Customizing Camera Advanced settings
On the Camera screen, click Options on the Camera screen to open the Camera Advanced settings where you
can activate the self-timer, change the ambience, customize capture settings, and more.
Use the NAVIGATION CONTROL to go through the available settings.
Option
Allows you to
Mode
Select the capture mode to use.
Self-timer
Select the Self-timer option for capturing images: Off, 2 seconds, or 10 seconds. Selecting 2
seconds or 10 seconds delays the capturing by the specified time after you press ENTER.
Brightness
Adjust the brightness from -2 to +2 (increments of 0.5).
White Balance
Specify the white balance setting such as Auto, Daylight, Night, Incandescent, and Fluorescent to
suit the lighting environment.
Resolution
Choose the resolution to use. The resolution options depend upon which camera mode you are
using.
Capture Format
Select whether to use MPEG4, H.263 or 3GPP2.
(Video and MMS Video
mode only)
Recording Limit
Specify the maximum time or file size for recording video clips.
(Video mode only)
Template
Choose one of the five templates to use for Picture Theme mode.
(Picture Theme mode
only)
Quality
Select the JPEG image quality level for all captured still images. You can choose from Basic, Normal,
Fine, and Super Fine. This option is available in all modes except Video and MMS Video.
Time Stamp
Choose whether or not to include the shooting date and time on captured photos.
(Photo mode only)
Storage
Select where you want to save your files. You can either save the files to the main memory or to a
storage card.
Direction
Choose in what direction images will be stitched in a panorama.
(Panorama mode only)
Stitch Count
Select the desired number of snapshots to be taken and stitched into a panorama.
(Panorama mode only)
Keep Backlight
Choose whether to turn the backlight on or off while using the camera. This overrides your
phone backlight settings while you are using the camera.
Shutter Sound
Choose whether or not you want the camera to make a shutter sound when you take photos or
record video clips.
Review Duration
Set a time length for displaying the captured image or video on the Review screen before
automatically saving it and returning to the live Camera screen. Select No Limit to allow
the picture to be displayed until you choose to take another action. Select No Review to
immediately return to the live Camera screen after capturing.
Effect
Choose a special effect such as Grayscale, Sepia, or Negative to apply to your photos or video
clips.
Note: White Balance cannot be applied if an Effect has already been applied.
Metering Mode
Select a metering mode to allow the camera to measure the amount of light in the center and
around the image and calculate the best-fit exposure value before capturing. Choose either
Center Area to measure light using the center area of the image or Average to measure light
using the area all around the image.
Record with Audio
Select On to record audio while capturing video clips. This is selected On by default. If you select
(Video and MMS Video
Off and then capture a video clip, it will have no audio.
mode only)
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