Telescope has two basic modes:

==Live mode==

This mode allows the user to view the live image stream from the camera. Furthermore following controls and settings can be set in this mode:

* Capture the image
* Change camera settings like Exposure, Brightness, Contrast etc.
* Delay while capturing the image
* Digitally zoom the live image by 1X, 2X, 3X and 4X

==Preview mode==

This mode allows the user to view and modify the images captured. Following actions are possible:

* Previewing the images captured within this instance of the journal entry.
* Change the image title
* Save the image as a journal entry
* Delete the image (does not affect any journal entry that may have been created related to the image)

==Switching between modes==

There is a button which allows the user to switch between the two modes.

==Notes==

* Images stored to the journal are also assigned the 'XoScope' tag. This can be useful when searching through the journal.

==Known Issues==

* On an XO laptop, zoom level '3' in the Live Mode seems to be messed up.

==Development==

* Telescope has been developed by Emmanuel Di Folco (Concept), and Anish Mangal (Design and Development).

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Developer Comments

This activity should work well on xo laptops, but hasn't been tested extensively on non-xo platforms.

* Additional experimental 'Camera Gain' control mode. This adds the functionality of controlling the camera gain, with the option of switching automatic gain on/off.

Note: Generally speaking, more gain=more noise, so if you have to choose between a higher gain and higher exposure for similar looking images, go for higher exposure.

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