Change advanced camera settings on your iPad

Before you take a photo, the iPad camera automatically sets the focus and exposure, and face detection balances the exposure across many faces. To manually adjust the focus and exposure, follow these steps:

1. Open Camera on your iPad.

2. Tap the screen to show the automatic focus area and exposure setting (in yellow).

3. Tap where you want to move the focus area.

4. Next to the focus area, drag up or down to adjust the exposure.

   To lock your manual focus and exposure settings for upcoming shots, touch and hold the focus area until you see AE/AF Lock; tap the screen to unlock settings.

To display a grid on the camera screen that can help you straighten and compose your shot, go to Settings  > Camera, then turn on Grid.

After you take a photo, you can use the editing tools in the Photos app to further align shots and adjust horizontal and vertical perspective. See Straighten a photo or video and adjust its perspective.

1. Go to Settings  > Camera > Preserve Settings.

2. Turn on any of the following:

   • Live Photo: Save the Live Photo setting. This setting is on by default.

     See Take a Live Photo.

   • Camera Mode: Save the last camera mode you used, such as Video or Pano.

     See Switch between camera modes.

1. Open Camera on your iPad.

2. Open Control Center, then drag up or down.

3. Tap the screen outside of Control Center to go back to Camera.

   Note: The shutter doesn’t make a sound when Live Photos is turned on.

   Note: In some countries and regions, you can’t mute the shutter sound.

On supported models, the Scene Detection setting can identify what you’re taking a photo of and apply a tailored look to bring out the best qualities in the scene.

Scene Detection is on by default. To turn off Scene Detection, go to Settings  > Camera, then turn off Scene Detection.

On supported models, the Lens Correction setting adjusts photos taken with the front camera or Ultra Wide camera for more natural-looking results.

Lens Correction is on by default. To turn off Lens Correction, go to Settings  > Camera, then turn off Lens Correction.

Photos you take in the Messages app are automatically saved to your library in the Photos app.

To turn this feature off, go to Settings  > Camera, then turn off Save Captures to Photo Library.