Camera zoom on iPhone 4???
Nov 27, 2011 | 10:06 pm
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Camera zoom on iPhone 4???
Earlier this year, I bought a iPhone 4. Not the 4s that came out a couple of weeks ago.
This fall, while traveling, I suddenly discovered a zoom feature on the camera. I took numerous pics using that feature. I have several pics taken from one location ... close-in, far-away, etc. I have no idea how I got the feature to appear on the screen.
Now, I can't get it to work. I went to an Apple store this week, and none of the geeks knew anything about a zoom feature.
Any help???
This fall, while traveling, I suddenly discovered a zoom feature on the camera. I took numerous pics using that feature. I have several pics taken from one location ... close-in, far-away, etc. I have no idea how I got the feature to appear on the screen.
Now, I can't get it to work. I went to an Apple store this week, and none of the geeks knew anything about a zoom feature.
Any help???
Nov 27, 2011 | 10:09 pm
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Earlier this year, I bought a iPhone 4. Not the 4s that came out a couple of weeks ago.
This fall, while traveling, I suddenly discovered a zoom feature on the camera. I took numerous pics using that feature. I have several pics taken from one location ... close-in, far-away, etc. I have no idea how I got the feature to appear on the screen.
Now, I can't get it to work. I went to an Apple store this week, and none of the geeks knew anything about a zoom feature.
Any help???
This fall, while traveling, I suddenly discovered a zoom feature on the camera. I took numerous pics using that feature. I have several pics taken from one location ... close-in, far-away, etc. I have no idea how I got the feature to appear on the screen.
Now, I can't get it to work. I went to an Apple store this week, and none of the geeks knew anything about a zoom feature.
Any help???
If it's iOS 4, you tap the screen and use the slider that appears.
Nov 28, 2011 | 12:32 am
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You won't get the zoom option if you have the HDR option turned on. Click on options and make sure HDR is off if you want zoom or flash.
The Apple store didn't know how to make it work? Surprising.
-David
The Apple store didn't know how to make it work? Surprising.
-David
Nov 28, 2011 | 10:45 am
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Nov 28, 2011 | 11:04 am
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Nov 28, 2011 | 1:29 pm
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thanks guys! I have no idea how I discovered this feature in the first place .... but now I have an idea (a tiny bit) of what I was doing.
Nov 29, 2011 | 10:49 am
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It is a digital zoom - a far inferior replacement for an optical zoom like you'd get in a digital P&S camera. If your planning to use zoom a lot, I'd just find a very small P&S camera to drag around when you want to.