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iPad User Guide

Record a video with your iPad camera

Use your iPad camera to record videos, including slow-motion and time-lapse videos.

Note: Video recording isn’t available during a phone or FaceTime call.

Record a video

  1. Open Camera 👁 Camera
    on your iPad.

  2. Select Video mode.

  3. Tap the Record button or press either volume button to start recording. While recording, you can do the following:

    • Pinch the screen to zoom in and out.

    • To zoom more precisely, touch and hold 1x, then drag the slider (on supported models).

  4. Tap the Record button or press either volume button to stop recording.

With supported models of AirPods and AirPods Pro, you can press the AirPod stem to record a video. See Use AirPods or AirPods Pro with supported camera apps in the AirPods User Guide.

Note: For your security, a green dot appears at the top of the screen when Camera is in use. See Control access to hardware features.

Record in HD or 4K video

Depending on your iPad model, you can record video in high-quality formats, like HD, 4K, HD (PAL), and 4K (PAL).

Note: Faster frame rates and higher resolutions result in larger video files.

  1. Go to Settings 👁 Image
     > Camera > Record Video.

  2. Select from the list of video formats and frame rates that your iPad supports.

Note: PAL is a television video format used in many countries and regions in Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America.

Use quick toggles to change video resolution and frame rate

In Video mode, use quick toggles at the top of the screen to change the video resolution and frame rates available on your iPad.

Record a slow-motion video

Slo-mo mode records your video as normal and then plays it back in slow motion. You can edit your video later to choose which parts play in slow motion; see Edit slow-motion section of a video shot in Slo-mo mode.

  1. Open Camera 👁 Camera
    on your iPad.

  2. Select Slo-mo mode.

  3. Tap the Record button or press either volume button to start and stop recording.

    To set a portion of the video to play in slow motion and the rest at regular speed, tap the video thumbnail, then tap Edit. Slide the vertical bars below the frame viewer to define the section you want to play back in slow motion.

Depending on your model, you can change the frame rate and resolution. The faster the frame rate and the higher the resolution, the larger the resulting video file.

To switch between 120 or 240 fps and your available resolutions, tap the buttons above the Shutter button.

Record a time-lapse video

Capture footage at selected intervals to create a time‑lapse video of an experience over a period of time—such as a setting sun or traffic flowing.

  1. Open Camera 👁 Camera
    on your iPad.

  2. Select Time-lapse mode.

  3. Position your iPad to frame your subject, then place it on a stable surface or tripod.

  4. Tap the Record button to start and stop recording.

Adjust Auto FPS settings

On models that support Auto FPS, iPad can improve the video quality in low-light situations by automatically reducing the frame rate to 24 fps.

Go to Settings 👁 Image
 > Camera > Record Video, then do one of the following:

  • On iPad (9th generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation and 2nd generation), and iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation and 4th generation): Turn on Auto Low Light FPS.

  • On iPad (10th generation), iPad mini (A17 Pro), iPad mini (6th generation), iPad Air (4th generation and later), iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation and later), and iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation and later): Tap Auto FPS, then apply Auto FPS to 30-fps video only or to both 30- and 60-fps video.

After you apply Auto FPS, when the camera is open and in Video mode, you can tap the FPS control to switch between 24, 30, or 60 fps.

Lock the white balance setting

You can lock the white balance when recording videos on your iPad to improve accurate color capture based on lighting conditions.

Go to Settings 👁 Image
 > Camera > Record Video, then turn on Lock White Balance.

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