Camera
Basic Camera Functions
Use Basic Camera Features
Understand your camera's basic functions to help you take better pictures.
Select a camera mode: Open
Camera. In the viewfinder, choose a camera mode from the
preinstalled ones.
Zoom your camera in or out: From the viewfinder, touch the screen with two fingers and pinch
them together to zoom out or move them apart to zoom in. If you zoom in beyond your camera's
optical zoom limit, the image quality will decrease. After you touch the screen with two fingers and
zoom in or out, a zoom bar will appear on the side of the screen, with which you can also zoom your
camera in or out.
Adjust your camera's exposure: Your camera will adjust its exposure automatically depending on
the ambient light level. Increasing the exposure will make pictures appear brighter whereas decreasing
the exposure will make pictures appear darker. You can adjust the exposure manually from the
viewfinder by touching the screen and dragging the
icon up or down.
Enable or disable flash: Flash is used to provide extra lighting for taking photos in low light
conditions. From the viewfinder, touch
to select one of the following flash modes:
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Auto: The camera automatically enables or disables flash depending on the ambient light level.
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Off: Disable flash.
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On: Enable flash.
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Always on: Flash is always on while you are in the viewfinder.
Mute shooting: From the viewfinder, touch
, and enable Mute.
Enable geolocation: Your geographic location will be recorded when you take a photo, and this
allows you to search through your pictures by location. From the viewfinder, touch
, and enable
GPS tag.
Use Camera to Record Videos
Besides taking pictures, you can also use the camera to capture high resolution videos with sound.
Record a video: Open
Camera > Video, touch
to start recording a video.
Take a picture while recording a video: You can touch
to take a picture when recording a
video.
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