Take photos
Learn how to take photos with your phone.
Take a photo
To open the camera, press and hold the camera key.
Your phone has a full focus camera. With the camera, you can take photos where objects both in the foreground and background are in focus.
Press the camera key. Do not move the phone before the photo is saved and the final photo shown.
Use the volume keys.
The face tracker detects faces, draws rectangles around them, and optimises the white balance and exposure. Face tracking is on by default.
Select 
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Photo tips
To open the camera, press and hold the camera key.
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Use both hands to keep the camera steady.
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When you zoom in, the photo quality may degrade.
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You can add a photo to a contact in your contacts list. After taking a photo, select
> Use image > Assign to contact . Move the frame to crop the photo, tap the screen to show the toolbar, select 
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If you don't use the camera for about a minute, it goes to sleep. To wake the camera up, press the camera key briefly.
Keep a safe distance when using the flash. Do not use the flash on people or animals at close range. Do not cover the flash while taking a photo.
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See Take a photo in the dark .
Take a photo in the dark
To take photos even in dim light, switch to night mode.
To open the camera, press and hold the camera key.
Select 
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See Take a photo .
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See Photo tips .