Nokia 5.1 Plus user guide
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Camera basics
Why carry a separate camera if your phone has all you need for capturing memories? With your phone's camera, you can easily take photos or record videos.
Take a photo
Shoot sharp and vibrant photos – capture the best moments in your photo album.
- Tap
Camera . - Take aim and focus.
- Tap panorama_fish_eye.
Take a selfie
Need that perfect selfie? Use the phone's front camera to take one.
- Tap
Camera > to switch to the front camera. - Tap panorama_fish_eye.
Take a bothie
In addition to perfect selfie, you can take a split-screen photo with your phone’s camera. Use both front and rear cameras simultaneously.
- Tap
Camera and tap . - Tap
Dual for a split-screen photo. Or, to take a picture-in-picture photo, tap . - Take aim and focus.
- Tap panorama_fish_eye.
- To go back to the full screen mode, tap
Single .
Tip: When you take a picture-in-picture photo or record a picture-in-picture video, and want to move the smaller picture, tap and hold it and drag it to the place where you want.