Talking about iPhone burst mode. How do you use it and what are the steps to activate burst mode on your iPhone camera settings? iPhone timer and photo burst are two different features on the iPhone. With the iPhone timer, you can set your iPhone camera to take photos in landscape or portrait with a countdown of up to 10 seconds with each countdown accompanied by the camera flashlight if on back camera mode. On the other hand, iPhone burst mode allows you to take burst photos up to 1000 photos at a time on your iPhone with the option to select your most preferred and delete the unwanted ones.
Therefore, in this article, I will teach you how to use burst mode on iPhone with or without your iPhone volume up button.
What is iPhone Burst Mode?
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iPhone burst mode is designed to take photos either in landscape or portrait on a moving object. The feature on the iPhone takes a series of photos at a very high speed to choose from when you are done. However, the burst mode on your iPhone works with your iPhone’s front camera or back camera. You can capture up to 10 photos per second with burst mode on your iPhone.
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How to Use Burst Mode on iPhone
All iPhone models have burst mode. The feature is simple to activate and use even as a new iPhone user. However, the to activate burst mode on your iPhone depends on your iPhone model. To use iPhone burst mode on XR, XS or later you simply need to follow the steps below.
Camera App
- Open the iPhone “Camera” app.
- Set up your movie scene.
- Press and drag the photo “Shutter” to the left.
- A circled white background icon with a white line will appear and the shut counter on the camera shutter with a shooting sound of 10 photos per second.
Release the shutter button once you are done capturing the burst.
Volume Up Button
You can also enable your iPhone to use the volume up button for the burst mode whenever the camera app is opened. Here are the steps.
- Open the iPhone “Settings” app.
- Tap “Camera” when you scroll down the page.
- Toggle on “Use volume up for burst.”
- Open the iPhone “Camera” app from your iPhone “Home Screen.”
- Swipe left to “Photos” or “Portrait.”
- Choose either the “Front” or “Back” camera. You can use with flip button to switch between cameras.
- Press and hold the “Volume Up” button to activate “Burst Mode.”
To know that the burst mode is activated you will hear multiple shutter sounds per second and the shutter counter appears on the camera shutter button.
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How to View Burst Mode Photos on iPhone
You won’t be surprised that there is a unique way to view your burst mode photos. The photos won’t appear on your iPhone “Photos App” by default. However, there is a way to open the burst photos and choose what you want to keep from the photos while you can delete others or keep everything.
- Open the “Photos App” on your “iPhone.
- Tap on the burst photos “Thumbnail.”
- You will see the total number of “Burst” at the top left.
- Hit “Select’ at the bottom right before the trash icon.
- Choose your “”Favourites” while you swipe through the burst photos by tapping it. You can select multiple photos as your favourite.
- Hit the “Done” button at the top right.
- Choose either “Keep Everything” or “Keep Favourite” from the pop up option.
- Keep everything will save the entire burst photos on your iPhone photos app
- Keep only the favourite will delete other burst photo except the selected favourites.
- Once the other burst photos are delete you can delete the unwanted favourite from your photos app.
This article explains how to use burst mode on iPhone, how to view it and how you can delete unwanted photos from your burst mode.