Can an iPhone 4 camera be used with manual ISO, shutter speed, or aperture control?
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I have an iPhone 4 and want more manual control over the camera. Is it possible to manually set ISO, shutter speed, and aperture on this phone? If not, is that because of iOS limitations or because the iPhone 4 camera hardware does not support those controls?
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Manual control of the iPhone camera was not added until iOS8, and iOS8 cannot be installed on an iPhone 4. So unfortunately you cannot get the full manual control that you are asking for with your iPhone 4.
iOS8 can be installed on a iPhone 4s but it isn't exactly highly advised as it can reduce performance of the older iPhones(as new iOS releases historically always have) and it also has a reduced feature set.
For those that do have iOS8, quite a few options have appeared since its release that do provide control of ISO and Shutter Speed such as Camera+ and ProCam 2.
It is important to understand that smartphones such as the iPhone have fixed apertures, so you cannot modify them as they are always at their widest setting, regardless of software. If you want to control depth of field, your best bet is to control the focus. See: is it possible to get "bokeh balls" using a cellphone camera?
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On an iPhone 4, not fully. The iPhone 4 cannot run iOS 8, and that’s when broader manual camera controls became available to third-party apps. So with an iPhone 4, you generally cannot get the full manual ISO and shutter-speed control you’re asking for.
Aperture is a separate issue: iPhone cameras use a fixed aperture lens, so aperture is not adjustable in software or normal use. It stays at its widest setting.
On newer supported iPhones running iOS 8 or later, some third-party camera apps can provide manual control of ISO and shutter speed, but that does not apply to the iPhone 4 itself.
So the short answer is:
- aperture: no, fixed hardware
- ISO: not fully on iPhone 4
- shutter speed: not fully on iPhone 4
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