Samsung GALAXY S III User Manual page 151

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Effects: Change the color tone or apply special effects to the photo. Options include:
No effect, Cold vintage, Warm vintage, Posterize, Solarize, Green point, Blue
point, Red-yellow point, Washed out, Black and white, Sepia, and Negative.
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Scene mode: Set the Scene to help take the best pictures possible. Options include
None, Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Party/Indoor, Beach/Snow, Sunset, Dawn,
Autumn Color, Text, Candlelight, Firework, Backlight, and Night. Helpful tips are
shown for each scene mode at the bottom of the display screen.
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Exposure value: Adjust the overall image brightness. Use the onscreen slider to
adjust the value. Choose from +2, +1, 0 (default), -1, or -2.
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Focus mode: Set focus mode to Auto focus, Macro, or Face detection. Use Macro
mode to take close-up pictures. Face detection causes the camera to automatically
recognize if there is a face in the shot. It then optimizes the focus and exposure for
the face. Use Auto focus for all others.
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Timer: Set a timer for how long to wait before taking a picture. Options include: Off,
2 sec, 5 sec, and 10 sec.
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Resolution: Set the image size to 8M (3264x2448), W6M (3264x1836), 3.2M
(2048x1536), W2.4M (2048x1152), W0.9M (1280x720), or 0.3M (640x480).
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White balance: Set this option to one of the following choices: Auto, Daylight,
Cloudy, Incandescent, or Fluorescent.
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ISO: Adjust how sensitive the light meter is on your digital camera. Choose from
Auto, 100, 200, 400, or 800. Use a lower ISO number to make your camera less
sensitive to light, a higher ISO number to take photos with less light, or Auto to let the
camera automatically adjust the ISO for each of your shots
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Metering: Set how the camera measures or meters the light source: Center-
weighted, Spot, or Matrix.
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Auto contrast: Take a clear image even under backlight circumstances where
intensity of illumination can vary excessively.
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Guidelines: Turn the guidelines On or Off.
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Anti-Shake: Reduce image blur due to the movement of the subject of the photo or
hand movement.
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GPS tag: Turn GPS On or Off (also known as Geotagging). The location of where
the picture is taken is attached to the picture. (Only available in Camera mode.)
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Image quality: Set the image quality to: Superfine, Fine, or Normal.
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Storage: Configure the default storage location for images or videos as either Phone
or MicroSD card (if inserted).
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