Nokia N90 - Manual (Page 50)

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also use the flashlight to add more lighting to shadows.
See “Flashlight‚" p. 36.
• Sidelit subject. Strong side light gives a dramatic effect
but may be too harsh, resulting in too much contrast.
• Light source in front of the subject. Harsh sunlight
may cause the subjects to squint their eyes. The contrast
may also be too high.
• Optimal lighting is found in situations where there is
plenty of diffused, soft light available, for example, on
a bright, partially cloudy day or on a sunny day in the
shadow of trees.
Record videos
To activate the camera and the viewfinder on the main
display, activate the Imaging mode. See “Take pictures in
the Imaging mode‚" p. 33. The camera starts, and you can
see the view to be captured.
If the camera is in Image mode , open the video recorder
view by selecting Options > Video mode .
To make lighting and color adjustments before recording a
video, press the joystick, and select
White balance , or
color tone . See “Setup settings—Adjust color and lighting‚"
p. 36.
To select a scene, press the joystick, and select Scene .
See “Scenes‚" p. 36.
Options before recording video are Image mode ,
Go to Gallery , Video setup , Settings , and Help .
1 Press the capture key to start recording. The record icon
is shown. The LED flash is lit, and a tone sounds,
indicating to the subject that video is being recorded.
There is no flash effect on the resultant video.
2 To pause recording at any time, select Pause . The pause
icon blinks on the display. Video recording auto-
matically stops if recording is set to pause and there
are no key presses within a minute.
3 Select Continue to resume recording.
4 Select Stop , or press the capture key to stop recording.
The video clip is automatically saved to the Images &
video folder of Gallery . See “Gallery‚" p. 45.
Video recorder indicators show the following:
• The phone memory
( ) and memory card
( ) indicators (1)
show where the video
is saved.
• The current video
length indicator (2)
shows elapsed time
and time remaining.
• The scene indicator (3) shows the active scene.
See “Scenes‚" p. 36.