Sony Ericsson Xperia Z1S User Guide - Page 68

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 coloured 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 appears, 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 Superior auto Optimise your settings to suit any scene. Manual Adjust camera settings manually. Timeshift burst Find the best photo from a burst of images taken before and after your shot. Picture effect Apply effects to photos. AR effect Take photos with virtual scenes and characters. Info-eye™ Find more information about what you see in the viewfinder. Social live Broadcast live video to Facebook™. Sweep Panorama Use this setting to take wide-angle, panoramic photos. Just press the camera key and move the camera steadily from one side to the other. Info-eye™ The Info-eye™ application helps you search for information about things around you using your camera viewfinder. For example, you can snap a photo of a landmark and receive information about it right on your screen. Or you can take a photo of a book or scan a QR code and get background information instantly. Info-eye™ can only recognise selected landmarks or objects. 68 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 coloured 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 appears, 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
Superior auto
Optimise your settings to suit any scene.
Manual
Adjust camera settings manually.
Timeshift burst
Find the best photo from a burst of images taken before and after your shot.
Picture effect
Apply effects to photos.
AR effect
Take photos with virtual scenes and characters.
Info-eye™
Find more information about what you see in the viewfinder.
Social live
Broadcast live video to Facebook™.
Sweep Panorama
Use this setting to take wide-angle, panoramic photos. Just press the camera key and move the
camera steadily from one side to the other.
Info-eye™
The Info-eye™ application helps you search for information about things around you
using your camera viewfinder. For example, you can snap a photo of a landmark and
receive information about it right on your screen. Or you can take a photo of a book
or scan a QR code and get background information instantly.
Info-eye™ can only recognise selected landmarks or objects.
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This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.