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How to enable HDR mode on your smartphone
Android
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Quick start guide: Android

If you want to take a high-contrast picture with your smartphone, you can simply activate the HDR mode. We explain how here..

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The abbreviation HDR stands for High Dynamic Range and describes a very high-contrast image on which both the light and the dark areas can be seen very well. Especially with landscape photography, it is helpful to take photos in HDR mode, because there is a strong contrast between the light sky and the dark landscape. If you want to know more about HDR, check out our post on the subject.

How to enable HDR mode on your smartphone

Android

Follow our step-by-step instructions or take a look at the brief instructions .

1st step:

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Open the camera app on your smartphone.

2nd step:

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There, tap on the gear symbol in the top left to open the settings for the camera.

3rd step:

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Now scroll down to " HDR " and tap on it.

4th step:

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Activate the switch and then choose whether photos should " always " be taken with HDR, or only " when necessary ", i.e. when the exposure requires it.

iPhone

1st step:

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Open the settings of your iPhone and tap on " Camera ".

2nd step:

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Now activate the option " Intelligent HDR ". If you also want to save the original exposed image in addition to the HDR photo, activate the option " Keep normal photo ".

Quick start guide: Android

  1. Open the camera app on your smartphone and open the settings by tapping the gear symbol in the top left.
  2. Scroll down and tap on " HDR ".
  3. Activate the switch and also choose whether the HDR mode should only be used when necessary or always .
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