HTC 99HLR002-00 manual Camera basics, Viewfinder screen

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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.

You can also press and hold the CAMERA button to open the camera in photo mode.

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:

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1	Auto focus indicator	See "Auto focusing".
2	Zoom bar	See "Zooming".
3	Main/Second camera button	Tap to toggle between using the main camera (back of the
		phone) or the second camera (front of the phone).
4	Gallery button	See the “Photos, Videos, and Music” chapter.
5	Effects	See "Adding effects".
6	Shutter release/Record	Tap to take a photo or start capturing video.
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7	Flash button	See "Taking a photo" and "Recording video".
8	Mode button	Tap to switch between photo and video modes.