Camera
At a glance
If you have an iPad 2 or later, you can take both still photos and videos. In addition to the iSight camera on the back, there’s a FaceTime camera on the front for FaceTime calls and self-portraits.
A rectangle briefly appears where the camera is focused and setting the exposure. When you photograph people, iPad (3rd generation) uses face detection to automatically focus on and balance the exposure across up to 10 faces. A rectangle appears over each detected face.
or press either volume button. To
display a grid on the screen, tap Options.-
Zoom in or out: Pinch the screen (iSight camera only).
, then tap 
or press either volume button to
start or stop recording.When you take a photo or start a video recording, iPad makes a shutter sound. You can control the volume with the volume buttons or the Side Switch.
Note: In some countries, muting iPad does not prevent the shutter sound.
If Location Services is turned on, photos and videos are tagged with location data that can be used by other apps and photo-sharing websites. See Privacy.
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Set the focus and exposure for the next shot: Tap the object on the screen. Face detection is temporarily turned off.
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Lock the focus and exposure: Touch and hold the screen until the rectangle pulses. AE/AF Lock is displayed at the bottom of the screen, and the focus and exposure remain locked until you tap the screen again.
at the same time. The screenshot is added to your Camera
Roll album.Note: On an iPad without a camera, screenshots are added to the Saved Photos album.
Viewing, sharing, and printing
The photos and videos you take with Camera are saved in your Camera Roll album. If you have Photo Stream turned on in Settings > iCloud, new photos also appear in your Photo Stream album, and are streamed to your other iOS devices and computers. See Using iCloud and Photo Stream.
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Show or hide the controls while viewing a photo or video: Tap the screen.
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Share a photo or video: Tap
. To send
multiple photos or videos, tap while viewing thumbnails, select the
items, then tap Share. -
Print a photo: Tap
. See Printing with
AirPrint. -
Delete a photo or video: Tap
.
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Mac: Select the photos and videos you want, then click the Import or Download button in iPhoto or other supported photo application on your computer.
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PC: Follow the instructions that came with your photo application.
If you delete photos or videos from iPad when you upload them to your computer, they’re removed from your Camera Roll album. You can use the Photos settings pane in iTunes to sync photos and videos to the Photos app on iPad (videos can be synced only with a Mac). See Syncing with iTunes.
Editing photos and trimming videos
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Auto-enhance: Enhancing improves a photo’s overall darkness or lightness, color saturation, and other qualities. If you decide against the enhancement, tap the tool again (even if you saved the changes).
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Remove red-eye: Tap each eye that needs correcting.
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Crop: Drag the corners of the grid, drag the photo to reposition it, then tap Crop. To set a specific ratio, tap Constrain.
Important: If you choose Trim Original, the trimmed frames are permanently deleted from the original video. If you choose “Save as New Clip,” a new trimmed video clip is saved in your Camera Roll album and the original video is unaffected.