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Taking photos
Taking panorama photos
Recording videos
Camera settings
Other camera apps for Android
This document applies to HP tablets with Android 4.2/Jelly Bean operating system.
Your HP tablet comes equipped with two cameras: one located on the back of the display
panel, and one on the front. This document provides information about taking photos,
recording videos, and other ways to use the cameras on your HP tablet.
Taking photos
Use the steps in this section to take a still photograph using your tablet.
1. Touch the All apps icon, and then touch the Camera app.
2. Use pinch and stretch gestures to zoom in or out on your subject. Use two fingers to
pinch (zoom out) or stretch (zoom in) on the screen.
NOTE:You cannot use the volume +/- buttons to zoom in or out in the Camera app.
3. Touch the blue circle to capture an image.
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Taking panorama photos
The Camera app can be used to take a panorama photo, automatically stitching multiple
images together while you pan the camera across a scene. Use the following steps to take a
panorama photo with your tablet:
2. Touch the camera icon, and then select the panorama icon.
Figure 1: Panorama
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3. Holding the tablet horizontally, frame the image on either the left or the right side of
where you want the panorama photo to begin.
4. Touch the blue circle, and slowly move the tablet horizontally to the right or to the left,
keeping the tablet level.
A blue progress bar appears at the bottom of the screen, showing how much of the
panorama has been recorded. The app notifies you if you are moving too fast.
NOTE:For best results, hold the tablet with both hands, keep it as level as possible, and
move the tablet slowly.
5. To end the panorama, touch the blue circle again, or keep recording until you reach the
end of the blue progress bar.
6. When the panorama is finished recording, wait a moment for the image to be processed
and saved.
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Recording videos
Use the following steps to record a video using your tablet:
2. Touch the camera icon, and then select the video camera icon.
Figure 2: Video camera
3. Use pinch and stretch gestures to zoom in or out on your subject. Use two fingers to
pinch (zoom out) or stretch (zoom in) on the screen.
NOTE:You cannot use the volume +/- buttons to zoom in or out in the Camera app.
4. Touch the red circle to begin recording.
NOTE:While recording a video, you can take photos by touching the screen. The screen is
momentarily outlined in red when the photo is taken. The video recording is not
interrupted.
5. Touch the red circle with a white square inside to stop the recording.
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Camera settings
Touch the white circle outline, or touch and hold anywhere on the screen in the Camera app to
display the camera settings:
NOTE:Settings options are not available in panorama camera mode.
Photo settings
The following settings are available for the still camera function:
Switch cameras : Touch the rotating camera icon to switch back and forth between the
front and back cameras.
Figure 3: Switch between front and back camera
Exposure compensation : Touch the exposure compensation +/- setting to change the
exposure value, making the images lighter or darker. Select a negative value (-1 or -2)
to make images darker, or select a positive value (+1 or +2) to make images lighter.
Figure 4: Exposure value
Picture size : Change the file size and resolution of the images you take using the Picture
size setting. Touch the Settings icon, and then touch Picture size . Select a megapixel
size for your pictures. This setting is not available for the front-facing camera.
Figure 5: Picture size
Focus mode : Changing the focus mode can help you control the autofocus function on
your camera. Infinity focus is best for subjects that are far away; Macro is best for
focusing on subjects that are close to the camera lens; and Continuous focus mode is
best for keeping moving subjects in focus.
Figure 6: Focus mode
Change the white balance : Adjusting the white balance to fit warm or cool lighting
conditions makes the colors in your image look more true-to-life. Touch the white
balance indicator to select a white balance compensation for your current lighting
conditions: auto (default), cloudy, daylight, incandescent, or fluorescent.
Figure 7: White balance
Video settings
The following settings are available for the video camera function:
Figure 8: Video settings options
Switch cameras : Use the rotating video camera icon to switch back and forth between
the front and back cameras.
Figure 9: Switch between front and back camera
Change the white balance : Adjusting the white balance to fit warm or cool lighting
conditions makes the colors in your image look truer-to-life. Touch the white balance
indicator to select a white balance compensation for your current lighting conditions:
auto (default), cloudy, daylight, incandescent, or fluorescent.
Figure 10: White balance
Time lapse : Select the Time lapse setting and set a time interval to create a time lapse
video. The video camera records an image at regular time intervals, so that when the
video is played back, the captured images appear to move more quickly than normal
time. Touch the Settings icon, touch the Time lapse OFF/ON indicator, scroll to select
a time interval, and then touch Done .
Figure 11: Time lapse interval
Video quality : Change the file size and resolution of the videos you take using the Video
quality setting. Touch the Settings icon, and then touch Video quality . Select your
preferred video quality setting.
Figure 12: Video quality
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Video stabilization : Video stabilization mode reduces the blurring effect that occurs
when the camera moves while recording video. To turn on video stabilization, touch the
Settings icon, and then touch the Video stabilization OFF/ON indicator.
Figure 13: Video stabilization
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Other camera apps for Android
To find other apps that can be used with your tablet's cameras, visit the Google Play Store (in
English).
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