Nokia N8

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• Stupid me
• LKp
• 07 Jan 2014

Carol, 07 Jan 2014here you can find some shuts taken with my n8 and only with... moreThose photos are gorgeous!!!! Did you HAVE to tempt me so much??? Now, I am frantic to try out the camera. I think I'll start with the automatic shots first :D. I'll try with the mountains (hills to everybody else)when I go out walking this evening. Yeah! Let me see if I have to sob :-)). Thanks for the pointers. I only just restored my contacts this morning, so I'm really not moving too quickly on this...but at least I met my goal of upgrading before 2014, even though I just barely made it :-))).

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• Carol
• L71
• 07 Jan 2014

Stupid me, 07 Jan 2014Ooh-la-la! Belle is sooo sweeeet! I explored it for a short... morehere you can find some shuts taken with my n8 and only with my n8. There are some macro's to. And some extreme closeups to. take a look if you are interested http://facebook.com/carol.svfptic

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• Carol
• L71
• 07 Jan 2014

Anonymous, 07 Jan 2014Would you believe that some E7 users actually do that (wait... moreActually the E7 does not shut down like this. To force shutdown Nokia e7 and other s^3 like nokia x7, maybe s^4 to, smarts you will need to keep the power button along with the menu button pressed for more then 8 sec. Only, then you will have the forced shutdown. So, we are lucky with the n8, a button less to press:))

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• Carol
• L71
• 07 Jan 2014

RALPH, 07 Jan 2014hi carol do i nedd to have a connection on the internet for that?To set up the account and to download from store, of course. Without internet you cannot access this options.

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• Carol
• L71
• 07 Jan 2014

Stupid me, 07 Jan 2014Ooh-la-la! Belle is sooo sweeeet! I explored it for a short... moreThe vibrator you can deactivate from: settings/profiles/ tap on the profile you are using (you can do this to all profiles) ex:General profile. tap it the tap "personalise", scroll down enter touch screen vibration and turn it off. That is the 3'rd section from bottom.
As for macro shots, that is a bit complicated. First you will need to respect the rule and the limitation of the N8 sensor, that will be 15 cm, anything closer than that will not be clear. So if you want to shout close up shots (macro) you will need to: be at least 15 cm away from the object, to set the condition from auto to macro,(your phone will not shout macro when auto scene is selected). To select more scenes (in this case, macro scene) touch the middle button from the camera UI (default should be an A) there will pop more scenes, you will need to select the flower scene (close-up). Now let's go to very important stuff, and a very important movement is the camera button. For a macro to succeed you will need to use that button. The physical button has 2 levels. The first level you can feel quite easy when pressing and that level is made for focusing (shooting without focusing will give you nothing but blur) So, focusing is very important in every scene, and that is why the physical button is very important to. You cannot do this with the touch button from the screen. So, first level of pressing will focus on the target, the second level of pressing(deeper pressing) will take the shout. Now the last and the very important thing to end up with a great focused photo it is the indicator that tells you if the object is in focus or out of focus. That indicator appears only when pressing the physical button to the firs level. On screen right in the middle will appear some kind of square (more like for corners that could complete a square) if that turns red, the object is out of focus. If that turns green, then there you have the green light to take the shot, so now all you have to to is to press the button deeper (to it's second level) and the shot will be taken. A trick of mine is the zoom. Yeah, in macro shots i use zoom allot. Cause we cannot not get extremely close to the object, we can bring the object extremely close to us by zooming. The n8 does not have 3x lossless zoom for nothing. while in normal shots there will be some quality taken out from the pic, in macro shots that lack of quality is pretty much unseen by the human eye. Of course, it also matters how close you are from the object. Another tip: you cannot shout objects 1 meter apart from your device in close-up scene. So, you will always have to use scenes for pictures to come great, also, you will need to respect the sensor limitations and to always pay attention to the indicator. If something is wrong the indicator will always be red. Another tip: the n8 has a problem focusing in the dark, even though it has the focus assistant (the red led) apparently is not good enough for the camera sensor. More then this info can give you only an professional photographer:)). search the net for more info about how to take good quality pics:).

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• RALPH
• XMm
• 07 Jan 2014

hi carol do i nedd to have a connection on the internet for that?

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• MdN8
• B}Q
• 07 Jan 2014

Anonymous, 07 Jan 2014Would you believe that some E7 users actually do that (wait... moreMe too, 808, E7, C7, C6, 701... When I have some free time. Funny thing is that this method should work even on the 808. I knew about it even before I bought the phone, almost couldn't wait to try it. :-)

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• Carol
• L71
• 07 Jan 2014

RALPH, 07 Jan 2014hi i have my nokia n8 now and when i turn it on some messag... moreThat's for Nokia Store. So when the phone is up you will have everything set when used.

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• RALPH
• XMm
• 07 Jan 2014

hi i have my nokia n8 now and when i turn it on some message appears regarding making account on nokia. what's that for?

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• Anonymous
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• 07 Jan 2014

MdN8, 06 Jan 2014Weird. If holding the power button for 8 seconds doesn't wo... moreWould you believe that some E7 users actually do that (wait for batt empty) when their phone hangs?? Yes, I read some on the E7 section. ehehe

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• Stupid me
• TgY
• 07 Jan 2014

Ooh-la-la! Belle is sooo sweeeet! I explored it for a short while and yes, the UI is better. Only thing is that every time I tap an icon I get a little vibration. I didn't get that with Anna. Maybe there is something that will allow me to disable it. I'll check that some other time. The camera seems the same to me (that was my big fear). I still have to check that by actually taking out a photo. I only focused on my parrots and it looked the same to me. I don't think I'll end up sobbing. Ha!

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• Harish
• XN{
• 06 Jan 2014

Reverend, 06 Jan 2014Hi! My NOKIA N8 decided to hang since early morning today. ... moreTry pressing the power button for about 8-10 seconds...that should make the phone switch off and then turn on the phone again..

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• Qaiser Akram
• KIG
• 06 Jan 2014

dear,
I had Nokia n8. when i put my sim in it camera flash is not working.
and when my mobile n8 battery 25% then also camera flash is not working..
thanks

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• Reverend
• NvR
• 06 Jan 2014

MdN8, 06 Jan 2014Weird. If holding the power button for 8 seconds doesn't wo... moreThanx! I tried force shut for 8 seconds and it worked. Thanx!

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• MdN8
• B}Q
• 06 Jan 2014

Reverend, 06 Jan 2014Hi! My NOKIA N8 decided to hang since early morning today. ... moreWeird. If holding the power button for 8 seconds doesn't work you can only wait until the battery is flat. Never heard of such a case.

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• Reverend
• NvR
• 06 Jan 2014

Hi! My NOKIA N8 decided to hang since early morning today. I have tried to force shut but there is no responce. What do i do since the battery is non removable. Am just a bit worried. Thank you!

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• Reverend
• NvR
• 06 Jan 2014

Hi! My NOKIA N8 decided to hang since early morning today. I have tried to force shut but there is no responce. What do i do since the battery is non removable. Am just a bit worried. Thank you!

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• SAURABH
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• 06 Jan 2014

i have purchased n8 2 months ago. mobiles camera is very good. and handling of phone apps are little bit hard
but phone is still rockking

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• MdN8
• B}Q
• 05 Jan 2014

Reverend, 05 Jan 2014Hi! Am a staunch NOKIA user. Recently i upgraded to N8. The... moreHi,
You have to check for double entries in your phonebook, this happens if you have the same number for 2 or more contacts. The phone doesn't know which name to choose so it just shows the number.

You can't use a Xenon flash as a torch, it is much brighter and faster than LED but needs time to recharge and lasts a millisecond. There are apps to use your display as torch, such as vLight, ScreenLight, BelleTorch, Flash, QTorch etc.

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• Reverend
• N7D
• 05 Jan 2014

Hi! Am a staunch NOKIA user. Recently i upgraded to N8. The only challenge is that some saved contacts are not displayed on text i.e. A text from a saved text just display the phone number without the name. How do i rectify that? Again, how can i use the camera flash as a torch (like i used to do with my E6). Thank you!

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