Camera
Basic Camera Functions
Use Basic Camera Features
Understand your camera's basic features to help you take better pictures.
Basic photo mode
: Open
Camera
. In the viewfinder, touch
to take a photo. You can also
set the volume button as a shutter button for your camera.
Select a camera mode
: Open
Camera
. In the viewfinder, choose a photo mode from the
preinstalled ones.
Zoom your camera in or out
: From the viewfinder, touch the screen with two fingers and move
them apart to zoom in or pinch them together to zoom out. 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, which you can also use to 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 four flash modes:
l
Auto
: The camera automatically enables or disables flash depending on the ambient light level.
l
Off
: Disable flash.
l
On
: Enable flash.
l
Always on
: Flash is always on while you are in the viewfinder.
Enable geolocation
: Your geographic location will be recorded when you take a picture to allow you
to search through your pictures by location. From the viewfinder, touch
to enter the settings
menu and enable
GPS tag
.
Use Camera to Record Videos
Besides taking pictures, you can also use Camera to capture high resolution videos.
Record a video
: Go to
Camera
>
Video
, and touch
to start recording a video.
Take a picture while recording a video
: You can touch
when recording a video to take a
picture.
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