was still communicating with ‘torontoapple’. Hence the mix-up and confusion.

Like you I’m very happy how the NightMode feature works and that you can preselect any duration.
 

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Quality should be the same when shooting 16:9 ratio vs 4:30 ratio, correct?

No.The sensor is 4:3, so what you’re really getting is a cropped 4:3 image when you choose to shoot 16:9.
But some people might want that so they won’t crop afterwards.
 
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