Set up your shot with your iPod touch camera

Before taking a photo, you can use the features on your iPod touch camera to improve your shot. Turn the flash on or off, set a timer, adjust your camera’s focus and exposure, straighten your shots with a grid, or add a filter.

Turn the flash on or off

Your iPod touch camera is set to automatically use the flash when needed. To manually control the flash before you take a photo, tap , then choose Auto, On, or Off.

Use the timer

Set a timer on your iPod touch camera to give yourself time to get in the shot.

Tap .
Choose 3s or 10s, then tap the Shutter button to start the timer.

Adjust the camera’s focus and exposure

Before you take a photo, the iPod touch camera automatically sets the focus and exposure, and face detection balances the exposure across many faces. If you want to manually adjust the focus and exposure, do the following:

Tap the screen to show the automatic focus area and exposure setting.
Tap where you want to move the focus area.
Next to the focus area, drag up or down to adjust the exposure.
To lock your manual focus and exposure settings for upcoming shots, touch and hold the focus area until you see AE/AF Lock; tap the screen to unlock settings.

Use a grid to straighten your shot

To display a grid on the camera screen that can help you straighten and compose your shot, go to Settings > Camera, then turn on Grid.

After you take a photo, you can use the editing tools in the Photos app to further align shots and adjust horizontal and vertical perspective. See Straighten and adjust perspective.

Take a photo with a filter

Use a filter to give your photo a color effect.

Choose Photo or Square mode, then tap .
Below the viewer, swipe the filters left or right to preview them; tap one to apply it.

You can remove or change a photo’s filter in Photos. See Revert an edited photo.

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iPod touch User Guide