Iphone x portrait mode

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Iphone x portrait mode

I've been using the iPhone 7 plus for a couple of years now. I build guitars and shoot my instruments in portrait mode all the time with no problem.

Until now.

I just purchased the Iphone Xr and went to shoot in portrait mode and it says "no person detected" Who's bright idea was this?

I'm really hoping this is a fixable situation. I rarely shoot people in portrait mode on my phone, It's always guitars and they look amazing.

Does apple think people only shoot photo's of people in portrait mode?

It just takes a regular photo and I'm very unhappy about this.

I want the portrait mode that I'm used to!

OK apple, what's the fix???

Thanks in advance to anyone who answers!

iPhone XR, iOS 12.1

Posted on Nov 1, 2018 2:59 PM

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sberman

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Nov 1, 2018 3:36 PM in response to lowergroove1

lowergroove1 wrote:

I want to use the depth of feel [field] supplied with portrait mode

Well, you have a problem ...

As this article states (in the "Portrait" section):

"Portrait mode uses the dual cameras on your iPhone to create a depth-of-field effect."

Use camera modes on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support

The problem is the iPhone XR does not include dual cameras.

iPhone XR - Technical Specifications

You need an iPhone XS or iPhone XS Max for dual cameras.

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lowergroove1 Author

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Nov 1, 2018 3:38 PM in response to sberman

The portrait mode works just fine if I have a person in the photo. no problem at all.

But if it's an object and it doesn't detect a face, the camera won't turn on the depth of field.

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lowergroove1 Author

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Nov 1, 2018 3:22 PM in response to sberman

I Know now I will need to reword my question. I want to use the depth of feel supplied with portrait mode, so the more amusing is correct. And I am a photographer but I want to use my iPhone for these photos. Portrait mode is not allowing the depth of field to be used because there is no person in the photo, it is an object.

Thanks for your reply

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sberman

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Nov 1, 2018 3:13 PM in response to lowergroove1

lowergroove1 wrote:

OK apple, what's the fix???

I am not "Apple", and I do not work for Apple. But I do know the fix.

The problem is that the word "portrait" is being used with two totally different meanings:

Portrait mode, as opposed to landscape mode - the orientation the camera is facing.
Portrait, meaning the photograph (or painting) of a person, especially one depicting the face of a person. Use Portrait mode on your iPhone - Apple Support

So the fix is simple: Do not set the Camera to "Portrait" unless there is a person in the photo. Simply rotate the camera to portrait mode and use "Photo" or something other than "Portrait" when not taking a photo of a person.

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Nov 15, 2018 3:50 PM in response to lowergroove1

I just called apple because I was very unhappy to discover the same thing when I just upgraded to the iPhone XR. They said that they have gotten quite a few complaints about it already and that the engineers are trying to fix this and hopefully it will come out in an update soon but she recommended to add it into "feedback" on support.apple.com so that they can better see the number of people unhappy about this feature which will hopefully get it resolved quicker. I really hope this gets resolved quickly.

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