LG T5100: Camera [Menu 6]

Camera [Menu 6]: LG T5100

Camera [Menu 6]

T5100 has a 1.3 Mega pixel digital camera which allows you to take

pictures at a maximum resolution 1280x960 pixels (also known as

SXGA). 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 4x Zoom (depending on the resolution),

Brightness control, White balancing and Colour effects.

And the integrated flash allows you to take pictures even when light

conditions are poor.

With the integrated camera, it is also possible to record a video clip.

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

Or, you can go to this menu by pressing Q or q in standby

mode.

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

feature.

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Take pictures [Menu 6-1]

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

the camera hot key (Q or q) longer than 2 seconds in standby

mode. You can see the viewfinder.

Before taking a shot, press the left soft key [Menu] to set the

following values.

Brightness: 6 grades are available.

White Balance: 5 settings are available:

Auto, Daylight, Incandescent, Cloudy,

and Flourescent.

Resolution: Refer to the page 79 for

further information.

Color Mode: 5 settings are available:

Color, Mono, Sepia, Blue and Negative.

Shot Mode: Select between Single shot

and Multiple shot.

Photo gallery: Access the My photo gallery. After taking a

shot, you can use this to check out the captured image.

Exit: Select this to exit from the setting menu.

To move between the setting menus, use left/right navigation keys.

After highlighting a menu, press the OK key to open the menu.

Select the desired value using left/right navigation keys and press

the OK key to confirm it.

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Brightness

Camera [Menu 6]

You can also use the following keys before taking a shot.

Zooming bar: You can zoom

in/out using the up/down

navigation keys (U , D) or

Selected

up/down side keys. And this

resolution

bar shows the zooming state.

The maximum zoom scale

depends on the image size as

follows.

SXGA(1x) / VGA(4x) / QVGA(4x) / Panorama(1x)

Self timer: To activate/deactivate the self-timer, press *.

When the self-timer is activated, is shown.

Note

You can set the desired delay time using Timer

mode menu [Menu 6-6-4].

Flash: To turn the flash on/off, press #. When the flash is on,

is shown.

Note

You can set the desired flash mode using Flash

mode menu [Menu 6-6-5].

Taking a single still shot ( )

1. In the preview mode, press the left soft key [Menu] to open the

camera setting menu.

2. Highlight the Shot Mode using left/right navigation keys and press

the OK key.

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3. Select the Single Shot mode ( ).

Note

In the Single shot mode, you can select the

resolution from QVGA (320X240), VGA (640X480),

SXGA (1280X960), and Panorama (1280X640).

4. After finishing camera option setting, focus on the subject to

capture and press the Camera key (Q). With a click, the image is

captured and then automatically saved in the My photo gallery

(See page 81).

Taking multiple shots in succession ( )

1. In the preview mode, press the left soft key [Menu] to open the

camera setting menu.

2. Highlight the Shot Mode using left/right navigation keys and press

the OK key.

3. Select the Multiple Shot mode ( ).

Note

In the Multiple shot mode, you can select the

resolution between QVGA (9 shots) and VGA

(3 shots).

4. After finishing camera option setting, focus on the subject to

capture and press the Camera key (Q). With a click, the image is

captured and then automatically saved in the My photo gallery

(See page 81).

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Camera [Menu 6]

Take movies [Menu 6-2]

You can record the video up to 30 minutes. But it depends on the

resolution, the available memory capacity, and the quantity of data to

be compressed.

Press the Menu key and select Camera Take movies.

You can record a video clip in this menu by pressing the

Camera key (Q).

1. Before shooting, you can set the desired shooting values by

pressing the left soft key [Menu].

Brightness: 6 grades are available.

White Balance: 5 settings are available:

Auto, Daylight, Incandescent, Cloudy, and

Flourescent.

Resolution: Select the desired resolution

between QCIF(176X44) and S-QCIF

(128X96).

Color mode: 5 settings are available:

Color, Mono, Sepia, Blue, and Negative.

Exit: Select this to exit from the setting

menu.

You can also use the following features. (For more information,

see page 78.)

- Zoom in/out: Use the up/down navigation keys or the up/down

side keys.

- Self timer: Press the *.

- Flash: Press the #.

2. Press the Camera key to start recording a video clip. Recording

appears on the LCD screen.

3. To stop recording, press the Camera key again. It is automatically

saved in My movie gallery [Menu 6-5]. And you can keep

recording another video clip by pressing the Camera key.

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Brightness

Frame shot [Menu 6-3]

Press the Menu key and select Camera Frame shot.

You can enjoy taking a shot in diverse preset frames. There are 15

preset frames.

1. To select the desired frame to take a shot in, press the left soft

key [Menu].

2. Highlight the Frame( ) using left/right navigation keys and

press the OK key.

3. After selecting the desired frame, press the OK key.

4. After exiting from the option menu by selecting Exit ( ), take a

shot by pressing the Camera key. The captured image is

autoatically saved in the My photo gallery (See page 81).

Note

The resolution of the frame shots is fixed to 176x220

pixel.

My photo gallery [Menu 6-4]

Press the Menu key and select Camera My photo gallery.

All the still images taken in the Take pictures menu are stored in

this menu. You can view, organise and send the pictures saved in

your phone.

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 sub-

menus.

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

Multi view/List view: (Shown in the normal view) Go back to

the multi view/list view mode.

Send via multimedia message: You can send the selected

image via a multimedia message.

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Camera [Menu 6]

Note

For details, refer to Multimedia messages Write

on page 67.

Because of the big size, the pictures of which

resolution is SXGA cannot be sent via MMS. The

phone will ask if you want to resize the picture in

order to send it via MMS.

Add to phonebook: You can add the selected image to a

phonebook contact to use the Photo Caller ID feature.

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 My photo gallery, press the right soft key.

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

internal LCD wallpaper or external LCD wallpaper.

File protect: You can lock/unlock the selected image by

selecting this. When an image is locked, “” is shown on the

left of the image name. The locked

images cannot be deleted.

Edit: (Shown in the normal view) After selecting the normal

view of an image, you can edit it as follows. After editing, the

changed image can be saved by pressing the left soft key

[Save]. And the original image is retained.

- Effect filters: You can give various effects to the image. After

selecting the desired effect from 12 effect filters using the

left/right navigation key, press the left soft key [Save]. The

changed image is stored.

- Resize: You can change the image size using the left/right

navigation key.

- Trim: After pressing the right soft key [Zoom], you can zoom

in/out with the right/left soft keys. And display the desired part

using the navigation keys. Press the OK key. The trimmed

image is saved.

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Note: Trimmed images cannot be edited.

- Rotate: You can rotate the image 90, 180, or 270 degrees.

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The table below shows the available photo edit features in

each resolution.

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Note

Photo

Effect filters Resize Trim Rotate

Resolution edit

QVGA (320X240) O X O O

VGA (640X480) O O O O

SXGA (1280X960) X O O X

PANORAMA (1280X640) X O O X

Trimmed image (176X220) X X X X

The resized image from

XXXX

PANORAMA (220X108)

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

Delete: Deletes the selected image.

Multiple delete: (Shown in the multi view mode) You can

delete several images at a time. Select the images to delete

through the list by pressing the OK key, then press the left soft

key [Delete].

Delete all: Deletes all the images in your phone.

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

and time of the selected image.

My movie gallery [Menu 6-5]

Press the Menu key and select Camera My movie gallery.

The list of all the recorded video clips opens. Select the desired

video clip using up/down navigation keys, then press the OK key.

Or you can access the following submenu using the left soft key

[Options].

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Camera [Menu 6]

Play: Plays the selected video clip.

File protect: You can lock/unlock the selected video clip by

selecting this. When a video clip is locked, “” is shown on the

left of the video clip name.

Rename: You can change the title of the selected video clip.

Delete: Deletes the selected video clip.

Multiple delete: You can delete several video clips at a time.

Select the video clips to delete through the list by pressing the OK

key, then press the left soft key [Delete].

Delete all: You can delete all the video clips in your phone.

While watching a video clip, you can use the following keys.

To pause/resume the playback. Press OK key (

O

).

To change the play option Press Left soft key (

<

).

(between once and repeat).

To skip backward. Use Left navigation key (

L

).

To skip forward. Use Right navigation key (

R

).

To increase the volume. Press Up navigation key (

U

)/Up side key.

To decrease the volume. Press Down navigation key (

D

)/Down side key.

To stop playback and go back to the Press Clear key (

C

) or Right soft key (

>

).

My movie gallery.

Note

To exit from the playback screen, press the right soft

key or C several times.

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Camera settings [Menu 6-6]

Press the Menu key and select Camera Camera settings.

In this menu, you can set the following options.

1. Image quality: Select the desired image quality to be captured.

The higher image quality, the more memories are used.

2. Shutter sound: Select the desired shutter sound.

3. Gallery style: Select the desired My photo gallery style between

List view and Multi view.

4. Timer mode: Select the desired delay time when activating the

self-timer.

5. Flash mode: Select the desired flash mode between Once and

Continuous.

- Once: After taking one shot, the flash is turned off.

- Continuous:

The flash keeps activated. Therefore, Continuous

flash mode will consume the phones battery faster.

6. Slideshow interval: Select the desired slideshow interval

between 3 sec and 5 sec.

Memory status [Menu 6-7]

Press the Menu key and select Camera Memory status.

You can check the current memory status on the phone. Images,

Movie and MP3 Player share the memory.

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