User's Manual

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Apps
Front camera allows you to shoot your own
picture or video while watching the shooting
screen.
1
Press and hold
k
for over a
second.
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The shooting screen (P.153) appears.
2
Tap on the shooting/recording
screen.
3
Shoot photo/video.
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For information on how to shoot, see
"Shooting still pictures" (P.154) or
"Recording videos" (P.162).
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Information
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Alternatively, on the shooting screen, tap the
capturing mode icon (P.154), then tap [Front
camera]/[Front video] to switch to the Front camera/
Front video camera.
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For using Front camera, "Self-timer", "Smile Shutter",
"Geotagging", "Auto upload", "Touch capture", "Data
storage" can be set. Other "Still camera setting"
(P.156) are not supported by Front camera.
- Resolution for Front camera is "VGA". The resolution
cannot be changed.
- Some settings take over the camera settings set at
the time when switching.
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For using Front video camera, "Video resolution",
"Self-timer", "Geotagging", "Microphone", "Touch
capture", "Data storage" can be set. Other "Video
camera setting" (P.164) are not supported by Front
video camera.
- Some settings take over the camera settings set at
the time when switching.
Quick launch allows you to activate camera
to shoot when using other application, or
from the the unlock screen, the Home screen,
etc.
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Information
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By default, on the unlock screen, tap to activate
camera.
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Only when "Set all to" or "Lock screen" in Preferred
apps settings (P.214) to "Xperia
™
", and set the screen
unlock method (P.218) to "Swipe/Touch", you can also
activate the camera by dragging / left on
the unlock screen.
1
Press and hold
k
for over a
second.
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"Launch only (still camera)" to activate
the camera is set by default.
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For behavior when using Quick launch,
make setting from the shooting screen.
For details, see "Quick launch" (P.158).
Front camera
Quick launch