Record videos with your iPad camera

Use your iPad camera to record videos including slow-motion and time-lapse.

Note: Video recording isn’t available during a phone or FaceTime call.

Record a video

Open Camera on your iPad.
Choose Video mode.
Tap the Record button or press either volume button to start recording. While recording, you can do the following:
- Pinch the screen to zoom in and out.
- To zoom more precisely, touch and hold 1x, then drag the slider (on supported models).
Tap the Record button or press either volume button to stop recording.

Note: For your security, a green dot appears at the top of the screen when Camera is in use. See Control access to hardware features.

Record HD or 4K video

Depending on your iPad model, you can record video in high-quality formats, like HD, 4K, HD (PAL), and 4K (PAL).

Note: Faster frame rates and higher resolutions result in larger video files.

Go to Settings > Camera > Record Video.
Select from the list of video formats and frame rates that your iPad supports.

Note: PAL is a television video format used in many countries and regions in Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America.

Use quick toggles to change video resolution and frame rate

In Video mode, use quick toggles at the top of the screen to change the video resolution and frame rates available on your iPad. To display quick toggles, go to Settings > Camera > Record Video, then turn on Video Format Control.

Record a slow-motion video

When you record a video in Slo-mo mode, your video records as normal and you see the slow-motion effect when you play it back. You can also edit your video so that the slow-motion action starts and stops at a specific time.

Open Camera on your iPad.
Choose Slo-mo mode.
Tap the Record button or press either volume button to start and stop recording.
To set a portion of the video to play in slow motion and the rest at regular speed, tap the video thumbnail, then tap Edit. Slide the vertical bars below the frame viewer to define the section you want to play back in slow motion.

Depending on your model, you can change the frame rate and resolution. The faster the frame rate and the higher the resolution, the larger the resulting video file.

To change slow-motion recording settings, go to Settings > Camera > Record Slo-mo.

Capture a time-lapse video

Open Camera on your iPad.
Choose Time-lapse mode.
Set up your iPad where you want to capture a sunset, traffic flowing, or other experience over a period of time.
Tap the Record button to start recording; tap it again to stop recording.

Adjust Auto FPS settings

On models that support Auto FPS, iPad can improve the video quality in low-light situations by automatically reducing the frame rate to 24 fps.

Go to Settings > Camera > Record Video, then do one of the following:

On iPad (9th generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation and 2nd generation), and iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation and 4th generation): Turn on Auto Low Light FPS.
On iPad (10th generation), iPad mini (A17 Pro), iPad mini (6th generation), iPad Air (4th generation and later), iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation and later), and iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th generation and later): Tap Auto FPS, then apply Auto FPS to 30-fps video only or to both 30- and 60-fps video.

Lock the white balance setting

You can lock the white balance when recording videos on your iPad to improve accurate color capture based on lighting conditions.

Go to Settings > Camera > Record Video, then turn on Lock White Balance.

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