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For taking a photo you can use camera module. photo can have many parameters :

• use different sizes (640x480 and 160x120 in my case, sometimes 1024x768, 1600x1200 ...)
• available sizes may differ according to appuifw.app.orientation (like on N95)
• use zoom (0 or 1 in my case)
• take photos at 12, 16 or 24-bit color, in RGB or in JPEG ('RGB12', 'RGB16', 'RGB', 'JPEG_Exif')
• using flash ('none', 'auto', 'forced', 'fill_in', 'red_eye_reduce')
• set white-balance and exposure (I use 'auto' for both, but sometimes I may use 'night' exposure)
• returns an image object which can be saved in 'jpg' or 'png' format
  • Caution here: RGB modes return an image, JPEG returns a file that is saved differently

# Fortunately default values can be used
# below code has been copied from camera.py file
# def take_photo(
#  mode='RGB16',
#  size=(640, 480),
#  zoom=0,
#  flash='none',
#  exposure='auto',
#  white_balance='auto'):
 
 
#So the simplest example is
 
import camera
im = camera.take_photo()  # use all default values
im.save(u'C:\\test.jpg')
 
 
# You can see what you can set on your phone
 
from camera import *
print image_modes()
# By default, image_sizes() return image sizes for RGB16 mode. You may specify a mode
print image_sizes()
# JPEG will probably allow higher res, but will return a file content, not an image
print image_sizes('JPEG_Exif')
print max_zoom()
print flash_modes()
print exposure_modes()
print white_balance_modes()