How to use the camera app Windows 10

 If your PC has a built-in camera or a connected webcam, you can use the Camera app to take photos and videos. To find the Camera app, select Start  > Camera. 

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To find the Camera app, select Start  > Camera. After you open the Camera app:

1. Select Photo  or Video , then select it again to take a picture or start a video. If you are making a video, select Video  again to finish recording.

2. To see your new photo or video, or ones you've taken before, select Start  > Photos   and then choose the Collection you want to see.

To change camera options for your camera, like the framing grid or photo quality, select Start  > Camera > Settings .

If your device has more than one camera, like a front-facing and a rear-facing camera, here’s how to switch from one to the other:

Select Start  > Camera > Change camera.

In Windows 10 the Camera app doesn't include digital zoom, but you can get an effect similar to zooming if you take a photo and then crop it:

1. Select Start  > Photos .

2. Choose the photo you want to crop.

3. Select Crop & rotate .

4. Select Aspect ratio  and pick from the preset options or drag the borders where you want them.

5. Select Save a copy > Save.

You can get the photos and videos you take with the Camera app to automatically save to OneDrive, so you can find them on any of your devices. 

Photos:

1. In the search box on the task bar, type File explorer and then select Open.

2. Select This PC, right-click on the Pictures folder, and then select Properties.

3. Select the Location tab, and then select Move.

4. Select OneDrive > Select Folder > Move.

Videos:

1. In the search box on the task bar, type File Explorer and then select Open.

2. Select This PC, right-click on the Videos folder, and then select Properties.

3. Select the Location tab, and then select Move.

4. Select OneDrive > Select Folder > Move.

The Camera app can use latitude and longitude info if you take photos from a tablet or camera that uses location info and is connected to the internet or a mobile network. To do this: 

1. Select Start  > Settings  > Privacy  > Location .

2. Make sure that the location service is turned on, and then under Choose which apps can access your precise location, turn on Camera.

You can choose which apps use the camera. To block all apps from the camera:

1. Select Start  > Settings  > Privacy  > Camera .

2. Turn off Allow apps to access your camera.

To turn on the camera for some apps, and turn it off for others:

1. Select Start  > Settings  > Privacy  > Camera .

2. Turn on Allow apps to access your camera.

3. Toggle the switches to change which apps in this list have camera access turned on or off.

You can turn the camera off completely:

1. In the search box on the taskbar, type device manager, then select Device Manager in the list of results.

2. Select the arrow next to Cameras to expand the tree.

3. Right-click the camera you want to turn off.

4. Select Disable device.

Notes: 

• To keep the Camera app from using the camera on your device, turn off the camera completely.

• If you have problems with the Camera app after changing privacy settings, close it, then open it again.