Does anyone know if it is still possible to take b/w photos with the new camera app on iPhone 16 with iOS 18? If so, how?

With iOS 18 and iPhone 16, Apple has replaced the camera app on iPhone with a different app. Among other things, there is no filter. Is there still a way to filter my photos, e.g., take b/w photos?


The camera and photos apps on iPhones have both been removed and replaced with a new apps (with the same names) on iPhone 16 with iOS 18.


The new photos app (where your images are stored and organized) is a nightmare -- a topic that has been discussed elsewhere. The app re-organizes your images in a way that is very disorganized and makes it hard to both catalog and find your images.


However, that topic is discussed a lot, elsewhere, on the web. Hopefully, Apple will correct those flaws in future releases of iOS. My question is about using the new camera app which replaces the original -- now retired -- app that has been part of iOS many years and is still used in iPadOS.


I notice that the new app has no filter feature, which was an important part of camera across most, if not all, versions of iOS.


Is there still a way to filter my photos when I take pictures the new camera app? I especially miss the ability to take black & white photos. iPadOS has not removed/replaced the camera app for iPad. Nevertheless, I'm afraid that Apple may be contemplating this. If they do, I hope they retain the "filter" feature.


Does anyone know if it is possible to take b/w photos with the new camera app on iPhone 16 with iOS 18? If so, how?

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Posted on Dec 6, 2024 7:19 AM

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Posted on Dec 6, 2024 7:24 AM

The filters are still there in iOS 18.1.1. At the top center of the screen is an arrow. It's white and points up. Tap on it. This will bring up the icons at the bottom of the screen. Filters is all the way to the right. You may need to swipe over. The icon shows three overlapping circles.

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Dec 7, 2024 9:12 AM in response to IdrisSeabright

The 3-overlapping-circles icon that you describe are in the old camera app. The new app doesn't have that. As others in this blog pointed out to me, the new camera app has new icon, a square with dots inside, that takes you to the "filter" feature of the replacement camera app which offers a subset of the feature that were found on the, now retired, former version of the camera app.

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