Take pictures
To activate the main camera rotate the display to image
mode. If the camera is in video mode, use the camera
mode key, or select
Options
>
Switch to image mode
to
switch to image mode.
To lock the focus on an object, press the capture key
halfway down (main camera only). The green locked focus
indicator appears on the display. If the focus was not
locked, the red focus indicator appears. Release the
capture key, and press it halfway down again. You can,
however, take the picture without locking the focus.
To take a picture, in the main camera, press the capture
key. Do not move the device before the image is saved.
To make lighting and color adjustments before taking a
picture in image mode, scroll through the toolbar. See
‘Setup settings—adjust color and lighting’, p. 28.
Saving the captured image may take longer if you change
the zoom, lighting, or color settings.
The camera viewfinder displays the following:
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• Status
indicators (1)
for sequence
on, self-timer
on;
Automatic
(
),
On
(
),
or
Off
(
)
flash mode,
and the
current
capture mode.
• The toolbar (2), which you can scroll through before
capturing the image to select the shooting mode,
white balance, exposure value, and color tone (the
toolbar is not displayed during focus and image
capture).
• The image resolution indicator (3) indicates whether
the quality of the image is
Print 3M - Large
(2048x1536 resolution),
Print 2M - Med.
(1600x1200
resolution),
Print 1.3M - Small
(1280x960
resolution), or
MMS 0.3M
(640x480 resolution).
• The image counter (4) displays the estimated number
of images you can capture using the current image
quality setting and memory in use (the counter is not
displayed during focus and image capture).
• The device memory (
) and memory card (
)
indicators (5) show where images are saved.
Tip! Select
Options
>
Turn icons on
to display all
viewfinder indicators or
Turn icons off
to display
only the camera status indicators.
When taking a picture, note the following:
• Use both hands to keep the camera still.
• The quality of a digitally zoomed picture is lower than
that of a nonzoomed picture.
• The camera goes into the battery saving mode if there
are no keypresses for a moment. To continue taking
pictures, press
.
After you take the picture, select the following from the
toolbar:
• If you do not want to keep the image, select
Delete
.
• To send the video using multimedia, e-mail, Bluetooth
connectivity, or infrared, press
, or select
Send
.
• To capture a new image, select
New image
.
• To print the picture, select
. See ‘Image print’,
p. 42.