Galaxy-S5. Taking photos or videos

Camera
Taking photos or videos
About taking photos or videos
Use this app to take photos or videos.
Use Gallery to view photos and videos taken with the device’s camera. Refer to ‘Viewing
content on the device’ for details.
Camera etiquette
• Do not take photos or videos of other people without their permission.
• Do not take photos or videos where legally prohibited.
• Do not take photos or videos in places where you may violate other people’s privacy.
• The camera automatically shuts off when unused.
• Make sure that the lens is clean. Otherwise, the device may not work properly in
some modes that require high resolutions.
• The front camera lens is suitable for taking wide-angle photos. Minor distortion
may occur in wide-angle photos and does not indicate device performance
problems.
1 Tap Camera on the Apps screen.
2 Tap the image on the preview screen where the camera should focus.
When the subject is in focus, the focus frame turns green.
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Camera
3 Tap
to take a photo or
to take a video.
• To change the focus while taking a video, tap where you want to focus. To focus on the
centre of the screen, tap .
• To capture an image from the video while recording, tap
.
Display current
mode.
Switch between the
front and rear
camera.
Start taking a video.
Activate or
deactivate selective
focus mode.
Take a photo.
Change the
shooting mode.
Activate or
deactivate HDR (Rich
tone).
View photos and
videos you have
taken.
Change camera
settings.
Viewing photos or videos
You can view photos or videos immediately after taking them by opening the preview
thumbnail on the camera screen.
Tap the preview thumbnail at the bottom right of the screen.
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