Acer CloudMobile S500 User Manual - Page 32

Camera settings menu, Taking a photo, Taking a panoramic photo

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Camera settings menu To adjust the settings, tap the settings button. The menu options are: Icon Description Capture mode: Normal, Panorama, HDR or Low light. * Only for the rear camera. Resolution: Set the photo quality. * Only for the rear camera. Widescreen: Turn off to take standard 4:3 photos. Image adjustment: Set brightness, contrast, saturation and sharpness. Set the white balance: Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent, Incandescent. * Only for the rear camera. Set the timer: Off, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 15 seconds. * Only for the rear camera. Select photo storage location: SD card or internal memory. Set store location on (enables geotagging) or off. Please refer to "Geotagging" on page 32. Time stamp: Add a visible time stamp to your photos. Restore all settings to default. Taking a photo 1. Ensure you have adjusted the settings described above. 2. Frame your subject and steady your smartphone. 3. Zoom in or out as needed. 4. Tap or press the camera button to take a picture. Taking a panoramic photo Panoramic mode allows you to take a series of five photos that the camera application will 'stitch' together to make a single extended image. 1. To take a panoramic photo, select panoramic capture mode . 2. Align the camera to take a photo of one end of the panoramic scene (the furthest left, right, top or bottom). 3. Press the camera button to take the first image; then smoothly turn the camera to the left or right to take the next image of the scene. 30

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Camera settings menu
To adjust the settings, tap the settings
button. The menu options are:
Taking a photo
1.
Ensure you have adjusted the settings described above.
2.
Frame your subject and steady your smartphone.
3.
Zoom in or out as needed.
4. Tap
or press the camera button to take a picture.
Taking a panoramic photo
Panoramic mode allows you to take a series of five photos that the camera
application will ‘stitch’ together to make a single extended image.
1.
To take a panoramic photo, select panoramic capture mode
.
2.
Align the camera to take a photo of one end of the panoramic scene (the furthest
left, right, top or bottom).
3.
Press the camera button to take the first image; then smoothly turn the camera
to the left or right to take the next image of the scene.
Icon
Description
Capture mode:
Normal, Panorama, HDR or Low light.
* Only for the rear camera.
Resolution:
Set the photo quality.
* Only for the rear camera.
Widescreen:
Turn off to take standard 4:3 photos.
Image adjustment:
Set brightness, contrast, saturation and sharpness.
Set the white balance:
Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent, Incandescent.
* Only for the rear camera.
Set the timer:
Off, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 15 seconds.
* Only for the rear camera.
Select photo storage location:
SD card or internal memory.
Set store location on (enables geotagging) or off. Please refer to
"Geotagging"
on page 32
.
Time stamp:
Add a visible time stamp to your photos.
Restore all settings to default.