--- title: 9 Awesome New Camera Features in iOS 8 description: A pretty good point-and-shoot camera just got better canonical: https://time.com/2857024/ios-8-camera-features/ author: Philip Elmer-DeWitt article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-11T13:10:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:45:51.231Z article:section: Business og:title: 9 Awesome New Camera Features in iOS 8 og:description: A pretty good point-and-shoot camera just got better og:url: https://time.com/2857024/ios-8-camera-features/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b4ec17a44793075/698695e4e53abaaeff4d2f9f/04236995.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Apple Worldwide Developers Conference og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 9 Awesome New Camera Features in iOS 8 twitter:description: A pretty good point-and-shoot camera just got better twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b4ec17a44793075/698695e4e53abaaeff4d2f9f/04236995.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 9 Awesome New Camera Features in iOS 8 by [Philip Elmer-DeWitt](/author/philip-elmer-dewitt/) ## Philip Elmer-DeWitt Jun 11, 2014 1:10 PM CUT  Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces IOS 8 in the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California, USA, June 2, 2014. Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces IOS 8 in the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California, USA, June 2, 2014.John G. Mabanglo—EPA by [Philip Elmer-DeWitt](/author/philip-elmer-dewitt/) ## Philip Elmer-DeWitt Jun 11, 2014 1:10 PM CUT  This post is in partnership with Fortune, which offers the latest business and finance news. Read the article below originally published at [Fortune.com](http://fortune.com/2014/06/10/nine-cool-new-camera-features-in-apples-ios-8/ "undefined"). Gathered from around the Web. Some of these improvements made it into Apple’s WWDC keynote last week. Many did not. – Permanent backup. Every photo and video you take is stored forever in the cloud – for a price. See [The great photo shoebox in the sky](http://fortune.com/2014/06/09/apples-icloud-the-great-photo-shoebox-in-the-sky/ "undefined"). – Exposure control. Slide your finger up and down to set the exposure. See [Yahoo Tech](https://www.yahoo.com/tech/the-best-new-ios-8-features-that-apple-didnt-tell-87918351659.html "undefined"). – Photo editing. Crop, straighten, rotate, adjust light and color in the app. See [iClarified](http://www.iclarified.com/41404/whats-new-in-ios-8-photos-camera "undefined"). [Click here to see the rest of the list](http://fortune.com/2014/06/10/nine-cool-new-camera-features-in-apples-ios-8/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2857024/ios-8-camera-features/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2857024/ios-8-camera-features/"},"headline":"9 Awesome New Camera Features in iOS 8","datePublished":"2014-06-11T13:10:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:45:51.231Z","description":"A pretty good point-and-shoot camera just got better","url":"https://time.com/2857024/ios-8-camera-features/","keywords":["Tech","Apple","camera","pictures","iOS 8"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b4ec17a44793075/698695e4e53abaaeff4d2f9f/04236995.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Philip Elmer-DeWitt","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/philip-elmer-dewitt/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b4ec17a44793075/698695e4e53abaaeff4d2f9f/04236995.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Apple Worldwide Developers Conference","caption":"Apple Worldwide Developers Conference","creditText":"John G. Mabanglo—EPA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2857024/ios-8-camera-features/","name":"9 Awesome New Camera Features in iOS 8"}}]}] ```