AT&T User Guide

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USING APPLICATIONS
USING APPLICATIONS
CAMERA
The Sonim XP8 has a rear camera with 12MP and front
camera 8MP xed focus for taking pictures. The saved
pictures can be accessed/viewed from Photos ( ).
1. From Home screen or App screen, tap on Camera
( ).
2. Select Camera mode to set the following modes:
• Normal ( ): To shoot a picture in normal mode,
tap on soft key to capture the picture. Use Volume
Up and Down key or pinch with ngers to Zoom in
and Zoom out.
• Video ( ): Tap on Video button to enable the
video mode and start the recording. You can pause
the recording in the middle by using Pause soft key
( ) symbol.
• Tap on camera soft key ( ) for capture image
and tap on Camcorder mode to record the video
( ).
3. On the Camera screen, tap on Options ( ), and
different mode options are displayed:
• Auto, HDR, UbiFocus, Optizoom, Portrait,
Landscape, Sports, Candlelight, Sunset, Night,
Beach, Snow, ChromeFlash, BlurBuster,
Sharpphoto, Tracking Focus, Panorama, and
ProMode
4. On the Camera screen, tap on Options
( ) > Settings ( ). The following options are
displayed:
• General:
• Store location: You can enable/disable this
option to store the photos in a selected location.
• Face Detection: You can enable/disable this
option that detects human faces so that the
camera can set the focus.
• Storage: You can choose the storage location
either phone memory or SD card to store the
captured pictures/Videos.
• Record Date & Time: The date and time are
displayed on the recorded video or the photos.
• Still Camera:
• Countdown timer: You can set the countdown
timer for the following options: off, 2 seconds, 5
seconds and 10 seconds.
• Continuous Shot: You can enable/disable this
option to set the camera on continuous shot.
• Picture size: The following picture sizes are
available. Select the desired size from the
following options: 12M pixels, 8M pixels, 5M
pixels, 3M pixels, 2M pixels, 1M pixels, VGA
• Picture quality: The following options are
displayed: Low, Standard and High
• Redeye Reduction: Enable/disable this option to
reduce having a red-eye effect in photography.
Use this feature to reduce to potential appearance
of the red-eye effect in color photographs.
• Exposure: The following options are displayed:
-2, -1.5, -1, -0.5, 0, +0.5, +1, +1.5, +2
• White balance: This option will change the color
balance in your pictures. The following options are
displayed:` Auto, Incandescent, Fluorescent,
Daylight and Cloudy
• Shutter Sound: You can enable/disable this
option.
• ZSL: Zero Shutter Lag is a feature that
synchronises your shutter with capture icon. ZSL
ON will capture images at the instant when you
press the capture icon. ZSL OFF will capture the
images with delay of 3 frames (or more depending
on ISP).
• Video Camera:
• Video quality: You can choose any of the
following options to set the video quality: 4k UHD,
HD 1080p, HD 720p, SD 480p, VGA, CIF and QVGA
• Video duration: You can set the duration of the
video capture to 30 seconds (MMS), 10 minutes,
30 minutes and no limit.
• Image Stabilization: Enable/disable this option to
stabilize the recorded image by varying the optical
path to the sensor.
• Noise Reduction: This option is used to reduce
or get rid of noise in their digital images. The
following are the options: Off, Fast and High
Quality
• Video Encoder: A video encoder connects to
an analog video camera via a coaxial cable and
converts video signals into digital video streams
that can be sent over a wireless IP-based
network. The following formats are supported:
H264 and H265.
• Video Rotation: You can rotate the recorded
video in the following angles: 0, 90, 180 and 270.
• Time lapse: It is a video recording mode that
captures video at a very low frame rate. Following
are the options: off, Seconds - 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5,
3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 24. Minutes - 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2,
2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 24; Hours - 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2
,2.5, 3,4,5,6,10,12,15, 24
• Video high FrameRate: If the video quality
option is set to 4k UHD, the video high framerate
is disabled and you can select the option as per
your desired available setting.