Taking photos and recording videos

Your phone camera is equipped with the highly sensitive Exmor R™ sensor, which helps you capture sharp photos and videos even in low lighting conditions. With your phone camera, you can take regular 2D photos. Send your photos and videos to friends as multimedia messages, or upload them to a web service. Your phone also has a front camera, which is useful for self-portraits.

Camera controls overview

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1Camera key – Activate the camera/Take photos/Record videos

2Switch between still and video camera

3Take photos or record video clips

4Go back a step or exit the camera

5View photos and videos

6Camera setting icons

7Front camera

8Main camera screen

9Zoom in or out

To open the camera

When the screen is active, press and hold down the camera key. To close the camera

Press from the main camera screen.

Using the still camera

There are three ways to take photos with the still camera. You can press the camera key, tap the on-screen camera button, or touch a spot on the screen.

To take a photo using the camera key

1Activate the camera.

2If the still camera is not selected, drag to .

3Press the camera key halfway down to activate auto-focus.

4When the focus frame or frames are green, press the camera key fully down.

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