c500 camera zoom

[Guest tjjenkins]

Hi guys, this is my first post. Just wondering if someone could help me please, i've noticed when playing around with the camera on my c500 that theres a zoom option, but i cant select any different options. how do i zoom in! cheers

[Guest bosshogg]

Welcome to the site!

If your photo resolution is set to 640 * 480 (options -> modes) then you can't zoom. If you drop the resolution to 320 * 240 then you can zoom to 2x, if you drop it to 160 * 120 you can zoom to 4x.

Hope that helps...

Edited January 10, 2005 by bosshogg

[Guest squall]

I must admit i didnt know that myself!

thanks

[Guest James]

it weird how it works :D

its not any good to be honest... its pure digital zoom that just cuts the image down to the 'zoom' area. hence why you have to set the res lower to get zoom.

[Guest udayan71]

yeh well. it is a VGA camera. still suberb quality. took photos last night in london - truly spectacular light effects.

[Guest tjjenkins]

cheers guys!

also is there by any chance a light you can plug into the spv c500 to act as a flash or something to light up photos as i find when in doors the photos tend to come out darker! thanks again

[Guest Killian]

I'm a newbie to the whole spv thing but i found that if you change the ambience settings on your phone when you have the camera on then you can get alot better picture under different circumstances. Its best to experiment to find out whats best. The night mode for example, makes the picture brighter, kind of the effect you was after i think.

About the flash..... i have no idea but I haven't seen anything like it at all.

Hope this helps

regards

Killian