User manual

Pictures and Video 79
Camera Options
Configure the camera.
䊳 While in Camera mode, touch the Options tab to configure:
• Shooting mode : Choose an automatic shooting mode, from:
– Single Shot : Take a single photo.
– Smile shot : Touch the Camera button to automatically focus on the
subject’s face and take the picture.
– Continuous : Touch and hold the Camera button to take 9 consecutive
pictures.
– Panorama : Touch the Camera button to take a picture, then use the
on-screen guideline to move the viewfinder and take the next 7 shots
automatically to create a panorama.
– Action shot : Detects action to automatically take multiple pictures.
– Cartoon : Apply a cartoon effect to pictures.
•SCN ; Choose a scene mode:
– None : Deactivates Scene mode.
– Portrait : Take pictures of people.
– Landscape : Take pictures of distant scenery.
– Night : Take pictures of distant scenery in low light.
– Sports : Take pictures of fast moving subject(s).
– Party/Indoor : Take pictures of interior scenes.
– Beach/Snow : Take pictures of brightly lit scenery.
– Sunset : Take pictures in the afternoon or evening.
– Dawn : Take pictures at daybreak.
– Fall colour : Take pictures that emphasize reds and yellows.
– Firework : Take pictures of brief flame.
– Text : Take pictures of documents, posters, etc.
– Candlelight : Take pictures lit by candles.
– Backlight : Take pictures of back lit subject(s).
• Brightness : Choose an exposure value.
• Settings ➔ Camera
– Focus mode : Choose a type of automatic focus.
– Timer : Set a delay before taking a picture.
– Resolution : Choose a size for the image.
– White balance : Choose a setting for the light source.
– Effects : Apply an effect to pictures.
– Metering : Select a method for measuring light.
– Image quality : Choose a quality setting for photos.
– Adjust : Set Contrast, Saturation, and Sharpness.
• Settings ➔ Settings
– Guidelines : Enable or disable an on-screen grid to aid in photo
composition.
– Review : Enable or disable the instant review feature, to display images
immediately after capture.
– Shutter sound : Select a tone to play when the camera’s shutter opens
and closes.
– Reset : Set all Camera settings to the defaults.