Nokia N900 User Manual page 82

82 Capture images and record videos
Automatic — The default image scene mode. Capture
images in a variety of situations.
Night — Capture images in low light conditions. The
image may take longer to be processed.
Macro — Focus on close up objects. The images may be
susceptible to noticeable camera shake.
Landscape — Capture landscape images with clear
outlines, colors, and contrast.
Portrait — Capture portraits of people, in good lighting
conditions.
Action — Capture fast moving objects, using a short
exposure time. You can capture successive images rapidly.
The auto-focus crosshair is not displayed.
Automatic video — The default video scene mode.
Record videos in a variety of situations.
Night video — Record videos in low light conditions.
Fewer frames per second (FPS) are recorded than in
automatic video scene mode. The video may take longer to
be processed.
Image settings
If you change the scene mode, the white balance, exposure,
and ISO sensitivity settings are reset to defaults. The image
resolution remains the same.
1 Select Camera
>
2 Select from the following:
and .
White balance — Select the current lighting conditions.
Colors are reproduced more accurately.
Exposure — Adjust the exposure compensation. If you
are capturing a dark subject against a very light
background, such as snow, adjust the exposure to +1 or
to +2 to compensate for the brightness of the
background. For light subjects against a dark
background, use -1 or -2.
ISO sensitivity — Adjust the light sensitivity. Increase
the light sensitivity in low light conditions to avoid too
dark and blurry images. Increasing the light sensitivity
may also increase the image noise.
Resolution — Select the image resolution.
Video settings
1 Select > Camera.
2 Select to switch from image mode to video mode, if
necessary.
3 Select and from the following:
White balance — Select the current lighting conditions.
Colors are reproduced more accurately.
Exposure — Adjust the exposure compensation. If you
are filming a dark subject against a very light
background, such as snow, adjust the exposure to +1 or
to +2 to compensate for the brightness of the
background. For light subjects against a dark
background, use -1 or -2.
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