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How to capture action shots with Burst mode on your iPhone camera

Use Burst mode with your iPhone camera to capture photos of a moving subject, or when you want to take multiple high-speed photos so that you have a range of photos to choose from. You can take Burst photos with the rear and front-facing cameras.

iPhone suggests which shots to keep, and you save only the ones you want as individual photos. You can also take Burst shots with the volume up button, once that option is on.

  1. Open Camera on your iPhone.
  2. Swipe the Shutter button to the left to begin taking photos in rapid succession.
  3. Lift your finger to stop.
  4. To select the photos you want to keep, tap the Burst thumbnail. Tap Burst (number).

Gray dots below the thumbnails mark the suggested photos to keep.

  1. Tap the circle in the lower-right corner of each photo you want to save as an individual photo. Tap Done.

To delete the entire Burst, tap the thumbnail, then tap the Delete button.

Quick tip: You can press and hold the volume up button for Burst shots, too. To set it up, go to Settings > Camera and turn on Use Volume Up for Burst.

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