LG Electronics USA KM900QA Users Manual
Camera
Taking a panoramic shot
Capture life as it appears using a
panoramic shot. The camera will let
you take three photos, all aligned,
and combine them into one wide
angle image.
1 Touch to open the available
shot types and select Panorama
shot.
2 Take the first photo as normal. A
ghosted version of the right side
of the image will appear in the
viewfinder.
3 When you take the second and
third photo, line the ghost of
the previous image up with the
image in the viewfinder.
4 In the photo gallery, the photos
will be saved as as three separate
images and one panoramic
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NOTE: Due to the image size the
panoramic photo will appear
slightly distorted in the Gallery
view. Touch it twice to view it
properly.
Using the advanced settings
From the viewfinder touch
to open all the advanced settings
options.
Preview settings
Size - Change the size of the photo
to save on memory space or take a
picture preset to the correct size for
contact. See Changing the image
size on page 55.
Scene mode - Set the camera to
adjust to the environment. Choose
from Auto, Portrait, Landscape,
Night, Beach and Sport.
Colour Effect - Choose a colour
tone to apply to the photo you’re
taking. See Choosing a colour
effect on page 55.
Blink detection - This enables the
camera to stop taking a photo when
it detects the blink of an eye.
White balance - Choose from Auto,
Incandescent, Sunny, Flourescent
or Cloudy.
Macro - Switch on to take close up
shots.
Self-timer - The self-timer allows
you to set a delay after the capture
button is pressed. Choose from
Off, 3 seconds, 5 seconds or 10
seconds. Great for that group photo
you want to be part of.
ISO - ISO determines the sensitivity
of the camera’s light sensor. The
higher the ISO, the more sensitive
the camera will be. This is useful in
darker conditions when the flash
can’t be used. Choose an ISO value
from Auto, ISO 100, ISO 200, ISO
400, ISO 800 or ISO1600.
Quality - Choose between Super
fine, Fine and Normal. The finer
the quality the sharper a photo will
be, but the file size will increase as a
result, which means you’ll be able to
store fewer photos in your memory.
Back light compensation - when
you take a photo with a bright
background, the subject may
appear dark. Turn this function ON
to compensate for this. The subject
of the photo will be brighter.
Inner/Outer Camera - For self
portraits, switch to the LG KM900G’s
inner camera. See Using the inner
camera on page 56 for details.
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Camera
Other settings
Memory - Choose whether to
save your photos to the Handset
memory or to the External memory.
Geo-Tagging - Choose to switch on
the EXIF information for the photo
to write GPS information.
Zoom - Choose zoom from 4X, 8X
or 16X.
Image stabilization - Enables you
to take a photo without camera
instability or shake.
Focus - Select the way the camera
will focus. Choose from Auto,
Manual or Face tracking.
Shutter sound - Select one of the
three shutter sounds.
Grid screen - Choose from Off,
Simple cross or Trisection
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Reset settings - Reset all the
camera settings.
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TIP! When you exit the camera
all your settings will return to
default, except image size and
image quality. Any non-default
settings you require will need
to be reset, for example colour
tone and ISO. Check them
before you shoot your next
photo.
TIP! The settings menu
is superimposed over the
viewnder, so when you change
elements of the image colour
or quality you’ll be able to see
the image change in preview
behind the settings menu.
Changing the image size
The more pixels, the larger the
file size, which in turn means they
take up more of your memory. If
you want to fit more pictures on to
your phone you can alter the pixel
number to make the file size smaller.
1 From the viewfinder touch in
the top left corner.
2 Select Size from the Preview
menu.
3 Select a pixel value from the six
numerical options (8M: 3264
X 2448, 5M: 2592x1944, 3M:
2048x1536, 2M: 1600x1200,
1M: 1280x960, 640x480,
320x240) or choose the preset:
Contacts - This sets the camera
to take a photo the perfect
size to be added to a phone
contact.
Choosing a colour effect
1 From the viewfinder touch in
the top left corner.
2 Select Colour Effect from the
Preview menu.
3 There are five colour tone options:
Off, Black & White, Negative,
Sepia or Posterize.
4 When you’ve made your selection
the colour tone menu can be
closed by selecting the back icon,
ready for you to take your picture.
TIP! You can change a
photo taken in colour to black
and white or sepia after it’s
taken, but you cannot change a
picture taken in black and white
or sepia back to colour.
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Using the inner camera
Your LG KM900G has a 640x480
inner camera, not just for video
calling but for taking pictures too.
1 To switch to the inner camera
touch then select Inner
Camera from the Preview menu.
2 After a few seconds you’ll see
yourself in the viewfinder. To
capture the image press the
capture button as normal.
TIP! The inner camera has
fewer settings as it has no ash
or ISO. You can still alter the
image size, scene mode, colour
eect, image quality, white
balance and set the self-timer by
touching in the same way as
when using the main camera.
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3 After you’ve taken the photo
you’ll be offered all the same
options available for an image
taken with the main camera.
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4 To return to the main camera
touch and then select Outer
Camera from the Preview menu.
Viewing your saved photos
1 You can access your saved photo’s
from within the camera mode.
Simply touch and your
gallery will appear on screen.
Video camera
Shooting a quick video
1 Press and hold the camera key on
the right side of the phone.
2 Alternatively, touch in the
view finder in camera mode to
switch to video mode.
TIP! Quickly open the
video camera by pressing and
holding the camera key.
3 The video camera’s viewfinder will
appear on screen.
4 Holding the phone horizontally,
point the lens towards the subject
of the video.
5 Press the capture button once to
start recording.
6 Rec will appear at the top of the
viewfinder and a timer at the
bottom showing the length of
your video.
7 To pause the video touch and
resume by selecting .
8 Touch on the screen or press
the capture button a second time
to stop recording.
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Video camera
After you’ve shot your video
A still image representing your
captured video will appear on
screen. The name of the video runs
along the bottom of the screen
together with five icons down the
right side .
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Touch to shoot another video
straight away. Your current video
will be saved.
Touch to play the video.
Touch to send the video as a
message, by Email or by Bluetooth.
See page 34 for
message, or page 109 for Sending
and receiving your files using
Bluetooth.
Touch to upload to your
account blog.
Touch to view a gallery of
saved videos and pictures.
Touch to delete the video you
have just made and confirm by
touching Yes. The viewfinder will
reappear.
Sending a
Getting to know the viewfinder
TIP! You can close all the
shortcut options for a clearer
viewnder screen. Simply touch the
centre of the viewnder once. To recall
the options touch the screen again.
Settings - Touch this icon to open the
settings menu. See Using the advanced
settings on page 60 for details.
Video mode - Video mode is selected.
Image size
Back - Touch here to return to the home
screen.
Gallery
Exposure - See Adjusting the Exposure on
page 60.
Recording speed
Stop recording
Start recording
Saving to handset memory/external
memory
Zoom - Touch to zoom in or to
zoom out. Alternatively you can use the side
volume keys.
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Video camera
Adjusting the exposure
Exposure defines the difference
between light and dark in an image.
A low contrast image will appear
foggy, whereas a high contrast
image will appear much sharper.
1 Touch .
2 Slide the exposure indicator
along the bar, towards for a
lower exposure, hazier image, or
towards for a higher contrast,
sharper image.
Using the advanced settings
From the viewfinder touch Settings
to open all the advanced settings
options.
Preview settings
Video size - Change the size of the
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video to save on memory space. See
Changing the video image size on
page 61.
Scene mode - Choose from Auto
or Night.
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Colour Effect - Choose a colour
tone to apply to the video you’re
taking. See Choosing a colour tone
on page 62.
White balance - The white balance
ensures that any white in your
videos is realistic. In order for your
camera to correctly adjust the white
balance you may need to determine
the light conditions. Choose from
Auto, Incandescent, Sunny,
Fluorescent or Cloudy.
Quality - Choose between Super
fine, Fine and Normal. The finer
the quality the sharper a video will
be. The file size will increase as a
result, which means you’ll be able
to store fewer videos in the phone’s
memory.
Duration - Set a duration limit for
your video. Choose from Normal, or
MMS to limit the size to be able to
send the video as an MMS.
TIP! If you choose MMS
duration, try choosing a lower
image quality to enable you to
shoot a longer video.
Inner/Outer camera - Switch to
your LG KM900G’s inner camera to
record a video of yourself. See Using
the inner video camera on page 62
for details.
Other settings
Memory - Choose whether to save
your videos to the Handset memory
or to the External memory.
Voice - Choose Mute to record a
video without sound.
Zoom - Choose zoom from 4X, 8X
or 16X.
Reset settings - Reset all the video
camera settings.
Changing the video image
size
The more pixels, the larger the file
size, which in turn means they take
up more memory. If you want to fit
more videos on to your phone you
can alter the pixel number to make
the file size smaller.
1 From the viewfinder touch in
the top left corner.
2 Select Video size from the
Preview menu.
3 Select a pixel value from the five
options:
640x384(W) - The highest
quality widescreen option.
400x240(W) - This is
also widescreen, but of a lower
resolution.
640x480 - Standard sized
VGA.
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Video camera
320x240 - Smaller image
size, therefore smaller file size.
Great for saving on memory
space.
176x144 - Smallest image
size and therefore smallest file
size.
4 Touch the back icon to return to
the viewfinder.
WARNING: The great
editing software on your LG
KM900G is compatible with all
video types except 640X384 and
40x480. Don’t record in this
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format if you plan to edit your
video.
TIP! For video format conversion
software, see the CD you
received with your KM900G.
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Choosing a colour tone
1 From the viewfinder touch in
the top left corner.
2 Select Colour Effect from the
Preview menu.
3 There are five colour tone options,
Off (colour), Black & White,
Negative, Sepia, Posterize.
4 Touch the colour tone you’d like
to use.
TIP! You can change a
video shot in colour to black and
white or sepia after it’s taken,
but you cannot change a video
shot in black and white or sepia
back to colour.
Using the inner video camera
Your LG KM900G has a 320x240
inner camera, not just for video
calling but for recording videos too.
1 To switch to the inner camera
touch then select Inner
Camera from the Preview menu.
2 After a few seconds you’ll see
yourself in the viewfinder. To start
recording the image press the
capture button as normal, press a
second time to stop recording.
3 After you’ve shot the video you’ll
be offered all the same options
available for a video shot using
the main camera.
4 To return to the main camera
touch and then Outer
Camera.
TIP! You can still alter the image
size, scene mode, colour eect,
white balance and quality by
touching Settings in the same
way as when using the main
camera.
Watching your saved videos
1 In the viewfinder touch .
2 Your gallery will appear on screen.
3 Touch the video you want to view
once to bring it to the front of the
gallery. It will automatically begin
to play.
Watching your videos on your
TV
Connect your KM900G to your TV
using the TV output cable.
NOTE: The TV output cable is
available for purchase separately.
WARNING: All formats
except 320x240 and 176x144
are compatible with watching
on TV.
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Your photos and videos
Viewing your photos and
videos
1 Touch on your camera
preview screen.
2 Your gallery will appear on screen.
3 Touch the video or photo to open
it fully.
Sort by Date
TIP! Flick left or right to
view other photos or videos.
TIP! To delete a photo or
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video, open it and select .
Touch Yes to conrm.
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Using zoom when viewing a
video or photo
To zoom in press + repeatedly.
To zoom out press –. Use the
thumbnail in the bottom right
corner to move the focus area.
Adjusting the volume when
viewing a video
To adjust the volume of the audio
on a video whilst it is playing, touch
the volume bar on the left side of
the screen. Alternatively, use the
volume keys on the side of the
phone.
Capturing an image from a
video
1 Select the video you would like to
capture an image from.
2 Touch to pause the video on
the frame you’d like to convert
to an image select from the
right side of the screen.
3 Select Save.
4 The image will appear on screen,
with its assigned image name.
5 Touch the image then to
return to the gallery.
6 The image will be saved in My
folders and appear in the gallery.
You need to exit the gallery and
then re-open it for this to appear.
WARNING: Some
functions will not work properly
if the multimedia le has not
been recorded on the phone.
Viewing your photos as a
slide show
Slideshow mode will show all the
photos in your gallery one at a time
as a slideshow. Videos can not be
viewed as a slideshow.
1 Touch the photo you would like
to begin the slideshow to open it.
2 Select .
3 The slideshow will begin.
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Your photos and videos
There are options within slideshows:
Touch to skip photos.
Touch to pause the slideshow
on a particular photo.
Touch again to resume
playback.
Touch to increase or decrease
the speed of the slideshow.
Setting a photo as wallpaper
1 Touch the photo you would
like to set as wallpaper twice to
open it.
2 Touch the screen to open the
options menu.
3 Touch .
4 The screen will switch to portrait
mode. You can zoom in and
out on the picture and move
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the cropped section using a
thumbnail at the bottom of the
screen.
5 When you are happy with the
picture touch .
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Editing your photos
There are loads of great things you
can do to your photos to change
them, add to them or liven them
up a little.
1 Open the photo you’d like to edit
and touch to bring up the
options.
2 Touch the icons to adapt your
photo:
Crop your photo. Choose
a square or circular crop area
and move your finger across the
screen to select the area.
Draw something on your
photo freehand. Select the
thickness of the line from the four
options and the colour you would
like use.
Put writing on the picture.
See Adding text to a photo on
page 67.
Decorate your photo with
stamps. Choose from the different
stamps available and touch your
photo wherever you’d like them
to be.
Erase the editing you have
added to the picture. You can
choose the size of eraser that
you use.
Save the changes you have
made to the photos. Select to save
the changes over the Update, or
as a New file. If you select New file
enter a file name.
Undo the last Effect or edit
you made to the photo.
See Adding an effect to a
photo on page 68.
Touch to open further
effect options including Rotate.
There are also more advanced
editing options. See Morphing a
photo, Adding a colour accent
and Swapping the colours in a
photo on page 70.
It hleps to adjust the picture
taken using Auto color, brightness
etc.
Touch to return to the
gallery.
Adding text to a photo
1 From the editing screen, touch
.
2 Select Signature to add
unframed text or choose one of
the speech bubble shapes.
3 Enter your text using the keypad
and touch Done.
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4 Move the text by touching it and
sliding it to the place you’d like
it to be.
Adding an effect to a photo
1 From the editing screen, touch
.
2 Choose to apply any of the
eighteen options to the photo
Face beautify - Automatically
detect a face in the image and
brighten it up.
Tunnel effect - Make your
picture look like it has been taken
using an old Lomo film camera!
Colour negative - Colour
negative effect.
Black and white - Black and
white colour effect.
Sepia - Sepia effect.
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Blur - Apply a blurred effect.
Sharpen - Move the marker along
the bar to sharpen the focus of
the photo. Select the OK icon to
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apply the changes or choose
to cancel.
Mosaic blur - Touch to apply a
blurred pixelated effect to the
photo.
Oil painting - Oil painting effect.
Sketch - Apply an effect to make
the picture look like a sketch.
Emboss - Emboss effect.
Solarize - Change the effect of
exposure to the light.
Vivid - An effect of clearness and
brilliance.
Moonlight - Change the light to
look like moonlight.
Antique - An old photo effect.
Glow - A light beam effect.
Cartoon - A cartoon effect.
Water color - Make the picture
look like a water colour painting.
3 To undo an effect simply touch
.
TIP! You can add more
than one eect to a photo.
Crop a photo
1 From the editing screen touch
.
2 Choose the shape you would like
to use to crop the picture.
3 Drag the box over the area you
would like to crop.
4 When you are happy with your
selection, touch .
Morphing a photo
Morphing a photo is great for
changing the facial expressions of
friends, or just for distorting a photo
for artistic effect.
1 From the editing screen touch
.
2 Choose Morphing and four
crosses will appear on the photo.
3 Move the crosses around the
photo so they are on the parts
you’d like to morph. For example,
if you are morphing a face, place
a cross on the outside corner of
each eye and one each side of
the lips.
4 Select a face to represent how
you’d like to morph the photo.
5 Select to save the changes.
Adding a colour accent to a
photo
1 From the editing screen, touch
.
2 Choose Colour accent.
3 Select part of the photo. A
traced line will appear around
everything in that area which is of
the same or similar colour.
For example, someone’s hair or
jumper.
4 Alter the intensity of the
accenting by touching and
then sliding the marker up or
down the intensity bar.
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5 Touch OK.
6 All colour will be removed from
the photo, apart from the section
marked for colour accenting.
7 Select to save the changes.
Swapping the colours in a
photo
1 From the editing screen, touch
.
2 Choose Colour swapping.
3 Select part of the photo. A
traced line will appear around
everything in that area which is of
the same or similar colour.
For example, someone’s hair or
jumper.
4 Touch and select a colour.
5 Press OK.
6 The part of the photo selected for
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colour accenting will change to
the selected colour.
7 Select to save the changes.
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Editing your videos
The editing features are available for
all video types except 640X384 and
640x480.
Don’t record in these formats if you
plan to edit your video.
Trimming the length of your
video
1 Open the video you’d like to edit,
select and touch the screen to
bring up the options.
2 Select and choose Trim.
3 Touch and mark the new start
and end points using .
4 Touch to ensure you are
happy with the new cut.
5 Touch or, alternatively, touch
to return to the gallery and
discard the changes.
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