Sony Ericsson P990i - Manual (Page 27)

White Paper P990i
27 January 2006
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• 1280 x 960.
• 640 x 480 pixel (VGA).
• 320 x 240 (QVGA).
The image quality settings can be set to:
•
Fine (low compression).
• Normal (medium compression).
• Economy (high compression).
All these resolutions provide an 18-bit colour depth
(262 k colours).
It is possible to take still pictures and video clips in
flip closed and flip open modes. When using the
camera the viewfinder is displayed in landscape
orientation. The camera has a photo light which
acts as a flash, the flash can be manually enabled
when required.
For the close-up pictures, the camera has 2.5 x
digital zoom.
Auto focus
The camera has auto focus functionality. To oper-
ate auto focus the camera button is pressed half-
way. The camera focuses on the image, a locked
symbol is displayed in the viewfinder to indicate
that the image is in focus. Press the camera button
all the way to take the image or release it to change
the camera position and re focus on the image.
Auto focus can be turned off, if this is the case the
image is taken immediately when the camera but-
ton is pressed.
Burst mode
When taking a photo of an object that moves
quickly, you can use burst mode to take four pic-
tures in rapid succession. Burst mode takes pic-
tures in VGA resolution.
Macro mode
Macro is used for close-ups. The lens focuses on a
much shorter distance, 10 - 50 cm in 28 steps.
Using the camera and video
The camera and video can be started via the active
lens cover, via the camera button or via the appli-
cation menu.
Recording video clips
When the camera application is running, the user
can select video capture mode. Video clip capture
quality can be set to:
Video format
Video can be stored in the following formats:
•
3GPP for recording low quality video for use in
MMS.
• MPEG-4 for recording normal and high quality
video.
The quality of the P990i MPEG-4 video clips has
been enhanced to allows clips to be shown on a
full-sized TV screen running at 30 fps.
High - AAC-LC
(sound = mono 24 KHz @ 64 kbps)
Frame Size Frame Rate
(FPS) Bandwidth
(kbps)
QVGA 15 384
QCIF 30 256
QQVGA 30 192
SQCIF 30 128
Normal - AAC-LC
(sound = mono 24 KHz @ 32 kbps)
Frame Size Frame Rate
(FPS) Bandwidth
(kbps)
QVGA 10 256
QCIF 15 128
QQVGA 15 96
SQCIF 24 96
Low - AMR-NB
(sound = mono 8 KHz @ 12.2 kbps)
Frame Size Frame Rate
(FPS) Bandwidth
(kbps)
QVGA 7.5 192
QCIF 7.5 64
QQVGA 10 64
SQCIF 15 64