Taking Photos And Recording Videos; Camera Controls Overview; Using The Still Camera - Sony Xperia ion User Manual

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. You can
take regular 2D photos or you can shoot 3D photos in 3D Sweep Panorama™ mode
and Sweep Multi Angle™ mode. Send your photos and videos to friends as
multimedia messages, or upload them to a web service such as Facebook™. Your
phone also has a front camera, which is useful for self-portraits.

Camera controls overview

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1 Camera key – Activate the camera/Take photos/Record videos
2 Switch between still and video camera
3 Display all settings
4 Take photos or record video clips
5 Go back a step or exit the camera
6 View photos and videos
7 Camera setting icons
8 Front camera
9 Zoom in or out
10 Main camera screen
To activate the camera
• Press and hold down the camera key.
To close the camera
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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
1 Activate the camera.
2 If the still camera is not selected, drag
3 Press the camera key halfway down to activate auto-focus.
4 When the focus frame or frames are green, press the camera key fully down.
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