Blackmagic Camera iOS 2.1 released with iPhone 16 Camera Control support and more

Blackmagic has released the latest version of its popular free iOS app Blackmagic Camera 2.1, unlocking the camera control button on iPhone 16 models. It complements last week’s Android v1.4 update.

Some fun new stuff about the latest release of the Blackmagic Camera app for iOS in the App Store. Unsurprisingly, the new camera control button is now supported on iPhone 16 series phones and can be used to control zoom, exposure bias, focus, ISO and other settings.

You can now also record audio while recording off-speed clips and have an improved range of bitrate options when recording in H.264 and H.265.

Here you can find out what’s new. And underneath we have the updates to the latest version 1.4 for Android, which we missed when it was released last week, for good reason.

What’s new in Blackmagic Camera 2.1?

• Support for launching and recording with camera controls on iPhone 16.
• Ability to control zoom, exposure offset, focus, ISO and other settings using camera controls on iPhone 16.
• Ability to launch the app from Control Center, lock screen or camera control button.
• Support for logging into Blackmagic Cloud organizational accounts.
• Display the timecode for the frequency and duration of the time lapse on the overlay while recording.
• Off-speed recordings now include audio.
• Improved overlays to show when off-speed mode is active.
• Option to limit HDMI monitoring to HD resolution.
• HDMI monitoring preview now remains active on all pages.
• Bitrate options when recording with H.264 and H.265 codecs.
• Support for DockKit compatible iPhone accessories.
• Improved timecode accuracy for Tentacle sync devices.
• Improved performance when recording high-speed ProRes 4K clips on iPhone 16 Pro models.
• Improved remote monitoring performance when recording with proxies.
• When you switch to the front-facing camera when shooting, it will now be shot in the correct orientation.
• General performance and stability improvements.

What’s new in Blackmagic Camera 1.4?

• Audio monitoring while recording.
• Bluetooth microphone support.
• Support for Tentacle Sync for timecode synchronization of recording.
• Recording bitrate options for H.264 and H.265 codecs.
• Support for compatible Oppo devices.
• Supports Sony Xperia Series 1, 5 and Pro-I devices.
• General performance and stability improvements.

As always, both versions can be downloaded free of charge from the respective app stores.