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Camera
Your Vertu phone is equipped with a digital camera that can be used to take photos
and record video clips. The camera can also capture panoramic views.
Photos are saved in JPEG (.jpg) format, and video clips are saved in 3GPP (.3gp)
format.
Opening Camera
1. Select Menu
Media > Camera
>
Or use the Right Select key which by default is set up to open the Camera, but
note that this can be changed.
Toolbar
The toolbar is displayed on the right side of the camera application. Once the camera
function has been opened, press the Left Select key or Right Select key and the
toolbar displays.
1. Use the Up/Down scroll bars to select an option, and the name of the selected
option is displayed.
2. Select the option by pressing the Middle Select key.
3. The toolbar will close automatically after a number of seconds.
The toolbar provides you with shortcuts to different items and settings before and
after capturing an image, or recording a video clip. The items displayed in the toolbar
are context sensitive and can be customised by adding shortcuts of your choice to
the toolbar.
To customise the camera toolbar, switch to image mode (for taking still images), and
select Options > Customise toolbar.
The following are the options presented which you can include on the toolbar:
Image
Shortcut
Description
name
Lists the available shortcuts and adds the selected
Add
shortcuts to the toolbar present.
shortcut
Switches to video mode.
Video
mode
Selects the scene mode in the toolbar.
Scene
For still images, options include Automatic, User Defined,
modes
Portrait, Landscape, Sport, Night and Night portrait.
(see "Scene modes" on page 83 for more information on the
user defined scene modes.)
For video, the only available options are Automatic or
Night.
Switches to panorama mode.
Panorama
Selects the flash mode (images only).
Flash
Switches to self-timer (images only), where you can set a
Self timer
time to take the photo.
Switches to sequence mode (images only) where you can
Seq. mode
select the number of photos you want to take in a single
click.
Opens the destination where the photos are saved.
Go to
Photos
To capture an image
1. From the Home screen, press the Right Select key to activate the camera.
2. The icon in the top left corner shows if the camera is in image
video
mode. Press the Left Select key or Right Select key to display the tool
bar. Select the image mode icon from the toolbar using the Up/Down scroll keys.
Then select the
option with the Middle Select key.
3. Depending on whether you want to take a portrait or landscape photo, hold your
Vertu phone the required way. The camera orientation automatically changes as
you move the phone.
Camera
, panorama or
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