That answered the black screen for me. I have the iPad in a case and was only looking at the screen facing me. Thanks Another Doug. Susan Sent from my iPad2 On 2011-09-08, at 5:31 PM, dplumley@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Another Doug, here Susan. > > When you took the picture of yourself, was the screen facing you? I ask > because > the iPad defaults to the camera on the back of the camera. To have it use the > camera on the screen side (facing you), there is an icon in the top right side > of the screen, when the camera is active, that by touching that icon, the > camera changes to the screen side camera. Touch it again, and it will switch > back to the rear-facing camera. > > > Quoting Susan Small <soonie504@xxxxxxxxxx>: >>>>> Also I tried to take a photo of myself and a black screen appeared with a >> white line box on the side which I touched. After that it was impossible to >> take a photo of myself looking straight in into the lens. It was as though it >> was pointed at me by someone else from the side and I couldn't look into the >> lens. > > >> Thank you Doug. Yours is the very first letter helping me that I have >> opened. I am so surprised at the number of good people who are willing to >> help me out. I am not going to delete any answers. >> Sincerely, Susan >> >> Sent from my iPad2 >> > > >>> >>> >> > > > > --- > Manage your account options at //www.freelists.org/list/muglo --- Manage your account options at //www.freelists.org/list/muglo