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I don’t think this is a bug. See also: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/use-all-modes-of-phones-camera/21636/4 https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/no-way-to-switch-between-the-phones-cameras-in-the-app/21550

I’m not able to replicate on my iPhone 13 Pro running iOS 17.0.3 and iNat app 3.3 (711). If I move the camera close to my keyboard it switches to macro view. Screen recording: https://photos.app.goo.gl/PbfAAW1wN7Zm4Yfc9

Not sure why you think this isn’t a bug. Those posts indicate it’s a problem too.

Interesting. I have an iPhone 15 Pro max at the moment, just updated to 17.1.1. I just checked again and while the app doesL let me switch between 0.5x, 1x, 2x and 5x zoom let me manually pick the focus point turn on the flash when needed But it never moves into macro mode

Would you be able to make a screen recording of the issue and either share it here or send it to help@inaturalist.org ?

Problem does not equal bug (the other posts are not bug reports). I was under the impression this is not something iNaturalist can control, but maybe that is not true.

Sorry it took me a while to get to this, but I have a video that shows with the camera app the macro button shows up, but taking a picture from inside iNaturalist the macro icon never appears. Seems I can’t upload a .mov to this thread, so I’ll email it to help@inaturalist.org

Received your video. Using my iPhone 15 Pro running iOS 18.0.1, and the latest version of the app (3.3.5) I can get the macro mode to activate in the app when I hold it close to a subject, even though the macro icon (flower) doesn’t appear. Sometimes it will take a second to switch to macro mode, bu…

iOS macro mode doesn't activate from within app

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tiwane November 7, 2023, 11:29pm 4

Also, apologies for my gross keyboard.

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