topic Where do I find the setting to use the volume key as a shutter release? in E Series

Where do I find the setting to use the volume key as a shutter release?

marrea — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 14:29:30 GMT

I have just bought a Sony Xperia E5 and wish to use the volume key as a shutter release.

http://support.sonymobile.com/global-en/xperiae5/userguide/general-camera-settings/

says:

You can choose how you want to use the volume key when taking photos.

Zoom - Use the volume key to zoom in or out

Volume - Use the volume key to adjust the volume

Shutter - Use the volume key to take photos

When I go to Apps > Camera, I can’t find the section about choosing how I want to use the volume key when taking photos. Can anyone enlighten me as to where exactly it is? (Sorry if I am being completely stupid here - I am quite new to smartphones. )

Re: Where do I find the setting to use the volume key as a shutter release?

marrea — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 16:16:59 GMT

It is with some embarrassment that I have to report that I have now solved this. Initially when I went into the Camera settings all I could see under More was “Object tracking” and “Metering”. I had tried scrolling down to see if there were any other options but could not seem to make the screen move. I obviously was not using the correct finger technique for this but I have now persevered and discovered that there are indeed many more options available, one of which is “Use Volume key as”. It was set to Zoom as the default so I have now changed that to Shutter.

Many apologies for my incompetence.