User Guide

Chapter 12 Camera 91
If Location Services is turned on, photos and videos are tagged with location data that can be
used by apps and photo-sharing websites. See Privacy on page 41.
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Tap , tap 3s (seconds) or 10s, then tap the Take Picture button.
Want to capture what’s displayed on your screen? Simultaneously press and release the Sleep/
Wake and Home buttons. The screenshot is added to the Photos tab in Photos and can also be
viewed in the Camera Roll album or All Photos album (if you’re using iCloud Photo Library beta).
Make it better. You can edit photos and trim videos, right on iPhone. See Edit photos and trim
videos on page 86.
HDR
HDR (High Dynamic Range) helps you get great shots, even in high-contrast situations. The best
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together into a single photo.
Note: On iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, the FaceTime camera creates high dynamic range photos
using the camera’s sensor, instead of blending three separate shots. This feature is always on, and
only one photo is created (which is not labeled HDR).
Use HDR. (iSight cameras and the FaceTime camera on iPhone 5s or later) Tap the HDR button at
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Keep the normal photo in addition to the HDR version. Go to Settings > Photos & Camera >
Keep Normal Photo. Both the normal and HDR versions of the photo appear in Photos. HDR
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View, share, and print
Photos and videos you take are saved in Photos. With iCloud Photo Library beta turned on, all
new photos and videos are automatically uploaded and available in Photos on all your iOS 8.1
devices set up with iCloud Photo Library beta. See iCloud Photo Library beta on page 83. With
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your enabled devices in the My Photo Stream album. See My Photo Stream on page 83.
View your photos. Tap the thumbnail image, then swipe left or right to see the photos you’ve
taken recently. Tap All Photos to see everything in the Photos app.
Tap the screen to show or hide the controls.
Get sharing and printing options. Tap . See Share from apps on page 35.
Upload photos and videos. Use iCloud Photo Library beta to upload photos and videos from
your iPhone to iCloud and access them on your iOS 8.1 devices signed into iCloud Photo Library
beta using the same Apple ID. You can also upload and download your photos and videos from
the Photos app on iCloud.com. See iCloud Photo Library beta on page 83.