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Add to album — Save the image to an album in Photos.

Record location — To add GPS location coordinates to each image file, select On. Receiving a GPS signal may take time or the signal may not be available.

See "Location information", p. 64.

Show captured image — Select whether to view the captured image after it is taken or to continue image capturing immediately.

Default image name — Define the default name for the captured images.

Extended digital zoom — The setting is only available in the main camera.On (continuous) allows the zoom increments to be smooth and continuous between digital and extended digital zoom, On (paused) allows the zoom increments to pause at the digital and extended digital step point, and Off allows a limited amount of zoom while retaining the image resolution. Use the extended zoom only when getting closer to the subject is more important than the final image quality. The overall quality of a digitally zoomed image is always lower than that of an unzoomed image.

Capture tone — Set the tone that sounds when you capture an image.

Memory in use — Select where to store your images.

Rotate image — Select whether you want images that are captured when the device is held upright to be rotated when you open them in Gallery.

Restore camera settings — Restore the camera settings to default values.

Colour and lighting settings

In the active toolbar, select from the following:

Flash mode (

) (image only) — Select the desired

flash mode.

)

— Select a colour effect.

Colour tone (

Video light

— Switch the video light on or off

(video mode only).

White balance (

) — Select the current lighting

condition. This allows the camera to reproduce colours more accurately.

Exposure compensation ( ) (image only) — If you

are shooting a dark subject against a very light background, such as snow, adjust the exposure to

+1 or +2 to compensate for the background

brightness. For light subjects against a dark

background, use -1 or -2.

Sharpness (

) (image only) — Adjust the

sharpness of the image.

Contrast (

) (image only) — Adjust the difference

between the lightest and darkest parts of the image.

Light sensitivity (

) (image only) — Increase the

light sensitivity in low light conditions to avoid too dark images.

The screen display changes to match the settings you make.

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Nokia N96 manual Colour and lighting settings