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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.

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.

Colour tone (

) — Select a colour effect.

 

Switch video light on or Switch video light off

— 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 X500 manual Colour and lighting settings, White balance, Contrast