Take photos with your iPod touch camera

Learn how to take great photos with Camera on your iPod touch. Choose from camera modes such as Photo, Video, Pano, Square, Time-lapse, Slo-mo and use features such as filters and Burst.

Ask Siri. Say something like: “Open Camera.” Learn how to ask Siri.

Camera in Photo mode, with other modes to the left and right below the viewer. Buttons for Flash, HDR, Timer, and Filters appear at the top of the screen. The Photo and Video Viewer button is in the bottom-left corner. The Take Picture button is at the bottom center, and the Camera Chooser Back-Facing button is in the bottom-right corner.

Take a photo

Photo is the standard mode that you see when you open Camera. Use Photo mode to take still photos. Swipe left or right to choose a different mode, such as Video, Pano, Time-lapse, Slo-mo, and Square.

Tap on the Home screen or swipe left from the Lock screen to open Camera.
To prepare your shot, do any of the following:
- Turn the flash on or off: Tap , then choose Auto, On, or Off.
- Choose a photo mode: Swipe the screen left or right to choose a mode such as Photo, Square, or Pano.
- Use the timer: Stabilize your iPod touch and frame your shot. Tap , then choose 3s or 10s.
Tap the Shutter button or press either volume button to take the shot.

If you started from the Lock screen, return to it by pressing the Home button.

Note: For your security, a green dot appears in the top-right corner of the screen when Camera is in use. See Control access to hardware features.

Zoom in or out

Open Camera and pinch the screen to zoom in or out.

Take a selfie

Tap to switch to the front camera.
Hold your iPod touch in front of you.
Tap the Shutter button or press either volume button to take the shot.

To take a mirrored selfie that captures the shot as you see it in the front camera frame, go to Settings > Camera, then turn on Mirror Front Photos.

Adjust the camera’s focus and exposure

Before you take a photo, the iPod touch camera automatically sets the focus and exposure, and face detection balances the exposure across many faces. If you want to manually adjust the focus and exposure, do the following:

Tap the screen to show the automatic focus area and exposure setting.
Tap where you want to move the focus area.
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.

Take a panorama photo

Use Pano mode to capture landscapes or other shots that won’t fit on your camera screen.

Choose Pano mode, then tap the Shutter button.
Pan slowly in the direction of the arrow, keeping it on the center line.
To finish, tap the Shutter button again.

Tap the arrow to pan in the opposite direction. To pan vertically, rotate iPod touch to landscape orientation. You can reverse the direction of a vertical pan, too.

Take a photo with a filter

Choose Photo or Square mode, then tap .
Below the viewer, swipe the filters left or right to preview them; tap one to choose it.

You can remove or change a photo’s filter in Photos.

Take Burst shots

Burst mode takes multiple high-speed photos so that you have a range of photos to choose from. You can take Burst photos with the rear and front cameras.

In Photo or Square mode, touch and hold the Shutter button to take rapid-fire shots.
The counter shows how many shots you took.
Lift your finger to stop.
To select the photos you want to keep, tap the Burst thumbnail, then tap Select.
Gray dots below the thumbnails mark the suggested photos to keep.
Tap the circle in the lower-right corner of each photo you want to save as an individual photo, then tap Done.

To delete the entire Burst, tap the thumbnail, then tap .

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iPod touch User Guide