LG F1200: Camera [Menu-6]

Camera [Menu-6]

F1200 has a digital camera which allows you to take pictures at a maximum

resolution 640x480 pixels (also known as VGA). The CMOS sensor

guarantees high definition and quality of the images. Taking pictures will be

more fun thanks to the additional functions such as the 2x Zoom, Brightness

control, White balancing and Colour effects.

Press the Menu key ( ) and select Camera using navigation keys.

Or, you can go to this menu by pressing or on the right side in standby

mode.

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Note If the battery is too low, you may not use the Camera feature.

Take picture Menu-6-1

Press the Menu key and select Camera > Take picture. Or, press the

camera hot key ( or ) longer than 2 seconds in standby mode. You can

see the viewfinder.

n Note You can go to the Gallery by pressing the left soft key, when

pictures are stored in the Gallery.

Before shooting, you can set the following values.

Each setting value is remembered even after you close the camera module

and reopen it. But the timer and zooming ratio goes back to the default setting

value (Off and x1 respectively).

1 Mode ( ): Select one of the camera modes using the up/down

navigation keys.

():Select this to take a single shot.

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: Select this to take multiple shots.

():Select this to take a still image with various frames.

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Note Taking pictures in the phone closed state does not

support this mode.

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2 Resolution ( ): 640x480(VGA), 320x240(QVGA),

128x160(Screen), 96x96(Phonebook)

n Note The multiple shot mode does not support the

*96x96(Phonebook) resolution.

3 Image quality ( ): Fine/Normal/Basic

4 Digital zoom ( ): x1, x2

n Note The maximum zoom scale depends on the resolution

as follows.

Resolution Zoom scale

640x480 x1, x2

320x240 x1, x2

128x160 x1, x2

96x96 x1, x2

5 Tone ( ): Colour ( )/Sepia ( )/Black and white ( )

6 Brightness ( ): +2, +1, 0, -1, -2

7 Timer ( ): Off, 3 sec., 5 sec.

8 White balance ( ): Auto ( ), Daylight ( ),

Incandescent ( ), Cloudy ( ), Flourescent ( )

1. Center the desired option menu using the left/right navigation keys.

2. Select the desired value with the up/down navigation keys.

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3. After finishing all the settings, focus on the subject to capture and press the

Camera key or OK key. With a click, the image is captured and the

following menu bar appears.

MMS message

Save

Delete

n Note When the resolution is set to 96x96 (Phonebook), the following

menu bar appears.

Phonebook entry

Save

Delete

4. To save the image, centre the “ ” and press the OK key. If you don't

want to save the image, centre the “ ” and press the OK key.

You can also send the image via multimedia message by selecting “ ”.

For further information regarding multimedia message writing, refer to page

70-71.

After taking a picture in 96x96 (phonebook), you can directly save the

image in the phonebook by selecting “ ”.

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Note This feature links only the phonebook in the phone memory.

Gallery Menu-6-2

Press the Menu key and select Camera > Gallery.

All the still images taken in the Take picture menu are stored in this menu.

You can view, organise, or send the pictures through MMS.

1. Select the picture you want a full screen of and press the OK key. Or press

the left soft key [Options] to access the following submenus.

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Normal view: You can view one image at a time.

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Thumbnail view: (Shown in the normal view) Go back to the thumbnail

view mode.

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Write multimedia message: You can send the selected image via a

multimedia message.

n Note For details, refer to Multimedia messages - Write

on page 70-71.

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Set as wallpaper: You can set the selected image as the main LCD

wallpaper or front LCD wallpaper.

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Add to phonebook (Only available for the phonebook sized

pictures): You can add the selected image to a phonebook contact to

use the Photo Caller ID feature.

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Delete: Deletes the selected image.

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Slide show: Plays back every image in succession. To pause/resume the

slide show, press the left soft key. To stop the slide show and go back to

Gallery, press the right soft key.

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Rename: You can change the name of the selected image.

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View details: You can check the title, resolution, size, and date and time

of the selected image.

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Delete all: Deletes all the images in your phone.

Memory status Menu-6-3

Press the Menu key and select Camera > Memory status.

You can check the current memory status on the phone.

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Note The phone has built-in 1 MB memory for photos, in which maximum

300 photos can be stored. But note that you cannot take pictures

any more if the memory is full, even if you've taken less than 300

photos. And vice versa: you can take no more pictures if you've

already taken 300 photos even though the memory is available.

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