User manual SAMSUNG EK-GN120

[. . . ] EK-GN120 User Manual www. samsung. com About this manual This device provides high quality mobile communication and entertainment using Samsung’s high standards and technological expertise. This user manual is specially designed to detail the device’s functions and features. • lease read this manual before using the device to ensure safe and proper use. P • escriptions are based on the device’s default settings. [. . . ] A • eep: Activate or deactivate beep sounds. B • escription: Display mode descriptions. D • uidelines: Display a guide to help you compose a scene. G • uto screen off: Set the length of time the device waits before turning off the display’s A backlight. • eview: Briefly display photos or videos taken. R • ignature: Use this to add a signature to the image. S You cannot use this feature when the Date/time Imprint setting is activated. • ate/time Imprint: Use this to imprint the time and date on photos. D • ou cannot use this feature when the Signature setting is activated. Y • he time and date cannot be imprinted on raw format files. T • PS tag: Attach GPS information (location and time) and weather information to the file. G Activate this feature when taking photos to create albums in Story Album or use the photo suggestion feature. • o improve GPS signals, avoid shooting in locations where the signal may be T obstructed, such as between buildings or in low-lying areas, or in poor weather conditions. • our location may appear on your photos when you upload them to the Internet. Y To avoid this, deactivate the GPS tag setting. • oice control: Activate or deactivate the voice recognition to take photos or videos. V • ontextual filename: Set the camera to add contextual tags, such as location C information, to filenames. • o use this feature, you must activate the GPS tag setting. T • he contextual information appears in the display language used by the device at T the time the files were created. 98 Camera: Shooting options and settings • F lamp: Use this to activate the AF-assist light in low-light conditions. A • ower-on mode: Select the default camera mode that launches when the device is P turned on. • ial control (P/A/S/M): Set Command dial functions when you first press or rotate it on D the preview screen of expert mode. – – Option 1: Access the mode selection screen by rotating or pressing the Command dial. [. . . ] The depth of field is the focused area around the subject. Therefore, a small DOF signifies that the focused area is narrow and a large DOF means the focused area is wide. 179 Concepts in Photography A photo with a small DOF, which stresses the subject and makes the rest of it blurred, can be obtained by using a telescope lens or selecting a low aperture value. Conversely, a photo with a large DOF which shows all the elements on the photo sharply focused can be achieved by using a wide angle lens or selecting a high aperture value. Small depth of field Large depth of field What controls out-of-focus effects? DOF depends on aperture value The wider the aperture is (namely the lower the aperture value), the lower the DOF becomes. Under the condition where the other values including the shutter speed and ISO sensitivity are equal, a low aperture value leads to a photo with a low DOF. 50 mm F5. 7 50 mm F22 180 Concepts in Photography DOF depends on focal length The longer the focal length is, the lower the DOF gets. [. . . ]