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iPad User Guide

Change advanced camera settings on your iPad

Learn how to manually adjust the focus and exposure, turn the shutter volume on and off, and change other settings on your iPad camera.

Adjust the focus and exposure

Before you take a photo, the iPad camera automatically sets the focus and exposure, and face detection balances the exposure across many faces. To manually adjust the focus and exposure, follow these steps:

  1. Open Camera 👁 Camera
    on your iPad.

  2. Tap the screen to show the automatic focus area and exposure setting (in yellow).

  3. Tap where you want to move the focus area.

  4. Next to the focus area, drag 👁 the Adjust Exposure button
    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 👁 Image
 > 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 a photo or video and adjust its perspective.

Save camera settings

  1. Go to Settings 👁 Image
     > Camera > Preserve Settings.

  2. Turn on any of the following:

Adjust the shutter volume

  1. Open Camera 👁 Camera
    on your iPad.

  2. Open Control Center, then drag 👁 the volume slider
    up or down.

  3. Tap the screen outside of Control Center to go back to Camera.

    Note: The shutter doesn’t make a sound when Live Photos 👁 the Live Photos button
    is turned on.

    Note: In some countries and regions, you can’t mute the shutter sound.

Turn Scene Detection off and on

On supported models, the Scene Detection setting can identify what you’re taking a photo of and apply a tailored look to bring out the best qualities in the scene.

Scene Detection is on by default. To turn off Scene Detection, go to Settings 👁 Image
 > Camera, then turn off Scene Detection.

Turn Lens Correction off and on

On supported models, the Lens Correction setting adjusts photos taken with the front camera or Ultra Wide camera for more natural-looking results.

Lens Correction is on by default. To turn off Lens Correction, go to Settings 👁 Image
 > Camera, then turn off Lens Correction.

Stop saving photos taken in Messages

Photos you take in the Messages app are automatically saved to your library in the Photos app.

To turn this feature off, go to Settings 👁 Image
 > Camera, then turn off Save Captures to Photo Library.

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