Sony Ericsson Xperia neo User Guide - Page 80

Portrait, Landscape, Infinity, Night mode, Beach and snow, Sports, Party, Single auto focus

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Off The camera automatically adjusts settings for a video Portrait Use for portrait videos. Settings are optimised to give slightly softer skin tones Landscape Use for landscape videos. The camera focuses on distant objects. When Landscape is selected, focus mode is changed to Infinity Night mode When turned on, light sensitivity is increased. Use in poorly lit environments. Videos of fast-moving objects may get blurred. Hold your hand steady, or use a support. Turn off night mode when lighting conditions are good, to improve the video quality Beach and snow Use in bright environments to avoid underexposed videos Sports Use for videos of fast-moving objects. Short exposure time minimises motion blurring Party Use for indoor videos in poorly lit environments. This scene picks up indoor background lighting or candlelight. Videos of fast-moving objects may get blurred. Hold your hand steady, or use a support Photo light Use the light to record videos when lighting conditions are poor or when there is a backlight On Off Sometimes the video quality can be better without a light, even if lighting conditions are poor Focus mode The focus setting controls which part of a photo should be sharp. When continuous autofocus is on, the camera keeps adjusting focus so that the area within the white focus frame stays sharp. Single auto focus The camera automatically focuses on the selected subject. Continuous autofocus is on Face detection The camera automatically detects up to five human faces, indicated by frames in the viewfinder. The camera automatically focuses on the nearest face. You can also select which face to focus on by tapping it on the screen. When the camera key is pressed halfway down, a green frame shows which face is selected and in focus. Face detection cannot be used for all scene types. Continuous autofocus is on Infinity Use when recording videos from a distance. Focus is set on subjects far away. Subjects close to the camera may be blurred Video size Adjust the video size for different formats HD 720p HD (High Definition) format with 16:9 aspect ratio. 1280×720 pixels Full Wide VGA Full Wide VGA format with 16:9 aspect ratio. 864×480 pixels VGA VGA format with 4:3 aspect ratio. 640x480 pixels QVGA Quarter VGA format with 4:3 aspect ratio. 320x240 pixels Multimedia message Record videos suitable for sending in multimedia messages. The recording time of this video format is limited to fit in a multimedia message 80 This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.

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Off
The camera automatically adjusts settings for a video
Portrait
Use for portrait videos. Settings are optimised to give slightly softer skin tones
Landscape
Use for landscape videos. The camera focuses on distant objects. When
Landscape
is selected, focus
mode is changed to
Infinity
Night mode
When turned on, light sensitivity is increased. Use in poorly lit environments. Videos of fast-moving objects
may get blurred. Hold your hand steady, or use a support. Turn off night mode when lighting conditions
are good, to improve the video quality
Beach and snow
Use in bright environments to avoid underexposed videos
Sports
Use for videos of fast-moving objects. Short exposure time minimises motion blurring
Party
Use for indoor videos in poorly lit environments. This scene picks up indoor background lighting or
candlelight. Videos of fast-moving objects may get blurred. Hold your hand steady, or use a support
Photo light
Use the light to record videos when lighting conditions are poor or when there is a backlight
On
Off
Sometimes the video quality can be better without a light, even if lighting conditions are poor
Focus mode
The focus setting controls which part of a photo should be sharp. When continuous autofocus is on, the camera
keeps adjusting focus so that the area within the white focus frame stays sharp.
Single auto focus
The camera automatically focuses on the selected subject. Continuous autofocus is on
Face detection
The camera automatically detects up to five human faces, indicated by frames in the viewfinder. The
camera automatically focuses on the nearest face. You can also select which face to focus on by tapping
it on the screen. When the camera key is pressed halfway down, a green frame shows which face is
selected and in focus. Face detection cannot be used for all scene types. Continuous autofocus is on
Infinity
Use when recording videos from a distance. Focus is set on subjects far away. Subjects close to the
camera may be blurred
Video size
Adjust the video size for different formats
HD 720p
HD (High Definition) format with 16:9 aspect ratio. 1280×720 pixels
Full Wide VGA
Full Wide VGA format with 16:9 aspect ratio. 864×480 pixels
VGA
VGA format with 4:3 aspect ratio. 640x480 pixels
QVGA
Quarter VGA format with 4:3 aspect ratio. 320x240 pixels
Multimedia message
Record videos suitable for sending in multimedia messages. The recording time of this video format is
limited to fit in a multimedia message
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This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.