Take a Picture or Video
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Take a Picture or Video

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


INSTRUCTIONS & INFO

Prenote info

For technical details about your camera, see the Specifications tutorial.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to:

• Switch between front and rear camera
• Focus the camera
• Zoom in and out
• Take a photo
• Switch to video mode
• Pause, stop, and save a video
• Capture an image while recording


To access the Camera app, from the home screen select the camera app Camera app. You can also press the Power/Lock button twice or swipe up from the camera app Camera app icon on the lock screen.

 

Switch between front and rear cameras

Select the Switch camera icon.

Note: You cannot switch the camera while you are recording a video.

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Focus the camera

Select the desired area of the photo you wish to focus on. A circle will appear when the area is selected.

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Zoom in and out

Move two fingers apart towards the edge of the screen to zoom in. Move two fingers inward towards the middle of the screen to zoom out.


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Take a photo

 Select the Capture icon.

Note: Alternately, you can take a picture by pressing one of the Volume buttons. 

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Switch to video mode

From the Camera screen, swipe left to access Video mode then select the Record icon.

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Pause, stop and save a video


Select the Pause icon to pause the video. Select the Stop icon to finish recording.

Note: To resume a recording, select the record icon Record icon.

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Capture an image while recording

Select the Capture icon.

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