iOS 5 Quick and Convenient Camera Access - Helpful Camera Tips
The new iOS 5 operating system brings more than 200 new features to the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.
Some of the most useful new features are part of the Camera app. With iOS 5, your camera is now literally one touch away. That’s because you can open the Camera app right from the lock screen. So you won’t lose precious time unlocking your device with a passcode and then finding and tapping the Camera app.
The camera also has grid lines, pinch-to-zoom gestures, and single-tap focus and exposure locks so you can compose your picture right from your device. Then with a click of the volume-up button you can quickly snap a photo.
You can also edit photos right on your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. With crop, rotate, enhance, and red-eye options built right into the Photos app, you can work on your photos right on your device. You can also organize your photos into albums, and if you have Photo Stream enabled in iCloud your new new photos are pushed right onto all your iOS devices.
The main advantage of the iOS 5 operating system is that all of the photo features you need are conveniently available in one place and can be accessed right on your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch from the lock screen.
Some of the most useful new features are part of the Camera app. With iOS 5, your camera is now literally one touch away. That’s because you can open the Camera app right from the lock screen. So you won’t lose precious time unlocking your device with a passcode and then finding and tapping the Camera app.
The camera also has grid lines, pinch-to-zoom gestures, and single-tap focus and exposure locks so you can compose your picture right from your device. Then with a click of the volume-up button you can quickly snap a photo.
You can also edit photos right on your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. With crop, rotate, enhance, and red-eye options built right into the Photos app, you can work on your photos right on your device. You can also organize your photos into albums, and if you have Photo Stream enabled in iCloud your new new photos are pushed right onto all your iOS devices.
The main advantage of the iOS 5 operating system is that all of the photo features you need are conveniently available in one place and can be accessed right on your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch from the lock screen.
Lock-Screen Access
With iOS 5, your camera is now literally one touch away because you can open the Camera app right from the lock screen. That means anyone who has your device will be able to take photos, but they won’t be able to see any images already in your camera and they cannot share or edit the images without unlocking the device.
Volume-Up Shutter Button
Using the Volume Up button is much more natural way to take a photo than tapping the screen. However, the lens of the camera is in the lower right corner while you’re shooting, so be careful not to put a thumb in front of the lens. Using the Volume Up button also minimizes problems with the camera shaking.
Getting Ready to Take a Photo
Tap and hold on the camera screen to lock the exposure for your shot (the blue box will blink to indicate that the exposure lock is on), then tap anywhere else on the screen to focus the camera.
The grid option will divide the screen into thirds to help you compose your photo. Pinch to zoom to bring up the zoom slider.
Managing Your Photos
Once you’ve taken your photo, use the Photo app to instantly edit and enhance your photos. When viewing the photo tap the "Edit" button. Editing options will appear at the bottom of the screen. The auto-enhance button will automatically improve an image by changing settings like sharpness levels and contrast. There’s also a red-eye removal option and the ability to rotate and crop images. When cropping, you can choose the crop ratio manually or choose from nine preset crop sizes.
You can also make a new photo album directly on your device. When you add a photo to a new album, a copy also stays in the main camera roll folder.
Using iCloud Photo Stream
Photo Stream, which is part of iCloud, will automatically sync your most recent 1000 photos to all of your iOS devices, iPhoto on your Mac, your second-generation Apple TV, and the Pictures Library on Windows PCs. Photo Stream can be accessed through the Photos settings screen.
Only new photos you take after upgrading to iOS 5 will sync. It will not sync videos and you cannot choose what syncs and what does not, it simply takes your photos from the Camera Roll to iCloud. It also works for images you have imported to your iOS device.
Your photos are stored in iCloud for thirty days. That gives your other iOS devices plenty of time to sync them from the cloud.