Galaxy S6 camera guide

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• Where's the link in silencing camera shutter?

  • Set the audio mode of the phones to vibrate or mute. This will silence the camera. There is no seperate settings for the shutter sound.

    • how can i transfer pics/videos from my phone to my lap-top and can i transfer same to my t.v.?

      • For PC, you can install Smart Switch for PC. The connect the phone to the PC. You can either copy media files individually in Windows explorer. You can also use Smart Switch to backup all or just media files.

        For smart TV, it depends on the OS of the TV.

• How do you delete photos??

  • In Gallery app you can delete any pictures or videos. You can use My Files to delete any files.

  • Please tell me how I delete a selfie in camera mode on Samsung Galaxy 6

    • Do you mean delete a photo? You can do this in Gallery app. Tap and hold the photo, then you can see the options. You can also open the photo, then tap anywhere on the photo to get the edit, delete and other options

      • How can I set the default camera to rear camera? Thanks.

        • The default camera is the rear camera. But the camera app may remember it's last used camera and use it. In this case, you need to clear camera app from the list of recent apps.

• Sometimes when I press shutter, the zoom indicator box appears & the shutter won't engage. How do I stop this box from appearing?

  • Even when the zoom level indicator is on, you can still tap shutter button to take photo.

    The zoom is usually activated by pinch. Try to use one finger to tap the shutter button.

    If you configured volume key to zoom, you may disable it.

    • When u hold the camera with one hand, any of your finger of the holding hand or the other hand should NOT touch, not even slightly, any part of the display screen. If u do, the zoom box will appear when u press the shutter & the shutter will freeze.

      This has nothing to do with a pinch motion or pressing the volume buttons. It is very annoying & embarrassing especially when u are trying to catch a special moment. This will almost always happen when u ask someone to take a picture of you with your phone.

      Samsung should consider fixing this problem ASAP.

      • Not exactly, as I know. Zoom can be triggered by 1). pinch (the phone need detect relative motion of two fingers) or 2). volume button (if configured).

        If you touch the screen, actually Galaxy S6 change focus to the touched area (touch to focus).

• I just can't zoom in or zoom out in front camera how to do it? Reply ASAP

  • Selfie mode doesn't support zoom.

• how do you transfer from s6 edge to computer?

  • Install SmartSwitch on the pc, then your pc should recognize s6. You can access all files including photos on the pc.

• Hello, I noticed that the phone has a sensor on the rear camera that takes photos when I'm holding the phone with the frontal camera. This happens all the time and it is really annoying, I searched everywhere but haven't figured out how to disable this feature. Any tips?

  • It's heart rate monitor. Unfortunately, you cannot disable it when using the front camera. Some users find it is very useful because it may be not be convenient to tap the shutter button when taking selfie.

    Why not get used to this feature?

    • hi , I know some may like it and find it amazing and comfortable but I find it extremely annoying !!
      is there any options to disable the heart monitor completely? it least then I can activate it when when I actually need a "heart monitor" not an annoying button that takes pictures of me without permission !
      sorry if I seemed angry or anything ..

      • As I know, you cannot disable the heart rater monitor.

        To take a photo by holding the sensor, you need meet several conditions: 1. the camera app is on; 2. the camera is switched to front camera and 3). you hold the sensor for a while. It is hard to take photos by accident.

• I might have missed something- apologies if I did- but I would like to be able to touch the screen to take a picture. It seems I have to actually touch the camera icon (or volume button). It's S5 predecessor allowed me the option to touch anywhere on the screen. Is this option available on the S6?

  • Tap to take photo is not available in s6 camera app. In s6 camera app, tap is assigned to change focus.

• hey there, im namiera

  my S6 edge camera have no setting ..i dont know why..therea only mode auto and panorama, so i cant sett like ur explain theres no setting option when i open camera application
  .that so weird for me...help me please

  thank you so much

  • Are you in easy mode? Switch to standard mode in settings - easy mode.

• How can I make the camera settings stay on when pressed ?

  • Not sure what exactly you want. You may elaborate.

    Most camera settings are persistent. They will not change when you use next time.

  • Have the same problem the settings button won't stay on on in camera mode flashes on and off right away

    • Clear cache and clear data for the camera app in settings - applications - application manager -all.

• #12 Theres no link. Can you please provide a link?

  • It's not released it. We are still trying to finalize it with the latest 5.1 update.

• Hey there, with the selfie camera whenever I touch the screen it takes a selfie - is there any way to disable this feature?

  • As I know, you cannot disable this tap-to-take-selfie feature for front camera. For some owners, it is users. But for others, it can be annoying. But Samsung does not offer the option to disable it in the camera app.

• I was able on my Galaxy S4 to add people tags to photos. Is there a way to do that on the S6? I really miss it.

  • The gallery app in S6 does this in a different way.

    In gallery app, tap the navigation menu (top left), choose categories (see this guide). People are automatically grouped as Unnamed_1..Unnamed_2..... You can assign a name for individual photo.

• The front camera takes photos and flip it around such that your left has become the right side of the photo. How do I make it such that the picture taken shows up exactly how it was taken?

  • Open camera app in S6, switch to front camera, tap Settings icon (gear icon), turn on "save picture as previewed"

    • Thank you so much!! was struggling to find a solution for days.

• Seen the video on YouTube that s6 can use smile detection. How do I activate that

  • For what?

    do you want the camera to wait until it detects you smile?

• My galaxy s6 edge plus won't give me the options icon. When I press mode only gives me auto and panorama and that is it -.-

  • I am talking about the camera, sorry.

    • Do you have the settings icon in the camera app? Are you in easy mode ?

• Oooooh! -.- I see! Lol. Yes, I was in easy mode. Thanx a lot. =)

• Hi I have had my S6 for a month now. Yesterday I took 5 precious selfies of me and my niece, which appeared in review. I went to show my sister hours later, and now they are blacked out with a camera icon with an exclamation point. Every trick I have looked up involves an SD card which this phone does not have.

  Do you know why this happened and more importantly how I can retrieve my pics or are they lost forever?

  Thanks so much!

  • Do you check there files with My Files app? The files should be under DCIM/camera folder on the phone storage.

    • Yes, shows the same there and when I try to open, using gallery option, just shows the same pic, with photos option black screen with media not found message. This makes me think it may be gone forever. I just wonder how it happened. Like I said, the picture came out great when I snapped it. :-/

      • What's the size of the file? It sound the files are corrupted.

        You can try to take a few more pictures to see whether you have the same problems. If the problem cannor be re-produced, it is hard to find out the cause.

        Also, remember do NOT use any auto features in Smart Manager. (you should NOT use that app).

        • Size is not listed in detail properties like my other pics do. I actually don't appear to have Smart Manager (assuning its not the same as smart switch) I am not very tech smart so I don't open any apps unless I know what they will do. Also I am wondering if I "lost connectivity" when the picture went to save? Maybe it displayed the photo first and then sends to gallery save? That is the only thing I think it could have done since this is clearly not a common problem for newer android phones. Thanks for trying to help me!

        • If the problem cannot be re-produced, you probably just forget it.

          Gallery is just a file viewer. It has nothing to do with saving photos. Your camera app will save photos. Gallery app can view and edit it. Many other apps also can view and edit it. In camera app, gallery app is loaded to view/check the photo because the app is available on all phones.

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• Thanks for trying! :-)

• I find it very annoying that I have to visit so many sites and have to download modes for the S6 that my S5 had. If I was aware of these I would not have chosen the S6

  • All modes can only be downloaded from Galaxy Apps.

    The modes are not pre-installed because "majority " users don't use them. Also the new Auto mode is good enough for most users in most scenarios.

• Genaralization! Majority users??? Most users, in most scenarios?? I do not know how Samsung comes to conclusions like these.

  • I guess they have some sorta of usage data or survey data.

    It is a correct move to make app interface as simple as possible. Remember, not all users are as experienced as you.

    If you need these additional modes, you can download and install them. Otherwise, new users may be perplexed by so many options.

    Anyway, Android is always about options. If you do not like Samsung phones/customization, you can get many good alternatives.

• I am not finding any option like on the S5 to "Save as Flipped" for SElfie - does anyone know where it's hiding. TIA

  • Switch to front camera, then check camera settings.

• Every time I try to take a selfie with touching the camera icon it says zoom is not available in this mode. It's so annoying how can I take a selfie with out having to use the volume key!

  • Very likely, you tap somewhere outside of the shutter button. For Galaxy S6 camera, you need tap the shutter button. Of course, you can also use voice, volume button (as you know already) or gesture or even hear rate monitor as well.

    • That's the thing I press outside of the shutter button or pressing it and it doesn't work.

• I have searched every where for a guide on the galaxy S6 edge camera setup and cannot find one so my question??? I s there such a guide or is one stuck with Auto and landscape or is there a hidden setup page which is eluding me

  • First, camera app does not need setup.

    What's exactly the problem you have?

• Picture quality is not good when I click a picture. How to set a better setting of camera for a picture.

  • Are you using auto mode? What are the lighting conditions?

• Hi there. Hown can you stop the camera from flipping tell picture?

  • after switching to front camera, tap Settings icon, enable/disable save picture as previewed. You can get mirrored or normal picture for front camera.

• When I connect my Galaxy to my laptop, to view pictures. How to click next.
  As I can only see one at the time. The arrows at the bottom are grayed out.
  Pls help
  Art

  • Once your S6 is connected to the laptop, you can view the photos just like using a USB drive. It depends on the software you are using on the laptop.

• please assist....this may sound simple but how do i take a pic and send it to a nominated email address?? please also i'm not technically minged so please in simple laymen's terms

  • After taking the photo, you can tap Gallery button, then tap share, tap Email or Gmail depending on your email account.

• thanking you for reply BUT after i view the photo the "gallery" option doesn't appear????

  • Gallery is always available in camera app interface. When to hold phone in portrait, it's the bottom right one (5 as in https://gadgetguideonline.com/galaxys6/galaxy-s6-camera-guide/galaxy-s6-camera-interface/).

    You can always start gallery app, tap that photo, then choose share. If no icons, tap anywhere of the photo.

• How can we set the date /time to appear on the clicked pic?

  • Do you want to print time stamp on the photos? If yes, you need an app to do it. You can try APD timestamp app or other similar apps.

• Can we set the samsung s6 into manually focus when we use the front camera? (Or tap to focus, as iphone do with their front camera)

  • focus lock is for rear camera only.

• I switched the camera to the front camera, yet there is not a "Save as Flipped" option in the settings (via gear icon). It seems that my phone came without the option. Any fixes or ideas? Thank you.

  • What options do you have after switching to front camera?

    • Video size (font), Gesture control, Save pictures as previewed, Video stabilization (greyed), Grid lines, Location tags, Review pictures, Quick launch, Voice control, Volume keys function, Reset settings, Help

      • Save pictures as previewed. Toggle it on/off to see the difference.

        • I swore that I tried that way back when only to discover that it didn't work. It works perfectly. Thank you!

• How do I turn off burst shots on the s6 edge please??

  • You cannot turn off burst mode in Galaxy S6 unfortunately. Samsung simply removed the option in their new camera app.

• My apologies if this has been asked (I was able to find), but in my old S4, I could change the settings so that edited photos remained in the same folder as all other pictures taken (with an additional character in the file name). With my S6, I'm not able to figure it out. Every edited pic is automatically saved in a different folder, which creates work for me to go to that folder, select the pics and move them to my camera (if that makes sense?).

  • You cannot change this behavior in Galaxy S6. Actually, it depends on the photo editor app you are using. Most photo editor apps save files to its own folder so that it will not mess up your original folder or files.

    In S6, the default photo editor app (although you can still access it from Gallery app) uses it is own folder. This change, as I know, is responsive to some feedback/complaints. Some users don't want to save the edited photos in the original folder.

• I keep getting a notification "unable to backup ". I click on it and it says backing up but nothing happens. How do I back up my photos to the cloud and then how do I find them

  • For photos, you can backup them to your Google account through Photos app.

    Where did you tap?

• hello, my galaxy s6 does not have a camera app when i check with the applications that my phone runs or has

  • Can you find the icon in home screen? Can you use camera quick launch?

    • yes i do but the camera takes blunt photos and i was told to go clear data in application manager but could not trace the camera app

      • Did you try to test it with Google camera?

• I have Samsung Galaxy s6 and my camera doesn't take nice photos. A friend of mine made a comment saying the photos looked fuzzy. I do not have the plastic cover on it. I compared my camera to other phones and even the older phones have better photos. My photos aren't crisp and colorful, the pictures look like its been taken through a plastic or something. HELP!

  • What camera mode are you using? Did you apply any effects?

    • I am having same prob

• camera settings closes after pressing the settings buttons

  • Just reboot the phone and try again. Do other buttons work?

• How do I use front and back camera simultaneously?

  • You can user dual camera mode. Please refer to this guide https://gadgetguideonline.com/galaxys6/samsung-galaxy-s6-camera-modes-guide/

• My settings bar doesnt appear on my camera on my s6 so cant change any thing what di i need to do

• How do I take a regular video with my Samsung S6. I have video collage and live broadcast but no video.

  • Don't choose any mode. Just tap the record button (next to shutter/camera button) after starting camera app.

• My settings bar for camera is not visable please help as cannot change anything

  • Do you have an arrow icon? You can tap it to expand the icons.

    If not, very likely, you are in easy mode. Switch to standard mode in settings - easy mode.

• I can't find the photo editor on my S6 edge. I want to remove red eye, but I open the picture, tap the screen and the only options at the bottom are auto adjust, share, edit and delete.

  • Tap edit to see the options.

    You can always us third-party photo editing apps, for example, Snapseed is a good and free one.

• Hi. I have a Samsung Galaxy S 6. I wanted to make it shoot in 4:3 ratio for printing. I found the setting to change the video but not the picture size. Does that mean I cant change it. Thanks for your help.

  • In the camera preview screen, you can tap the quick settings button for photo size as shown in this guide: https://gadgetguideonline.com/s7/sasmung-galaxy-s7-how-to-guides/how-to-set-galaxy-s7-camera-picture-size-and-video-size-on-galaxy-s7-and-galaxy-s7-edge/

    PS. Samsung moved this setting into a quick setting button in Marshmallow. But it was moved back to settings menu in Nougat update. Anyway, this is Samsung....

• I used to be able to take photos straight away.now this phone is asking g for facial recognition which I don't want to use.how can I revert phone back to as it was.i can't take any photos

  • Not sure what you are talking about.

    Start camera app, can you find the shutter button?

    Can you share details on how did you get the screen?

• I have been using Gallery on the S6 for quite a while. When using the camera you could always tap on the Gallery button to the right of the take a picture button in camera to look at your last pictures. That Gallery button only displayed the last pictures and once you put them in a folder they were no longer available there.

  How do I get that feature back presently Gallery shows everything including folders? Has Gallery changed there was a time when you could not create a folder in Gallery? How can I simplify the Gallery app so that I just see the latest folders and once I put them in a folder or delete them they are no longer in Gallery?

  Thank you,

  J

  • Gallery app doesn't store photos. It only displays photos and pictures that reported to the system (a media scanner is working in the background). In previous versions, it defaults to camera folder (i.e., DCIM folder). In the new version, it defaults to all photos. You cannot change this. It has nothing to do with folders.

• Recently been having issues Taking selfies. When I touch the shutter button to snap the pic it tells me I cannot zoom in or out in this mode...and I'm not trying to zoom jist trying to snap the pic. What gives?

  • It seems the phone detected pinch or spread gesture. Did you try to use voice to take selfie? If the problem persists with voice method, it means you need to check the screen in local Samsung service center.

• please how can I retrieve my photos When I go into gallery it says no photos and I have many. PLEASE HELP

• how can I retrieve my photos Gallery says no photos I have loads .Where have they gone.

  • Gallery simply reads all image info and display them. If photos are not shown in the app, it means the photos were not scanned properly.

    Did you check files in My Files app?

• How do i stop the little round preview window in camera app to stop showing my picture files? When there is no pictures it shows my pictures from my picture files and i don't want that. Most recent pic ok filed pics not ok

  • You cannot disable it. The button actually is a shortcut to gallery app for you to check and edit photos.

• why is my camera taking mirror images where text is unreadable
  if the text is mirrored using the camera, will it also be mirrored using the front camera
  if i fix the mirror image for the camera, will it also fix the mirror image using the front of the camera
  why isn't getting rid of the mirror image not on this page
  why is it set to take mirror images ????

  • You can reset the camera settings and try again.