80 Experiencing Multimedia

9.1 Camera and Video Recorder

Taking photos and shooting video clips with audio are easy with your phone’s built-in camera.

To open Camera or Video Recorder

Do any of the following:

On the Home screen, click Start > Camera.

On the Home screen, click Start > Video Recorder.

Press the CAMERA button on the left side of the phone.

If you have a microSD card inserted, or if you insert a microSD card while you are using the camera, you will be prompted to choose whether to save your pictures on the microSD card or the phone. Select the location for storing pictures and videos taken with the camera and click OK. Check Don’t show again to prevent this message from appearing the next time you insert a storage card.

To exit Camera or Video Recorder

Press END ().

Note Pressing ( ) simply "minimizes" the Camera program, it is still running in the background. To close the Camera program, go to Task Manager.

To capture photos and video clips

Aim the camera at the subject and then press CAMERA or ENTER to take the shot. When capturing video, press CAMERA or ENTER to start recording video; press again to stop recording.

Capture modes

The Camera program lets you capture pictures and video clips using various built-in modes. The title bar displays the active capture mode for a short duration, and then it disappears automatically from the Camera screen to offer you a distraction-free view of the image that you intend to capture. However, pressing the NAVIGATION left/right/up/down key or a number/character key on the QWERTY keyboard displays this information again on the Camera screen.

The available capture modes are as follows:

Capture mode

Photo ( )

Video ( )

Contacts Picture ( ) Picture Theme ( )

Panorama ( )

Sports ( )

Function

Captures standard still images.

Captures video clips, with or without audio.

Captures a still image suitable for assigning as an identification photo to a contact.

Captures still images and places them within frames.

Captures a sequence of still images continuously in one direction, and allows stitching of all the images to create a panoramic view of a scenery.

Captures a sequence of still images (3 or 5 frames) automatically for a short duration at a defined frequency.

Using the above capture modes, the camera captures files in the following formats:

Capture type

Format

Still Image

JPEG

Video

Motion JPEG (.avi)

 

MPEG4 (.mp4)

 

H.263 (.3gp)

 

3GPP2 (.3g2)

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