Overview of Camera

Use your phone's camera to take quality photos and capture video clips along with audio.

Opening the Camera screen

From the Home screen, slide to the Photos & Videos tab and then tap the camera icon (). The screen orientation automatically switches to landscape mode when you open Camera.

Closing the Camera

Tap and then tap .

To learn more about using the Camera, see:

Changing the capture mode

Zooming

Using the flash light

Capturing photos and videos

Onscreen controls

Basic settings

Advanced settings

Changing the capture mode

By default, the capture mode is set to Photo mode.
To change to another capture mode, tap , and then tap the middle icon at the bottom of the Camera screen. In the Capture Mode menu, tap the capture mode you want to use.

• Photo
  Captures standard still images.
  
  
• Video
  Captures video clips, with or without accompanying audio.
  
  
• Panorama
  Ideal for taking scenery or composite shots. Captures a sequence of still images continuously in one direction, and allows stitching of all the images to create a panoramic view of a scene.
  
  
• MMS Video
  Captures video clips suitable for sending with MMS messages.
  Note: MMS Video may only be available in some phones.
  
  
• Contacts Picture
  Captures a still image that you can assign as a contact picture.
  
  

You can take pictures and shoot videos in the following file formats:

See also

Overview of Camera

Zooming

Using the flash light

Capturing photos and videos

Onscreen controls

Basic settings

Advanced settings

Zooming

Before capturing a photo or a video clip, you can zoom in or out on your subject using the onscreen zoom buttons.

To zoom in or out, tap , and then tap or located above and below the zoom indicator at the left side of the Camera screen. The zoom indicator shows the current zoom level.

The camera zoom range for a picture or a video clip depends on the capture mode and resolution. The following table lists the zoom range for the camera:

See also

Overview of Camera

Changing the capture mode

Using the flash light

Capturing photos and videos

Onscreen controls

Basic settings

Advanced settings

Using the flash light

Your phone has a flash light that helps to illuminate dark subjects when the camera is focusing and capturing a photo or video. Tap the flash light button repeatedly to cycle through the following available settings:

	The flash light automatically turns on when needed according to the current lighting conditions.
	The flash light turns on every time the camera focuses and captures a photo or video.
	The flash light is always off.

See also

Overview of Camera

Changing the capture mode

Zooming

Onscreen controls

Basic settings

Advanced settings

Capturing photos and videos

The camera features two types of focus modes: Auto Focus and Touch Focus. When using either type of focus mode, the camera is capable of automatically focusing when you move and point it to another direction. While the camera is focusing, the screen displays an animated bracket that changes to a steady, rectangular bracket when the focus is set.

Use the Virtual Camera button as the shutter release when capturing photos or videos. After the camera focuses, press the Virtual Camera button shortly to capture the photo or video. You can also press and hold the Virtual Camera button to refocus and then capture the photo or video.

To capture a photo or video using Auto Focus

Auto Focus sets the focus on the subject at the center of the screen. Auto Focus is available for all capture modes.

• Press and hold the Virtual Camera button to set the focus and take a photo.
• Press and hold the Virtual Camera button to set the focus and start capturing a video. Press the button again to stop capturing.

To take a photo using Touch Focus

Touch Focus allows you to focus on a particular area of the screen by touching it. Touch Focus is enabled by default and is available in the Photo and Contacts Picture capture modes.

1. Set the capture mode to Photo or Contacts Picture mode.
2. Tap the area on the screen where you want to focus. The focus indicator positions itself on the selected area.

   Note: If you tap outside the effective focus area, a white box appears to indicate the area where you can use Touch Focus.

3. Press and hold the Virtual Camera button to set the focus and take a photo. You can also directly press and hold the area you selected (that is, the area enclosed within the focus indicator) to focus on that area and take a photo.

To capture photos in Panorama mode

Press and hold the Virtual Camera button to set the focus and capture the first photo. Press and hold the button again to focus and capture each subsequent photo and complete the panorama.

To select what to do with the captured photo or video

After capturing, the Review screen appears, showing the photo or the starting image of the video that you have just captured. Choose what you want to do with the photo or video by tapping one of these icons at the bottom of the Review screen:

	Return to the live Camera screen.
	View the captured photo in Album.
	Play the captured video in Album.
	Delete the captured photo or video.
	For a captured photo, send it via MMS or email, upload it to Facebook, or save it to Footprints. For a captured video, send it via email or upload it to YouTube.
	Assign the captured photo to a contact (in Contacts Picture mode only).

See also

Overview of Camera

Changing the capture mode

Zooming

Using the flash light

Onscreen controls

Basic settings

Advanced settings

Onscreen controls

Tap to display the onscreen controls of the Camera. You can use the following onscreen controls:

• Album
  Opens the Album program.
  
  
• Capture mode
  See Changing the capture mode for details.
  
  
• Menu
  Opens the Menu panel. See Basic settings for details.
  
  
• Flash light button
  Tap repeatedly to cycle through the available settings for the flash light. See Using the flash light for details.
  
  
• Virtual Camera button
  Functions as the shutter release button. See Capturing photos and videos for details.
  
  
• Onscreen control button
  Tap to display or hide the onscreen controls and indicators.
  
  
• Exit
  Tap to exit the Camera program.
  
  
• Progress indicator
  In Panorama mode, this shows the total number of consecutive shots.
  
  
• Focus indicator
  The screen displays an animated bracket when focusing that changes to a steady, rectangular bracket when the focus is set.
  
  
• Zoom buttons
  Tap to zoom in or out while capturing a photo or video. See Zooming for details.
  
  
• Zoom indicator
  Shows the current zoom level. See Zooming for details.
  
  
• Remaining information indicator.
  Shows the remaining number of pictures that can be taken or the remaining duration of video that can be recorded based on the current camera settings. While recording video, this shows the recording duration.

See also

Overview of Camera

Changing the capture mode

Zooming

Using the flash light

Capturing photos and videos

Basic settings

Advanced settings

Basic settings

The Menu panel lets you quickly adjust common camera settings and provides access to more advanced camera settings. To open the Menu panel, tap , and then tap . To adjust a setting, keep tapping a button, for instance, White Balance, to cycle through the available settings.

Note: The available menu panel buttons depend on the selected capture mode.

White Balance

Select the white balance setting according to the current lighting condition to capture colors more accurately. Choose from these settings:

	Auto
	Daylight
	Night
	Incandescent
	Fluorescent

Brightness

Open the Brightness bar at the bottom of the screen. On the Brightness bar, tap to decrease the brightness level or to increase the brightness level. Tap outside the Brightness bar to apply the change.

ISO

Set the ISO level manually to 100, 200, 400, or 800, or to set it back to AUTO. Higher ISO numbers are better for taking pictures in low light conditions.

Note: The camera automatically adjusts the ISO level up to 400 only.

Storage

Choose between saving your captured photos and videos on the phone's storage or the inserted storage card.

Self-timer

Set the Self-timer to 2 seconds, 10 seconds, or Off when in the Photo or Contacts Picture mode. When you press the Virtual Camera button, the Camera starts to count down and then captures a photo after the assigned time.

Advanced

Open the Advanced screen to adjust advanced camera settings. See Advanced settings for details.

See also

Overview of Camera

Changing the capture mode

Zooming

Using the flash light

Capturing photos and videos

Onscreen controls

Advanced settings

Advanced Settings

To open the Advanced screen so you can set more options for your selected capture mode and set other preferences, tap on the live Camera screen and then tap Advanced.

• Resolution (Photo, Video, Panorama, and MMS Video modes). Set the capture resolution. See the table in Zooming for supported resolutions.
• Widescreen (Photo mode only). When set to On (default), you can use the entire screen to frame your subject. When Off, a side bar appears on the right side of the Camera screen that holds the Virtual Camera, flash light and onscreen control buttons.
• Touch Focus (Photo and Contacts Picture modes). Enables or disables the Touch Focus function. Touch Focus is On by default. For more information about Touch Focus, see Capturing photos and videos
• Review Duration. Set the length of time to display the captured image/video on the Review screen before automatically saving it and returning to the live Camera screen. Select No Limit if you do not want to impose a time limit. Select No Review to immediately return to the live Camera screen after capturing.
• Quality. Select the JPEG image quality level for all captured still images. You can choose from Basic, Normal, Fine, and Super Fine.
• Capture Format (Video and MMS Video modes). Choose the file format for captured videos.
• Recording Limit (Video mode only). Specify the maximum duration or file size for recording video.
• Time Stamp (Photo mode only). Choose whether to include the shooting date and time on captured photos.

  Note: The date and time do not appear when the photo is displayed on the review screen. To view the date and time on the photo, open the photo in Album.

• Storage. Select where you want to save your files. You can either save the files to the main memory or storage card (if you installed one).
• Keep Backlight. Choose whether to turn the backlight on or off while using the camera. This overrides your phone backlight settings while you are using the camera.
• Record with Audio (Video and MMS Video modes). Select On to record audio with the captured video clips, or select Off to capture video without audio.
• Shutter Sound. Choose whether you want the camera to make a shutter sound when you press the Virtual Camera button.
• Image Properties. Adjust the Contrast, Saturation, and Sharpness before capturing photos or videos.
• Effect. Apply the Grayscale, Sepia, or Negative effect to your photos and video clips.
  Note: White Balance cannot be applied if you apply an Effect.
• Metering Mode. Choose how the camera measures the amount of light in images to calculate exposure values. When Touch Focus is enabled, the Spot metering mode is set automatically and the camera measures light around the focus point. When Touch Focus is disabled, you can select Center Area to measure light in the center of the image or Average to measure light in the whole image.
• Prefix. When Default is selected as the prefix, the file name of each new captured file is set to “IMAG” or “VIDEO” followed by a sequential number, for example: IMAG0001.jpg. You may also choose to name files using either the current Date or Date & Time as the prefix.
  Note: If your phone has external storage (for example, a microSD card), and if you set the Camera to save captured photos to the storage card, the prefix cannot be selected. Captured photos will be named using the convention IMAGnnnn.jpg (where 'nnnn' is the counter) which is the DCIM (Digital Camera Images) naming standard, and will be saved to the \DCIM\100MEDIA folder on the storage card.
• Counter. Reset the file numbering back to 1.
• Flicker Adjustment. When taking indoor shots, flicker on the camera screen may be caused by inconsistencies between the vertical scan rate of the camera display and the flicker frequency of fluorescent lighting. To reduce flicker, you can change the flicker adjustment setting to Auto or to the AC power frequency (50Hz or 60Hz) of the country where your phone is being used.
• Grid (Photo mode only). Choose whether to show a grid on the Camera screen. Showing a grid helps you frame and center your subject more easily and accurately.
• Direction (Panorama mode only). Choose the direction in which to stitch images in a panorama.
• Stitch Count (Panorama mode only). Choose the number of snapshots to take and stitch together into a panorama.
• Show Reminder (Contacts Picture mode only). Select On if you want the Camera to always prompt you to assign the captured picture to a contact.

See also

Overview of Camera

Changing the capture mode

Zooming

Using the flash light

Capturing photos and videos

Onscreen controls

Basic settings