February 2007 Camera functionality Capturing, saving and editing Getting started Camera functionality Contents Introduction ............................................................................................... 2 Before you start ...................................................................................... 2 Activating the camera and video recorder ................................................ 3 Camera ...................................................................................................... 4 Camera functionality .............................................................................. 5 Camera options ...................................................................................... 6 Editing pictures (PhotoDJTM) .................................................................. 8 Video recorder options ......................................................................... 10 Handling pictures and video clips ........................................................... 11 Picture and video clip formats ............................................................. 11 Viewing your pictures and video clips .................................................. 11 Sharing pictures and video clips ............................................................. 13 Transferring pictures and video clips to your computer ...................... 13 Exchanging pictures and video clips ................................................... 13 Related information ................................................................................. 14 Trademarks and acknowledgements ...................................................... 14 1 February 2007 Getting started Camera functionality Introduction Instruction symbols The following instruction symbols may appear in this Getting started guide: Note Indicates an important note or a tip. 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 centre. Press the navigation key up. Press the navigation key down. Press the navigation key left. Press the navigation key right. } Before you start Your mobile phone has a VGA digital 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 picture messaging (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 so that the picture appears when that person calls. The phone memory capacity is up to 27 MB internally and can be extended with a Memory Stick MicroTM (M2TM), also referred to as a memory card. You can save your camera pictures in four different sizes: Large 640x480, Medium 320x240, Small 160x120 or Extended. This allows you to decide on the number of pictures you can save in your phone memory or on your memory card. As soon as you take pictures or video clips, you can send them in a picture message (MMS). You can also exchange them using infrared, USB cable or email. 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. For information on phone overview, using the menus, entering letters, quick keys and file manager, please see the phone User guide or www.sonyericsson.com/support. 2 February 2007 Getting started Camera functionality Activating the camera and video recorder To activate the camera and video recorder from standby Capture · Press to activate the camera. More · Or select Camera main menu. in the Select 3 February 2007 Getting started Camera functionality Camera Keys used in camera and video mode To select the function displayed in the areas above the selection keys, press the relevant selection key. Capture or Record Selection keys More To take a picture 1. Activate the camera. 2. Press or to switch between camera and video recorder. The camera is selected when you see on the screen. 3. To take a picture, select Capture. The picture is saved and can be found in File manager } Pictures } Camera pictures. 4. To take another picture, select More } Take new picture. 5. To take another picture without saving current picture, select More } Delete } Yes. 6. Press to exit the camera. To record a video clip 1. Activate the video recorder. 2. Press or to switch between camera and video recorder. The video recorder is selected when you see on the screen. 3. To start recording a video clip, select Record. 4. To stop recording the video clip, select Stop. The video clip is saved and can be found in File manager } Videos } Cam. video clips. 5. To record another video clip, select More } Record new video. 6. To record another video clip without saving the current video clip, select More } Delete } Yes. 7. Press to exit the camera. If you want to delete a picture or a video clip, press and select Yes. 4 February 2007 Getting started Camera functionality Camera functionality The camera has different functions allowing you, for example, to use the self-timer, or to get the best picture quality with reference to your surroundings. You can zoom the picture in and out by moving the navigation key up and down. The brightness determines how much white is added to each colour in a picture or video clip. Select More to view more options before you take a picture. To use the zoom · Use the navigation key, to zoom in and to zoom out. Depending on selected Picture size, the following zoom levels are available: · Large 640x480 ­ no zoom · Medium 320x240 ­ 2x zoom · Small 160x120 ­ 2x and 4x zoom · Extended (1280x960) ­ no zoom. Volume keys Navigation key To adjust brightness · Use the volume keys. Press once to increase brightness or press once to decrease brightness. Press and hold down to continuously increase or decrease the brightness. 5 February 2007 Getting started Camera functionality 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 Picture size for saving your picture in different sizes. Night mode prolongs the exposure time to give better pictures in dark environments. The Self-timer makes it easy for the photographer to participate in the picture. The Effects setting gives you several colour selections to choose from. To access the camera options When the camera is activated, select More to view more options before you take a picture. · View all pictures ­ scroll through all your camera pictures, viewing them in slide show format. · Shoot mode: · Normal · Panorama ­ combine several pictures into one wide picture. · Frames ­ 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 set to 640x480 pixels. · Burst ­ take four pictures in rapid succession. When you select Burst, the picture size is automatically set to 320x240 pixels. · Picture size ­ choose between Large 640x480, Medium 320x240, Small 160x120 or Extended (1280x960). If you are going to send a picture message (MMS), please note that some phones that support pictures cannot receive picture sizes of more than 160x120 pixels. You can resize a high resolution picture before you send it. In the top right corner of the screen, you can see the number of pictures that can be saved in your phone memory or on your memory card. 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. · 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. · Effects ­ select different effects for your picture. See some examples below: · Off ­ no effect. The picture will be just as it appears in the viewfinder. 6 February 2007 Getting started Camera functionality · Black & white ­ this effect allows you to take black and white pictures. · Negative ­ this effect inverts the red, green, and blue colours separately, and to varying degrees. · Sepia ­ the sepia effect gives the picture a brownish-red tint. Old films and photographs used to have a strong sepia tone and this effect can help you make a picture appear older. · Solarize ­ the solarize effect gives the effect of exposing undeveloped film to sunlight. 7 February 2007 Getting started Camera functionality · Self-timer ­ when the self-timer is selected, the picture is taken within 8 ­10 seconds after Capture is selected. · Picture quality ­ you can select which quality you would like for your picture. Fine picture quality is the highest quality, but it will use more memory space than Normal picture quality. · Shutter sound ­ choose between different shutter sounds. The shutter sound will be turned off if the phone is set to silent. Press and hold down in standby to set the phone to silent. · Reset file number ­ to reset the numbering for pictures saved on the memory card. · Save to ­ select to save pictures in your phone memory or on your memory card. If all available memory is full, you cannot save any more pictures unless you delete or move files, see the Connecting with a computer Getting started guide on www.sonyericsson.com/support for details. When you have taken a picture, you can send it or select More to delete it or take a new picture. Editing pictures (PhotoDJTM) To be able to edit pictures taken with the camera (JPEG) or downloaded to the phone, it is useful to know the following: · Picture types WBMP and GIF can be edited if they are no larger than a picture size of 320x240 pixels. · Picture type JPEG can be edited if it is no larger than a picture size of 1632x1224 pixels. You can edit a picture by, for example, adding clipart, effects and frames or by drawing in the picture using the picture editor tool, PhotoDJTM. PhotoDJTM automatically makes a copy of the picture you want to edit. Editing of larger pictures (640x480 to 1632x1224 pixels) may be limited. To edit and save a picture 1. From standby select Menu } File manager } Pictures } Camera pictures. Scroll to the picture you want to edit and select View. 2. Select More } Edit. 3. Pen is the default tool (depending on picture size) to draw in the picture. Press the navigation key once to add a pixel. Press and hold down the navigation key again and the pen stays down. Use the navigation key or keypad to draw (see below for relevant keys). 4. Select Tool for other alternatives, such as clipart, frames and effects. % 9 Picture editor tools. 5. Select More } Save picture to save the picture. When editing pictures press Exit the PhotoDJTM Left up Left Left down Select tool Up Activate tool Down , , , or use the keys as follows: Undo Right up Right Right down Select colour 8 February 2007 Getting started Camera functionality Picture editor tools Some tools can only be used with Medium 320x240 and Small 160x120 pictures. · Add clipart ­ select some clipart and use the navigation key to place it on the picture. · Add frame ­ select a frame for your picture. · Add effect ­ select between the following effects: Auto level, Tint, Negative, Cartoon, Frosted glass, Contrast, Painting and Brightness. Examples of the effects: Tint Negative Contrast Brightness · Select tool: · Text ­ choose where to enter text, press once. Write the text, and go back to the editor. Press to set the text. · Pen ­ press once to add a pixel. Press again, and the pen stays down. Use or the keypad to draw. This tool can only be used with Medium 320x240 and Small 160x120 pictures. · Line ­ press once to set the starting point for the line. Move the cursor to the chosen place. Press again to set the cursor and finish the line. This tool can only be used with Medium 320x240 and Small 160x120 pictures. · Ellipse ­ press once to set the starting point for the ellipse. Move the cursor to the chosen place. Press again to set the cursor and finish the ellipse. This tool can only be used with Medium 320x240 and Small 160x120 pictures. · Rectangle ­ press once to set the starting point for the rectangle. Move the cursor to the chosen place. Press again to set the cursor and finish the rectangle. This tool can only be used with Medium 320x240 and Small 160x120 pictures. · Rotate ­ select to rotate your picture ...