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Tips when using the camera, Rule of thirds, Hold it steady

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Daylight Adjust the colour balance for bright outdoor use Cloudy Adjust the colour balance for a cloudy sky Image stabiliser When taking a photo, it can be difficult to hold the phone steady. The stabiliser helps you by compensating for small movements of the hand On It is recommended to have the stabiliser turned on Off When the stabiliser is turned off, the photo you take might look blurred Smile level Use smile detection to determine what kind of smile the camera reacts to before taking a photo. Big smile Only take a photo when a big smile is detected Normal smile Take a photo when an average smile is detected Faint smile Take a photo even when a slight smile is detected 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. The geographical location is determined either by using wireless networks (mobile or Wi-Fi networks) or GPS technology. You can select both options simultaneously. To use geotagging you must also enable location features from the Settings menu. See Location services on page 102. For geotags to be added to a photo, the location must be determined before you take the photo. When the phone is searching for your position, appears. Your location is determined when appears. Wireless networks You can use wireless networks to determine the location when satellites are out of reach, for example, when you are indoors. Your location is determined faster by wireless networks, but the accuracy is less exact than GPS technology GPS satellites To use GPS technology, make sure that you have enabled the GPS receiver and that you have a clear view of the sky. If you have turned on Wireless networks and satellites are out of reach, a wireless network is used to determine your location Off When geotagging is turned off, you cannot view the location of where you took a photo Shutter sound Select the sound that's heard when you press the camera key to take a photo Reset settings Reset all the still camera settings to the original settings Tips when using the camera Rule of thirds Don't place your subject in the middle of the frame. By placing it a third of the way in, you achieve a better result. Hold it steady Avoid blurry photos by holding the camera steady. Try to steady your hand by leaning it against a solid object. 98 This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.

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Daylight
Adjust the colour balance for bright outdoor use
Cloudy
Adjust the colour balance for a cloudy sky
Image stabiliser
When taking a photo, it can be difficult to hold the phone steady. The stabiliser helps you by compensating for
small movements of the hand
On
It is recommended to have the stabiliser turned on
Off
When the stabiliser is turned off, the photo you take might look blurred
Smile level
Use smile detection to determine what kind of smile the camera reacts to before taking a photo.
Big smile
Only take a photo when a big smile is detected
Normal smile
Take a photo when an average smile is detected
Faint smile
Take a photo even when a slight smile is detected
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. The geographical location is determined either by using wireless networks (mobile or Wi-Fi networks)
or GPS technology. You can select both options simultaneously. To use geotagging you must also enable
location features from the
Settings
menu. See
Location services
on page 102. For geotags to be added
to a photo, the location must be determined before you take the photo. When the phone is searching for
your position,
appears. Your location is determined when
appears.
Wireless networks
You can use wireless networks to determine the location when satellites are out of reach, for example,
when you are indoors. Your location is determined faster by wireless networks, but the accuracy is less
exact than GPS technology
GPS satellites
To use GPS technology, make sure that you have enabled the GPS receiver and that you have a clear view
of the sky. If you have turned on
Wireless networks
and satellites are out of reach, a wireless network is
used to determine your location
Off
When geotagging is turned off, you cannot view the location of where you took a photo
Shutter sound
Select the sound that's heard when you press the camera key to take a photo
Reset settings
Reset all the still camera settings to the original settings
Tips when using the camera
Rule of thirds
Don’t place your subject in the middle of the frame. By placing it a third of the way in, you
achieve a better result.
Hold it steady
Avoid blurry photos by holding the camera steady. Try to steady your hand by leaning it
against a solid object.
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This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.