Camera And Images; Camera; Taking A Picture; Recording A Video Clip - Nokia 9500 User Manual

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Camera and Images

Camera

You can take photos or record video clips with the built-in camera.
The camera lens is on the back of the device, and the display of the cover phone works as a viewfinder. The camera produces
pictures in JPEG format and video clips in 3GPP format.
To open the Camera application, switch on the phone, and select
Tip: To quickly open the camera viewfinder, press the scroll key up in standby mode. To quickly change the camera
mode, for example, to video mode, press the scroll key left or right.
You can view and modify photos in Images.

Taking a picture

1. On the cover phone, press
2. If the light is dim, press
that take up less memory and can be attached to contact cards.
3. Use the display as a viewfinder, aim at your subject, and press Capture. The device saves the photo in the default folder, or
in the folder you have defined in
Tip: To zoom in or out before taking a picture, press the scroll key up or down.
4. If you do not want to keep the saved photo, press Delete. Press
Press Options, and select
You can change the folder where the pictures are saved.
To adjust the brightness or contrast, press
decrease or increase the brightness or contrast.
To set the picture you have taken as wallpaper, press
appear in the Desk view, and select

Recording a video clip

1. On the cover phone, press
2. Press Options, and select
3. To start recording a video clip, press Record. The remaining recording time is shown on the top of the display. To pause
the recording, press Pause; to resume the recording, press Continue.
4. To stop the recording, press Stop. The device saves the recording in the default folder, or in the folder you have defined in
Control panel.
5. If you do not want to keep the saved video clip, press Delete. Press
video clip. Press Options
You can change the folder where the video clips are saved.
To mute or unmute the microphone, press Options, and select
To adjust the brightness or contrast, press Options, and select
decrease or increase the brightness or contrast.

Camera settings

To edit the camera settings, press Options, and select Settings.
Define the following:
• Image quality — Define how much the photo will be compressed when saving the image.
quality but takes more memory.
• Video clip length — Select the length of the video clips that you record. The maximum length of a video clip is
approximately 1 hour, depending on the available memory.
seconds long. Only video clips that are of default length or shorter can be sent in a multimedia message.
• Camera sounds — Define whether you want the camera to make a shutter sound when taking pictures.
• Default title — Define the title that is used when saving a photo or video clip. If you select Automatic, the default title is
used. If you select My title, you can key in a new title, or edit an existing one.
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See Images on page 57.
→ Camera.
Menu
→
Options Change mode, and select
Control panel.
Open in Images to view the photo in the communicator interface.
Options
Cover if you want to add a background image to the cover phone display.
→ Camera.
Menu
→ Video.
Change mode
and select Open in RealPlayer
→
Menu Camera
Night mode. Select
Back to return to the viewfinder to take another picture.
See Camera folders on page 61.
and select Brightness or Contrast. Press the scroll key left or right to
→
Options Set as wallpaper. Select
Back
to view the video clip in the RealPlayer application.
See Camera folders on page 61.
Mute or Unmute.
Brightness or Contrast. Press the scroll key left or right to
Default records video clips up to 100 KB, which is about 10
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on the cover phone.
Portrait photo to take smaller pictures
Desk if you want the picture to
to return to the viewfinder to record another
High provides the best image