How do I use two rear lenses?
Enable Dual Lens and assign a rear camera to each output.
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Set up Dual Lens
- Select Rear camera in Camera controls → Camera setup.
- Tap the gear, Settings.
- Under Rear Camera, turn on Dual Lens if the toggle is available.
- Tap Portrait, choose the camera for the portrait output, and return to Settings.
- Tap Landscape and choose the camera for the landscape output.
- Set Linked Zoom on if you want pinches to move both rear cameras, or off for independent zoom.
- Tap Done, wait for configuration to finish, and inspect both previews before capturing.
The camera lists show device-specific options such as Ultra Wide, Wide, and Telephoto. Their captions describe the view and hardware-reported capability. Where available, the default rear pair uses Ultra Wide for portrait and Wide for landscape. Read the actual selected rows because saved choices take precedence.
Picking a camera already used by the other output
Selecting the other output's rear camera swaps the two assignments. For example, if Portrait uses Ultra Wide and Landscape uses Wide, selecting Wide for Portrait moves Ultra Wide to Landscape. You do not have to clear an assignment first. Selecting the currently checked camera leaves the setup as it is.
When Dual Lens is missing or fails
The toggle appears only when the iPhone advertises a runnable pair of rear cameras. A phone can produce both file formats using one camera without supporting simultaneous rear lenses. The number of visible rear lenses alone is not enough to establish Dual Lens support.
Some particular pairs or qualities can still fail to configure. The app explains why Dual Lens is unavailable and that it switched to single-lens. Dismiss the alert and continue with one rear camera, or choose a different rear pair/quality while idle. Turning Dual Lens off removes the lens assignment and Linked Zoom rows and returns to the app's automatic single-camera selection.