I then conducted some tests of my own, starting with connecting my iPhone to my Windows 7 PC and opening Windows Explorer to view my Camera Roll. Use this handy iOS 5 feature and your snapshots may appear upside-down when viewed in Windows. My dad was the one who first brought this to my attention I'd e-mailed him a photo from my iPhone, and he wrote back that it had arrived upside-down (in his mail client)-and sent it back to me as proof. As many Windows users have discovered, images captured using the volume-up button often appear upside down when viewed using traditional methods like Windows Explorer and Windows Media Player.īut why? Those same pictures and videos have the proper orientation when viewed on your iPhone-or on a Mac.
Just one problem: when you flip your phone around so the volume-up button is facing, well, up, you end up with upside-down photos and videos.
But with iOS 5, Apple transformed the volume-up button into a shutter release, thereby making iPhone photography feel a bit more natural. What's wrong with this picture? (No, seriously.) The upside-down photos were snapped with the the iPhone's volume buttons pointing up.īefore iOS 5, the only way to snap a photo with your iPhone was to tap the onscreen shutter button-always a somewhat awkward maneuver.
