Google ANDROID 2.3.4, User Manual

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S Touch the onscreen Select Camera icon to switch between the back camera
and the front camera .
The preview switches to show the scene viewed from the camera you selected.
Not all features (such as flash) are available for the front camera.
Take pictures with digital zoom
If your phone’s camera supports digital zoom (see your phone’s owner’s guide), you
can zoom in or out of a scene before taking a picture.
S Touch the onscreen Zoom icon
1x
and then touch the amount of zoom you want.
OR
S Double-tap the screen to zoom all the way in or out.
Pictures that you take with digital zoom may be smaller (in pixels) than the size you
set with the Picture Size setting. See “Camera mode settings” on page 278.
Shoot a video
1 If necessary, drag the control to the Video position.
2 Select the camera you want to use and adjust the quality, color effect, flash, and
other settings if you wish. Or leave them on automatic.
See “Changing Camera settings” on page 277. The preview image changes as you
change the settings. Different phones support different video settings.
3 Point the lens to frame the scene where you want to start.
4 Touch the onscreen Start Video icon.
Camera starts shooting the video. The time remaining to shoot counts down at the
left; when less than a minute is left, the countdown turns red.
5 Touch the Stop Video icon to stop shooting.
An image from your most recent video is displayed as a thumbnail at the top right.
If your phone has a Trackball or dedicated Camera button, you can press that to
start and stop the video (see your phone’s owner’s guide for details about its
buttons).
6 Touch the thumbnail to view, share, and work with your videos in Gallery
See “Gallery” on page 281.