Sony ericsson K610IM Camera Manual

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Contents

Introduction ............................................................................................... 2

Instruction symbols ................................................................................ 2

Camera ...................................................................................................... 3

Taking a picture or recording a video clip .............................................. 4

Camera functionality .............................................................................. 4

Camera options ...................................................................................... 5

Editing pictures with PhotoDJ™ ............................................................ 8

Video recorder ......................................................................................... 10

Capturing a video clip .......................................................................... 10

Video recorder options ........................................................................ 10

Handling pictures and video clips ........................................................... 11

Picture and video clip formats ............................................................. 12

Viewing your pictures and video clips ................................................. 12

Use a camera picture as a screen saver or wallpaper ......................... 13

Assigning a picture to a phone contact ............................................... 13

VideoDJ™ ................................................................................................ 14

VideoDJ™ options ............................................................................... 15

Sharing pictures and video clips ............................................................. 15

Transferring pictures and video clips to your computer ...................... 15

Exchanging pictures and video clips ................................................... 16

Related information ................................................................................. 17

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Introduction

Instruction symbols

The following instruction symbols may appear in this Getting started guide:

Note
Some icons in user documentation may differ from those below.

Indicates that a service or function is network- or subscription-dependent.
Contact your network operator for details.

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} Use the selection keys or the navigation key to scroll and select.

Press the navigation key centre.

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Press the navigation key up.

Press the navigation key down.

Press the navigation key left.

Press the navigation key right.

Your mobile phone has two built-in cameras. The main camera is a 2.0 mega pixel and includes up to

2.5x digital zoom for still images and 4x digital zoom for video recording. There is also a VGA video call
camera, located above the screen, that activates during a video call.

The horizontal user interface means you can handle the camera more easily.

The phone memory capacity is up to 16 MB internally and can be extended with a Memory Stick Micro™
(M2™), also referred to as a memory card. A 64 MB Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) is supplied.

You can save your camera pictures in three different sizes: 2 MP 1600×1200, 1 MP 1280×960,

VGA 640×480. This allows you to decide on the number of pictures you can save in your phone

memory/on your memory card.

Before taking a picture, you can change settings and add effects or frames. After taking a picture,
you can use the PhotoDJ™ to add effects, frames or clipart objects to your taken picture.

As soon as you take pictures or video clips, you can send them in a picture message (iMMS) or as iMail
attachments. You can also use a picture as a screen saver or wallpaper, or save it together with a contact
so that the picture appears when that person calls.

To use iMail or picture messaging (iMMS), the service must be supported by your network
operator.

You can also exchange pictures using the USB cable that comes with your phone or Bluetooth™ wireless
technology.

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Camera

Activating the camera and video recorder

To activate the camera/video recorder from standby mode, press and hold the camera button , or
scroll to Camera in the menu overview.

Camera button

Keys used in camera mode

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1, 2 Areas used to show functions such as View, Settings and Select. To select a function, press the
relevant selection key.

3 Area used to show the camera or video function selection. Use the navigation key to switch between
the functions in the viewfinder.

Selection key

Navigation keySelection key

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Taking a picture or recording a video clip

1. Activate the camera, from standby mode press and hold the camera button .

2. Press or to switch between camera and video recorder. on the screen shows the current
setting.

3. Press to take a picture or start recording.

4. Press again to end video recording.

• Press to return to the viewfinder to take another picture or record another clip.

• To deactivate the camera or the video recorder, press and hold .

The picture is saved in your phone memory/on your memory card and can be found in File manager
} Camera album.

Camera functionality

The camera has functions such as take a self-portrait picture or take a rapid sequence of pictures.
You can zoom in on an object or adjust the brightness. } Settings to view more options before you
take a picture.

Take a self-portrait

Mirror

Hold the phone so that you can see your reflection in the mirror next to the lens. Press to take
the picture. You can also use the self-timer, % 5 Turn on self-timer.

To use the zoom

Volume buttons

Use the volume buttons on the side of the phone to zoom. Press the right or left arrow buttons to zoom
in or out.

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Brightness

The brightness determines how much white is added to each colour in a picture.

To adjust brightness

1. From standby mode press and hold the camera button to activate the camera.

2. Use the navigation key to adjust brightness. Press once to decrease brightness or once
to increase brightness. Press and hold to continuously increase or decrease the brightness.

Camera options

When taking a picture, you can select different settings to personalize or change the appearance of the
picture. You can, for example, use Panorama to combine several pictures into one wide picture.

You can also select Picture size for saving your picture in 2 MP 1600×1200, 1 MP 1280×960, VGA 640×480.

Turn on self-timer makes it possible for the photographer to participate in the picture too. Effects provides

several colour selections to choose from and White balance gives you the best colour options for your
surroundings.

To enter the Settings menu

When the camera is activated } Settings to view more options before you take a picture.

Switch to video camera – to record a video clip, Switch to still camera – to take a picture. o n the screen

shows the current setting.

Shoot mode

• Normal – no frame.

• Panorama – to combine several pictures into one wide picture.

• Frames – to add a frame to your picture. When you have selected Frames, a frame is shown on the

screen. Use the navigation key to scroll through Frames. When you select Frames, the picture size
is automatically set to 640×480 pixels.

• Burst – take a rapid sequence of pictures.

Picture size

• 2 MP 1600×1200

• 1 MP 1280×960

• VGA 640×480

If you are going to send a picture message (iMMS), please note that some phones (that support pictures)
cannot receive picture sizes of more than 160×120. You can resize a high-resolution picture before you
send it.

In the bottom left corner of the screen you can see the number of pictures that can be saved in your phone
memory/on your memory card. Note that this number changes as you change the picture size. If you select
a smaller picture size, you can save more pictures than if you select a bigger picture size.

Turn on self-timer

When the self-timer is selected, the picture is taken 8 –10 seconds after is pressed. The self-timer
beeps slowly and then more quickly just before the picture is taken.

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