Apple Final Cut Camera Adds Support for iPhone 18 Pro's Variable Aperture Lens
If you want to do more than just use your phone as a point-and-shoot video camera, you'll probably want to check out Final Cut Camera. It opens up some recording options that you won't find in the iPhone's Camera app, and has the exposure control and monitoring tools that expert-level videographers crave. It supports HDR and SDR recording, slow motion, and has a Cinematic mode that delivers a shallow depth-of-field effect for movies.
- ▪If you want to do more than just use your phone as a point-and-shoot video camera, you'll probably want to check out Final Cut Camera.
- ▪It opens up some recording options that you won't find in the iPhone's Camera app, and has the exposure control and monitoring tools that expert-level videographers crave.
- ▪It supports HDR and SDR recording, slow motion, and has a Cinematic mode that delivers a shallow depth-of-field effect for movies.
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If you want to do more than just use your phone as a point-and-shoot video camera, you'll probably want to check out Final Cut Camera. It opens up some recording options that you won't find in the iPhone's Camera app, and has the exposure control and monitoring tools that expert-level videographers crave. Today, Apple is updating the app with a streamlined interface, support for the iPhone 18 Pro's variable aperture lens, and other refinements, which should appeal to content creators, vloggers, and video pros.What Can Final Cut Camera Do?The iPhone's Camera app is already pretty capable for recording off-the-cuff video clips, and does quite a bit. It supports HDR and SDR recording, slow motion, and has a Cinematic mode that delivers a shallow depth-of-field effect for movies.
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