![A side-by-side image featuring a close-up of an iPhone with three camera lenses on the left and a Canon AE-1 film camera with a lens cap featuring the 1976 Montreal Olympics logo on the right.](https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2024/05/iphone-shutter-sound-canon-ae-1-featured-300x157.jpg)
The Legendary Canon Camera Behind the Iconic iPhone Camera Sound
Despite the ubiquity of the iPhone camera sound, with trillions of photos shot on iPhone every year, many people don't know the fascinating analog origins of the camera app's digital shutter sound.