HTC RHOD500 user manual Capturing photo or recording video, Review screen, On-screen controls

120  Camera and Multimedia

To use Touch Focus:

1.Set the Camera to Photo or Contacts Picture mode.

2.Touch the area on the screen that you want to focus. The Touch Focus indicator ( ) positions itself on the selected area.

Note If you tap outside the effective focus area, a white box appears to indicate the area where you can use Touch Focus.

3.Touch to activate auto-focus on the selected area and take the photo. See “Auto-focus” in this chapter for more information.

Tip To move the Touch Focus indicator back to the center of the screen, tap .

Capturing photo or recording video

By default, the Camera automatically takes the shot or starts capturing video after you have set the focus.

•In Photo or Contacts Picture mode, touch the Virtual Camera button to activate auto-focus; when focus is set, the Camera automatically takes the shot.

•In Video or MMS Video mode, touch the Virtual Camera button to activate auto-focus; when focus is set, the Camera automatically starts recording. Touch the Virtual camera button again to stop recording.

•In Picture Theme or Panorama mode, touch the Virtual Camera button to activate auto-focus; when focus is set, the Camera automatically takes the first shot. Do the same for each shot you need to take.

The Review screen

After capturing a photo or recording video, the Review screen gives you the option to view/play, send, or delete the photo or video clip.

Icon	Function
	Return to the live Camera screen.
/	View the captured image or play the captured video in Album.
	See“Viewing Photos and Videos Using Album”in this chapter.
	Delete the captured image or video.
	Send the captured image or video via MMS or e-mail.
	After capturing in Contacts Picture mode, tap to assign the photo to a contact.

On-screen controls

Tap to display the on-screen controls.

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1  Album. Open the Album program. See “Viewing Photos and Videos Using Album” for details. 2  Capture mode. See “Changing the capture mode” for details.

3  Touch Focus / Auto-focus indicator. See “Using the focus” for details. 4  Menu. Open the Menu Panel. See “Menu Panel” for details.

5  Virtual Camera button. Activates the auto-focus and functions as the shutter release button. 6  Template Selector icon. In Picture Theme mode, tap to select another frame.

7  Progress indicator. In Picture Theme and Panorama modes, this shows the number of consecutive shots.