iphone 11pro camera shooting in square

Hi dwp2020,

Thanks for getting back to us with those additional details. It looks like when you take a photo using square mode on your iPhone 11 Pro, the area outside the frame is not black.

We've located this article that goes into detail about that:

"On iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max, the camera system displays and captures content outside of the frame. You can capture this content when you take a photo or video to make edits later in the Photos app. Camera also uses content outside the frame to automatically improve the composition of your photos and QuickTake videos"

Capture content outside the camera frame on iPhone

We hope this information is useful. Kind regards.

Hello dwp2020,

Welcome to Apple Support Communities. It looks like you got some feedback about the steps you have to take to get into the Square mode on your iPhone.

"Square mode limits the frame of your camera screen to a square — the optimal photo size for many social media apps. So when you take a photo, you can quickly share it on your favorite social platforms"

Use camera modes on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

If there are any requests you’d like to see introduced in the future though we’d recommend providing feedback here:

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