Camera; Basic Camera Functions - Huawei P20 User Manual

Camera

Basic Camera Functions

Use the Basic Camera Features
Understand your camera's basic features to help you take better pictures.
Basic photo mode: Open
set the volume down button as a shutter button for your camera.
Select a camera mode: Open
Zoom in or out: Touch and hold the camera screen with two fingers. Separate your fingers to zoom
in, and pinch them together to zoom out. If you zoom in beyond your camera's optical zoom limit,
the image quality will decrease. After you touch the screen with two fingers and zoom in or out, a
zoom bar will appear on the side of the screen, which you can also use to zoom your camera in or
out.
Adjust your camera's exposure: Your camera will adjust its exposure automatically depending on
the ambient light level. Increasing the exposure will make pictures appear brighter whereas decreasing
the exposure will make pictures appear darker. You can adjust the exposure manually from the
viewfinder by touching the screen and dragging the
Enable or disable flash: Flash is used to provide extra lighting for taking photos in low light
conditions. From the viewfinder, touch
Auto: The camera automatically enables or disables flash depending on the ambient light level.
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Off: Disable flash.
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On: Enable flash.
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Always on: Flash is always on while you are in the viewfinder.
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Enable geolocation: Your geographic location will be recorded when you take a picture to allow you
to search through your pictures by location. From the viewfinder, touch
menu and enable GPS tag.
Use Camera to Record Videos
Besides taking pictures, you can also use the camera to capture high resolution videos.
Record a video: Open
Take a picture while recording a video: You can touch
picture.
Enable Flash always on: When recording a video in low light conditions, you can touch
select to always turn on the flash.
Camera. In the viewfinder, touch
Camera to choose a camera mode according to your needs.
to select one of the following flash modes:
Camera and touch
to take a photo. You can also
icon up or down.
to start recording a video.
when recording a video to take a
to enter the settings
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