Capture Photos and Video - The iPad 2 - page 100

The iPad 's camera shutter is really fast. Tap the shutter button

several times in quick succession to grab a bunch of shots.

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Choose a focus point
The camera usually focuses on the center of the screen, but you can spec-
ify any area of the screen on which to focus. Tap once to set the focus
point, which is represented by a white square ( Figure 5.3 ).

The iPad also uses that focus area as the basis to set lighting and white
balance. So, for example, if a person in the foreground is silhouetted by a
bright background, tap the person to lighten the foreground.

Figure 5.3
Specifying focus

Zoom in on a subject
Is the thing you want to photograph a bit too far away? Using the
Camera app's digital zoom feature, you can enlarge the image up to five
times. Digital zoom works only for capturing still images, not video, and
only when shooting with the rear-facing camera.

1. Tap once on the screen, as you would to set a focus point.

2. Drag the zoom slider at the bottom of the screen to increase the

zoom level ( Figure 5.4 ).