HTC Desire 12‎

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Taking a photo

Take photos and selfies, even while recording videos.

On the Home screen, tap the camera icon to open the Camera app.
Point the camera at what you want to capture. You can tap the screen to change the focus to a different subject.
When you're ready to take the photo, tap .

Using HDR

When shooting portraits against a bright background, use HDR, short for High Dynamic Range, to capture your subjects clearly. HDR brings out the details of both the highlights and shadows, even in high contrast lighting.

Important:

Make sure you're in normal capture mode. See Choosing a capture mode for details.
HDR works best when your subject is steady. The camera takes two shots at different exposure levels and combines them into one enhanced photo.

On the Home screen, tap the camera icon to open the Camera app.
Tap to enable HDR.
When you're ready to take the photo, tap

Taking a panoramic photo

Get a wider shot of a landscape in one sweep.

Note: Some camera features and photo settings are not available when you’re in panorama mode.

On the Home screen, tap the camera icon to open the Camera app.
Switch to Panorama mode. See Choosing a capture mode for details.
Put your camera in portrait or landscape view.
When you're ready to take the shot, tap .
Start panning in the direction of one of the directional arrows and then match the white arrow with the blue arrow on the Viewfinder screen.
Continue panning and hold HTC Desire 12 as steadily as you can while capturing frames.
You can tap to stop and save your captured frames or to cancel without saving.