Take photos in manual (Professional) mode on the moto z3 play

Want to manually adjust settings on your camera like white balance or shutter speed?

Not to worry, Moto has got you covered.

If you want to control and fine tune settings, bypassing this digital processing, use  Manual mode.

You can adjust one or all of these settings:

     Focus range (macro, infinite, or manual).
  White balance helps objects that appear white in person appear white in photos by correcting for the color temperature of the light source.
     Shutter speed sets the length of time the image sensor is exposed to light.
     ISO controls the light sensitivity of the image sensor.
     Exposure compensation makes photos dimmer or brighter.

If you don't adjust a setting and leave it as AUTO, the camera uses the default.

Adjust Manual Settings

To change settings:

1. On the viewfinder, touch  > Manual
2. To change one setting:
   • Touch its icon.
   • Drag it to change setting.
   • Touch   when done.
3. To adjust all settings:
   • Touch  
   • Drag each icon to change settings.
   • Touch   when done.
4. To take a photo with those settings, touch

If you switch to   Auto or   modes such as panorama or Portrait, these settings aren’t used. The digital processing for those modes calculates optimal values.

Use macro or infinite focus

Macro focus provides vivid detail on a close up object and blurs the background.

Infinite focus blurs the foreground while the background is in focus.

Not available for front (selfie) camera.

To adjust the focus:

1. Touch  
2. Select the type of focus:
   • For macro, drag  to
   • For infinite, drag  to
3. Touch  to take the photo.

Adjust focus manually

Not available for front (selfie) camera.

To adjust the focus range:

1. Touch
2. Drag  to , then slide from left (focus on foreground) to right (focus on background) to select focus range.

Control for Light and Motion

 White balance

Adjust white balance for extreme lighting conditions.

     Fluorescent indoor lighting
'    Incandescent indoor lighting
     Sunny outdoor lighting
  Cloudy outdoor lighting

 Shutter Speed

Shutter speed ranges from faster (1/6000s) to slower (1/6 s or 1/4 s).

For capturing motion:

To control for lighting:

ISO

For capturing motion, use a higher ISO to stop motion and reduce motion blur.

To control for lighting:

• Use a higher ISO for a brighter photo with more noise.
• Use a lower ISO for a photo with finer grain and less noise.

 Exposure

Exposure ranges from -2 to 2:

• Higher exposures are brighter.
• Lower exposures are darker and more detailed.

If you want more light in shadowed areas, use a higher exposure.

Restore default settings

1. On the viewfinder, check that you're in  Manual mode.
    
2. Do one of the following:
    
   • To restore all settings, touch  and then
      
   • To restore one setting, touch its icon and then

Set file format (JPEG, RAW)

You can set whether photos will be saved as JPEG, RAW (DNG), or both.

Saving photos as JPEG files involves color processing, white balancing, and compression, in order to improve image quality.

RAW files don’t include the post-processing that JPEG files do. They are much larger than JPEG files. So, your storage won't be able to hold as many.

Save photos as RAW (DNG) when you're going to:

To set format for saving photos:

1. On the viewfinder, check that you're in   Manual mode.
2. Touch  
3. Select the format for saving photos.

For files saved as RAW, you'll see  on the photo or its thumbnail.

Exit Manual mode
On the viewfinder, touch  > Auto. Or, touch  and select a photo mode.