Sony Xperia M2 Aqua Help Guide - Page 86

Adding the geographical position to your photos, General camera settings

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To turn on Smile Shutter™ 1 Activate the camera. 2 Tap , then tap 3 Tap Smile Shutter and select a smile level. 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 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. 3 Tap the on-off switch. 4 Activate the camera. 5 Tap , then tap . 6 Drag the slider beside Geotagging to the right. General camera settings Capturing Mode Settings Overview Superior auto Optimize your settings to suit any scene. Manual Adjust camera settings manually. AR effect Take photos or videos with virtual scenes and characters. Picture effect Apply effects to photos or videos. Timeshift burst Find the best photo from a burst of images. Sweep Panorama Take wide-angle and panoramic photos. Portrait retouch Take photos with real-time portrait styles. Superior auto Superior auto mode detects the conditions you are shooting in and automatically adjusts the settings to ensure you take the best photo possible. Manual mode Use Manual mode when you want to manually adjust your camera settings for photos and videos. 86 This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.

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To turn on Smile Shutter™
1
Activate the camera.
2
Tap
, then tap
3
Tap
Smile Shutter
and select a smile level.
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 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
.
3
Tap the on-off switch.
4
Activate the camera.
5
Tap
, then tap
.
6
Drag the slider beside
Geotagging
to the right.
General camera settings
Capturing Mode Settings Overview
Superior auto
Optimize your settings to suit any scene.
Manual
Adjust camera settings manually.
AR effect
Take photos or videos with virtual scenes and characters.
Picture effect
Apply effects to photos or videos.
Timeshift burst
Find the best photo from a burst of images.
Sweep Panorama
Take wide-angle and panoramic photos.
Portrait retouch
Take photos with real-time portrait styles.
Superior auto
Superior auto mode detects the conditions you are shooting in and automatically adjusts
the settings to ensure you take the best photo possible.
Manual mode
Use Manual mode when you want to manually adjust your camera settings for photos
and videos.
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This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.