Camera and images, Camera, Taking a picture – Nokia 9500 User Manual
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Camera and Images
Camera
You can take photos or record video clips with the built-in camera.
The camera lens is on the back of the device, and the display of the cover phone works as a viewfinder. The camera produces
pictures in JPEG format and video clips in 3GPP format.
To open the Camera application, switch on the phone, and select
Menu
>
Camera
on the cover phone.
Tip: To quickly open the camera viewfinder, press the scroll key up in standby mode. To quickly change the camera
mode, for example, to video mode, press the scroll key left or right.
You can view and modify photos in
Images
.
See "Images{No generated text before found for '#comma'}" p.57.
Taking a picture
1. On the cover phone, press
Menu
>
Camera
.
2. If the light is dim, press
Options
>
Change mode
, and select
Night mode
. Select
Portrait photo
to take smaller pictures that
take up less memory and can be attached to contact cards.
3. Use the display as a viewfinder, aim at your subject, and press
Capture
. The device saves the photo in the default folder, or
in the folder you have defined in
Control panel
.
Tip: To zoom in or out before taking a picture, press the scroll key up or down.
4. If you do not want to keep the saved photo, press
Delete
. Press
Back
to return to the viewfinder to take another picture.
Press
Options
, and select
Open in Images
to view the photo in the communicator interface.
You can change the folder where the pictures are saved.
See "Camera folders{No generated text before found for '#comma'}"
To adjust the brightness or contrast, press
Options
and select
Brightness
or
Contrast
. Press the scroll key left or right to decrease
or increase the brightness or contrast.
To set the picture you have taken as wallpaper, press
Options
>
Set as wallpaper
. Select
Desk
if you want the picture to appear
in the Desk view, and select
Cover
if you want to add a background image to the cover phone display.
Recording a video clip
1. On the cover phone, press
Menu
>
Camera
.
2. Press
Options
, and select
Change mode
>
Video
.
3. To start recording a video clip, press
Record
. The remaining recording time is shown on the top of the display. To pause the
recording, press
Pause
; to resume the recording, press
Continue
.
4. To stop the recording, press
Stop
. The device saves the recording in the default folder, or in the folder you have defined in
Control panel
.
5. If you do not want to keep the saved video clip, press
Delete
. Press
Back
to return to the viewfinder to record another video
clip. Press
Options
and select
Open in RealPlayer
to view the video clip in the RealPlayer application.
You can change the folder where the video clips are saved.
See "Camera folders{No generated text before found for '#comma'}"
To mute or unmute the microphone, press
Options
, and select
Mute
or
Unmute
.
To adjust the brightness or contrast, press
Options
, and select
Brightness
or
Contrast
. Press the scroll key left or right to decrease
or increase the brightness or contrast.
Camera settings
To edit the camera settings, press
Options
, and select
Settings
.
Define the following:
•
Image quality
— Define how much the photo will be compressed when saving the image.
High
provides the best image
quality but takes more memory.
•
Video clip length
— Select the length of the video clips that you record. The maximum length of a video clip is approximately
1 hour, depending on the available memory.
Default
records video clips up to 100 KB, which is about 10 seconds long. Only
video clips that are of default length or shorter can be sent in a multimedia message.
•
Camera sounds
— Define whether you want the camera to make a shutter sound when taking pictures.
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