Record videos
To activate the main camera, rotate the display to the
imaging mode. If the camera is in the still image mode, use
the camera mode key to switch to the video mode.
Press the capture key to start recording. The record icon
is displayed and a tone sounds. The red recording
indicator is lit, indicating that video is being recorded.
1
To stop recording at any time, press the capture key.
2
Press the capture key again to resume recording.
The video clip is automatically saved to
Images & video
in
Gallery
. See ‘Gallery’, p. 31.
To make lighting and color adjustments before recording a
video in the imaging mode, use the side scroll key to scroll
through the toolbar. See ‘Setup settings—color and
lighting’, p. 29 and ‘Shooting modes’, p. 29.
To zoom in or out of the subject (continuous 3x optical and
up to 20x digital zoom), rotate the zoom key on the side of
the device.
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The video viewfinder displays the following:
•
Status indicators
(1) for audio
mute on,
stabilization on,
video light mode,
and the current
capture mode
•
The toolbar (2),
which you can
scroll through
before recording to select the shooting mode, white
balance, and color tone (the toolbar is not displayed
during recording)
•
The total available video recording time (3). When you
are recording, the current video length indicator also
shows the elapsed time and time remaining.
•
The device memory (
) and memory card (
)
indicators (4) show where videos are saved.
•
The video quality indicator (5) indicates whether the
quality of the video is
TV (high)
,
TV (normal)
,
Handset
(high)
,
Handset (normal)
, or
Sharing
.
•
The video clip file type (6)
Tip! Select
Options
>
Turn icons on
to display all
viewfinder indicators or
Turn icons off
to display
only the video status indicators.
After you record a video clip, select the following from the
toolbar:
•
To immediately play the video clip you just recorded,
select
Play
.
•
If you do not want to keep the video, select
Delete
.
•
To send the video using multimedia, e-mail, Bluetooth
connectivity, or infrared, press
, or select
Options
>
Send
. For more information, see
‘Messaging’, p. 43 and ‘Bluetooth connectivity’, p. 88.
This option is not available during an active call.
•
To record a new video clip, select
New video
.
Tip! Activate the
Offline
profile to ensure your video
recording is not interrupted by incoming calls.
Video settings
There are two kinds of settings for the video recorder:
video setup and main settings. To adjust video setup, see
‘Setup settings—color and lighting’, p. 29. The setup
settings return to the default settings after you close the
camera, but the main settings remain the same until you
change them again. To change the main settings, select
Options
>
Settings
and from the following:
Audio recording
—Select
Off
if you do not want to record
sound.
Video quality
—Set the quality of the video clip to
TV
(high)
(best quality for long term usage and playback on
Exit
Options
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a compatible TV or PC and handset),
TV (normal)
,
Handset (high)
,
Handset (normal)
, or
Sharing
(limited
video clip size to send using multimedia message (MMS)).
If you want to view the video on a compatible TV or PC,
select
TV (high)
, which has VGA resolution (640x480) and
the .mp4 file format. To send the video clip through MMS,
select
Sharing
(QCIF resolution, .3gp file format). The size
of the video clip recorded with
Sharing
is limited to 300
KB (about 20 seconds in duration) so that it can be
conveniently sent as a multimedia message to a
compatible device.
Video stabilisation
—Select
On
to reduce camera shake
when recording the video.
Add to album
—Select whether you want to add the
recorded video clip to a certain album in
Gallery
. Select
Yes
to open a list of available albums. The video clip is
automatically saved to the selected album after capture.
Change the setting after you finish recording video clips
for the selected album.
Show captured video
—Select whether you want the first
frame of the recorded video clip to be shown on the
display after the recording stops. Select
Play
from the
toolbar (main camera) or
Options
>
Play
(secondary
camera) to view the video clip.
Optical zoom during recording
—Select
On
or
Off
. Select
Off
to eliminate mechanical noise caused by lens
movement during optical zooming when recording.
Memory in use
—Define the default memory store: device
memory or memory card (if inserted).