No mobile phone is complete without a camera with which to take pictures and videos. The Motorola V3i’s 1.23-megapixel camera allows you to easily and quickly take snaps and store them on either the phone itself or its memory card.

To turn on the camera, either press the Camera button (A small silver button halfway up the left-hand side of the screen), or press Menu (The [–] button), then Multimedia (Figure 1) and then Camera (Figure 2).

Setting up the picture camera

When the camera viewfinder is active, you are ready to take a picture. But before this, spend a few seconds to use the navigation buttons to quickly adjust the picture and make sure it’s the best possible quality:

• By pressing UP and Down on the navigation buttons you can choose Zoom (Figure 3), Lighting Conditions (Figure 4), Exposure (Figure 5) and Style (Figure 6).
• On each of these options, by pressing Left and Right you can then change the Zoom (x1-x8), Lighting (e.g. automatic, sunny, indoor, night), Exposure (-2 to 2), and Style (e.g. colour, black&white, negative or colour-tinted).

You can also press Menu (The [–] button) to open the Pictures Menu (Figure 7), which takes you to the following options:

• Go To Pictures – This lets you see stored pictures. By pressing Menu (The [–] button) you can choose from various options including Delete, Rename or Move a picture.
• Go To Video Mode – Switch to the video camera.
• Switch Storage Device – Choose where to store pictures, either on your phone and your memory card. N.B. high-resolution pictures (1.2-megapixel) can only be stored on the memory card.
• Auto-Timed Capture – Set a timer for the camera to take a photo after pressing Capture (Either five or 10 seconds).
• Pictures Setup – Choose the resolution of your pictures - from Thumbnail (120x160) to High (1.2-megapixel) - by highlighting Resolution and pressing Change. You can also change the Shutter Tone to either none or one of five options.
• View Free Space – How much memory remains for storing pictures.

Taking a picture

When the camera is turned on, the screen acts as a viewfinder letting you see what it’s pointing at. To take a picture:

• Point the camera lens at your subject.
• Press Capture or press the central navigation button to take a photo.
• You can either press Discard (Figure 8) to delete the picture, or Send the photo via MMS.
• Press Menu (Figure 9) (The [–] button) to access storage options: Store Only, Apply As Wallpaper, Apply As Screen Saver, Apply As Phonebook Entry or Print and Store (Figure 10).