User Guide > Capture images and record videos

Activate the camera

• Open the lens cover. If the camera is active in the background, and the lens cover is open, press the capture key to activate the camera.

The indicators in the camera viewfinder area display the current camera settings. The indicators in image mode are the following:

1 - Close

2 - Scene mode in use (for example, Automatic)

3 - Capture settings ( )

4 - Flash mode in use (for example, Automatic)

5 - Photos ( )

6 - Zoom level (hidden at the default zoom level)

7 - Autofocus crosshair (, not shown in all image modes)

8 - Image counter (estimated number of images you can capture using the current settings and available memory)

9 - Memory in use (for example,Internal storage)

10 - Image resolution (for example, )

11 - White balance (for example, ). Only visible if set to other than Automatic.

12 - Exposure (for example, ). Only visible if set to other than 0.

13 - ISO sensitivity (for example, ). Only visible if set to other than Automatic.

14 - Geotag ( , if geotagging is enabled). The icon blinks when the coordinates for the location are being retrieved.

When capturing an image, note the following:

• Use both hands to keep the camera still.

• The quality of a digitally zoomed image is lower than that of a non-zoomed image.

• The camera goes into battery saving mode if you perform no actions for about a minute. To continue capturing images, activate the touch screen.

1. To activate the camera, open the lens cover. If the camera is active in the background, and the lens cover is open, press the capture key to activate the camera.

2. To switch from video mode to image mode, select .

3. To lock the focus on an object, press the capture key halfway down. A green locked focus indicator is displayed. If the focus was not locked, a red focus indicator is displayed. Release the capture key, and press it halfway down again. You can also capture an image without locking the focus.

4. To capture an image, press the capture key. Do not move the device before the image is saved.

• Zoom in or out.

  Use the volume keys.

• Switch between normal and full screen mode

  Tap the viewfinder area.

You need an internet connection to be able to add geotag information to your files.

It may take several minutes to obtain the geotag information. The availability and quality of GPS signals may be affected by your location, buildings, natural obstacles, and weather conditions. Your geotag information is not saved anywhere else than your device. If you share a file that includes geotag information, also the geotag information is shared, and your location may be visible to third parties viewing the file.

Enable geotagging

1. Select > Camera.

2. Open the Camera menu, and select Geotagging.

3. Select the Enable geotagging check box and Done.

In the post-capture view, if the image you captured is successfully geotagged, the country, city, and suburb geotags are displayed. If the geotags are not readily available at the moment of capture, the device tries to retrieve the geotags. Acquiring geotags is displayed.

After capturing an image, select from the following:

• - Return to the pre-capture view.
• - Edit image tags and geotags.
• - Share your image with others.
• - Delete the image.
• - Open the Photos application.

You cannot zoom images in the post-capture view.

The indicators in the camera viewfinder area display the current camera settings. The indicators in video mode are the following:

1 - Close

2 - Scene mode in use (for example, Automatic video)

3 - Sound recording (for example, sound recording deactivated)

4 - Capture settings ( )

5 - Media player ( )

6 - Zoom level (hidden at the default zoom level)

7 - Autofocus crosshair ( )

8 - Time remaining. Estimated total video recording time, using the current settings and available memory.

9 - Memory in use (for example,)

10 - Video resolution (for example, )

11 - White balance (for example, ). Only visible if set to other than Automatic.

12 - Exposure (for example, ). Only visible if set to other than 0.

13 - Geotag ( , visible if geotagging is enabled). The icon blinks when the coordinates for the location are being retrieved.

Start recording

1. To activate the camera, open the lens cover. If the camera is active in the background, and the lens cover is open, to activate the camera, press the capture key.

2. To switch from image mode to video mode, select .

3. To lock the focus on an object, press the capture key halfway down. A green locked focus indicator is displayed. If the focus was not locked, a red focus indicator is displayed. Release the capture key, and press it halfway down again. You can also record a video without locking the focus.

4. To start recording, press the capture key all the way down.

The elapsed recording time is displayed in red.

• Stop recording

  Press the capture key.

• Switch between normal and full screen mode

  Tap the viewfinder area.

If you have selected Show captured video > No in the general camera settings, the camera returns to the pre-recording view, and the post-recording view is not displayed.

In the post-recording view, select from the following:

• - Return to the pre-recording view.
• - Edit video tags and geotags.
• - Share your video with others.
• - Delete the video.
• - Open Media player, and play the video.

Select > Camera and .

• Automatic - The default image scene mode. Capture images in a variety of situations.
• Night - Capture images in low light conditions. The image may take longer to be processed.
• Macro - Focus on close up objects. The images may be susceptible to noticeable camera shake.
• Landscape - Capture landscape images with clear outlines, colors, and contrast.
• Portrait - Capture portraits of people, in good lighting conditions.
• Action - Capture fast moving objects, using a short exposure time. You can capture successive images rapidly. The auto-focus crosshair is not displayed.
• Automatic video - The default video scene mode. Record videos in a variety of situations.
• Night video - Record videos in low light conditions. Fewer frames per second (FPS) are recorded than in automatic video scene mode. The video may take longer to be processed.

If you change the scene mode, the white balance, exposure, and ISO sensitivity settings are reset to defaults. The image resolution remains the same.

1. Select > Camera and .

2. Select from the following:

   • White balance - Select the current lighting conditions. Colors are reproduced more accurately.
   • Exposure - Adjust the exposure compensation. If you are capturing a dark subject against a very light background, such as snow, adjust the exposure to +1 or to +2 to compensate for the brightness of the background. For light subjects against a dark background, use -1 or -2.
   • ISO sensitivity - Adjust the light sensitivity. Increase the light sensitivity in low light conditions to avoid too dark and blurry images. Increasing the light sensitivity may also increase the image noise.
   • Resolution - Select the image resolution.

1. Select > Camera.

2. Select to switch from image mode to video mode, if necessary.

3. Select and from the following:

   • White balance - Select the current lighting conditions. Colors are reproduced more accurately.
   • Exposure - Adjust the exposure compensation. If you are filming a dark subject against a very light background, such as snow, adjust the exposure to +1 or to +2 to compensate for the brightness of the background. For light subjects against a dark background, use -1 or -2.
   • Resolution - Select the video resolution. Higher resolution videos have a larger file size.

If you change the scene mode, the flash settings are reset to defaults.

1. Select > Camera and .

2. Select from the following:

   • Automatic - The flash is used automatically, if the lighting conditions require it.
   • Always on - The flash is always used. Captured images may be overexposed.
   • Red eye reduction - A pre-flash is used, to reduce the red eye effect.
   • Always off - The flash is not used. Captured images may be underexposed and out of focus.

Select > Camera and .

Select from the following:

• Memory in use - Select Internal storage or a memory card, if inserted. In the internal storage, the files are stored in the Camera folder. On the memory card, the files are stored in a folder named DCIM (Digital Camera Images). When you connect your device to a PC, both folders are displayed as DCIM folders in the PC, which allows your PC to identify your device as a camera.
• Creator name - Enter a name that is automatically inserted into the metadata of your captured images or recorded videos.
• Show captured image - Define how long images are displayed after being captured. If you do not want the image to be displayed at all, select No. This setting is available if image mode is in use.
• Show captured video - Define how long videos are displayed after being recorded. If you do not want the video to be displayed at all, select No. This setting is available if video mode is in use.

To restore the camera settings to the default values, open the menu, and select Restore settings.

• View images in a grid

  Select and hold the image to share, delete, mark or unmark as favorite, or view image details.

  In the grid view, you can view and browse through multiple images inside one folder or filter set. The images are displayed as thumbnails. Small icons on the thumbnails indicate metadata, such as tags.

  

• View an image in full screen mode

  Select the image from the grid.

• View images as a slide show

  In full screen mode, select . To stop the slide show, tap anywhere on the display.

To view images on a TV screen, connect a compatible TV-out cable to your device.

1. Select > Settings and TV out.

2. Select PAL (default, used in Europe, for example) or NTSC (used in North America, for example).

3. Select Save.

Select > Photos, and open the menu.

• Sort images by date

  Select Filter by date, and select whether to view images from a certain day or period of time.

• Sort images by date

  Select Filter by tags, and select terms that should be in the metadata of the images you want to view.

Sort images by folders

1. Select Filter by folder.

2. Select from the following:

   • Camera default folder - View the folder where the Camera application saves captured images.
   • Custom folder - Select the folder you want to view.
   • All images - View all images that are found in the device or on a memory card, if available.

Select > Photos.

Open an image for editing

1. Select the image you want to modify from the grid. The image is displayed in full screen mode.

2. Tap the image.

• - Rotate an image.
• - Crop an image.
• - Delete an image.
• - Share an image
• or - Undo or redo an action.

• Use other editing options

  Open the menu, and select Edit image. You can, for example, resize an image, flip an image horizontally or vertically, or adjust the brightness and contrast settings.

Select > Photos.

1. Select the image that you want to edit.

2. In normal screen mode, select .

   You can also edit multiple images' tags in grid view mode. Open the menu, and select Edit images' tags and the images that you want to edit.

3. Select the desired tags from the cloud and Done.

• Edit location information

  Select Geotags. Geotag items must be selected individually.

• Create a new tag

  Select New, enter a tag name, and select Done.

1. Select > Photos.

2. Open the menu, and select Settings.

3. Define the following:

   • Sort - By default, the thumbnails are in chronological order, starting with the oldest image. You can also sort images by name.
   • Slideshow - Define the pace of slide shows.

• Group images by month

  To view images separated with month titles in the grid view, select Group by month.

• Display metadata indicators

  To see small metadata icons on the images that have metadata attached to them, select Display metadata indicators.

The options available for editing may vary.

You can share your content, for example, images or video clips, by uploading them to internet services, such as Ovi by Nokia or Flickr. To share, you must have a working internet connection and an existing sharing account.

To be able to send your content to different services, you need a sharing account. If you do not have an account, when trying to share, the device prompts you to create an account first. Follow the instructions on the display.

1. Select > Settings and Sharing accounts > New .

2. Select the service.

3. Enter the user name and password, and select Validate. Depending on the service, you may have to set up an account using a web browser. Follow the instructions on the display.

1. Select the items you want to share and Share via service.

2. Enter a title and description, and select Share.

   You can edit the tags, select which sharing account to use, or modify the sharing options.

   When sharing multiple items, to edit the metadata of an individual image, tap the thumbnail of the image.

   The changes you make to files when sharing will not affect the metadata of the actual content.

When sharing content, you can see possible metadata indicators as small icons on the images' thumbnails.

• - Title, description or tags are assigned to the image.
• - The file contains GPS coordinates or information of the file creator. If the metadata is not yet selected to be removed, is displayed.

Edit tags

1. Select Tags.

1. Select the items you want to send and Send via Bluetooth.

2. Select the device to which you want to send the items. You may need to pair with the device first.

Select the items you want to send, and select Send via E-mail.

When sharing content, select Options and from the following:

• Image size - Define the image size.
• Metadata - Define which content details are sent with the content.
• Privacy - Define who can see the content in your Flickr account.
• Album - Select the album for the content.

The settings available for editing may vary.

After selecting Share, the content is moved to the upload queue. In the status area, the status of the current upload is indicated with the following icons:

Sharing is ongoing.

Sharing is pending because there is no connection available. Open the status area menu, and select the icon to try establishing a connection, or cancel the sharing.

Sharing is blocked because an error has occurred. Open the status area menu, and select the icon to see more detailed information of the error, and retry or cancel the sharing.

When the upload is complete, the icon is removed from the status area.

Select > Settings and Sharing accounts. Select an account.

Ovi

• Change the password

  Enter the new password, and select Save.

• Remove the account

  Select Delete.

If you are editing the account details using your device, you cannot change your user name.

Flickr

• Edit account details

  Select Edit, and follow the instructions. Return to the account editing dialog, and select Validate.

• Remove the account

  Select Delete.

You can only edit your Flickr account details using the browser.