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80 Experiencing Multimedia
9.1 Camera and Video Recorder
Taking photos and shooting video clips with audio are easy with your phone's built-in camera.
To open Camera or Video Recorder
Do any of the following:
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On the Home screen, click Start > Camera.
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On the Home screen, click Start > Video Recorder.
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Press the CAMERA button on the left side of the phone.
If you have a microSD card inserted, or if you insert a microSD card while you
are using the camera, you will be prompted to choose whether to save your
pictures on the microSD card or the phone. Select the location for storing
pictures and videos taken with the camera and click OK. Check Don't show
again to prevent this message from appearing the next time you insert a
storage card.
To exit Camera or Video Recorder
Press END ( ) .
•
Note Pressing (
program, go to Task Manager.
To capture photos and video clips
Aim the camera at the subject and then press CAMERA or ENTER to take the shot. When capturing video, press
CAMERA or ENTER to start recording video; press again to stop recording.
Capture modes
The Camera program lets you capture pictures and video clips using various built-in modes. The title bar
displays the active capture mode for a short duration, and then it disappears automatically from the Camera
screen to offer you a distraction-free view of the image that you intend to capture. However, pressing the
NAVIGATION left/right/up/down key or a number/character key on the QWERTY keyboard displays this
information again on the Camera screen.
The available capture modes are as follows:
Capture mode
Photo (
)
Video (
)
Contacts Picture (
Picture Theme (
Panorama (
Sports (
)
Using the above capture modes, the camera captures files in the following formats:
Capture type
Still Image
Video
) simply "minimizes" the Camera program, it is still running in the background. To close the Camera
Function
Captures standard still images.
Captures video clips, with or without audio.
) Captures a still image suitable for assigning as an identification photo to a contact.
Captures still images and places them within frames.
)
Captures a sequence of still images continuously in one direction, and allows stitching of all the
)
images to create a panoramic view of a scenery.
Captures a sequence of still images (3 or 5 frames) automatically for a short duration at a
defined frequency.
Format
JPEG
Motion JPEG (.avi)
MPEG4 (.mp4)
H.263 (.3gp)
3GPP2 (.3g2)
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