Sony Ericsson Vivaz pro User Guide - Page 47

Camera icons and settings, Scenes, Shoot mode - skin

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To record a video clip 1 Press . 2 Press fully down to start recording. 3 To stop recording, press fully down. The video is saved automatically. To use the zoom • Press the volume key up or down. The zoom rate reverts to default when you change the shoot mode or switch between photo mode and video mode. See Shoot mode on page 47. To view photos and video clips 1 Activate the camera and tap . 2 To view the next or the previous photo or video clip, flick left or right. Camera icons and settings You can change camera settings by tapping icons in the viewfinder. Scenes When you take a photo, you can select a scene setting that best suits your subject: Auto Portrait - emphasises skin tones and a slightly soft appearance Landscape - prioritises distant objects Twilight landsc. - use when the lighting conditions are poor and you do not want to use the light. Due to the long exposure time, you should hold the camera still or place it on a stable surface Sports - short exposure time to minimise motion blur Document - text and drawings will be sharp, with high contrast Twilight portr. - longer exposure time. You should hold the camera still or place it on a stable surface Beach/Snow - use in bright environments to avoid overexposed photos. Shoot mode You can select the way you take a photo. Normal Panorama - take wide panorama photos automatically. Three photos are taken sequentially and connected to each other to form a seamless wide picture Smile detection - activate smile detection and then press camera takes a photo automatically . When the person in focus smiles, the Touch capture - tap within the white border to select the focus point and take a photo 47 This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.

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To record a video clip
1
Press
.
2
Press
fully down to start recording.
3
To stop recording, press
fully down. The video is saved automatically.
To use the zoom
Press the volume key up or down.
The zoom rate reverts to default when you change the shoot mode or switch between photo
mode and video mode. See
Shoot mode
on page 47.
To view photos and video clips
1
Activate the camera and tap
.
2
To view the next or the previous photo or video clip, flick left or right.
Camera icons and settings
You can change camera settings by tapping icons in the viewfinder.
Scenes
When you take a photo, you can select a scene setting that best suits your subject:
Auto
Portrait
– emphasises skin tones and a slightly soft appearance
Landscape
– prioritises distant objects
Twilight landsc.
– use when the lighting conditions are poor and you do not want to use the light. Due to
the long exposure time, you should hold the camera still or place it on a stable surface
Sports
– short exposure time to minimise motion blur
Document
– text and drawings will be sharp, with high contrast
Twilight portr.
– longer exposure time. You should hold the camera still or place it on a stable surface
Beach/Snow
– use in bright environments to avoid overexposed photos.
Shoot mode
You can select the way you take a photo.
Normal
Panorama
– take wide panorama photos automatically. Three photos are taken sequentially and
connected to each other to form a seamless wide picture
Smile detection
– activate smile detection and then press
. When the person in focus smiles, the
camera takes a photo automatically
Touch capture
– tap within the white border to select the focus point and take a photo
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This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.