Camera, Camera basics, Viewfinder screen – HTC Inspire 4G User Manual
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Camera
Camera basics
Whether traveling for business or fun, enjoy taking photos and videos of your trip and
encounters with your phone’s camera.
Be sure to plug in your microSD card before you use your phone’s camera. Photos and videos
captured with the camera will be stored onto your microSD card.
If you have not yet inserted your microSD card to your phone, follow the steps in “Inserting the
storage card“ in the Basics chapter to insert it.
To open the camera in photo mode and take photos, tap
from the Home
screen, and then tap
Camera.
To open the camera directly in video mode so you can immediately start
capturing videos, tap
from the Home screen, and then tap
Camcorder.
Viewfinder screen
When you’re in photo mode and you turn your phone left or right, the camera
onscreen controls automatically rotate to how you hold the phone. You’ll find the
following onscreen controls on the Viewfinder screen:
3
5
2
6
7
1
4
1
Auto focus indicator
See “Auto focusing.”
2
Zoom bar
See “Zooming.”
3
Gallery button
See the “Photos, videos, and music” chapter.
4
Effects button
See “Adding effects.”
5
Shutter release/Record button
Tap to take a photo or start capturing video.
6
Flash button
See “Taking a photo” and “Recording video.”
7
Mode button
Tap to switch between photo and video modes.