Pavel Jelic For the first time ever, Apple phones saw the introduction of Night Mode with the arrival of the iPhone 11. As the name suggests, you can use this mode to create slightly nicer and sharper photos even in low light conditions. On the one hand, in this case, the shutter is extended up to three seconds, and on the other hand, a large part of the work is also done by artificial intelligence and software adjustments. Older models also received some improvement in low-light photography, but they do not have the same function in the form of Night mode. If you've ever shot in addition to shooting at night, you may have noticed that the resulting video looks different than it does on the display - it's usually less sharp and blurry. A feature called Auto FPS is responsible for this. It takes care of the automatic adjustment of the number of frames per second when shooting in low light conditions. In this article you will learn how to (de)activate Auto FPS.
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At the very beginning, it is worth mentioning that (de)activating Auto FPS is only available for recording that has 30 frames per second - and it doesn't matter if it's in 4K, 1080p, or 720p. If you want to check whether your recording is set this way and if necessary to (de)activate Auto FPS, proceed as follows:
- First, you need to go to the native app on your iPhone Settings.
- Now go down a bit below, up to the possibility Camera, which you click.
- Once you've done that, tap the box at the top of the screen Video recording.
- Here, make sure you have checked one of the the following formats:
- 720p HD, 30 fps
- 1080P HD, 30 fps
- 4K 30fps
- If you meet the above condition, or if you have carried out a readjustment, then go down a bit below.
- You can already find the function here Auto FPS in low light, which you can turn on or off with the switch.
We definitely didn't want to tell you to immediately go to settings and disable Auto FPS with the above procedure. Why would Apple add a feature to the system that makes the resulting recording worse instead of improving it? The Auto FPS function can help significantly in certain cases, but in others it is harmful. In this case, it's up to you to recognize when you should turn Auto FPS on and when to turn it off. When you're trying to shoot some video in the dark, try shooting a few seconds of footage with Auto FPS on, and then a few seconds with Auto FPS off. In the final, compare both records and make a decision whether you should (de)activate the function.
