Bell Canada User Guide

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USING APPLICATIONS
USING APPLICATIONS
CAMERA
The Sonim XP8 has a rear camera with 12MP xed focus
for taking pictures. The pictures are saved in Photos.
1. From Home screen or App screen, tap on Camera
( ).
2. Select Camera mode to set the following modes:
• Normal ( ): To shoot a picture in normal mode,
tap on soft key to capture the picture. Use Volume
Up and Down key or pinch with ngers to Zoom in
and Zoom out.
• Video ( ): Tap on Video button to enable the
video mode and start the recording. You can pause
the recording in the middle by using Pause soft key
( ) symbol.
• Tap on Toggle button ( ) to toggle between
ccamera and video mode.
3. On the Camera screen, tap on Option (
) > Settings ( ). The following options are
displayed:
• General:
• Store location: You can enable/disable this
option to store the photos in a selected location.
• Face Detection: You can enable/disable this
option that detects human faces so that the
camera can set the focus.
• Storage: The photos are stored in the phone
memory.
• Record Date & Time: The date and time are
displayed on the recorded video or the photos.
• Still Camera:
• Countdown timer: You can set the countdown
timer for the following options: off, 2 seconds, 5
seconds, and 10 seconds.
• Continuous Shot: You can enable/disable this
option to set the camera on continuous shot.
• Sele Mirror: When this option is enabled, you
can ip the sele image.
• Picture size: The following picture sizes are
displayed. Select the required size from the
following options: 12M pixels, 8M pixels, 5M
pixels, 3M pixels, 2M pixels, 1M pixels, VGA
• Picture quality: The following options are
displayed: Low, Standard and High
• Redeye Reduction: Enable/disable this option to
reduce having a red-eye effect in photography.
You can get the appearance of red pupil in color
photographs.
• Exposure: The following options re displayed: -2,
-1.5, -1, -0.5, 0, +0.5, +1, +1.5, +2
• White balance: This option will change the color
balance in your pictures. The following options
are displayed: Auto, Incandescent, Fluorescent,
Daylight, and Cloudy
• Sele Flash: You can enable/disable to get the
ash when camera is in sele mode.
• Shutter Sound: You can enable/disable this
option.
• ZSL: You can enable/disable this option to
continuously take the full sized photos.
• Video Camera:
• Video quality: You can choose any of the
following option to set the video quality: 4k UHD,
HD 1080p, HD 720p, SD 480p, VGA, CIF, and
QVGA
• Video duration: You can set the duration for the
video capturing. The following are the options: 30
seconds (MMS), 10 minutes, 30 minutes, no limit
• Image Stabilization: Enable/disable this option to
stabilize the recorded image by varying the optical
path to the sensor.
• Noise Reduction: This option is used to reduce
or get rid of noise in their digital images. The
following are the options: Off, Fast, and High
Quality
• Video Encoder: A video encoder connects to
an analog video camera via a coaxial cable and
converts video signals into digital video streams
that can be sent over a wireless IP-based
network. The following formats are supported:
H264 and H265.
• Video Rotation: You can rotate the recorded
video in the following angles: 0, 90, 180 and 270.
• Time lapse: It is a video recording mode that
captures video at a very low frame rate. Following
are the options: off, Seconds - 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5,
3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 24. Minutes - 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2,
2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 24; Hours - 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2
,2.5, 3,4,5,6,10,12,15, 24
• Video high FrameRate: If the video quality option
is set to HD 720p, SD 480p, VGA, and QVGA,
video high framerate is enabled and you can
select the option as per your requirement.
• System:
• Restore defaults: The camera default settings are
restored.
• Version Info: The camera version details are
displayed.