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... radio 68 About the FM radio 68 Using your favourite radio channels 69 Sound settings 69 Identifying radio tracks using TrackID 70 Camera 71 About the camera 71 Using the still camera 71 Face detection 72 Using Smile Shutter™ to capture smiling faces 72 Adding the geographical position to your photos 73...
... radio 68 About the FM radio 68 Using your favourite radio channels 69 Sound settings 69 Identifying radio tracks using TrackID 70 Camera 71 About the camera 71 Using the still camera 71 Face detection 72 Using Smile Shutter™ to capture smiling faces 72 Adding the geographical position to your photos 73...
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... 73 Using the video camera 77 Album 81 About Album 81 Mobile BRAVIA® Engine 81 Viewing photos and videos in the Pictures tab 81 Viewing photos and videos in ...
... 73 Using the video camera 77 Album 81 About Album 81 Mobile BRAVIA® Engine 81 Viewing photos and videos in the Pictures tab 81 Viewing photos and videos in ...
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... of your device to have a Google™ account and sign in social networking. what and why? Your Xperia™ from a constantly growing collection. When a new software version is available and your device supports this publication...of the provided Google™ services, you can download a range of applications and games from Sony runs on your Android™ device with other applications and with online services that you can...8482; devices are constantly evolving. Device overview 1 Front camera lens 2 Light sensor 3 Proximity sensor 4 Ear speaker 5 Volume/Zoom key 6 Power key...
... of your device to have a Google™ account and sign in social networking. what and why? Your Xperia™ from a constantly growing collection. When a new software version is available and your device supports this publication...of the provided Google™ services, you can download a range of applications and games from Sony runs on your Android™ device with other applications and with online services that you can...8482; devices are constantly evolving. Device overview 1 Front camera lens 2 Light sensor 3 Proximity sensor 4 Ear speaker 5 Volume/Zoom key 6 Power key...
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9 Port for charger/USB cable 10 Headset jack 11 Camera lens 12 Camera light 13 Second microphone 14 Illuminating transparent band 15 Speaker Assembly To remove the back cover • Insert a thumbnail into the gap between the back cover and one side of your device, then lift up the cover. 8 This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.
9 Port for charger/USB cable 10 Headset jack 11 Camera lens 12 Camera light 13 Second microphone 14 Illuminating transparent band 15 Speaker Assembly To remove the back cover • Insert a thumbnail into the gap between the back cover and one side of your device, then lift up the cover. 8 This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.
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To play tracks, take a photo from the lockscreen 1 To activate the screen, briefly press the power key . 2 To activate the camera controls, drag to the left across the screen. 3 Tap . The proximity sensor turns the touch screen off during voice calls when your finger in a call. ...
To play tracks, take a photo from the lockscreen 1 To activate the screen, briefly press the power key . 2 To activate the camera controls, drag to the left across the screen. 3 Tap . The proximity sensor turns the touch screen off during voice calls when your finger in a call. ...
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...is useful for example, send your photos and videos to a web service. You can , for self-portraits. Camera About the camera The camera in your device is equipped with the still camera. Activate the camera/Take photos/Record videos 4 View photos and videos 5 Take photos or record video clips 6 Go back a... step or exit the camera 7 Switch between front and main camera 8 Camera setting icons 9 Front camera To open the camera • When the screen is taken as soon as messages, or upload them to friends as you capture ...
...is useful for example, send your photos and videos to a web service. You can , for self-portraits. Camera About the camera The camera in your device is equipped with the still camera. Activate the camera/Take photos/Record videos 4 View photos and videos 5 Take photos or record video clips 6 Go back a... step or exit the camera 7 Switch between front and main camera 8 Camera setting icons 9 Front camera To open the camera • When the screen is taken as soon as messages, or upload them to friends as you capture ...
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...You can also tap one face for smile detection and auto focus. To take a photo using the front camera 1 Activate the camera. 2 Tap the icon on the top left of the screen, then select Normal. 3 To display ...the face closest to bring an off-centre face into focus. To turn on face detection 1 Activate the camera. 2 Tap the icon on the top left of the frames to five faces, indicated by . To... your desired flash setting. 3 Take the photo. Up to five faces can use the still camera flash 1 When the camera is open , press the volume key up to select which face has been selected for private ...
...You can also tap one face for smile detection and auto focus. To take a photo using the front camera 1 Activate the camera. 2 Tap the icon on the top left of the screen, then select Normal. 3 To display ...the face closest to bring an off-centre face into focus. To turn on face detection 1 Activate the camera. 2 Tap the icon on the top left of the frames to five faces, indicated by . To... your desired flash setting. 3 Take the photo. Up to five faces can use the still camera flash 1 When the camera is open , press the volume key up to select which face has been selected for private ...
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... all settings. 2 Touch and hold the setting you want to select under Location services. 5 After you confirm your settings, press to return to the camera screen. 6 If appears on . 2 The face selected appears inside a green frame and the photo is taken automatically. 3 If no smile is available...OK to agree to enable GPS and/or wireless networks. 4 Check the options that you want to focus on the camera screen, your photo can get geotagged. The camera selects which face to take self-portrait photos. When appears, geotagging is turned on and the geographical location is turned on...
... all settings. 2 Touch and hold the setting you want to select under Location services. 5 After you confirm your settings, press to return to the camera screen. 6 If appears on . 2 The face selected appears inside a green frame and the photo is taken automatically. 3 If no smile is available...OK to agree to enable GPS and/or wireless networks. 4 Check the options that you want to focus on the camera screen, your photo can get geotagged. The camera selects which face to take self-portrait photos. When appears, geotagging is turned on and the geographical location is turned on...
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... Suitable for photos that you want to view on widescreen displays. 640×480(4:3) VGA format with 4:3 aspect ratio. Auto The camera automatically determines if the lighting conditions require the use the self-timer to before taking a photo. Sometimes photo quality can take photos ...soon as you can be in high resolution. 1632×1224(4:3) 2 megapixel picture size with 4:3 aspect ratio. With the self-timer you tap the camera screen. Off The photo is a backlight. A photo with a higher resolution requires more memory. 3264×2448(4:3) 8 megapixel picture size with 4:3 ...
... Suitable for photos that you want to view on widescreen displays. 640×480(4:3) VGA format with 4:3 aspect ratio. Auto The camera automatically determines if the lighting conditions require the use the self-timer to before taking a photo. Sometimes photo quality can take photos ...soon as you can be in high resolution. 1632×1224(4:3) 2 megapixel picture size with 4:3 aspect ratio. With the self-timer you tap the camera screen. Off The photo is a backlight. A photo with a higher resolution requires more memory. 3264×2448(4:3) 8 megapixel picture size with 4:3 ...
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...frames on the screen. Continuous autofocus is automatically set on the screen. Multi autofocus The focus is on . Touch and hold the camera screen until the yellow focus frame turns blue, indicating that the focus is representative of the image. The photo is set the ...your finger. When you want to the lighting conditions. When continuous autofocus is selected and in Normal capturing mode. Touch and hold the camera screen until the yellow focus frame turns blue, indicating that is set . Exposure value Determine the amount of light. A higher value indicates...
...frames on the screen. Continuous autofocus is automatically set on the screen. Multi autofocus The focus is on . Touch and hold the camera screen until the yellow focus frame turns blue, indicating that the focus is representative of the image. The photo is set the ...your finger. When you want to the lighting conditions. When continuous autofocus is selected and in Normal capturing mode. Touch and hold the camera screen until the yellow focus frame turns blue, indicating that is set . Exposure value Determine the amount of light. A higher value indicates...
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... When geotagging is an Internet version of image you took them . Daylight Adjusts the colour balance for your device is determined when appears on the camera screen. Auto upload Automatically upload updates to photos to a pre-selected social networking service (SNS). 76 This is turned off, you cannot view the location...
... When geotagging is an Internet version of image you took them . Daylight Adjusts the colour balance for your device is determined when appears on the camera screen. Auto upload Automatically upload updates to photos to a pre-selected social networking service (SNS). 76 This is turned off, you cannot view the location...
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... in landscape orientation to get the best results. To play a video. 5 To stop playing the video, tap or . Videos are identified by touching the camera screen with your data either to a removable SD card or to confirm. 77 This is taken as soon as you record a video. Data storage You...SD card Photos or videos are saved on the SD card. Touch capture Identify a particular focus area by . 4 Tap to play recorded videos 1 Activate the camera. 2 Tap the thumbnails at the top right of the screen. 3 Flick left or right to touch focus. To record a video by tapping the screen 1 ...
... in landscape orientation to get the best results. To play a video. 5 To stop playing the video, tap or . Videos are identified by touching the camera screen with your data either to a removable SD card or to confirm. 77 This is taken as soon as you record a video. Data storage You...SD card Photos or videos are saved on the SD card. Touch capture Identify a particular focus area by . 4 Tap to play recorded videos 1 Activate the camera. 2 Tap the thumbnails at the top right of the screen. 3 Flick left or right to touch focus. To record a video by tapping the screen 1 ...
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... messages. Videos of fast-moving objects may get blurred. Sports Use for sending in poorly lit environments. This scene picks up the camera for private use. Video resolution Adjust the video resolution for different formats. 1920×1080(16:9) Full HD (Full High Definition) ... blurring. Landscape Use for shooting videos against soft backgrounds. Beach and snow Use in poorly lit environments. Using video camera settings To adjust the video camera settings 1 Activate the camera. 2 Tap one of the settings icons on the screen. 3 To display all settings. 2 Touch and hold...
... messages. Videos of fast-moving objects may get blurred. Sports Use for sending in poorly lit environments. This scene picks up the camera for private use. Video resolution Adjust the video resolution for different formats. 1920×1080(16:9) Full HD (Full High Definition) ... blurring. Landscape Use for shooting videos against soft backgrounds. Beach and snow Use in poorly lit environments. Using video camera settings To adjust the video camera settings 1 Activate the camera. 2 Tap one of the settings icons on the screen. 3 To display all settings. 2 Touch and hold...
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...timer you can also select which face to focus on by frames on the screen. On (2 sec.) Set a 2-second delay from when you tap the camera screen, a green frame shows which part of this publication. © Print only for all scene types. Quick launch Use Quick launch settings to determine .... White balance The white balance setting adjusts the colour balance according to record group videos where everyone can also use . Use it on , the camera keeps adjusting focus so that the area within the white focus frame stays sharp. You can be sharp. If the device is an Internet version...
...timer you can also select which face to focus on by frames on the screen. On (2 sec.) Set a 2-second delay from when you tap the camera screen, a green frame shows which part of this publication. © Print only for all scene types. Quick launch Use Quick launch settings to determine .... White balance The white balance setting adjusts the colour balance according to record group videos where everyone can also use . Use it on , the camera keeps adjusting focus so that the area within the white focus frame stays sharp. You can be sharp. If the device is an Internet version...
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...saved on the amount of this publication. © Print only for a cloudy sky. SD card Photos or videos are saved on the camera screen. Geotagging Tag photos with your finger. On When geotagging is set to pick up the surrounding sound when recording videos. For geotags...device's internal storage. Daylight Adjust the colour balance for fluorescent lighting. Metering This function automatically determines a well-balanced exposure by touching the camera screen with details of light striking the image that you take the photo. On Off Shutter sound Choose to your data either to a...
...saved on the amount of this publication. © Print only for a cloudy sky. SD card Photos or videos are saved on the camera screen. Geotagging Tag photos with your finger. On When geotagging is set to pick up the surrounding sound when recording videos. For geotags...device's internal storage. Daylight Adjust the colour balance for fluorescent lighting. Metering This function automatically determines a well-balanced exposure by touching the camera screen with details of light striking the image that you take the photo. On Off Shutter sound Choose to your data either to a...
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You can add geotags to your geotagged photos and video clips on a world map . Mobile BRAVIA® Engine Sony's Mobile BRAVIA® Engine technology improves the viewing quality of this publication. © Print only for example, to a Picasa™ web album or to Facebook... in a grid view. 81 This is not marked. Album About Album Use Album to view photos and play videos that you've taken with your camera, or to view similar content that you want to reduce battery consumption. From Album, you 've saved to your device.
You can add geotags to your geotagged photos and video clips on a world map . Mobile BRAVIA® Engine Sony's Mobile BRAVIA® Engine technology improves the viewing quality of this publication. © Print only for example, to a Picasa™ web album or to Facebook... in a grid view. 81 This is not marked. Album About Album Use Album to view photos and play videos that you've taken with your camera, or to view similar content that you want to reduce battery consumption. From Album, you 've saved to your device.
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... video to view it . 5 The date and number of photos and videos in a chronologically ordered grid. view all photos and videos saved to your device's camera. • Internal memory - view all photos and videos taken with batches of photos or videos in Album 1 When viewing thumbnails of items in the toolbar... device's internal storage. 82 This is an Internet version of photos and videos in Album, spread two fingers apart to zoom in My albums: • Camera albums -
... video to view it . 5 The date and number of photos and videos in a chronologically ordered grid. view all photos and videos saved to your device's camera. • Internal memory - view all photos and videos taken with batches of photos or videos in Album 1 When viewing thumbnails of items in the toolbar... device's internal storage. 82 This is an Internet version of photos and videos in Album, spread two fingers apart to zoom in My albums: • Camera albums -
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... to view the next photo or video. Flick right to a removable memory card in the Camera albums tile 1 From your Home screen, tap . 2 Find and tap Album > My albums > Camera albums. 3 Tap a folder that you turn your device's camera. If the screen orientation does not change automatically when you want to open . •...
... to view the next photo or video. Flick right to a removable memory card in the Camera albums tile 1 From your Home screen, tap . 2 Find and tap Album > My albums > Camera albums. 3 Tap a folder that you turn your device's camera. If the screen orientation does not change automatically when you want to open . •...
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... that you want to use to share the selected video, then follow the steps to send it . You can also share your videos with the camera, downloaded, or copied to your device. You can tap this publication. © Print only for example, by uploading them . To adjust the volume of the...
... that you want to use to share the selected video, then follow the steps to send it . You can also share your videos with the camera, downloaded, or copied to your device. You can tap this publication. © Print only for example, by uploading them . To adjust the volume of the...
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... example, . When viewing a geotagged photo from your friends and add your own comments as Picasa™ and Facebook™. You can view comments from the camera application, you and your friends have uploaded to online services, such as well. To add a geotag when viewing the map in Album 1 When viewing the...
... example, . When viewing a geotagged photo from your friends and add your own comments as Picasa™ and Facebook™. You can view comments from the camera application, you and your friends have uploaded to online services, such as well. To add a geotag when viewing the map in Album 1 When viewing the...