User's Manual

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Take pictures with digital zoom
Shoot a video
Changing Camera settings
Zoom in or out of a scene before taking a picture.
Touch the onscreen Zoom icon 1x and then touch the amount of
zoom you want.
OR
Pinch the screen to zoom all the way in or out.
Pictures that you take with digital zoom may be smaller (in pixels)
than the size you set with the Picture Size setting. See Camera
mode settings.
If necessary, drag the control to the Video position.
Adjust the quality, color effect, flash, and other settings if you
wish. Or leave them on automatic.
See Changing Camera settings. The preview image changes as
you change the settings. Point the lens to frame the scene where
you want to start.
Touch the onscreen Start Video icon.
Camera starts shooting the video. The time remaining to shoot
counts down at the
left; when less than a minute is left, the countdown turns red.
Touch the Stop Video icon to stop shooting.
An image from your most recent video is displayed as a thumbnail
at the top right.
Touch the thumbnail to view, share, and work with your videos in
Gallery. See Gallery”.
Camera has automatic settings that you can use to take quick point-and-shoot photographs and videos. But
Camera also offers a number of ways to control your exposures, including controlling the focus, turning the
flash on and off and adjusting the white balance. You can even shoot negatives and other special effects.
When in Video mode, Camera includes settings for controlling picture and video quality and video length,
whether to store the location where you take your pictures and so on.
The settings in Camera depend on the features supported by your phone.
Change Camera settings
Open the Camera screen for taking pictures or shooting videos and touch the icon for the settings you want
to change.
The settings open over the screen.
Touch the setting category you want to control and then touch a setting.
Camera settings are described in Camera mode settings. Video settings are described in Video mode
settings.
Press Back to close the Settings menus.