Sony Ericsson Xperia M dual User Guide - Page 63

Adding the geographical position to your photos, General camera settings

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To take a photo using Smile Shutter™ 1 When the camera is open and Smile Shutter™ is turned on, point the camera at your subject. The camera selects which face to focus on. 2 The face selected appears inside a colored frame and the photo is taken automatically. 3 If no smile is detected, press the camera key to take the photo manually. Adding the geographical position to your photos Turn on geotagging to add the approximate geographical location (a geotag) to photos when you take them. The geographical location is determined either by wireless networks (mobile or Wi-Fi® networks) or GPS technology. When appears on the camera screen, geotagging is turned on but the geographical position has not been found. When appears, geotagging is turned on and the geographical location is available, so your photo can get geotagged. When neither of these two symbols appear, geotagging is turned off. To turn on geotagging 1 From your Home screen, tap . 2 Tap Settings > Location services. 3 Drag the slider beside Access to my location to the right. 4 Activate the camera. 5 Tap , then tap . 6 Drag the slider beside Geotagging to the right. 7 Tap OK. General camera settings Capturing mode settings overview Auto Scene Recognition Optimize your settings to suit any scene. Manual Adjust camera settings manually. Picture effect Apply effects to photos. Sweep Panorama Use this setting to take wide-angle, panoramic photos. Quick launch Use Quick launch settings to launch the camera when the screen is locked. Launch only When this setting is activated, you can launch the camera when the screen is locked by pressing and holding down the camera key. Launch and capture When this setting is activated, you can launch the camera and capture a photo automatically when the screen is locked by pressing and holding down the camera key. Launch and record video When this setting is activated, you can launch the camera and start capturing video when the screen is locked by pressing and holding down the camera key. Off Geotagging Tag photos with details of where you took them. 63 This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.

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To take a photo using Smile Shutter™
1
When the camera is open and Smile Shutter™ is turned on, point the camera at
your subject. The camera selects which face to focus on.
2
The face selected appears inside a colored frame and the photo is taken
automatically.
3
If no smile is detected, press the camera key to take the photo manually.
Adding the geographical position to your photos
Turn on geotagging to add the approximate geographical location (a geotag) to photos
when you take them. The geographical location is determined either by wireless
networks (mobile or Wi-Fi® networks) or GPS technology.
When
appears on the camera screen, geotagging is turned on but the geographical
position has not been found. When
appears, geotagging is turned on and the
geographical location is available, so your photo can get geotagged. When neither of
these two symbols appear, geotagging is turned off.
To turn on geotagging
1
From your Home screen, tap
.
2
Tap
Settings
>
Location services
.
3
Drag the slider beside
Access to my location
to the right.
4
Activate the camera.
5
Tap
, then tap
.
6
Drag the slider beside
Geotagging
to the right.
7
Tap
OK
.
General camera settings
Capturing mode settings overview
Auto Scene Recognition
Optimize your settings to suit any scene.
Manual
Adjust camera settings manually.
Picture effect
Apply effects to photos.
Sweep Panorama
Use this setting to take wide-angle, panoramic photos.
Quick launch
Use Quick launch settings to launch the camera when the screen is locked.
Launch only
When this setting is activated, you can launch the camera when the screen is locked by pressing and holding
down the camera key.
Launch and capture
When this setting is activated, you can launch the camera and capture a photo automatically when the
screen is locked by pressing and holding down the camera key.
Launch and record video
When this setting is activated, you can launch the camera and start capturing video when the screen is
locked by pressing and holding down the camera key.
Off
Geotagging
Tag photos with details of where you took them.
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