lenses

There are now three lenses, with each one also appearing to be physically larger than the previous two found on the iPhone XS. Like the iPhone XS, there’s a “standard” lens which offers 26mm, plus a telephoto optic giving you 52mm - which now has a wider f/2.0 aperture.

A new introduction is the super-wide-angle “0.5x” lens, which gives you an equivalent of 13mm, with an f/2.4 aperture. These are arranged in a triangle formation on the back of the phone.

If you’ve ever used an iPhone before, you’ll be at home with the native camera app as it hasn’t changed a huge amount right from the very first iPhone. It’s a simple and straightforward app, which has been streamlined even further in some ways for the iPhone 11 series.

You can launch the camera from the lock screen by performing a long press on the camera icon on the screen. Here you’ll see that by default it launches in the standard “Photo” mode, which is probably what you’ll be using most often.