Date Imprint is here. Like a film camera's date back, it stamps the shooting date in the bottom-right corner of your photo — in the 'YY MM DD format most film cameras used, as warm orange digits that look exposed onto the film by a lamp. With monochrome film, the date turns grey. Whether you shoot upright or sideways, the date sits upright in the bottom-right corner. Turn it on or off with the calendar icon at the top right of the camera screen, or with the Date Imprint switch in Settings. The date is added to the developed photo only — never to the RAW (.dng), videos or the viewfinder. Date Imprint is part of Pro Pack.

Rangefinder manual focus (M) is now more accurate. When the rangefinder showed a match, focus could land slightly in front of the subject. The distance-to-lens calibration has been re-measured, and your iPhone now keeps refining it each time you enter M. Entering M focuses on the centre of the frame, and the focus dial then shows that distance. Focus peaking now appears inside the rangefinder patch, so the parts that are actually sharp turn red as the two images line up. The patch is now the same size as the area being measured — what you see in the patch is what the rangefinder reads. In M, turning the focus dial down to the bottom edge of the screen no longer switches apps. To go home while in M, swipe up once more. On lenses other than the main camera, the focus dial no longer shows distance numbers. Those lenses can't measure distance, so the app no longer displays values it can't stand behind. Fixed the viewfinder occasionally appearing upside down after returning to the app.

Video now records in the same colours as your photos. Brightness and saturation in videos recorded with a film look are now matched to how your photos are developed, so the same scene keeps the same film character in both. Videos also carry Display P3 colour information, so they show the intended colours in Photos and in editing apps. The gallery has a film filter. Tap the filter button at the top to see the films you've actually shot with, each with its canister and count, and pick one to show only the photos and videos taken with it. The first time you open it, it may take a moment to sort through your existing shots. Photos saved with a RAW file now show a RAW label on their gallery thumbnails. Choosing a film for the first time no longer causes a brief pause on screen. This update also improves camera stability.

Every film now has its own canister. Each of the twelve film looks is shown as a small film canister with its own colours and label pattern, drawn from how that film renders colour: Vibrant is bold and diagonal, Bleached is washed out, Cinematic is letterboxed, Monochrome is split in black and white. You'll see it when choosing a film, next to the current film in the menu, in the photo info panel, and on the Pro Pack page. The camera screen reads more clearly. Labels and menus use a cleaner typeface, while the numbers that change as you shoot (dials, shutter, ISO, focus distance) keep their fixed width so they never jump. Selected values stand out with heavier type, and secondary labels and locked items are dimmed consistently across the camera, gallery and Pro Pack screens.

Focus and metering now work the way they do on mirrorless cameras. The AF point is always shown in AF-S and AF-C. Tap to move it, drag to place it precisely, and double-tap it to bring it back to the centre. It turns green once focus settles. Metering reads the whole frame and gives priority to faces, so tapping now moves only the focus. To expose for what you focus on, turn on Spot Metering at AF Point in Settings. In AF-C, focus follows the main face in the frame. Tap a face to choose it, or tap elsewhere to keep your own point. When the face leaves the frame, focus returns to the point you set. Shutter and ISO priority keep adjusting right after a shot. With slow shutter speeds in dim light, the light meter now reflects the exposure of the photo rather than the darker preview. After leaving video mode, the photo preview is back to its normal brightness in low light. CUSTOM highlights the preset in use, and clears it as soon as you change a setting yourself. A new reset button takes you from a preset back to no effects and Auto white balance. Your film stays as it is. In video mode, a thermometer appears next to the clipping warning when your iPhone is getting too warm. If the system pauses the camera because of heat, the app tells you and finishes any recording in progress.

Resolution and frame rate now live in Settings, alongside the on-screen panel. Both screens read the same values, so they never disagree. On iPhone 18 Pro, the Main camera's aperture now stays put in manual mode instead of drifting with the scene. The light meter responds to your dial again, and the f-number shown on screen matches what lands in the photo's metadata. Korean wording for the new settings.

Video settings now stick. The resolution and frame rate you last chose are restored the next time you open the app, the way a camera keeps its menu settings. 120p clips play at full speed. Footage shot at 120 fps was being interpreted as slow motion by the Photos app. It now plays back at the speed you shot it. Shooting info is back on every clip. The film look, exposure and lens details are shown again in the in-app gallery, including for 120p recordings. This release requires iOS 18 or later.

ROVEWORKS CAMERA 2.0 — Video - Record in OPENGATE, 4K, HD and 720, from 24p to 120p, with your film look rendered into the footage as it records. - Set ISO and shutter by hand while recording. The 180° shutter is marked on the dial. - Stereo or mono sound, wind noise reduction, external microphone support and a live level meter. - Optional electronic stabilization. - Zebra and focus peaking while recording — on screen only, never in the file. - Videos play in the in-app gallery, with format, frame rate, lens and look shown in the info panel. - Video is part of Pro Pack. If you already own it, video is yours at no extra cost. Also in 2.0 - The rangefinder patch now splits the right way when you hold the phone sideways. - The gallery rotates to landscape. - The grid lines up with the aspect-ratio frame you choose. - Dials and menus respond more smoothly. - The rangefinder readout now shows distance only. - Fixed: the focus point stayed where you last tapped after changing focus mode. - Fixed: exposure switched to auto when entering M mode. - Fixed: AE/AF LOCK stayed on screen after switching lenses.

New - Exposure compensation is now optional. Turn it on in Settings → Exposure → Exposure Compensation. When enabled, a ±3 EV zone opens around the A mark on whichever dial is currently set to auto. If you used exposure compensation before this update: it is off by default in 1.5. Switch it on in Settings to get it back. Any previously saved compensation value is reset to 0. Fixes - Photo viewer — the image no longer shifts or briefly shows the wrong proportions when you rotate the device. - Photo viewer — a neighbouring photo could flash on screen during rotation. - Photo viewer — rotating while zoomed in left the photo misaligned. Zoom now resets cleanly before the rotation. - Photo viewer — pinch-zooming with the info panel open made the image shake. Zoom is now properly disabled while the info panel is open. - Photo viewer — a pinch-zoom would occasionally snap back to 1×. - Camera — the gallery thumbnail now refreshes when you return to the app, so a photo you deleted in the Photos app no longer lingers there. Performance - The photo viewer performs far less redundant layout work while idle.

Exposure Compensation - New ±3 EV compensation, in 1/3-stop steps, built right into the dials — no extra menu. Turn a dial past "A" and the compensation scale is there. - Compensation lives on whichever dial is automatic, so the manual dial always stays exactly where you left it. - The current compensation is shown in the top readout, so you never shoot with a forgotten offset. Fixes - Exposure mode labels now follow the standard P / S / A / M convention. S and A were previously shown the wrong way round. - Fixed a case where the preview could go completely white in semi-automatic mode and not recover. - Fixed compensation being silently cleared when switching modes. - Dials no longer jump or snap back when dragged across the "A" mark.

Finer manual control and a faster way back to your photos. - Shutter speed now moves in 1/3 stops, matching the ISO dial — 1/8000 through 1" with the full conventional scale. - ISO extends to 10000 on the main camera. - Tap the thumbnail to jump straight to your latest shot. Swipe down to return to the viewfinder. - Added a Lock Screen and Control Center control for faster camera launch on iOS 18. - Fixed accidental shutter release near the bottom edge in portrait.

Front camera, the right way up On iPhone 17, photos taken with the front camera were saved rotated. They now come out upright on every device, in every orientation. Front photos are no longer mirrored The saved image now matches the RAW file, and the writing in your frame reads the way it did in front of you. The viewfinder still mirrors, the way a mirror should. A second front focal length iPhone 17 gains its 21mm front lens alongside 23mm. Tap the lens indicator to switch. Ultra-wide, edge to edge The black band down the left of ultra-wide photos is gone. The sensor's masked margin was being read as picture. A closer viewfinder Preview brightness now tracks the saved photo far more closely, across scenes and across devices. Gallery stays current Photos deleted elsewhere no longer linger in the gallery, and sharing a large selection no longer stalls. Focal lengths and camera names in EXIF corrected for iPhone 17.