Halide App Update Introduces New Features for iPhone 16 Camera Control Button

Halide, a popular advanced camera app for iOS by the company Lux, is releasing a new update that adds manual photography “Adjustments” features for the iPhone 16’s Camera Control button. In version 2.17 (now available), you can adjust focus and exposure on Camera Control; there’s also a new “Locked” mode to lock down some manual settings so an accidental swipe won’t ruin your current shoot.

Halide’s founder Sebastiaan De With says the Exposure adjustment can be set with an exposure bias “three times” that of Apple’s (plus or minus 6 EV vs 2) and that the Manual Focus on Camera Control is a “really nice, smooth experience on iPhone.” Lux also has its own review of the iPhone 16 Pro’s camera.

Halide already supported the iPhone 16 Camera Control button with the ability to launch and take photos quickly (or launch from the lockscreen, if you prefer). Now, you can shave off a few more milliseconds when you take a picture by snapping a photo on the press of the Camera Control button instead of on release. The quick snap even works with the iPhone 16 Pro’s 48-megapixel ProRAW setting and Halide’s recently released “Process Zero” feature is designed to take pictures with minimal processing.