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Camera and Video options on Sony Ericsson K790a

This phone is called the prince of camera phones! Check out this article to learn about the various camera and video options available on your phone:


Is it a camera? No it is a phone!!

When the camera or video is activated > Settings for the following options:
Switch to Video Camera
to record a video clip or Switch to Still Camera to take a picture.

Shoot Mode (Camera):
  • Normal: no frame
  • BestPic™: select from 9 pictures
  • Panorama: join several pictures into one
  • Frames: add a frame to your picture
Shoot Mode (Video):
  • For Picture message or High Quality Video

Scenes (Camera) select from:

  • Auto: automatic settings
  • Twilight: a scenic picture at night
  • Twilight Portrait: for example a subject picture at night
  • Landscape: a scenic picture
  • Portrait: a subject picture
  • Beach/Snow: use in bright environments example at beach or when skiing
  • Sports: use for fast moving objects
  • Documents: use for pictures of text or drawings

Picture Size (camera) select from:

  • 3 MP (2048 x 1536 pixels)
  • 2 MP (1632 x 1224 pixels)
  • 1 MP (1280 x 960 pixels)
  • VGA (640 x 480 pixels)

Note: the 3 MP picture size is 2000 x 1500 with image stabilizer on, if available.

Focus: select from
  • Auto: auto focus or close ups
  • Macro: for detailed close-ups
  • Infinite;: use to focus on all scenary

Flash (Camera) select from:
  • Off, Auto or Red Eye Reduction: to reduce the effect of red eye in pictures
  • Turn on Image stabilizer: if available use to keep the image steady. In poor lighting conditions it compensated for small hand movements.
  • Turn On Night Mode (video): adapt to poor lighting conditions
  • Turn On Self Timer (camera): Take a picture a few seconds after pressing the camera button

Effects: select from:
  • Off: no effect
  • Black & White: no colour
  • Negative: reversed colours
  • Sepia: brown tint
  • Solarize: overexposure

White Balance: adjust colours to lighting conditions. Select from Auto Daylight, Cloudy, Fluorescent or Incandescent

Metering Mode: adjust exposure to the whole or the center of the picture or video. Select from Normal or Spot

Picture Quality: (camera) Normal or Fine picture quality

Turn Off Mic (video): set microphone

Shutter sound (camera): select different shutter sounds

Turn On Time and Date (camera): add time and date to a picture to appear as text in the lower right corner. View in 1:1 size or use zoom when viewing a picture to see the text.

Reset file no:
reset the file number counter

Save to: select to save to Memory Stick or Phone Memory
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