Samsung Galaxy A8 User Manual page 92

Apps and features
Wide selfie mode
Take a wide self-portrait and include as many people in the photo as possible to avoid leaving
people out.
1
On the preview screen, swipe upwards or downwards, or tap
camera for self-portraits.
2
On the shooting modes list, tap Wide selfie.
3
Face the front camera lens.
4
When the device detects your face, show your palm to the front camera. After
recognizing your palm, a countdown timer will appear. When the time is up, the device
will take a photo.
To set the camera to take a photo by tapping the screen, tap
Shooting methods, and then tap the Tap screen switch to activate it.
5
Slowly swivel the device left and then right or vice versa to take a wide self-portrait.
The device will take additional photos when the white frame moves to each end of the
viewfinder window.
• Make sure to keep the white frame inside the viewfinder window.
• The subjects should remain still while taking wide self-portraits.
• The top and bottom parts of the image displayed on the preview screen may be
cut out of the photo depending on the shooting conditions.
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