Mobile Phones

[klondike]

There's front and back.

Front does selfies. Back does the camera stuff but the camera has more than one lens it can use depending on how you zoom it in or out.

Don't know the details but I think it mostly happens automatically depending on how you do the zoom. It will certainly go into macro mode if you zoom in on something close. There are actually three lenses on the back of mine so it could be 4 cameras if you add in the selfie one.

[JBR]

There's front and back.

Front does selfies. Back does the camera stuff but the camera has more than one lens it can use depending on how you zoom it in or out.

Don't know the details but I think it mostly happens automatically depending on how you do the zoom. It will certainly go into macro mode if you zoom in on something close. There are actually three lenses on the back of mine so it could be 4 cameras if you add in the selfie one.

Ah!  Thanks Klon.
So I assume that to zoom in you pinch the image on the screen?
To do selfies, then, I assume you just click the camera and hold the phone screen up to your face?  Oh, I see there's a small circlr on the screen to use the selfie mode.

[klondike]

I don't use the camera much but do know that there are various fancy options. Zooming is the same as expanding images by moving fingers apart. If I wanted to do something with it and couldn't work out how by experiment I'd make Youtube my first port of call, My major annoyance with mine is I'll try to send a snap over whatsapp and find the dammed thing has popped into movie mode rather than photo. Doubtless my sausage fingers.

[Mups]

What bothers me most is,  using the camera and then finding out I can't  download/upload (which is it?)  the darn pictures from my camera to my computer!!    

I bought a new  USB but when I plug it into my phone and then into the computer,  thats as far as I can go because its too confusing for my pea brain.

I have tried following instructions from YouTube,  but what they say is not the same as what I am seeing on my screen!
It really is so frustrating,  that I just give up in the end.

[klondike]

At the risk of making things worse you could try windows phone link which removes the need for a cable but does require an app connecting on both plus both being connected to your WiFi ( which they may well be already) and the phone connected to the laptop with Bluetooth. They should all be one time setups though.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=windows+phone+link&hl=en

The most likely problem you have either usb is that the phone needs connecting foe phone transfer not just charging, the cable needs to support data and the phone needs to be open when you want to transfer.

Another option you could look at is Google photos. The phone can automatically backup photos to your Google account and you can access Google photos on.the laptop too.