Cupcake User Guide R1.5.0 80 April 14, 2009
7 Camera and Multimedia7.1 Using Camera and Camcorder
Use Camera or Camcorder to take and share pictures and videos. Your phone comes with a 3.2
megapixel camera with auto-focus feature that lets you capture sharp pictures and videos.
Before you proceed
• You must install a storage card before you use the Camera or Camcorder. All pictures or videos
that you capture on your phone are stored on the storage card. For more information on how to
install a storage card on your phone, refer to “To install the storage card” on page 17.
• The camera lens at the back of the phone is covered by a protective film during shipment. Make
sure that you peel this film off before using the camera.
To open the Camera or Camcorder
Press HOME, touch the Applications tab and then touch Camera if you want to capture photos or
Camcorder if you want to shoot videos. The screen automatically switches to landscape orientation
when you open Camera or Camcorder.
Tip You can easily switch to the other capture mode while you are in Camera or Camcorder. Refer to
“Capture modes” in this chapter for details.
To close the Camera or Camcorder
On the Camera screen, press HOME or BACK.
Capture modes
The phone offers two capture modes: Camera and Video.
To change the capture mode
On the Camera screen, press MENU and then touch Switch to video or Switch to camera.
Take pictures
1Press HOME, touch the Applications tab and then touch Camera or if you are in Camcorder, press
MENU and then touch Switch to camera.
2Frame your subject on the screen.
Current capture mode.
Touch to take a photo or
start recording video.