Here’s how to use the full 48MP iPhone 15 camera

One of the major upgrades for the iPhone 15 camera system is the main lens being increased to 48MP which matches the iPhone 15 Pro. However, both cameras default to taking 24MP images to save your storage space. Follow along for how to use 48MP iPhone 15 camera to capture the most detail. Apple launched its first 48MP main camera with the and Pro Max capable of shooting ProRAW images while the iPhone 14 stuck with a 12MP main lens.

However, all of the iPhone 15 models have 48MP main cameras. While the 15 Pro and Pro Max can shoot ProRAW, there’s also a new HEIF Max 48MP mode that all of the models can use. Even though the new HEIF Max 48MP mode enables high resolution images at much smaller file sizes around 5MB, you may not want to use it all the time.

But when you want to capture the most amount of detail – allowing for flexible crops and edits – using the full 48MP power of the iPhone 15 camera system is what you want. How to use 48MP iPhone 15 camera (15 and 14 Pro too) on the 15/Plus and 15 Pro/Max You can also choose to Preserve the ProRAW or HEIF Max setting to on in the camera app instead of it resetting to available but off when you open the default camera – Here’s how this looks on iPhone 15 Pro: Here’s how the setting will show in the native iOS Camera app so you know you’re shooting in HEIF Max or ProRAW: Press and hold the HEIF MAX or RAW MAX button to get the handy new menu to switch between the high resolution modes, or tap it once to disable HEIF Max or ProRAW.

What do you think about the new 48MP camera on the iPhone 15 and the HEIF Max option? Share your thoughts in the comments!.