Sony 1273-5759 manual Adding the geographical position to your photos, General camera settings

To take a photo using Smile Shutter™

1When the camera is open and Smile Shutter™ is turned on, point the camera at your subject. The camera selects which face to focus on.

2The face selected appears inside a coloured frame and the photo is taken automatically.

3If no smile is detected, press the camera key to take the photo manually.

Adding the geographical position to your photos

Turn on geotagging to add the approximate geographical location (a geotag) to photos when you take them. The geographical location is determined either by wireless networks (mobile or Wi-Fi® networks) or GPS technology.

When appears on the camera screen, geotagging is turned on but the geographical position has not been found. When appears, geotagging is turned on and the geographical location is available, so your photo can get geotagged. When neither of these two symbols appears, geotagging is turned off.

To turn on geotagging

1From your Home screen, tap .

2Tap Settings > Location services.

3Drag the slider beside Access to my location to the right.

4Activate the camera.

5Tap , then tap .

6Drag the slider beside Geotagging to the right.

7Tap OK.

General camera settings

Capturing mode settings overview

Superior auto

Optimise your settings to suit any scene.

Manual

Adjust camera settings manually.

Picture effect

Apply effects to photos.

Sweep Panorama

Use this setting to take wide-angle, panoramic photos. Just press the camera key and move the camera steadily from one side to the other.

Quick launch

Use Quick launch settings to launch the camera when the screen is locked.

Launch only

When this setting is activated, you can launch the camera when the screen is locked by pressing and holding down the camera key.

Launch and capture

When this setting is activated, you can launch the camera and capture a photo automatically when the screen is locked by pressing and holding down the camera key.

Launch and record video

When this setting is activated, you can launch the camera and start capturing video when the screen is locked by pressing and holding down the camera key.

Off

Geotagging

Tag photos with details of where you took them.

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