Shoot a video or photo

Start with the camera

When you first open 16MM, a short introduction lets you explore Looks, compare their color with the original, and try Focus, Tracking and Film Flash on example pictures. In the final Make a Film lesson, long press and drag any of the three example clips to change their order. Choose Open your camera when you’re ready. These examples leave your camera settings, saved Looks and Library items unchanged.

You don’t need an account. Allow camera access when asked. If access is off, Camera access opens iOS Settings.

16MM starts in Video the first time and remembers your mode afterward. Use the mode switch above the capture button to choose Photo or Video when the camera is ready. Open Settings with the two-bar button; its Capture section has the same mode switch. The camera icon means Photo; the video icon means Video. Both use the same portrait or landscape picture gate and the same Looks. Choose a Look and grain before capturing.

Take a photo

1. Choose Photo and frame your picture.
2. Choose a Lens, zoom within it and tap to focus.
3. Leave Shutter on Auto, or choose a supported shutter speed.
4. Tap the capture button. Your photo develops with the chosen Look.
5. Tap the thumbnail to open Library.

Slower shutter speeds can blur movement. Faster speeds can freeze it. See Photo shutter speed for exposure behavior.

Record a Take

1. Choose Video and frame your picture.
2. Choose your Look and grain before recording.
3. Tap the record button to begin. The video stays in that orientation through the Take.
4. Tap Stop to finish. Your Take develops automatically.
5. Tap the thumbnail to open Library.

The footage counter starts over at 100 feet without stopping the Take. Low storage or an interruption can still end a Take.

16MM tries to save developed camera videos and photos to Photos. Assembled Films use a separate Export action. Check the saved item in Library. See the saving and recovery guide.

Frame on Duo

16MM keeps the same camera tools on Duo. The picture and controls adapt to the active display and available space. In a partially folded position, when there’s enough room, the picture sits above the controls. Choose your framing before recording. A Video Take keeps its framing until you stop.

Framing and focus

Choose a Lens, zoom within it and tap the picture to focus. Supported cameras can follow a subject.

Shape movement in Video

Change capture speed while you shoot a video. Below 24 FPS is fast motion; above 24 is slow motion.

Make a Film Flash in Video

Tap Flash for a brief burst during a Take, or hold it for a longer effect. Your FPS stays the same. The effect is added when the Take develops.

Make the picture yours

Choose a Look, then refine its color and texture.

See the difference

Pull in from either picture edge to compare your Look with the camera’s original color. Drag the divider as you make changes.

Use a gesture

Use two fingers to swipe down and hide tools, or swipe up to bring them back. Hold a tool to reset it.

Keep creating after capture

Try another Look on a retained original video or photo. Save a new version when you like it.

Keep a video frame

In a video, choose a still with Film Frame, then tap Print Frame to save it to Camera Roll.