Sony Ericsson Xperia E dual User Guide - Page 89

Exposure value, White balance, Self-timer, Geotagging, Capturing method, take self-portraits

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Night scene Use when taking photos at night or in poorly lit environments. Due to the long exposure time, the camera must be held still or placed on a stable surface. Sports Use for taking photos of fast-moving objects. Short exposure time minimizes motion blurring. Exposure value Determine the amount of light in the photo you want to take. A higher value indicates an increased amount of light. White balance The white balance setting adjusts the color balance according to the lighting conditions. Auto Adjust the color balance automatically to the lighting conditions. Incandescent Adjusts the color balance for warm lighting conditions, such as under light bulbs. Fluorescent Adjust the color balance for fluorescent lighting. Daylight Adjust the color balance for sunny outdoor conditions. Cloudy Adjust the color balance for a cloudy sky. Self-timer With the self timer you can take a photo without holding the phone. Use this function to take self-portraits, or group photos where everyone can be in the photo. You can also use the self-timer to avoid shaking the camera when taking photos. On (10 sec.) Set a 10-second delay from when you tap the camera screen until the photo is taken. On (2 sec.) Set a 2-second delay from when you tap the camera screen until the photo is taken. Off The photo is taken as soon as you tap the camera screen. Geotagging Tag photos with details of where you took them. On When geotagging is turned on, the approximate geographical location is added to photos when you take them. To use geotagging, you must enable location features from the Settings menu. See Using location services to find your position on page 106. For geotags to be added to a photo, the location must be determined before you take the photo. Your location is determined when appears on the camera screen. When the phone is searching for your position, appears. Off When geotagging is turned off, you cannot view the location where you took a photo. Capturing method Select the method you use to take photos. On-screen button Take a photo by tapping the on-screen button on the camera screen. The photo is taken as soon as you release your finger. 89 This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.

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Night scene
Use when taking photos at night or in poorly lit environments. Due to the long exposure time, the
camera must be held still or placed on a stable surface.
Sports
Use for taking photos of fast-moving objects. Short exposure time minimizes motion blurring.
Exposure value
Determine the amount of light in the photo you want to take. A higher value indicates an increased
amount of light.
White balance
The white balance setting adjusts the color balance according to the lighting conditions.
Auto
Adjust the color balance automatically to the lighting conditions.
Incandescent
Adjusts the color balance for warm lighting conditions, such as under light bulbs.
Fluorescent
Adjust the color balance for fluorescent lighting.
Daylight
Adjust the color balance for sunny outdoor conditions.
Cloudy
Adjust the color balance for a cloudy sky.
Self-timer
With the self timer you can take a photo without holding the phone. Use this function to
take self-portraits, or group photos where everyone can be in the photo. You can also
use the self-timer to avoid shaking the camera when taking photos.
On (10 sec.)
Set a 10-second delay from when you tap the camera screen until the photo is taken.
On (2 sec.)
Set a 2-second delay from when you tap the camera screen until the photo is taken.
Off
The photo is taken as soon as you tap the camera screen.
Geotagging
Tag photos with details of where you took them.
On
When geotagging is turned on, the approximate geographical location is added to photos when you
take them. To use geotagging, you must enable location features from the
Settings
menu.
See
Using location services to find your position
on page 106.
For geotags to be added to a photo, the location must be determined before you take the photo. Your
location is determined when
appears on the camera screen. When the phone is searching for your
position,
appears.
Off
When geotagging is turned off, you cannot view the location where you took a photo.
Capturing method
Select the method you use to take photos.
On-screen button
Take a photo by tapping the on-screen button on the camera screen. The photo is taken as soon as
you release your finger.
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This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.