Adjust HDR camera settings on iPad

HDR (High Dynamic Range) in Camera helps you get great shots in high-contrast situations. On supported models, the iPad camera takes several photos in rapid succession at different exposures and blends them together. The resulting photo has better detail in the bright and mid-tone areas.

Turn off automatic HDR

By default, iPad automatically uses HDR when it’s most effective. To manually control HDR instead, do the following:

On models that support manual HDR in Settings, go to Settings > Camera, then turn off Smart HDR. On the camera screen, tap HDR to manually turn it on or off.
On earlier iPad models, tap on the camera screen to manually turn it on or off.

By default, the HDR version of a photo is saved in Photos. On some iPad models, you can also save the non-HDR version; go to Settings > Camera, then turn on Keep Normal Photo.

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Adjust HDR camera settings on iPad

Turn off automatic HDR