User Guide

Chapter 12 Camera 89
Take photos and videos
Camera oers several photo and video modes, which let you shoot stills, square-format photos,
panoramas, time-lapse, videos, and slow-motion videos (iPhone 5s or later).
Choose a mode. Drag the screen left or right, or tap the camera mode labels to choose Time-
Lapse, Slo-Mo, Video, Photo, Square, or Pano.
Take a photo. Choose Photo, then tap the Take Picture button or press either volume button.
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Take Burst shots: (iPhone 5s or later) Touch and hold the Take Picture button to take rapid-re
photos in bursts (available while in Square or Photo mode). The shutter sound is dierent,
and the counter shows how many shots you’ve taken, until you lift your nger. To see the
suggested shots and select the photos you want to keep, tap the thumbnail, then tap Select.
The gray dot(s) mark the suggested photos. To copy a photo from the burst as a separate
photo in your Bursts album in Photos, tap the circle in the lower-right corner of the photo. To
delete the burst of photos, tap it, then tap .
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Apply a lter: Tap to apply dierent color eects, such as Mono or Chrome. To turn o a
lter, tap , then tap None. You can also apply a lter later, when you edit the photo. See Edit
photos and trim videos on page 85.
A rectangle briey appears where the exposure is set. When you photograph people, face
detection (iPhone 4s or later) balances the exposure across up to 10 faces. A rectangle appears
for each face detected.
Exposure is automatic, but you can set the exposure manually for the next shot by tapping an
object or area on the screen. With an iSight camera, tapping the screen sets the focus and the
exposure, and face detection is temporarily turned o. To lock the exposure and focus, touch
and hold until the rectangle pulses. Take as many photos as you want. When you tap the screen
again, the automatic settings and face detection turn back on.
Adjust the exposure. Touch and hold until you see next to the exposure rectangle, then slide
up or down to adjust the exposure.
Take a panorama photo. (iSight camera) Choose Pano, tap the Take Picture button, then pan
slowly in the direction of the arrow. To pan in the other direction, rst tap the arrow. To pan
vertically, rst rotate iPhone to landscape orientation. You can reverse the direction of a vertical
pan, too.