Device and method for photo and video capture

A method comprising:

• displaying, on a touch screen display of an image capture device, a preview of image signals from an image sensor of the image capture device, the touch screen display comprising a single user input element comprising a touch-sensitive area of the touchscreen display;
• detecting, by the image capture device, a state change of the single user input element from a first state to a second state based on a screen touch on the touch-sensitive area of the touchscreen display during the display of the preview of image signals from the image sensor;
• determining, by the image capture device, a duration of the second state;
• storing, by the image capture device, an image from the image sensor based on the duration of the second state being less than a time interval;
• and
• capturing, by the image capture device, a video recording based on the duration of the second state being greater than the time interval, wherein the video recording is captured until a state change of the single user input element from the second state to the first state is detected.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing therein instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause an image capture device to perform operations comprising:

• displaying, on a touch screen display of the image capture device, a preview of image signals from an image sensor of the image capture device, the touch screen display comprising a single user input element comprising a touch-sensitive area of the touchscreen display;
• detecting a state change of the single user input element from a first state to a second state based on a screen touch on the touch-sensitive area of the touchscreen display during the display of the preview of image signals from the image sensor;
• determining a duration of the second state;
• storing an image from the image sensor based on the duration of the second state being less than a time interval;
• and
• capturing a video recording based on the duration of the second state being greater than the time interval, wherein the video recording is captured until a state change of the single user input element from the second state to the first state is detected.