Macro Mode
Currently, Moment Pro Camera doesn’t seem to have support for the macro lens in iPhones that have it.
I think the implementation should be just like the stock camera app, where it would automatically switch if the focusing distance is shorter than a certain number, with a pop-up button to disable macro mode.
Since Moment Pro Camera aims to offer a more manual shooting experience for users, maybe the macro lens can be activated with a button, just like the other lenses.
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JD Waters
Dec 18, 2025
Just wanted to point out that there is no such thing as a ‘macro’ lens on the iPhone: it’s just marketing. The so called ‘macro’ lens is just the 0.5x lens cropped to look like the 1x lens. If you want to be able to focus on really small objects, learn how to use your phone correctly and just switch to the 0.5x. You’ll actually get a wider field of view, because it won’t be cropped.
Admins, please remove this feature request, as it is unnecessary and would degrade the quality of MPCII.
JZ
Dec 18, 2025
I disagree that it’s unnecessary and would degrade the quality of MPCII.
I personally would like MPCII to be able to just automatically switch to macro mode just like the default camera app (and obviously an option to disable the automatic switch). I don’t want to be manually switching.
I never said there was a dedicated macro lens. The fact that it’s a wide angle lens doesn’t mean it can’t be a macro lens as well. Perhaps the 0.5x lens isn’t a true macro lens, but it does allow people to do some amateur macro photography. I don’t see why I can’t refer to it as a macro lens in the context of MPCII.
I hope admin will keep this feature request and consider it.
Dave
Dec 19, 2025
Sorry, JZ, gotta agree with OP on this one. I can’t see ‘macro’ mode being a feasible feature of a Pro-level camera app. Macro mode cuts down on the overall surface area of the ultra wide camera while pretending to be the 1x camera, but with worse quality. Go look at other pro camera apps, and you’ll see that none of them have an automatic macro switcher, because they all know it’s just marketing.
JZ
Dec 19, 2025
No need to apologize for disagreeing; it’s good to have a discussion :)
Two things:
First—
What I’m proposing is not going to change how you use MPCII. I proposed it as an option that can be turned off, perhaps even by default. So worst case scenario for users like you and JD just means you go into the settings to turn off auto macro.
Two—
I think you and JD are fundamentally different users of MPCII than me. I don’t really use MPCII for all its manual and extended camera features—I use it for the natural processing mode and the better-looking UI aesthetics and that’s it. Other than that, I use it like the default camera app: I open the app, point and shoot. If I’m pointing at something really close to the camera, I don’t want to have to manually switching lenses. If I want to do “serious” photography, I use my full-frame camera.
Unless the dev team decides that my use case is not part of their vision or that MPCII is not meant to replace the default camera app, I will continue to believe that adding such an option is worth considering.
Devan Flaherty
Dec 19, 2025
Love the discussion here!
First and foremost - I do not see MPC II truly replacing the default camera.
We would end up going down tangents and chasing features of the native camera app - which sure makes the user’s who don’t want to switch apps lives easier - but would pull away from the features we feel professional users need.
NOW that doesn’t mean we don’t want a seamless experience that is easy for casual users to adopt - from our action plates and profiles we’ll be bringing down the road - we do hope to make the experience even lighter and quicker.
But that means we have no “urgency” to add things like:
- qr code scanning
- night mode
- portrait mode
- pano mode
Cause the list of pro features we are looking to hit and make our offering more unique will come first.
That brings me to Macro.
We love Macro, Jamm our engineer loves Macro, and we want to improve the experience for sure!
BUT if we do Macro having it auto-magically toggle on really does go against the vision of the app - where we want things explicit to reduce unwanted results. Hence why lens selection is the way it is in the app right now.
I know it can feel un-intuitive and annoying to have an extra step - especially when apple’s native app is intended to be the ultra-intuitive just tap and shoot experience and infer what the user wants.
MPC II does require a bit more input from the user upfront - but once again we see this friction as a feature - in most aspects - though we are always looking for ways to keep the experience fast and light.
JZ
Dec 19, 2025
Thanks for the thoughtful response! I understand and support your vision :)
Devan Flaherty
Dec 19, 2025
Definitely.
And appreciate the insight as the feature is still yet to be fully defined.
So will for sure have you in my mind as we continue to draft out are solution.
Kellen Shanahan
Aug 4
If you ever implement custom focal length presets, you could just let the user choose which camera it uses on top of what effective “zoom” it is. For example, I could have a 35mm on the main camera and a 24mm (1x) on the ultra wide. It doesn’t introduce anything new or complex or unnecessary, but the users who want it can have it for free without adding unnecessary bloat.
Just note that this is a suggestion and I’m not sure if this would actually work well, or how it would be implemented for good ux.