Access camera options beyond photo and video
How to get camera options other than photo or video
iPad, iPadOS 26
For the native iPad Camera App, simply swipe up or down with your finger over the selectable camera modes.
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Thanks - not everything is as obvious and intuitive as Apple assumes when it makes changes like this. I read the upgrade blurb about how you would not have to see all the other camera modes but they would still be available. But I don't recall a simple statement like "Swipe up or down on Photo or Video to access them".
I touched them, swiped them sideways, poked other bits of the screen and I guess Iwas just unluccky not to have randomly swiped up or down on them.
You are very welcome. I'm delighted that the solution, unlike some, was straightforward.
Access camera options beyond photo and video