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Take a Picture

Learn how to take a picture, use the front and rear camera, switch between camera and modes, and more.



Prenote info

For technical details about your device's camera, see the Specifications tutorial. For advanced camera features, see the Advanced Photo & Video Features tutorial

In this tutorial, you will learn how to:

• Take a photo
• Switch between the front and rear cameras
• Focus the camera
• Zoom in and out
• Use Multicapture
• Access and use Single Take
• Enable and use Show palm

This tutorial requires you to open the Camera app. From the home screen, select the camera app Camera app. To access the camera from the lock screen, press the Side button twice or select and drag the Camera app Camera icon up. 
 

 


 

Take a photo

Select the Capture icon.

Note: Alternately, press either of the Volume buttons.

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Switch between front and rear cameras

Select the Switch camera icon.

Note: You can also swipe up or down to quickly switch between the rear and front facing cameras.

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Focus the camera

Select the screen in the desired location to focus the camera.

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Zoom in and out

Drag two fingers from the middle of the screen toward the outer edges of the screen to zoom in. Pinch two fingers from the outer edges of the screen to the middle of the screen to zoom out.

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Use Multicapture

Select and drag the Capture icon down to the bottom of the screen to take a burst of images. The number of photos taken will appear on the capture icon. Release your finger to stop.

Note: You cannot take burst shots in high resolution. To change the camera resolution, select the Ratio icon Ratio icon then select the desired option.

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Access and use Single Take

Single Take allows you to shoot a scene in a series of pictures and short videos at the same time. From the camera screen, swipe left to MORE then select SINGLE TAKE. Select Capture icon to begin recording then pan the camera around slowly to capture multiple photos in the scene. Single Take will stop automatically after about 10 seconds. To manually stop recording, select the Stop icon. Your device will automatically process all the photos and videos captured.

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The photos and videos taken using Single Take will be displayed as a collection. To view the collection, from the Camera app, select the Gallery icon.

Note: Alternately, swipe up from the bottom of the home screen to access the Apps tray then select the gallery app Gallery app.

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Enable and use Show palm

Show your palm to the front facing camera to take selfie or start a selfie video. To enable, from the camera screen, Settings Setting icon. Scroll to and select Shooting methods, then select the Show palm switch.

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To take a selfie using Show palm, simply hold your palm up to the camera. 

Note: This feature only works with the front facing camera. To switch the camera to the front facing camera, select the Switch camera icon.

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