Media applications
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Depth
When shooting landscapes and sceneries, add depth to 
your pictures by placing objects in the foreground. If the 
foreground object is too close to the camera, it may be 
blurred.
Lighting conditions
Changing the source, amount, and direction of light can 
change photographs dramatically. Here are some typical 
lighting conditions:
• Light source behind the subject. Avoid placing your 
subject in front of a strong light source. If the light 
source is behind the subject or visible in the display, 
the resulting picture may have weak contrast, may be 
too dark, and may contain unwanted light effects.
• Sidelit subject. Strong side light gives a dramatic 
effect but may be too harsh, resulting in too much 
contrast. 
• Light source in front of the subject. Harsh sunlight 
may cause the subjects to squint their eyes. 
The contrast may also be too high.
• Optimal lighting is found in situations where there is 
plenty of diffused, soft light available, for example, on 
a bright, partially cloudy day or on a sunny day in the 
shadow of trees. 
Record videos
To activate the camera, Press  , and select Camera in the 
Standby view. The camera starts, and you can see the view 
to be captured.
If the camera is in Image mode, open the video recorder 
view by moving the joystick right. 
To adjust colour before recording a video, select Options > 
Adjust > White balance or Colour tone. See “Adjust 
colour”, p. 33.
1 Press the joystick to start recording. The record icon   
is shown and a tone sounds, indicating to the subject 
that video is being recorded.
2 To pause recording at any time, select Pause. The pause 
icon   blinks on the display. Video recording 
automatically stops if the recording is set to pause and 
there are no key presses within a minute.
3 Select Continue to resume recording. 
4 Select Stop, or press the joystick to stop recording. 
The video clip is automatically saved to the Video clips 
folder of Gallery. See “Gallery”, p. 36.
Viewfinder indicators show the following:
—The microphone indicator shows that the microphone 
is muted.
—The self-timer indicator shows that the self-timer is 
activated. See “You in the picture—self-timer”, p. 33.