Nokia N90 - Record videos

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Record videos

To activate the camera and the viewfinder on the main
display, activate the Imaging mode. See ‘Take pictures in
the Imaging mode’, p. 42. 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 selecting

Options

>

Video mode

.

To make lighting and colour adjustments before recording
a video, press the joystick, and select

White balance

, or

Colour tone

. See ‘Setup settings—Adjust colour and

lighting’, p. 45.

To select a scene, press the joystick, and select

Scene

. See

‘Scenes’, p. 45.

Options before recording video are

Image mode

,

Go

to Gallery

,

Video setup

,

Settings

, and

Help

.

1

Press the capture key to start recording. The record
icon

is shown. The LED flash is lit, and a tone

sounds, indicating to the subject that video is being
recorded. There is no flash effect on the resultant
video.

2

To pause recording at any time, select

Pause

. The pause

icon

blinks on the display. Video recording

automatically stops if 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 capture key to stop recording.

The video clip is automatically saved to the

Images &

video

folder of

Gallery

. See ‘Gallery’, p. 55.

Video recorder indicators show the following:

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• The phone memory

(

) and memory

card ( ) indicators
(1) show where the
video is saved.

• The current video

length indicator (2)
shows elapsed time
and time remaining.

• The scene indicator

(3) shows the active scene. See ‘Scenes’, p. 45.

• The microphone indicator (4) shows that the

microphone is muted.

• The file format indicator (5) indicates the format of the

video clip according to the selected video quality.

• The video quality indicator (6) shows the selected

video clip quality. See ‘Video settings’, p. 51

Shortcuts are as follows:

• Press the joystick up or down to zoom in or zoom out.

The zoom indicator, which appears on the side pane,
shows the zoom level.

• Press the joystick to enter the

Video setup

settings.

See ‘Setup settings—Adjust colour and lighting’, p. 45.

After a video clip is recorded:
• To immediately play the video clip you just recorded,

select

Options

>

Play

.

• If you do not want to keep the video, select

Options

>

Delete

.

• To return to the viewfinder to record a new video, press

the capture key.

• To send the video

Via multimedia

,

Via e-mail

, or

Via

Bluetooth

, select

Options

>

Send

. For more

information, see ‘Messaging’, p. 63 and ‘Bluetooth
connection’, p. 97. This option is not available during an
active call.

• To send a video clip to the other party during an active

call, select

Options

>

Send to caller

.

• To edit the video, select

Options

>

Edit

. See ‘Edit video

clips’, p. 52.