New feature in iPhone IOS for photos and videos.

[Concerto]

Just found the latest update of iPhone IOS 17.11 has a new feature for photos and videos. They have added a horizontal line that shows when the screen is level. This means all your photos and videos should now be level to the horizon. That will be such a massive addition for making sailing videos, plus ensuring photographs are level and buildings or masts are upright.

 

[Boathook]

My Google pixel 8 phone has that, plus it shows whether the phone is tilting up or down. I suppose a 3 axis detector.
Only recently got the phone so still learning about it.

 

[Davy_S]

My Motorola Android (el cheapo) has the same.

 

[Bristolfashion]

Yep, available on android 13.

 

[dunedin]

Just found the latest update of iPhone IOS 17.11 has a new feature for photos and videos. They have added a horizontal line that shows when the screen is level. This means all your photos and videos should now be level to the horizon. That will be such a massive addition for making sailing videos, plus ensuring photographs are level and buildings or masts are upright.

Wow, didn’t realise IOS was so far behind. Had similar for at least 5 years on my Samsung’s

 

[requiem]

If you have older versions, there's long been a setting to enable gridlines for the camera app (also good for the "rule of thirds").

I'm assuming this new feature works more as a bubble level, so works even if you lack a horizon to align against?

 

[Sticky Fingers]

If you have older versions, there's long been a setting to enable gridlines for the camera app (also good for the "rule of thirds").

I'm assuming this new feature works more as a bubble level, so works even if you lack a horizon to align against?

Exactly so.

 

[johnalison]

Good luck with that. I have a similar feature on my camera, plus a screen grid and most of my pictures taken at sea still need straightening. I find it useful on land, though.

 

[Frank Holden]

I use my iPhone for snapshots - Nada Mas.
Video afloat I use a DJI Action 3 .. brilliant kit - inbuilt stabilization works good - automatically - either mounted on the taffrail or handheld.
https://www.tomsguide.com/reviews/dji-osmo-action-3
I still have a couple of old SJcams I now use mainly for underwater hull inspections but the DJI is the 'go to'.
My first attempt at a Youtube thingo - first land based bit was iphone, the 'at sea' bits the DJI.

 

[lustyd]

Or use a GoPro with horizon lock so you don’t need the line! Also works inside the cabin to show how rough it is as the horizon is locked so the picture moves!

 

[Buck Turgidson]

It's completely useless on a rolling deck. But then that isn't its purpose.

 

[Frank Holden]

It's completely useless on a rolling deck. But then that isn't its purpose.

iPhone or action cam?

 

[ChromeDome]

Nothing new, been on Andriod for years.

I believe it's the Camera app, of which there are many, rather than the OS

 

[mjcoon]

Nothing new, been on Andriod for years.

I believe it's the Camera app, of which there are many, rather than the OS

Yes, the built-in app in my RealMe Android phone switches off after a few minutes. This is no good for wildlife phone-scoping (OK for selfies, perhaps!) so I had to install a freebie alternative. Which has levelling functionality...

 

[Baggywrinkle]

Sometimes you don't want the horizon straight ... both my camera and my phone have grid lines, but I only use them when I want a geometrically straight picture .. it's the overall image that counts, and that is a matter of aesthetics and judgement ....

 

[johnalison]

An angulated picture can be fine at times for effect, but I can’t accept photos that are just a little bit out.

 

[justanothersailboat]

The line is based on the phone accelerometer. So at sea, overly rigid adherence to it is fairly likely to give you photos that are just a little bit out in some conditions.