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6.0 take photos and videos
To optimize settings for
specific scenes
Touch
(second from the right) and select
from a list of common photographic subjects,
such as fireworks or the beach. The Camera app
will enable all the right settings for taking a picture
of the selected subject. The following settings are
available:
•
Auto mode
automatically selects settings
which are appropriate for most photographs.
•
Sports
configures the camera for fast action
subjects and emphasizes shorter exposure time
to prevent motion blur.
•
Portrait
optimizes for photos of a person at
near to middle distances.
•
Landscapes
sets focus to infinity and
configures the camera for landscape and
scenery far from the camera.
•
Night
favors settings for night time or low light
photography.
•
Night portrait better accommodates
photographing a person in low light conditions.
•
Fireworks
pre-configures the camera to take
pictures of fireworks at night.
•
Text mode
configures the camera to take
pictures of text documents at short distance.
6.1 change picture & video settings
You can use the Camera app’s settings to help capture the perfect photo.
Most of these settings are available only on the back-facing camera.
To display camera settings:
•
Drag down the top of the screen (in portrait) or left (in landscape) to display
camera settings, such as brightness, focus, and so on.
To change burst, photo
size and other settings
Touch
to display a menu controlling burst
capture, picture quality post view time, and
capture bracketing.
The following options are available:
•
Touch
to take a quick series (or burst) of
photos each time you touch the shutter button.
•
Touch
to select the rate (in frames per
second) at which a burst of photos is captured.
•
Touch
to specify the size of your photo in
megapixels.
•
Touch
toselect the quality of the captured
JPEG.
The remaining icons on this menu control
the number of seconds a captured photo is
displayed, and whether exposure and focus
are automatically varied during a burst photo
sequence.
To set video quality
(Video only) Touch
to specify the quality of the
captured video.
