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3-084-891- 11 (1) Digital Sti ll Camera Operating Inst ructions Before oper ating the u nit, pl ease read this manual thor oughly, and retain it for fut ure ref erence. Owner’s Record The mode l and ser ial numb ers ar e located on the bot tom. Record th e ser ial nu mber in th e spa ce p rov ided b elo w.
2 T o prevent fire or shock hazard, do not e xpose the un it to rain or moisture. If you have any questions about this product, you ma y call : Sony Cus tomer Informat ion Services Cent er 1-800-222-SONY (7669) The number below is for the FCC related matt ers on ly .
3 CA UTION TO P REVENT ELECTRIC S HOCK, MA TCH WIDE BLADE OF PLUG T O WIDE SLO T , FULL Y I NSER T . A moulded plug comply ing with BS 1363 is fitted to this equipment f or your sa fety and con venience.
4 Before u sing your came ra Tria l re co rdin g Before you rec ord one-time events, you may want to make a trial recor ding to make sure that the camera is working correctly .
5 Clean the flash surface before use The heat of f lash emission may caus e dirt on the flash surface to become discolored or to stick to the flash su rface, resulting in ins ufficient light emission. Do not get the camera wet When taking pict ures outdoors in the rain or under simil ar condit ions, be careful no t to get the camera wet.
6 Table of co ntents Before using you r camera ....... ........... ....... 4 How to hold the ca mera ....... ........... ...... .... 5 Identifyin g the parts .... ......... ........... ...... .... 8 Preparing batteries ............ ........... .......
7 Troubleshoo ting ..... ...... ......... ........... ...... . 6 7 Warnings and messag es ........ ........... ...... . 7 4 Self-dia g nosis displa y — If a co de st artin g with an alphabe t letter appears ........... ......... 7 6 Menu items......
8 Ide ntify ing the pa rts See the pages in pare ntheses for de tails of operation. 1 2 3 48 6 5 7 Atta ching the neck stra p POWER bu tton POWER lamp Attach ing the lens c ap Opening t he lens c ap A.
9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 8 0 qa A Cont rol bu ttons Menu on: v / V (15) Menu off: /SCENE ( 24, 28) B MENU b utton (15) C (Flash charge) lamp (orange) (24) D LCD screen E USB jac k (57) F (USB) jack co ver G .
10 Preparin g batteries Acceptable batteries – HR11/45: HR03 (size AAA) Nickel- Metal Hydr ide batt eries (2) NH-AAA-DA (2) (supplied) NH-AAA-2DA twin-pack (not su pplied) – R03 (size AA A) alkali.
11 Getting star ted Charging time This repre sents the ti me r equire d to charge fully depl eted N ickel -Metal Hydri de batteries using t he suppli ed battery cha rger in an envi ronme nt where the amb ient temperatu re is 25°C (77°F). • It takes about six hours to completely char ge the batteries.
12 Inserti ng the batte ries , Op en the batt ery/“Me mory Stick Du o” co ver. Hold the camer a with the batt ery/“Memory Stick Duo” co ver up, then slide the cover in the di rect ion of the arrow 1 while pressing OPEN. The ba ttery/“M emory St ick Duo” cover o pens in the direct ion of the arrow 2 .
13 Getting star ted Battery remaining indicator (When using Nickel-Metal Hydride batteries) As the ba ttery power decrea ses with use , the battery re maining in dicator disp lays the amoun t of power rem aining using t he following sym bols.
14 Shoo ting movies 3) 3) Shooting contin uously at 160×112 image size • The remaining indicator will decrease under the following conditions: – The surrounding temperature is low – The flash i.
15 Getting star ted Auto pow er-off fun ction If you do not op erat e the c ame ra for abo ut three mi nutes, the ca mera turns off aut oma tica lly to prev ent wear ing d own th e batterie s. However, the auto p ower-off function will not ope rate when the camer a is connected to a compu ter wit h the USB cable.
16 , Sel ect the desir ed date disp lay format with the c ontrol butto ns v / V , then pres s EXEC. Select from [Y /M/D] (ye ar/month/ day), [M/D/Y ] (month/ day/yea r) or [D/M/Y ] (day /mo nth/ ye ar). The n DA TE& TIM E SET scr een appears on the LCD screen .
17 Shooti ng still images Inserting and removing a “Me mory Stick Duo” , O pen the batter y/“Me mory Stic k Duo” cov er. Hold the cam era with th e batter y/“Memor y Stick Duo ” cover up, then sl ide the cove r in the di rect ion o f the arro w 1 wh ile pre ssing OPEN .
18 Setti ng the stil l image si ze , Set the mode switch to , and turn on the pow er, th en press MENU. The menu app ears on the LCD sc reen. , Select [ ] with the control but ton v , then press EX EC. Select [SIZE·BURST] with the control bu ttons v / V , th en press EXE C.
19 Shooti ng still images Image size You ca n choose the image size (number of pixels ) accor ding to the k ind of ima ges you want to sho ot. The larg er you m ake the image s ize , the b etter you r imag e, but also the larger the amount of data neede d to preserve your imag e.
20 Basic still image shootin g — Using auto adjustment mode , Set the mode switch to , and turn on the pow er. The name of t he folder whe r e the image will be reco rded appe ars on t he LCD screen for approxima tely five sec onds. • [FOCUS] is set to [A UTO] at the factory .
21 Shooti ng still images , Pre ss the sh utter butto n fully down . A beep sound s. When “RE CORD ING” disap pears f rom th e LCD sc reen, r ecor ding is complete. The image will b e recorded in the “Memor y Stick Duo, ” and you can shoot th e next image.
22 LCD screen display during shooting You can use [DISPLAY ] under [] wi th MENU and the control buttons v / V to t urn the display on and off. This is use ful when recordi ng under co nditions whe re it is diff icult t o check the image on th e LCD screen.
23 Shooti ng still images , Select [ON] with the control butt on v , then press EXEC. When yo u press MENU, the men u disa ppear s and th e ( self-t imer) in dica tor appear s on the LCD sc reen. , Center the subjec t in the LCD screen and press th e shutter button fully down.
24 Selecting a flash mode , Set the mode switch to , and press t he control but ton v () repeat edly t o se lect a flash mode. Each time you press v ( ), th e indicator changes as follows. No indic ator (Au to): Based on the lighting cond itions, t he cam era wi ll de cide if th ere is e nough light, and will use the flash a ccordi ngly.
25 Shooti ng still images Crea ting or selecti ng a folder Your camer a can create multip le fo lders in a “Memo ry S tick D uo.” A lso , you can select the f older used to store im ages. When n ot cre ating a ne w folder, “101MS DCF” fol der is se lected as the reco rdin g folder .
26 , Select [OK] with the control but ton v , then pres s EXEC. A new folder is created wi th a number one high er t han th e la rges t numb er i n the “Memo ry Stick Duo,” and the folder becom es the reco rding folde r. When you pre ss MENU, the m enu disappe ars and t he creat ed folder is disp layed.
27 Shooti ng still images , Select the desired folder wit h the c ontrol bu ttons v / V , the n press EX EC. • Y ou cannot select the “100MSDCF” folder as a recording folder . • The image is stored in the newly selected folder . Y ou cannot move recorded images to a different folder with this camera.
28 Shooti ng accordin g to scene condit ions — Scene Se lection When sh ooting po rtraits , lan dsca pes, twilight scenes, twilight portra its, or moving s ubjects , use th e modes b elow to improv e the qu ality of yo ur image s. Soft snap mode This mode lets you shoot sk in colors in brighte r and war mer tones for mo re beautifu l pictur es.
29 Shooti ng still images Vivid nature mode This m ode enh ances blues an d gree ns such as the sky , ocean and mount ains, lettin g you shoot n atural l andscapes with v ivid, stri king colors . • The focus setting changes to [ ]. • The flash cannot be used in this mode.
30 Setti ng the dist ance to the s ubjec t — Focus preset When shoo ting an image usi ng a previousl y set distance to the subject, or whe n shooting a subject th rough a net or window gl ass, it is di fficult t o achi eve a pro p er f ocus using the aut o focus fu ncti on.
31 Shooti ng still images , Select the de sired f ocus setting with the contr ol buttons v / V , then press EXEC . You ca n select from the follo wing dista nce sett ing s: AUTO (No in dicato r), 0.2 m, 0 .5 m, 1.0 m, an d (in fin ity ) When yo u press MENU, the men u disappea rs and the indica tor is displaye d on the LCD screen.
32 , Select [ BURST] or [ BURST] with the control but tons v / V , the n press EXEC. The ima ge size us ed for burs t shooting is set. Press MENU so that the menu dis a ppears from t he LCD scre en. • For details on the image size, see page 19. , Pres s the shutter button half way do wn, the n hold the shutter button f ully down.
33 Shooti ng still images Adj usting color tones — White Balan ce Wh en the wh ite ba lanc e is set to Auto , th e white ba lance func tion wor ks autom atica lly, and th e overall color bala nce is adjus ted acco rding to the shooti ng conditions.
34 , Select the desired mode wit h the c ontrol bu ttons v / V , the n press EXE C. When you pre ss MENU, the m enu disappe ars and t he select ed mode i s disp layed on t he L CD scr een.
35 Enjo ying s till images Viewing still images on the LCD screen You c an view i mages shot with your camera almost immediately on the LCD scre en. You can select the fol lowing two metho ds for view ing ima ges. Single (single-imag e) screen You can view o n e imag e at a time, displaye d over the entir e screen.
36 Viewing an index screen (four-image) , Set the mode switch to , and press M ENU . The menu app ears on the LCD screen . , Select [ ] with the con trol but ton v , then press EX EC. Select [IND EX] with th e control but tons v / V , then press EXEC.
37 Enjo ying s till images Select ing the folder an d playing back imag es — Folder , Set the mod e switch to , and turn on the po wer, then press MENU. The men u appe ars on t he LCD s creen . , Sel ect [ ] with th e control but ton V , then press EXEC.
38 , Sel ect [OK ] with the control but ton v , then pres s EXEC. When you pre ss MENU, the m enu disa ppear s and th e sele cted fold er is disp layed.
39 Enjo ying s till images Enla rging an i mage — Enlarg ed playback You ca n zoom in on an image shot with your came ra to enla rge it to 2.5 or 5 tim es the orig in al s ize . , Set the mode switch to , and turn on the pow er. Select the image yo u want to enlarge with the control but tons v / V .
40 Choosing image s to print — Print (DPO F) mark You can m ark still images sh ot wi th your camera that you want to have pri nted. Th is functi on is conven ient wh en you have images pri nted at a shop or usi ng a printe r tha t con form s w ith the D POF (D igit al Pr int Order Fo rmat) standard.
41 Enjo ying s till images , Select [DPOF] with the control butt on V , then press EXEC. , Select [ON] with the control but ton v , th en pres s EXEC. When you pre ss MENU, the m enu disappea r s and the mark is ma rked on the display ed image. To unmark th e print (DPOF) m ark Select [OFF] in step 4 .
42 Connecti ng your camera to a Pic t Bridge complian t printer If you us e a Pict Bridge compli ant printer , you ca n e asily prin t ima ges s ho t with this camera even if you do no t have a co mput er.
43 Enjo ying s till images , Select [PRINT] with the control butt ons v / V , then pres s EXEC. The message “CONNECT A PRINTER” ap pears. T o cancel preparations to make the connection Select [ CANCEL] in step 3 . , Connect t he came ra to the pri nte r.
44 Print ing images , Com plete the procedur es in step s 1 to 4 on page s 42 and 43, then connect the ca mera t o the printer. When the co nnection is co mplete d , the (PictBrid ge) m ark ap pears on t he scre en. • If a warning message appears on the screen, check the meaning of the m essage on page 75, then select [EXIT] with EXEC.
45 Enjo ying s till images , Select [OK] with the control butt on v , then press EXEC. When th e message “ PRINTING” disa ppe ars , pri ntin g is co mp lete d.
46 Sho oting m ovies , Set the mode switch to , and turn on the pow er, th en press MENU. The menu app ears. • Sound cannot be recorded in movies. • When shooti ng a movie, the im age may look like a si ngle-frame adv ance. Ho wever , the recorded movie will be normal.
47 Enjoyin g movies , Pre ss the sh utter butto n fully down . “REC ” appe ars on the LCD screen a nd the camera starts re cording the image. • Recording stops when the “Memory Stick Duo” is full. • The auto focus function can set the focus at any distance from approximately 1.
48 Shoo ting time The shootin g time is diffe rent, depen ding on the ca pacit y of the “ Memo ry Stick Duo” and the image size. R efer to the f ollowi ng chart wh en you ch oose a “Memory Stick Duo.” • The shooting time ma y vary , dependin g on the shooting conditions .
49 Enjoyin g movies Viewin g movies on the LC D screen , Set the mod e switch to , and turn on the po wer. The las t imag e in the se lected reco rdin g fold er (p age 26) a ppea rs o n th e LCD screen. , Sel ect the des ired mo vie with the c ontrol bu ttons v / V .
50 Deleting i mages , Set the mode switch to , and turn on the pow er. Press t he control but tons v / V to se lect the imag e you w ant to dele te. , Pres s MENU an d select [ ] with the contro l button v , then press EXE C. To delete an imag e in index-image screen Perform step 2 on page 36 and swi tch to index scr een.
51 Delet ing images , Select [OK] with the control butt on v , then press EXEC. When th e message “ MEMORY STICK ACCESS” disappears, the imag e has b een delete d .
52 , Select [ ] wi th the control but ton V , then press EXEC. Select [FORMAT] with t he control bu ttons v / V , t hen press EXE C. , Select [OK] with the control but ton v , then press EX EC. When t he mes sage “F ORMATTIN G” disappea rs, the format is complete .
53 Enjoying images on your comp uter Copying ima ges to your comp uter — For Wi ndows users Recommended compu ter environment OS: M icrosoft Win dows 98, Windows 98SE, Window s 2000 Pro fessional, Windo ws M illennium Ed ition, Windo ws XP Ho me Edit io n, o r W indo ws X P Professional The above OS must be inst alled at the facto ry.
54 Installing the USB driver When using W indow s XP, you need not inst all th e USB d rive r. Once the USB d river is i nstalled, you need not inst all the USB dr iver again. a S tart up your computer , and inse rt the sup plied CD -RO M into the CD-R OM drive .
55 Enjoying images on your comp uter Installing “Image Transfer” You c an use the “Ima ge T ransf er” so ftwa re to copy i mages to your co mputer autom atica lly whe n you conn ect th e came ra to your c o mputer wit h the supplied USB cable.
56 g C lick [F in is h] . The “In sta llShi eld Wizard” screen close s. If you wish to c ontinue wi th the instal lation of “Im ageM ixer, ” click [ImageMi xer] on the installi ng menu screen and th en fo llow the instr uctions that appear on t he screen .
57 Enjoying images on your comp uter Connecting the camera t o your computer a Insert the “Memory Sti ck Du o” with th e images you want to copy into the camera.
58 P Disconnecting the USB cable from your computer or removing the “Memory Stick Duo” from your camera durin g a USB connection For Windows 2000, Me, or X P users 1 Double-cl ick on the tasktr ay. 2 Click (Sony D SC), then click [Stop]. 3 Confirm th e device on the confi rmatio n scre en, th en click [O K].
59 Enjoying images on your comp uter Changing “Image Transfer” settings Y ou c an ch ange “Ima ge Tr ansfer” s ett ings. Rig ht-cl ick th e “Image Tran sfer ” icon on the task tray , and se lect [Ope n Set tings]. Th e sett ings you can set are as follows: [Basic] , [Copy], a nd [ Delet e] .
60 When th e rem ovable di sk icon is not shown 1 Righ t-click [ My Comp uter], th en click [Properties]. The “S ystem Pro perti es” s creen appear s. • When using Windo ws 2000, click [Hardware] after the “System Properties” screen appears.
61 Enjoying images on your comp uter Viewing images on your computer — Wind ows 98/9 8SE/2000 /Me/XP a C lick [S tar t] t [My Docu ments] . The “M y Do cum ents” folder c onten ts are dis playe d. • This section describes the procedure for viewing images copied i n the “My Document s” folder .
62 Image file storage destinations and file names Image files rec orded w ith y our camera are group ed as folder s in the “Mem ory St ick Duo.” Exampl e: For Windo ws XP us ers Folde r conta inin.
63 Enjoying images on your comp uter Viewing ima ges from your computer with this camera When you w ant to view an im age fi le u sing this camer a that has been copie d to your compu ter an d has been del eted from the “Memory Stick Duo, ” copy the i mage file back to the “Memo ry St ick Du o” fro m your comput er first.
64 Copying ima ges to your computer — For Ma cintosh users Recomme nded co mputer environm ent OS: Mac OS 8 .5.1, 8. 6, 9.0 , 9.1, 9.2, o r Mac OS X (v10.0/ v10.1/v1 0.2) The abov e OS must be ins talle d at the factory. For the follow ing mod els, up date your OS to Mac OS 9.
65 Enjoying images on your comp uter a Installing the USB driver 1 T urn on your c ompu ter, and set th e sup plie d CD-R OM in to t he CD -ROM drive. The mo del sele ction scre en appea r s. 2 Cl ick [C ybe r-s hot] on the mo del sele ctio n sc reen .
66 Creating a Vi deo CD using “ImageMixer” You ca n crea te a V ideo CD usin g “ImageM ixer Ve r.1.5 for Sony.” Y ou can play ba ck creat ed Video CDs on a Video CD-compatible DVD player, or on a compu ter using Video C D application software.
67 Trouble shooting Troubl eshooting If yo u exp erience trou ble with your camera , try the following soluti ons. 1 First chec k the items o n the table s below. If code “C : ss : ss ” is displayed on the LCD screen, the self- diag nosis di splay fun ction is working (page 76).
68 Shooting still images/movies Y ou canno t turn on th e camera. • The batt eries are not in stal led corr ectly. • The batteries are discharge d. • The batteri es are d ead (pag e 83). p Instal l the batteries co rrectly (page 12). p Replace them with ch arged batt eries (page 10 ).
69 Trouble shooting Viewing images Y o ur camer a cannot re cord ima ges. • No “Memory Stic k Duo” is inserted . • The capacity of the “M emory Stick Duo” is insu fficie nt. • You are using a “Me mory Stick Duo” wit h a write -prote ct swit ch, an d the sw itch is set to LOC K.
70 Deleting images Computers Y our camera cannot perf orm enlarge d playba ck. • Enlarged pla yback is not ava ilable for files created or proc essed using o ther dev ices. — Y ou canno t displa y a print (DPOF ) mark. • You cannot disp lay p rint (DPO F) mar ks on movies.
71 Trouble shooting Y our compu ter does not recogniz e you r camera . • You are not using the supplied US B cable. • The USB cable is not connected firml y.
72 “Memory Stick Duo” The im age is d isplayed upside down. • The image rec o rded in mirror mode may be display ed invert ed by 180 degrees , dependi ng on the software you us e. p To mod ify t he i nverte d ima ge, u se th e ro tate tool o f th e soft ware you use.
73 Trouble shooting PictBridge complian t printer Others Symptom Cause Solutio n Y o u ca nnot connec t your camera to t he printe r . • The prin ter is not P ictBri dge compl iant. • The printer is not ready to be connected. • Yo ur camera is not conn ected to the printer correctly .
74 Warnings and messag es The followi ng message s appear on t he LCD scree n. Message Meaning/Corre c tive Action NO MEM OR Y STICK • Insert a “Memory Stic k Duo” (page 17).
75 Trouble shooting ENLARGED PLA YBA CK ERROR • You are attempting to perform enla rged playba ck for a file created using ot her devices. • Enlarged playbac k is not availab le for images proc essed usi ng a computer. • An error occur red while your camera was perf orming e nlarged p layback.
76 Self-diagnosis display — If a code start i ng wit h an alphab et letter appe ars Your cam era has a self-di agnosis displa y. This func tion disp lays the camera c onditio n on the LCD screen wi th a co mbina tion of a letter and four nume rical digits.
77 Addition al informa tion Menu ite ms Menu it ems that can be modifi ed differ depend ing on the po sition of the mo de switch. The LC D screen shows only th e items yo u can ope rate at th e mome nt.
78 When the mo de switch is set to or (when [ ] is selected in th e menu sett ings) When the mo de switch is set to (when [ ] is selected in the menu settings) When the mo de switch is set to (when [ ] is selected in th e menu setti ngs) * Y ou can also select this item when t he camer a is connected to a PictBridge com pliant printer .
79 Addition al informa tion When [ ] is selected in the menu setti ngs during a c onnection with a Pict B ridge comp liant printer The followin g menus are availab le no matter w hat position the mode switch is in.
80 Precaut ions Do not leave the camera in the following p laces • I n extremely hot pl ace, such as in a car parke d in the su n. The camera bod y may become def o rmed or this may cause a malfunct ion. • U nder direct sunli g ht or ne ar a heater.
81 Addition al informa tion How to prevent moisture condensation When br ing ing the ca mera from a col d place t o a warm pla ce, seal t h e camer a in a plas tic ba g and al low it to adapt to condit ions at the new loca tion ove r a p eriod of time (ab out an ho ur).
82 On “Mem ory Stick” “Memor y Stic k” is a new compact , portable IC record ing me dium w ith a data ca paci ty that exc eeds the capacit y of a flopp y disk. The typ es of “Memory Stick ” that ca n be use d wi th this cam era ar e li sted in the ta bl e below .
83 Addition al informa tion Notes on using a Memory Stick Duo adaptor (su pplied) • When using a “M emory Stick Duo” with a “Memo ry Stick” complian t device, be sure to insert the “M emory S tick Duo” in to a M emory Stick Duo adaptor .
84 On the battery ch arger • D o not charge an y othe r batte ries exce pt Sony Nic kel-Metal Hydri de batte ries in the battery c harger suppl ied with your camera .
85 Addition al informa tion Specifi cation s x Camera [System] Image device 6.72 mm ( 1/2.7 typ e) color C CD Primary color filter T otal pixels n umber of camera Approx. 2 112 000 pixels Effect ive pi xels num ber of ca mera Approx. 2 020 000 pixels Lens Single fo cal lens f = 5.
86 LCD screen displays When shooting st ill images A Image siz e indicator ( 18, 31) B Battery remai ning indicator (13 ) C Flash mode indicator (24) / Red-e ye reductio n indicat or (24) D Focus p re.
87 Addition al informa tion When playing back still im ages A Image size indicator (18, 31) B Print ( DPOF) mark indi cator (40) C PictBridge connectin g indicator (43) D Enlar ged pla yback/e nlar ge.
88 Index A Access lam p ........ ....... ......... ....... ......... ...... ....... 17 AE/AF l ock indicat or ......... ....... ......... .... ....... .. 20 Auto Fo cus ... ..... ...... ......... ....... ......... ....... ......... 20 Auto po wer-off functio n .
89 Inde x R Red-eye r eduction ...... ........... .......... ...... ......24, 28 RESET b utton . ....... ......... .... ....... ......... ....... . 67, 76 S SCENE ...... ......... ..... ....... ......... .... ....... ......... .....29 Scene S election (SCEN E) .
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