April 2007 Camera & Video recorder Capturing, saving, editing and file handling Getting started Camera & Video recorder Contents Introduction ............................................................................................... 2 Activating the camera and video recorder ................................................ 3 Activation by pushing the camera button .............................................. 3 Activation by selecting Camera in menu overview ................................ 3 Camera ...................................................................................................... 4 Taking a picture ..................................................................................... 4 Camera functionality .............................................................................. 5 Camera options ..................................................................................... 6 Editing pictures ...................................................................................... 8 The video recorder .................................................................................. 11 Capturing a video clip .......................................................................... 11 Video recorder options ........................................................................ 11 Picture formats .................................................................................... 12 Viewing your pictures .......................................................................... 13 Screen saver and wallpaper ................................................................ 13 Assigning a picture to a phonebook contact ....................................... 14 Printing a picture with PictBridge ........................................................ 14 VideoDJTM ................................................................................................ 15 VideoDJTM options ............................................................................... 16 Sharing pictures and video clips ............................................................. 16 File handling ............................................................................................ 17 Managing files in your phone ............................................................... 17 Managing files using a computer ............................................................ 18 Before you start managing files using a computer .............................. 18 Installing the File Manager software .................................................... 18 Connecting via the USB cable ................................................................. 19 Managing files using a computer ............................................................ 19 Phone memory files ............................................................................. 19 Trademarks and acknowledgements ...................................................... 20 1 April 2007 Getting started Camera & Video recorder Introduction Instruction symbols The following instruction symbols may appear in this Getting started guide: Note Indicates that a service or function is network- or subscription-dependent. Contact your network operator for details. % See also page ... Use the selection keys or the navigation key to scroll and select. Press the navigation key center. Press the navigation key up. Press the navigation key down. Press the navigation key left. Press the navigation key right. } Your mobile phone has a built-in 2.0 megapixel camera and digital video recorder. You can take pictures, record video clips, view them and send them in picture messages via MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) or as email attachments. To use email and MMS, you must subscribe to these services. Please check with your network operator. You can also use a picture as a screen saver or wallpaper, or save it together with a contact in your phonebook so that the picture appears when that person calls. The pictures and video clips can be saved in the phone memory. Please see the Getting started guide Managing files for further details. You can save your camera pictures in three different sizes:1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960,or 640 x 480 pixels. Your video clips can be saved in two different sizes: 176x144 and 128x96 pixels. This allows you to decide on the number of pictures or video clips that can be saved depends on the amount of phone memory available. As soon as you take pictures or video clips, you can send them in a picture message, using MMS. You can also exchange them using BluetoothTM wireless technology, Infrared, cable or email, (as long as your phone holds these capabilities). Before taking a picture, you can change settings and add effects or frames. After taking a picture, you can edit your pictures by adding effects, frames or clipart objects. You can easily create your own personal pictures! For information on phone overview, using the menus, entering letters, quick keys and file manager, please see the chapter Getting to know your phone in the User guide. 2 April 2007 Getting started Camera & Video recorder Activating the camera and video recorder The camera and the video recorder can be activated in two ways, either by sliding the lens cover, or by selecting Camera in the menu overview. Activation by pushing the camera button Open the camera to take a picture or video. Camera Button Activation by selecting Camera in menu overview } Camera 3 April 2007 Getting started Camera & Video recorder Camera Keys used in camera mode 1 2 3 4 5 1- Press (+) or (-) to adjust brightness. 2- Press to select the option displayed above the key, such as Capture, More, and Select. 3- Press or to adjust brightness. Press or to switch between still camera and video recorder. 4- Go back. 5- Delete the picture or video clip. Taking a picture Open the phone. Activate the camera. Make sure the camera (and not the video recorder) is activated. Press to take a picture. If you want to delete the picture immediately, press the button. If you want to take another picture, press to return to the view finder. 5. To deactivate the camera, . 1. 2. 3. 4. 4 April 2007 Getting started Camera & Video recorder Camera functionality The camera has different functions allowing you, for example, to zoom, adjust the brightness, or blog. To use the zoom Use the or on the keypad to zoom. Zoom is available only when the picture size is set to VGA (640x480). Brightness The brightness determines how much white is added to each color in a picture. To adjust brightness Use the side keys to adjust brightness. Press once to decrease brightness or brightness. Press and hold to continuously increase or decrease the brightness. once to increase Blog Send pictures to publish in a blog or weblog if your subscription supports it. Web services may require a separate licence agreement between you and your service provider. In some locations, additional regulations and/or charges may apply. For more information, contact your service provider. To send a picture you just took to a blog 1. When viewing a picture you have just taken } More } Blog this. 2. Add title and text } OK } Publish to send a picture to your blog. 3. Follow the instructions that appear for first-time use, for example, approve terms and conditions. A text message is sent to your phone with your Web address and log-in information. You can save the address as a bookmark or forward the text message for others to access your Web page photos. See your mobile blog site for more information about mobile blogging services. To send a picture to a blog from File manager 1. From menu } File manager and select a picture in a folder. } More } Send } To blog. 2. Add title and text } OK } Publish. 3. Follow the instructions that appear for first-time use, for example, approve terms and conditions. 5 April 2007 Getting started Camera & Video recorder To add a blog address to a contact 1. 2. 3. 4. } Contacts and select a contact. } More } Edit contact. The Internet tab } Web address:and enter the address to a blog. } Save to save the address. You can also save as a bookmark, see Using the Internet Getting started guide. To visit a blog address in a contact 1. } Contacts and select a contact } Go to. 2. } More } Open contact. 3. Highlight address and select Go to. Camera options When taking a picture, you can select between different settings to personalize or change the appearance of the picture. You can, for example, use frames to decorate the picture or use the Burst function to take pictures in rapid succession to capture movement. You can also select the Picture size for saving your picture in 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, or 640 x 480 pixels. The night mode prolongs the exposure time to give better pictures in dark environments. The Self-timer makes it easy to take a photo with yourself in the picture when you're on your own. The Effects setting gives you several color selections to choose from. There are also other settings for Picture quality and Shoot mode. To enter the Settings menu When the camera is activated, } More to view more options before you take a picture: View all pictures Shoot mode · Normal for no frame. · Panorama to combine several pictures into one wide picture. · Frames to add a frame to your picture. When you have selected Frames, a frame is shown on the screen. Use the navigation key to scroll through the frames. When you select Frames, the picture size is automatically changed to 640x480 pixels. · Burst to take four pictures in rapid succession. When you select Burst, the picture size is automatically changed to 640x480 pixels. Picture size Choose between 2 MP (1600 x 1200), 1 MP (1280 x 960), and VGA (640x480) pixels. If you are going to send a picture message using MMS, please note that some phones that support pictures cannot receive picture sizes of more than 160x120. You can resize a high resolution picture before you send it. For editing pictures, % 8 To open PhotoDJTM. In the bottom left corner you can see the number of pictures that can be saved in the phone memory. Note that this number changes, as you change the picture size. If you select a smaller picture size, you can save more pictures than if you select a bigger picture size. 6 April 2007 Getting started Camera & Video recorder Night mode In dark environments, the night mode effect enhances picture quality with longer exposure time. Please note that due to the longer exposure time, the camera is more sensitive to movement. Self-timer When the self-timer is selected, the picture is taken within 8 ­10 seconds after activation. The self-timer beeps to indicate when the picture will be taken. First it beeps slowly, and then faster just before the picture is taken. Effects Here you can select different effects for your picture. Some of the effects that you select before taking a picture are different from the ones that you can add to your picture after taking it. See some examples below: · OFF: No effect. The picture will be just as it appears in the viewfinder. · Negative: This effects allows you to take black & white pictures. 7 April 2007 Getting started Camera & Video recorder · Sepia: The sepia effect gives the picture a brownish-red tint. Old film and photographs used to have a strong sepia tone and this effect can help you make a picture look older. Picture quality You can select the quality you would like for your picture. Normal picture quality will use less memory space than Fine picture quality. Shutter sound Choose between four different shutter sounds. The shutter sound will be turned off if the phone is set to silent. Press and hold to set the phone to silent. Save to Select to save pictures in your phone memory/on your memory card. If memory is full, you cannot save anything until you have deleted some files. When you have taken a picture } More for additional options. Editing pictures To edit pictures taken with the camera or downloaded to the phone, you should consider the following: · Picture types WBMP and GIF can be edited if they are no larger than a picture size of 320×240. · Animated GIF and progressive JPEG cannot be edited. · Picture type JPEG can be edited if it is no larger than a picture size of 2048×1536. You can edit a picture by adding clipart, effects and frames using the picture editor tool, PhotoDJTM. To open PhotoDJTM When the PhotoDJTM is started you can begin to edit using the tools in the Cyber-shotTM bar. The PhotoDJTM automatically makes a copy of the picture you want to edit. The copy is not saved to memory until you have selected Save picture. To open PhotoDJTM when Camera is in shoot mode 1. Slide open the lens cover to activate the camera. 2. Take a picture } More } Edit in PhotoDJTM. 8 April 2007 Getting started Camera & Video recorder To open PhotoDJTM from File manager 1. } File manager } Camera pi ...