Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product DSC-P1 Sony
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3-064-296- 11 (1) Digital Still Camera Oper ating Instructions Bef or e op erating t h e unit, ple as e re ad this ma nual thor oughly , and retai n it fo r futur e refe re nce. Owner’ s Record The model and se rial numbe rs are lo cated on t he bottom.
2 T o prev e nt fi r e o r sh oc k ha z ar d, do not e xpose t he unit to ra in or moi st ure. Never e xpose the ba tte r y pa ck to temperatu re abo ve 140° F (60°C) , such as in a car parked in the sun or unde r direct sunlight .
3 The sup plied in te r face cable mu st be use d with the eq uipment in order to co mpl y with the limi ts for a digita l device pur su ant to Subpart B of Part 15 of FCC Rul es . DISPOSAL OF LITHIUM IO N BA T T ERY . LITHIUM ION B A TTER Y . DISPOSE OF PR OPERL Y .
4 For the Custo mers in the U .S.A. and Canada T rial recor ding Befor e you record one -time events, you m ay want to make a tria l rec ording to ma ke sur e that th e camera is w orking corr ectly .
5 T able of cont ents Identifyin g the parts ......... ........... .......... 6 Preparing the power supply ........ .......... 8 Setting t h e date and time ........... .......... 12 Inserting t h e “Memory Stick” ........ ..... 14 B Recording Recording sti ll images .
6 Gett ing st arted Identifying the par ts See th e pa ges in par en theses fo r detai ls of op e ration. A PO WER switch/lamp B Shutter button (15) ( 21) C MODE selector (32) D Built-i n micro phone Do not tou ch w h ile recor di ng . E Flash (20) F Photoc e ll wi ndow for fl a s h Do not blo ck w h ile recor di ng .
Getting started 7 A Finder Self-timer/recording lamp (red) AE loc k lamp (green ) Str obe char g e lamp ( or a nge ) B (flash) button C (MACR O) button (43) D PROGRAM AE button (43) E V OLUM E +/– button F LCD ON/OFF b utton Set to O FF t o save the b a tte ry when u sin g the finder .
8 Pr eparing the power supply Installing the batter y pack Y our camera op erates o nly with the “Inf oLITHIUM” NP-FS11 ba ttery p ack* ( S seri es ). Y o u ca nnot use any oth er batter y pa ck. T o remove the battery pac k Open the battery/ “Memory Stick” cover .
Getting started 9 Char ging the batt er y pack Y ou cann ot ch arge the batte ry pack whi l e yo ur came r a is tu rn ed on. Be s ure to turn of f your ca mera befo re char ging.
10 NP-FS11 bat tery pack When you record images in an e xtremely c old location or u sing the LCD screen, t h e operating time be comes sh or t. When us in g the ca mera in an e x tr emely cold locati.
Getting started 11 Notes • The battery li fe and number of images will be dec reas ed if y ou use you r cam era at low temper at u r es , use th e flash , rep eatedly turn the po wer on/of f or use th e zo o m. • The capacity of the “M em or y S tic k” is li mited.
12 Setting the date and time When you f irst use your camera, se t the dat e and time. If t h ese are not se t, the CLO CK S ET sc reen appea rs w henever you turn on your c amera for record ing. 1 Slide the PO W ER switch to turn on the power . The PO WE R lamp lights up.
Getting started 13 T o c ancel the da te and t ime setting Select [CANCEL] with v / V / b / B on the con tr ol butto n, th en press the ce nter z . Auto power-off function If you do no t operate th e camera fo r about thre e minutes d uring recor ding, the camera turns of f automaticall y to pre v ent wea ring do wn the battery .
14 Inser ting the “Memory Stick” Open the battery/“ Memo ry Stick” co ver , then press the “Memory Stick” onc e light ly . Not es • If yo u do n ot insert the “Memor y Stick” firmly u ntil it clicks , a m essage s uch a s “MEM OR Y STICK ERROR” will be displayed.
B B B B Recor ding 15 Basi c oper ations B Recording Recor ding still images Still ima ges are rec o rded in JPEG format. T o record still images, slide t h e POWER s witch to tu rn on the powe r and insert a “Memor y Stick.” ∗ Exposu re and fo cus are auto matical ly adjusted.
16 The number of images you can record on a “Memory Stick” See page s 39 to 42. Not es • Do not touch the lens por ti on while it is operating. • While t h e image is being record ed on t he “Memor y Stick,” do not s hake or stri ke the cam era.
B B B B Recor ding 17 Press LCD ON/OFF to turn o ff the LCD screen. Indicators on the finder Notes • When reco rding a subje ct close r than 3 1/4 feet (1 m), record u sing th e LCD screen. Whe n record ing im ages wit h the f i nder , the posi tion s of the f i nder an d the len s dif fer , so the rec ordin g range may be sli ghtl y offset.
18 The le ns port ion mov es durin g zoom operat ion. Be ca r eful not t o to uc h the lens portion while it is o perating. Minim um focal distance to the subject W sid e: About 19 3/4 inches (5 0 cm) or more T side : Ab out 19 3 /4 inches ( 50 cm) or mor e T o record even clos er subje ct s, se e page 4 3.
B B B B Recor ding 19 Press DISPLA Y t o tu rn on/off the in di ca tors on the LCD sc reen. See page 67 for a det a iled descr i pt i on of the indic at ed items. Notes • Y ou cannot tur n off the self-ti me r indic a tors and some of the indic at or s use d in a dvanced operations.
20 The initial se tting is auto (no indica to r) . In thi s mod e, the fla sh au to mat ica ll y strobes when the su rrounding s bec ome dark . When you chan ge the f lash mod e, pres s the (flash) re peatedly so that the flash mode indi c ator appears o n the LCD s creen.
B B B B Recor ding 21 Recor ding moving images Movi ng im ages w ith aud io ar e reco rded in MPE G format. T o record moving image s, sl ide the POWER switc h to turn on the po wer and insert a “Memor y Stick.” See page s 18 and 19 . Press DISPLA Y t o tu rn on/off the in di ca tors on the LCD sc reen.
22 Playing back still images When the menu bar is no t displayed Y ou can d i re ctly se le ct and play back the imag e with b / B on the co ntrol button . Not es • Y ou mig ht not b e able t o cor rect ly play b a ck im ag e s reco rded w ith thi s cam er a on othe r equipmen t.
B B B B Pl ayb ack 23 Playing back movin g images T o p ause playb ack Sele ct X (pause) on the LCD scr een wit h v / V / b / B on the c ontrol button , then pr ess the ce nt er z . 1 Set the MODE selector to PLA Y . The last r e corded image (sti ll or mo ving) appears on th e LCD screen.
24 When the menu bar is no t displayed Y ou c an dire ctly sele c t the im age w ith b / B on th e co ntrol button, a nd play ba ck the ima ge and sound by pressi ng the center z . Whe n you pr ess the c enter z during playb ack, play back is paus ed.
B B B B Pl ayb ack 25 V iewing images using a personal computer Y ou ca n view data re cord ed with yo ur cam era on a pers onal com puter an d atta ch it to e-mail. This section describes the method for i nstalling th e USB dri ver an d vie wing imag es on a perso na l compu te r .
26 Before connec ting your camera to y o ur personal compute r, in stall the USB dri ver to the computer . The USB dri ver is cont ained toge ther with a pplication software for vie win g images on a CD-R OM which is supplied with your camera.
B B B B Pl ayb ack 27 For Macinto sh users For W indows 98, W indows 98SE a nd Window s 2000 us ers 1 T urn on your per s onal computer and allow the Mac OS to load. 2 Insert the supplied CD-R O M in the CD-ROM drive of y our personal compute r . 3 Double-cli ck the CD-ROM drive icon to open the window .
28 When using Windows 2000, th e fo llowing proced ures ar e re comm en ded whe n disco nnecting the US B cable f rom your pers onal com puter or ejecti ng the “Me mory Stick” fr o m the camera while it is co nnected to your pers o nal computer . 4 T urn on the po wer of your c amera.
B B B B Pl ayb ack 29 “Memor y Stick” • “Memory Stick” opera tions on your camera c annot be ass ured if the “Memory Sti ck” has b een formatted on yo ur personal comput er . • Do not optimiz e th e “Me m or y Sti c k” on a Windo ws machin e.
30 Image file storage destinations and image files Image fi les reco rded wi th your camera are grou ped in fo lders b y rec ording mo de. The meanings of the file names are a s follows. ssss stan ds for any num ber within the r ange fr om 0001 to 99 99.
B B B B Pl ayb ack 31 The numer ical portio ns of the follo wing f iles are the sa me. — A sma ll-size ima ge file recorded in E-M AIL mode a nd its c orresponding image file — An uncom pres se d .
32 Advanc ed operatio ns Befor e per for ming advanced operations This section describe s the bas ic co ntro l methods that ar e fre q uently used for “Advance d op erations ”. How to use the MODE selector The MO D E sele ct or selects w h ether yo u can use yo ur cam er a to record o r to play back an d edit im age s.
Bef ore perf orming adv anced operatio ns 33 Note Y ou cannot cl e ar the menu ba r duri ng INDEX sc ree n dis play (page 47). The “Advan ced operations” section of t his manual refers to selecting and entering items by the ab o ve pr o cedure as “Select [(item n ame)].
34 How to change the menu settings Some of th e adv anced o peration s for your cam era are ex ecuted b y select ing menu items displ a yed on the LCD screen wi th the control b utton. Pres s V on the c ontro l butto n until the LCD screen re tu rns to the menu b ar d isp la y in step 1 .
Bef ore perf orming adv anced operatio ns 35 Menu settings Menu i t em s tha t can be modi fied differ depe nding on the setting of th e M O D E selec tor . The LC D scree n shows on ly the items you can operate at the mome nt. Initia l set tin gs are in dica ted w ith x .
36 IMA GE SIZ E x 2048×1 536 2048 (3: 2) 1600×1 200 1280×9 60 640×48 0 Selects the ima g e size when recordi ng still images. STILL 320 (HQ ) 320×24 0 x 160×11 2 Sele cts the MP EG image size whe n recor di ng moving ima ge s. MO VIE REC MODE TIFF Record s a TIFF (unco mpresse d) f ile i n addition to the JPEG fi le .
Bef ore perf orming adv anced operatio ns 37 CAMERA TOOL SETUP Item Setting Description MODE select or DIGIT AL ZOOM x ON Uses digital z oom. STILL OFF Does not us e digital zo om. SHAR PNESS +2 to –2 Adj us ts the shar pness of the image . appea rs on t he LC D scre en except when set to 0 .
38 INDEX* Displays si x images at a ti me (PLA Y (INDEX) mode) (page 47). DELETE 3 (RETURN)** Returns t o PLA Y (single) mode. ∗ Displ ay ed only in P LA Y (single ) mod e. ∗∗ Di splayed only in PLA Y (INDEX) mode. VIDEO OUT NTSC Sets the video output s ignal t o NTSC mode ( North Ame rican countries, Japan, etc.
B B B B V arious record ing 39 B V ar ious recording Setting the image size (IMAGE SIZE) 1 Set the MODE selector to MO VIE or STILL. 2 Select [F IL E] an d th en [IMA GE SIZE] from the men u.
40 Creating Cli p Motion Fil es Clip Motio n is an a nimation fun c tion that play s back still ima g es in succes sion. Clip Mo tion images are playe d back on t hi s ca mera at approximatel y 0.5 s in terv als. The ima ges are stor ed in GIF for mat, whic h is convenient fo r cr eating ho me pages or attachin g images to e -mail.
B B B B V arious record ing 41 Recording sti l l images for e-mail (E- MAIL ) E-MAIL mode records a sma ll-si ze (320×240) ima ge at t he same time as a still ima g e. Small-size i ma ges are con venient f or e-mail tran smissio n, et c. 1 Set the MODE selector to STILL.
42 Recording t ext documents (TEXT) T e x t is recorded in black a nd white GIF format t o pr ovide a cleare r imag e. 1 Set the MODE selector to STILL.
B B B B V arious record ing 43 Recording images in macro 1 Set the MODE selector to MO VIE or STILL. 2 Press M ACRO so that the (auto macro) indicator appears on the LCD scre en. Y ou ca n record a subj ec t as close as about 4 inches (1 0 cm) from th e lens surf ace with the zoom s et all the wa y to the W side.
44 Spot light-metering mo de Select th is m ode when ther e is backlight or when there is st rong contra st betwe en the sub ject an d the back gr ound, etc. Pos ition th e point yo u want to record on th e spot light -me ter ing cross hair . T o cance l PROGRAM AE Press PR OGRAM AE repeated ly until the in di ca tor on the LC D screen go es out.
B B B B V arious record ing 45 Adjusting the white balance (WHITE BALANCE) No rm al ly the w hit e b a lan c e is automaticall y adjusted. 1 Set the MODE selector to MO VIE or STILL. 2 Select [CA MERA] and t hen [WHITE B A LANCE] fr om the menu . 3 Select th e des ired white balanc e se tt ing.
46 Enjoying pictur e effect s (P .EFFECT) 1 Set the MODE selector to MO VIE or ST ILL. 2 Select [EFFECT] and then [P .EFFECT] from the menu. 3 Select the desired mo de . SOLARIZE The lig ht contr ast is cl earer and the picture looks lik e an illustrat ion.
B B B B V arious play back 47 B V ari ous playbac k Playing back six images at once (INDEX) 1 Set the MODE selector to PLA Y . 2 Select [IN DE X ] on the LCD screen . Six i mages ar e di splayed at once (index sc reen). Only the f irst fra me of Clip Motion file s is d isp lay e d.
48 Enlar ging a part of the still image (Zoom and trimming) 1 Set the MODE selector to PLA Y . 2 Di spla y th e image t o be enlarged. 3 Zoom in/out the image with the zoom button. The zoom scali ng indica tor appe ars on t he LC D scree n. 4 Pres s the co ntro l bu tton rep e atedl y to selec t t h e desired pa rt of the image .
B B B B V arious play back 49 Rotating a still image (ROT A TE) 1 Set the MODE selector to PLA Y . 2 Displa y the ima ge to ro ta te. 3 Select [F IL E] an d th en [R O T A TE] fr om the menu. 4 Rotate the image cloc k wise or counterc lock wise , then sel ec t [ RETU R N].
50 T o skip to t he next/pr evious image during slide s how play back Sele ct "b / B" at th e low e r left o f the LCD s cree n. Y ou ca n skip to the ne xt/pre vious ima ge b y pres sing th e co ntrol button s B / b whil e the menu bar is off.
B B B B Editing 51 B Editin g Preventi ng acc idental erasure (PROTECT) The - (protect) indicator appe a rs on prot ected imag es. 1 Set the MODE selector to PLA Y , then display the image to protect. 2 Se l e c t [FIL E], [P RO TE C T], and then [ON] from the menu.
52 Deleting images (DELETE) Y ou can no t delete pr ot ec ted files. 1 Set the MODE selector to PLA Y , then di spla y the ima ge to de le te . 2 Select [DELETE] and then [OK] fr om the menu. The image is deleted. 1 Set the MODE selector to PLA Y , then displ ay the INDEX screen.
B B B B Editing 53 Changing the recor ded still image size (RESIZE) 1 Set the MODE selector to PLA Y and di spla y the ima ge to resi ze. 2 Sel ect [TOOL ] a n d the n [RESIZE] fr om the menu.
54 1 Set the MODE selector to PLA Y , then displ ay the INDEX screen. 2 Select [T OOL], [COPY], and then [S ELE C T] f rom the men u. 3 Select the ima g e to copy . The (selec t) indica tor appe ars on the ima ge. 4 Select [ENTER]. “MEMOR Y STICK ACCESS” appears .
B B B B Editing 55 Selecting stil l images to print (PRINT MARK) Y ou can mark a print ma rk on still images rec orded with y o ur camera. This mark is c on venient when you hav e images printed at a sho p that con for ms w ith t he D POF (Dig ita l Pr int Orde r Format ) standa rd.
56 Additional information Precautions Cleaning the L CD screen Wi pe the sc reen surf ace with a cleaning cloth (not suppli ed) or a LCD cleaning kit (not supp lied) to remove fingerprints , dust , etc. Cleaning the camera surface Clean th e camera surf ace wit h a soft cloth sligh tly moi s tene d wi th w a ter , t hen wi p e the surface dry .
Additiona l information 57 • Use onl y the s pecif ied ch arger with t he charging fun ction. • T o pr e vent accident from a short circ uit, do not allow metal obj ects to co me into contac t with the batt ery te rminals. • K ee p the battery pack a wa y from fire.
58 “Mem ory Stick” , , “ MagicGa te Memory Stic k” an d are trad emark s of Sony Corpora tion. “M ag icGa te ” and are tradem a rk s of So ny Corpor a tio n. Using your camera abroad P ower sources Y ou ca n use your cam er a in any count ry o r ar ea with t he suppl ied battery char ger within 100 V to 240 V A C , 50/60 Hz.
Additiona l informatio n 59 T r oubleshooting If you e xperience trou ble with your camera, fi rst check the fo llo wing items. Should your ca mera sti ll not operat e proper ly after y ou have made these ch ecks, co nsult you r Son y dealer or local author ized Son y servic e facil ity .
60 The pictur e is noisy . • Y our camer a is pl aced nea r a TV or othe r equipm e nt that us es strong ma gnets. t Mov e your c amera away fro m the T V , et c. The pictur e is too dar k. • Y ou are shoo ting a subj ec t with a li ght source behind the subject.
Additiona l informatio n 61 Nothing ap p ears in the displa y w i nd o w or the indica to rs flas h d uring charging. • The A C po wer adapto r is disconne cted. t Firmly connect the po we r cor d to the w all outlet (page 11 ). • The battery pack has malfunctio n ed.
62 A fi le error o ccurs when you play back a file. • The image size is larger than 204 8×1536 . t Red uce the image size on yo ur compute r to 2048× 1536 or smalle r so that it can be pl ayed back on thi s camera. The PR OGRAM AE func tion do es not work.
Additiona l informatio n 63 W ar ning and notice messages V arious m es sages appea r on the LCD scr ee n. Check the cor r esponding descript io ns in the follo wing list. Messag e Meaning NO MEMO R Y STIC K No “Memo ry Stic k” has been inser ted.
64 Self-diagnosis display Y our camera has a self-d iagnos is disp lay . This function di splays the camera co n dition on the LCD screen with a c ombination of a le tter and four di gi ts of number s. If this occu rs , ch eck the followin g code ch art.
Additiona l informatio n 65 Specifications System Image device 1/1.8 type color CCD Lens 3× zoom lens f = 8 – 24 mm (39 – 117 mm when conve rted into a 35 mm still ca me ra) F = 2.
66 Display window indicators A Macro i ndicator B Battery remai ni ng indicator C Reco rding mod e/EV leve l indic ator D Image size indicator E Clip M otion indicato r F Flash mode/flash level indic .
Additiona l informatio n 67 LCD screen indicators A Battery remain ing indicator B PROGRAM AE/flash level/flash mode indi cator C White balance/EV level/ sharpness indicato r D Picture effect indicato.
68 A Protect indicator B Print mark indic ator C File n a m e D Recor ding mode/C lip Mot ion indic ator E Image size indicator F Image number G Number of stored images in “ Memory Stick ” H Remaining memory capacity indic ator I Recor ding dat e of the pla ybac k image/menu bar and guide menu A V OL.
Additiona l informatio n 69 Index A A/V OUT .......... .. .......... ... 50 Adjusting the expos ure ... . 44 AE (Auto E xposure) ........1 5 Auto power- off func ti on .. 13 Auto red-eye reduc t ion .... 2 0 B Batte r y pa ck batter y life ...... ....
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