Use Camera

The camera on your device allows you to capture images and video clips using various built-in modes with flexibility. The Camera mode, while using the camera, is set to the Photo capture mode, by default. The lower right corner of the screen displays the active capture mode. To switch to other capture modes, do any of the following:

• Tap or on the Camera screen.
• Press the Right and Left arrow keys on the hardware keyboard.
• Use the NAVIGATION control on your device.

The capture modes available with the camera are as follows:

Using the above capture modes, the camera in your device captures files in the following formats:

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Use Shortcuts in Camera Mode

While in Camera mode, you can use the following buttons and icons on your device as a shortcut when performing operations.

Camera Mode Icons

• Current time indicator. 8:13 Displays the current time.
• Remaining information indicator. Displays the remaining, available shots of pictures based on current settings.
• Resolution indicator. //// Indicates the current resolution.
• Ambience indicator. ///// Indicates the current ambience.
• Zoom-Ratio indicator. 2.0x/1.0x Indicates the current zooming ratio.
• Zoom-Ratio Switching button. Tapping and on the Camera screen zooms in and zooms out the preview.
• Self-Timer indicator. Indicates the current setting of Self-Timer while capturing images or videos.
• Mode Switching button. Tapping and on the Camera screen switches from the current capture mode to previous () or next () capture mode.
• Capture Status indicator. After you press the CAMERA button or the ENTER button on the NAVIGATION control, indicates that the camera is processing and saving the captured picture, or recording a video clip.
• Previous/Next Template button. Tap to display the previous sequential template; tap to display the next sequential template.
• Reset Status button. Tap to stop the current Panorama capture progress and revert to normal preview. This button is active if the Auto-stitch the snapped images while in Panorama mode check box on the Camera Settings screen is selected.
• Exit. Tap to exit the Camera programme.
• Camera Settings. Tap to open the Camera Settings screen. Tap OK to return to Camera mode.
• Flash. Tap to turn on the camera flash while capturing an image. Tap again to turn off the flash ().
• Picture Viewer. Tap to view the picture or video in Pictures & Videos.

Review mode icons

• Back to Preview. Tap to go back to Camera mode to capture an image.
• Send. Tap to send the captured image to someone via e-mail.
• Delete. Tap to remove the captured image.
• View in Pictures. Tap to load the captured image to the default folder of the Pictures & Videos program to view.
• View in Windows Media. Tap to switch to Windows Media Player to play back the new video you just recorded.
• Assign to Contacts. Tap to send the new file immediately to a contact in the contact list.

ENTER button

Press the ENTER button on the NAVIGATION control to take a picture when you are capturing still image. Press this button to start recording an incoming video stream; press it again to stop recording.

NAVIGATION control

Press NAVIGATION up or down to increase or decrease the zoom level.
Press NAVIGATION left or right to go to the previous next or sequential capture mode.

CAMERA button

Press the CAMERA button to switch to Camera mode. If already in Camera mode, press once to take a still image or to start recording a video clip. In Photo capture mode, point your device and press this button to capture more still images.

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Use Still Image Capture Modes

While using Still Image capture modes, such as Photo, Contacts Picture, Picture Theme, Panorama, Sport, and Burst, you can capture a single still image by pressing the CAMERA button or the ENTER button on the NAVIGATION control. The Still Image capture modes support either BMP or JPEG format, as specified by you on the Camera Settings screen.

While capturing an image in the Picture Theme capture mode, you can select a built-in template from the default template folder. To browse and select different templates, tap , , or tap and select a template from the Camera Settings screen.

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Use Video Capture Mode

While using the Video capture mode, you can press the ENTER button or the CAMERA button on your device to start recording a video clip (with audio if desired). To stop recording, press the ENTER button or CAMERA button again. Your device displays the first frame of the captured video clip by default on the Review screen.

Before you capture a video clip, you can specify the recording limit in terms of time and file size on the Camera Settings screen so that the recording stops automatically when the clip size reaches that limit.

You can choose and set the capture format to Motion-JPEG AVI, MPEG-4, or 3GPP2 on the Camera Settings screen.

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Use the Review Screen

To access the icons on the Review mode screen, do the following:

1. In Camera mode, tap Tools > Options > General tab.
2. Select the Review after capture check box.
   Note that this check box is selected by default to allow you to review the image or video clip after it has been captured.

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Use Zooming

While capturing a still image or a video clip using your device camera, you can zoom in to make the object in focus move closer, and you can zoom out to make the object move farther away. In all capture modes, use NAVIGATION on your device, or tap the triangular Up arrow next to the Zoom Ratio indicator, to zoom in a still image or an incoming video stream. When the zooming limit is reached, you will hear a beep. To zoom out, press NAVIGATION down, or tap the Down arrow.

The device camera zoom range for a picture or a video clip depends on the capture mode and capture size. Following is a summary.

Notes

The capture format supported by your device camera for still images that you capture at 2M (1600 x 1280) size is only JPEG because the capture image is scaled to such resolution. The capture sizes available for certain capture formats also vary from one capture mode to another. The zoom range has been calculated based on the following ratio:

• 1.0x = normal size (no zooming)
• 2.0x = double enlargement
• 4.0x = quadruple enlargement
• 8.0x = octuple enlargement

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Use the Camera Settings Screen

While capturing a still image or video clip using any capture modes, tap to access the Camera Settings screen. The Camera Settings screen allows you to configure the capture settings.

You can configure the following settings on the Camera Settings screen.

After you configure settings, tap OK or Start Camera on the Camera Settings screen to go back to the Camera screen.

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Use the Tools Menu

The Tools menu on the Camera Settings screen provides the following advanced options for configuring and customizing the Camera mode functions.

• Adjust. Tap Tools > Adjust to adjust the camera display properties, such as Contrast, Brightness, Saturation, Hue, and Sharpness. Select one of these properties from the list and move the slider (or tap the slider) to change the value. The preview window on the Adjust screen displays the effect of changes you make on the Adjust screen. Tap OK to save the settings.
  It is important to note that you can tap Reset at any time to reset all properties to their default.
• Options. Tap Tools > Options to display the Options screen with the following three tabs:
  • General tab. The General tab includes the following options:
    • Disable shutter sound. Select this check box to disable all default sounds played while capturing a still image or recording a video clip. It is important to note that if the shutter sound is enabled while capturing images in Sport mode, it might take a little while more to complete the capturing process because playing shutter sound continuously consumes more device resources.
    • Keep backlight on while in viewfinder. Select this check box to ensure that the backlight remains turned on while you view the incoming video stream, overriding your device backlight settings.
    • Review after capture. Select this check box to display the captured image immediately after you take a picture. The Review screen provides options for performing various operations on the new file. Clearing this check box saves any newly captured file using the default file name, and returns to the Camera screen.
    • Apply “Date and time stamp” while capturing images. Select this check box to automatically compose the current date and time in the captured images.
    • Flicker Adjustment. Select Auto to set the electrical voltage of the country where the device is being used.
    • Save to. Select where you want to save your captured files. You can either save the files to main memory or to a storage card.
  • Image tab. The Image tab provides image-related settings for captured files.
  • Prefix type and Prefix string. By default, the file name of each new captured image file is set to “IMAGE” followed by a sequential number, for example: IMAGE_00001.jpg. To change this prefix, select String in the Prefix type list, and enter the desired characters in the Prefix string box.
  • Counter Index. By default, the newly captured image files are named with a prefix and some sequential numbers, such as 00000, 00001, 00002, and so on. To reset the numbering to “00001” for your captured image files, tap Reset counter.
  • JPEG Quality. Select the JPEG image quality level for all captured still images. You can choose from SuperFine, Fine, Normal, and Basic.
  • Self-Timer: Select Self-Timer for capturing images automatically after a certain time gap with the options: Off, 5 seconds, and 10 seconds. Selecting 5 seconds or 10 seconds delays the capturing by the specified time after you press the CAMERA button on the device, or the ENTER button on the NAVIGATION control.
  • Auto-stitch the snapped images while in Panorama mode. When this check box is selected, the camera automatically stitches all snapped images into one single file. If you do not select this check box while capturing images in Panorama mode, the snapped images are saved as separate files.
  • Video tab. The options on the Video tab are for configuring the advanced settings of the captured video files.
    • Prefix type and Prefix string. By default, the file name of each newly captured video file is set to “VIDEO” followed by a sequential number, for example: VIDEO_00001.avi. To change this prefix, select String in the Prefix type list and enter the desired characters in the Prefix string box.
    • Counter Index. By default, the newly captured video files are named with a prefix and some sequential numbers, such as 00000, 00001, 00002, and so on. To reset the numbering to “00001” for your captured video files, tap Reset counter.
    • Recording with Audio. Select this check box to record audio with the captured video clips. This check box is selected by default. If you clear this check box and then capture a video clip, it would have no audio.

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