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Red Dead Redemption 2 Selfie Guide: How to take photo in-game

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A simple guide to using the in-game camera in Red Dead Redemption 2 correctly to take Selfies and Photos. The in-game camera in RDR2 is more complex than a Reflex, and your experience with Starbucks isn’t enough.

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Red Dead Redemption 2 isn’t only a great story, it is also a world, a beautiful world in which you can live one of the best adventure ever. Like every great adventure, would be great collecting memories. So, what is the best way to collect memories on a trip? Yes, photos.

Unlike other games on PlayStation 4, in Red Dead Redemption 2 there is a camera in-game that you can use to take selfie or beautiful photo of the environment.

If you aren’t a Tumblr girl or similar, you need to read this guide: the camera in Red Dead Redemption 2 is more complex than a Reflex, and your experience with Starbucks isn’t enough.

Red Dead Redemption 2 How to take photo in-game

How to use the camera

Using the in-game camera is very easy: you can access to it with weapon’s wheel whit L1 button if you’re playing on a PlayStation 4 or LB if you have the Xbox One version.

Once you have equipped the camera you canto select between several options:

  • Handheld: You can use it if you want to take the environment’s photo.
  • Self Portrait: You need to use it if you want to take a selfie.
  • Put Away: Simply put away the camera.

You can choose between these options in Self Portrait Mode:

  • Expression
  • Pose
  • View Photos
  • Take Photo
  • Enable Focus Lock
  • Zoom

Each option is useful to take your best selfie, so you need to experiment a lot (fun tip: expressions and poses are so funny).

If you’ve chosen Handled Mode you can select one of these options:

  • Take Photo
  • Enable Focus Lock
  • Zoom
  • View Photos
  • Back

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