User Guide

Taking Photos and Recording Videos
Taking photos and recording videos with iPhone is as easy as point and tap.
Camera/Video
switch
Focus area
Switch cameras
Zoom
Thumbnail of
last shot
Tap to
take photo
Set LED
flash mode
Turn HDR
on or off
Take a photo: Aim iPhone and tap .
Make sure the Camera/Video switch is set to .
When you take a photo or start a video recording, iPhone makes a shutter sound.
You can use the volume buttons on the side of the iPhone to control the volume of
the shutter sound. You don’t hear a sound if you set the Ring/Silent switch to silent.
See “Sounds and the Ring/Silent Switch” on page 188.
Note: In some regions, the sound eects for Camera are played even if the Ring/Silent
switch is set to silent.
On iPhone 4, you can turn on HDR to take HDR (high dynamic range) photos. HDR
blends the best parts of three separate exposures into a single photo. For best results,
iPhone and the subject should be stationary.
Turn HDR on or o: Tap the HDR button at the top of the screen. The button indicates
whether HDR is on or o. (HDR is o by default.)
Note: When HDR is on, the ash is turned o.
With HDR, you can save both the normal-exposure version and the HDR version of a
photo in the Camera Roll, or save just the HDR version. By default, both are saved.
Choose whether to save both the normal-exposure version and the HDR version
of photos: In Settings, choose Photos, then turn Keep Normal Photo on or o. If the
setting is turned o, only the HDR version of a photo is saved.
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