Nokia 6260 - Taking a picture or recording a video clip

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Taking a picture or recording a video clip

Options available before taking a picture when the phone is either in Work

or Browse mechanical mode:

Record

/

Capture

,

Mode

,

Go to Gallery

,

Settings

,

Help

,

and

Exit

.

Note that these options are not available when the phone is in Imaging
mechanical mode.

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1. Turn the fold to Imaging mechanical mode. You can also use the Camera

application in Work or Browse mechanical mode.

2. Press

or

to select the camera mode (

Standard

,

Portrait

,

Night

or

Video

). By default, the camera is in

Standard

mode.

Note that when the phone is in Imaging mechanical mode, you need to press

to go left or

to go right to select the camera mode.

Note that selection keys are not functional in the Imaging mechanical mode,
or in the

Standard

or

Video

camera mode. Use

,

and

for

Camera

functions.

You can see the viewfinder and the cropping lines, which show you the image
area to be captured or recorded.

You can also see the recording counter, which shows the recorded time, or the
image counter, which shows you how many images, depending on the selected
picture quality, fit in the memory of your phone or memory card, if you use one.

3. To take a picture, press

quickly. When you are taking a picture, do not move

the phone before the Camera application starts to save the image. The camera
shows the image and saves it automatically in Gallery. To return to the
viewfinder, press

again quickly. To take another picture, press

again.

4. To start recording a video clip, make sure you have first selected the

Video

mode. Then press

quickly to start recording. To pause recording at any time,

press

quickly. To resume recording, press

quickly again.

5. To stop recording, press and hold

for a few seconds.

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6. Press

to zoom in on your subject before or while taking the picture or

recording a video clip. Press to zoom out. The zoom indicator on the display
shows the zoom level.

The camera goes into battery saving mode if there has been no key presses within
a minute. To continue taking pictures, press

.

You can insert an image into a contact card.

See “Managing contacts” on page 54.