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

Taking photos and recording videos

Your phone camera is equipped with the highly sensitive Exmor R™ sensor, which
enables you to take sharp photos and videos even in low lighting conditions. With your
phone camera, 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.

Camera controls overview

1 Switch between still and video camera
2 Display all settings
3 Take photos or record video clips
4 Go back a step or exit the camera
5 View photos and videos
6 Camera setting icons
7 Zoom in or out
8 Main camera screen
To open the camera
• From your Home screen, tap
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 by touching the screen
1 Activate the camera.
2 If the still camera is not selected, drag
3 To display all settings, press
Tap Capturing method and select Touch capture if it is not already selected.
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Point the camera toward the subject.
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6 To activate auto focus, touch and hold a spot on the screen. When the focus
frame turns green, lift your finger to take the photo.
Be careful not to touch
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