nokia e71 review : Camera - Capture an image - Scenes - Record videos - Nokia Podcasting - Play and manage podcasts

Camera

Select Menu > Media > Camera.

Capture an image

Your device supports an image capture resolution of up to

2048 x 1536 pixels. The image resolution in this guide may

appear different.

To capture an image, use the display as a viewfinder and

press the scroll key. The device saves the image in Gallery.

To zoom in or out before capturing an image in the

landscape mode, scroll up or down. This function is

available only when the toolbar is not shown.

To focus on the subject before capturing the image, press

the T key.

The toolbar provides you with shortcuts to different items

and settings before and after capturing an image or

recording a video. Scroll to a toolbar item and press the

scroll key.

Switch between the video mode and the image mode.

Select the scene.

Select the flash mode (images only).

Activate the self-timer (images only).

Activate the sequence mode (images only).

Select a colour effect.

Show or hide the viewfinder grid (images only).

Adjust the white balance.

Adjust the exposure compensation (images only).

The available options vary depending on the capture mode

and view you are in. The settings return to the default after

you close the camera.

Scenes

A scene helps you to find the right colour and lighting

settings for the current environment. The settings of each

scene have been set according to a certain style or

environment.

To change the scene, select Scene modes in the toolbar.

To make your own scene, scroll to User defined, and select

Options > Change.

To copy the settings of another scene, select Based on

scene mode and the desired scene.

To activate your own scene, scroll to User defined, press

the scroll key, and select Select.

Capture images in a sequence

To capture several images in a sequence, if enough

memory is available, select Switch to sequence mode in

the toolbar and press the scroll key.

The captured images are shown in a grid on the display.

To view an image, scroll to it and press the scroll key. If

you used a time interval, only the last image is shown on

the display, and the other images are available in Gallery.

To send the image, select Options > Send.

To switch off the sequence mode, select Switch to normal

mode in the toolbar.

View captured image

The image you captured is automatically saved in Gallery.

If you do not want to keep the image, select Delete from

the toolbar.

Select from the following toolbar items:

Send — Send the image to compatible devices.

Post to — Send the image to your compatible online

album (network service).

To use the image as the background image, select

Options > Set as wallpaper.

To add the image to a contact, select Options > Set as

contact call img. > Assign to contact.

Record videos

1. If the camera is in the image mode, select the video

mode from the toolbar.

2. To start recording, press the scroll key.

3. To pause recording at any time, select Pause. Select

Continue to resume recording.

4. To stop recording, select Stop. The video clip is

automatically saved in Gallery. The maximum length of

the video clip depends on the available memory.

Play a video clip

To play a recorded video clip, select Play from the toolbar.

Select from the following toolbar items:

Send — Send the video clip to other compatible

devices.

Send to caller — Send the video clip to the caller

during an active call.

Post to — Send the video to an online album (network

service).

Delete — Delete the clip.

To enter a new name for the clip, select Options >

Rename video.

Image settings

To change the still image settings, select Options >

Settings and from the following:

Image quality — Set the image quality. The better the

image quality

Show captured image — To see the image after the

capture, select On. To continue taking pictures

immediately, select Off.

Default image name — Define the default name for

the captured images.

Extended digital zoom On (continuous) allows

the zoom increments to be smooth and continuous

between the digital and extended digital zoom, and

Off allows a limited amount of zoom while retaining

the image resolution.

Capture tone — Set the tone that sounds when you

capture an image.

Memory in use — Choose where to store your images.

Rotate image — Rotate the images.

Restore camera settings — To return the default

values to the camera settings, select Yes.

Video settings

To change the video mode settings, select Options >

Settings and from the following:

Video quality — Set the quality of the video clip. Select

Sharing, if you want to send the video clip using a

multimedia message. The clip is recorded with OCIF

resolution, in 3GPP format, and the size is limited to 300

kB (approximately 20 seconds). You may not be able to

send video clips saved in the MPEG-4 file format in a

multimedia message.

Audio recording — Select Mute if you do not want to

record sound.

Show captured video — View the first frame of the

recorded video clip after the recording stops. To view

the entire video clip , select Play from the toolbar.

Default video name — Define the default name for

recorded video clips.

Memory in use — Select where you want to store your

video clips.

Restore camera settings — Restore the camera

settings to the default values.

Nokia Podcasting

Select Menu > Media > Podcasting.

Download podcasts to your device and listen them.

Play and manage podcasts

Podcasting delivers audio or video content over the

internet for playback on mobile devices and PCs.

With the Nokia Podcasting application, you can search,

discover, subscribe, and download podcasts over the air;

and play, manage, and share podcasts with your device.

Define the connection and downloading settings before

using the application. Select Options > Settings >

Connection and Download.

To search for new podcast episodes to subscribe to, select

Directories.

To search for podcasts using keywords and podcast show

titles, select Search.

To display the available episodes from the selected

podcast, open the Podcasts folder and select Open.

To download the selected episode, select Download.

To play the downloaded episode, select Play.

To update the selected podcast or marked podcasts, for a

new episode, select Options > Update.

To open the web site of the podcast (network service),

select Options > Open web page.

Some podcasts provide the opportunity to interact with

the creators by commenting and voting. To connect to the

internet to do this, select Options > View comments.

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