Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product DSC-P30 Operating Instructions (primary manual) Sony
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3-068-186- 11 (1) Digital Still Camera Oper ating Instructions Bef ore oper ating t he unit , pleas e read this manu al th oroughl y , and re tain it fo r fut ure re fe renc e. Owner’ s Record The model and se rial numbers are lo cated on t he bottom.
2 T o prev ent fi re or shoc k hazar d, do not e x pose th e unit to rain or moisture. If you have any questions a bout t his produ ct, you may c all: Sony Customer Information Services Center 1-800-222-SONY (7669) The n umber below i s fo r the FCC r elate d matter s on ly .
3 Note: This equi pment ha s been tes ted and foun d to comply with the limits fo r a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of t he FCC Rules . These limi ts are desig ned to pro vide reasonable protecti on against harm ful inter ferenc e in a resi dential instal lati on.
4 For the Custo m er s in the U .S.A. and Canada T rial recor ding Befor e you reco rd one-tim e events, you may want to make a trial recor ding to ma ke sure that th e camera is w orking correct ly .
5 When the camera is used f or long periods Note that the cam era body may become hot..
6 Intr oduction Check s the i mage after recording images Recording st ill images: page 19 Playing back still ima g es: page 28 Deleting images (DELETE): page 62 Captures images w ith your computer Y .
7 T able of cont ents Identifyin g the p a rts ............ ........... ....... 8 Preparing the powe r supply ........ ........ 10 Setting t h e date and time ........ ........ ..... 15 Inserting t h e “Memory St ick” ............. 17 B Recording Recording sti l l images .
8 Getting started Identifying the par ts See the pages in paren thes es fo r detai ls of ope ration . A PO WER button/lamp (15) Pres s an d ho ld down th is but ton for ap proxim atel y one se cond to turn on th e camera.
Getting started 9 A Finder Self-timer/recording lamp (red) AE/A F lo ck lam p (gre en ) /CHG (flash charge/batter y charge) lamp (orang e) (24) B MENU button ( 40) C DC IN jack co ver (12) (14) D DC I.
10 Pr eparing the power supply Installing the supplied batteries or an optional batter y pack Y our camera operates only with the follo wing batterie s.
Getting started 11 Open the ba ttery co ve r with th e battery cov er side facin g upwar d and remo ve the batteries. Be careful not to dr op the batt eries when re moving th e m. Powe r sav e mod e When op erat ing the cam era with batter ies, se t POWER SA VE in the SET U P scre en to ON to e xtend the battery li fe.
12 Y ou cannot char g e the batte ry pack while your c amera is tu rned on. Be sure to turn off your cam era . After char ging the ba tter y pack Dis conn ect the AC power adapto r from the DC IN j ack on your ca mera.
Getting started 13 Stil l im age reco rding* Still image pla yback*** Appr oxima te batt ery life and num ber o f images that can be reco rded /pla yed back 640×4 80 i mage siz e, st anda rd p icture qual ity , no fl ash, a nd i n NO RMA L re cord ing mode .
14 Approximate ti me to char ge a completely d ischar g ed batter y pack using the A C-L S1A AC power adapto r (not su pplied ) at a t emper ature of 25°C (7 7°F) . Using a car battery Use Son y DC adaptor/c h ar ger (not suppli ed). Using y our ca mera ab r oad For de tails, s ee page 74.
Getting started 15 Setting the date and time When you f irst use your came ra, set the date and time. If these are not set, the CLOCK SET sc reen appears whenever you turn on your ca mera. 1 Set the mode dial to , , or 2 Press and ho ld down the PO WER button for appro xim ately one sec ond to turn on the power .
16 T o cance l the date and time setting Select [CANCEL] with v / V / b / B on the control bu tton, then p ress the center z . Not e If the rechargeable button battery i s ever fully discharged (p age 72), the CLOCK S ET screen will appear agai n. When thi s happens, reset the da te and time b y s tarti ng from step 3 ab ove.
Getting started 17 Inser ting the “Memor y Stick” Open the “Mem ory St ick” cover , then pre ss the “M emor y Stick ” once lig htly . Notes • Inser t the “Memory S tick” fi rmly un til i t clic k s, oth erwis e a mes sage su ch as “MEMOR Y STICK ERROR” will be displayed.
18 Basic ope rations B Recording Basic operations How to use the mode dial The mode di al sw itche s the fun ction wh ich i s used for re cord ing, p layb ack, or editing.
B B B B Recor ding 19 Recor ding still images Still ima ges are rec orded in J P EG format. Before recor ding stil l images, press the PO W ER but ton to turn on the p ower and inse rt a “Memor y Stick .” 1 Set the mode dial to or . 2 Press and hold the sh utter button halfway do wn.
20 ∗ If the flashin g AE/A F l ock ind icato r chan ges to flas hing slowly , the sub ject ma y be d iff icu lt to focus on (dark, poor contra st) or the subjec t may be extremel y close. Rele ase the shu tter but ton, then focus aga in. The number of images you can record on a “Memor y Stick” See pa ges 46 and 48 to 52.
B B B B Recor ding 21 Y ou can exten d the bat tery time b y turning of f the LCD screen a n d recordin g using the find er . Each time you press DISPLA Y/LCD ON/OFF, the status of the LCD screen changes as fol lo ws: See page 85 for a deta iled des cript ion of th e indic ated item s.
22 Wh en rec ording with t he LC D scre en, al ign the AF fr ame in the ce nter of the sc reen with the su b ject. Y ou can check the last recor ded image by cl earin g th e men u from t he sc reen (page 4 0) and pres sing b ( 7 ) on the contr ol b utt on.
B B B B Recor ding 23 Digital zoom funct ion This came ra has a digit al zoom funct ion . Digital zoom e n lar ges the imag e b y digital processing and it st a rts to fu nction when zoo m exceed s 3 × . Using di gital zoo m • The maximum zoom m agnif ication is 6 × .
24 The facto ry settin g is auto (no indi cator). In thi s mode, the f la sh automat ic ally stro bes w hen th e surro undi ngs is dark . T o c han ge the fl ash mo de, cl ear the menu (page 40 ), then press th e control button v ( ) re peated ly so that the flas h mod e indi cator ap pear s on th e LCD scr een.
B B B B Recor ding 25 The AF illumin ator is f ill light t o focus on a subject easily und er dark c onditions. S et [AF ILLUMIN A TOR] (p age 69) to [ON] in th e setup s ettings, appears on t he LCD screen and the AF illuminator emi ts light when the shutter b utton is pre ssed halfway .
26 Recor ding moving images Moving images are re cord ed in M PEG form at (pa ge 38) . T o record moving ima g es, press the PO W ER bu tton to turn on the po wer and insert a “Memor y Stick. ” 1 Set the mode dial to SET UP. 2 Select [ ] (CAMERA) with v / V on t he control b utton, then pr ess B .
B B B B Recor ding 27 When you use the se lf-timer function, the subj e ct is r ecorded a b out 10 sec onds aft er you p ress th e shut ter button . Clear the me nu (page 40) , then pr ess the c ontrol b utton V ( ).
28 B Playba ck Playing back still images Not es • Y ou migh t not be able to cor rect ly pl ay ba ck im age s reco rd ed wi th thi s cam era on oth er equipmen t. • Y ou ca nnot p lay back on th is c amera images larger t han the maxim um im age s ize th at ca n be recorded with th is cam era.
B B B B Pla ybac k 29 Playing back moving images T o p ause playb ack Press the cent er z on the cont rol button to st op th e playba ck. T o advan ce or rewind the moving image Press the control bu tton b / B during play back. T o return to the no rmal playb ack, pre ss th e cent er z on the control but ton.
30 V i ewing images using a personal computer Y ou can vie w data r ecorded w ith y our camer a on a pers onal comp uter , modi fy and attach it to e-mail u sing applic ation softw are. This section d escribes the method f or vie wing im ages on a personal compute r us ing t he suppl ied USB c able .
B B B B Pla ybac k 31 Recomm ended Windo ws environment OS: Microsoft Windows 98 , W in dows 98SE, W ind ows 2000 Professional, Windows Mill ennium Ed ition The abo ve OS is required to be installe d at the fac tory . Operation is no t assured in an environment upgrade d to the operat ing systems described ab ove.
32 Before connec ting your camera to y our pers onal computer , inst a ll the USB dri ver to the computer . The USB dri ver is included with the a pplication softwa re in the CD- R OM which is supplied with your camera.
B B B B Pla ybac k 33 For Macinto sh users • When us ing MacOS 9.1 It is n ot n ecess ary to insta ll th e USB driver . The M acint osh recogni zes the ca mera a s a dr i ve simply b y connec ting it to t he Macinto sh with the US B cable. • When using MacOS8.
34 When viewing moving imag es on a Windo ws s ystem, Rea lPlaye r , Windows Media Player or othe r moving image playba ck applicat ions must b e installed.
B B B B Pla ybac k 35 Follo w the procedure 1 – 4 on page 3 4. “Memor y Stick” • Operation is not guarante ed if you are using a “Mem ory Stick” that was formatte d with a personal comp uter, or if you used a personal com puter to forma t the “Memo ry Stick” in you r camera throug h a USB connectio n.
36 For Window s Me and Window s 2000 user s The following proced ures are reco mmen ded w hen d isco nnecti ng t he USB cabl e f rom you r person al co mpute r or ejec ting th e “Me mory Sti ck” fr om the camera whi le it is con nected to your pe rsona l comp uter.
B B B B Pla ybac k 37 Image file storage destinations and image files Imag e files rec orded w ith your camer a are gr oupe d in fold ers by rec ording mode . The meanings of the f ile names are a s follo ws. ssss stands for an y number within t he range from 000 1 to 99 99.
38 The numer ical p ortio ns of t he fol lowing files are the sam e. – A sm all-size image file recorded in E-MAIL mode and its corr esponding im age file – An uncom presse d image file record ed .
39 Bef ore perf orming adv anced operations Advan ced operatio ns Befor e perf or ming advanced operations This sectio n descri b es the b asic con trol metho ds that ar e freque ntly used f o r “ Adv anced oper atio ns.” How to use the mode dial The m ode di al swit ches t he functi on which i s used fo r recordi ng, play back, or editi ng.
40 Y ou can perf orm th is oper atio n ev en when th e LCD scr een is of f. T urning on/off the operation b uttons (menu) o n the LCD screen Sett in g up the i tem s in th e set up or me nu 1 Set the mo de dial to SET UP so that the setup s creen a ppears, or press ME NU so that the me nu appea rs.
Bef ore perf orming adv anced operations 41 Menu i tems tha t can be m odified differ depe ndin g on the pos ition s of the mo de dia l. The LC D scree n shows only the ite ms you ca n oper ate at the m omen t. Factor y set tin gs are ind ica ted wi th x .
42 When the mode dial is set to (MOVING IMAGE is set to MPE G M OV IE i n the s etu p s ett ing s.) MODE (REC MODE) TIFF Records a TIF F (unco mpres sed) file in addit ion to the JPEG file (page 50). TEXT Reco rds a GIF file in bl ack-and -wh ite (pa ge 49) .
Bef ore perf orming adv anced operations 43 When the mode di al is set to (MOVING IMAGE is set to CLI P MOTION in the setup settings.) (IMAGE SIZE) 320×2 40 x 160×1 12 Select s the M PEG imag e size w hen r ecordi ng mo ving image s (page 45 ). PFX (P .
44 When the mode dial is set to ∗ Only in sin gle-im age mode. ( SHARPNESS ) +2 +1 x 0 –1 –2 Adj usts th e shar pness of the im age. The i ndica tor a ppears ( except wh en the setting is 0). Item Setting Description DELETE OK Deletes the displayed imag e (page 62).
Bef ore perf orming adv anced operations 45 Setting the image si ze (IMAGE SIZE) 1 Set the mode dial to , or . 2 Pres s MENU. The men u appe ars. 3 Select the de sired imag e siz e from [ ] (IMA GE SIZE) and pr ess v / V .
46 The number of images* or the time** that yo u can record on a “ Memory Stic k ” (4 MB) ∗ When MODE (REC MODE) is s et to NORMAL. ∗∗ The maximum recording ti me in conti nuous reco rding ∗∗∗ When re cording 10 frame s per Clip Moti on file.
B B B B V arious record ing 47 B V ar ious recording Records i mages according to shooting conditions (TWILIGHT mode) Mode dia l: This came ra has a preset TWILIGHT mode.
48 Recording st ill images for e-mail (E-MAIL) Mode dia l: / In the E-MAIL mode , a small-si ze image which is suitab le for e- m ail transmiss ion is also record ed at the same time as recordin g a normal still image. (The size of the normal still image is set using [ ] (IMA GE SIZE) in the menu settings (page 45).
B B B B V arious record ing 49 Recording text documents (TEXT) Mode dia l: The TEXT mode is suitable f o r record ing a docu ment to emp hasize it s charac ter by the blac k and white color s. The LCD screen also tur ns to blac k and whit e, and the im age is record ed in the GIF f ormat.
50 Recording sti l l images as uncompressed files (TIFF) Mode dia l: / Record s th e imag es wit hout compression, s o the image doe s not deter iorat e. Ima ges r ecord ed in this mode are suitable for printing with a high- quali ty image . The JPEG (com press ed) fo rma t ima ge is also record ed with t h e TIFF format i m age.
B B B B V arious record ing 51 Creati ng Clip Motion Files Mode dia l: Clip Motion is an ani mation fun ction that play s back s till images in succes sion. Th e images a re stored in GIF format , which is con ven ient for creating h ome pages or a ttaching images to a n e-mail.
52 The number of Clip Motion fram es that you can record on a “ Memory Stic k ” (4 MB) ∗ When recordi ng 10 frames per Clip Motion file Not es • Y ou cannot c hange t he image si ze partway through a Clip Motion r ecording. • Reading an d writing dat a take more time than norma l image rec ording.
B B B B V arious record ing 53 Recording images in macro Mode dia l: / / The ma cro re cord ing i s used w hen zoomi ng up a li ttl e subj ect, su ch as flo wers, inse cts. 1 Set the mo de dial to , or . 2 Clear the menu, and pres s the contr ol bu tton B () .
54 Tips Norm ally , the cam era au tomat ica lly adjusts th e exposure. If the color of the image is t oo dark or bright as i llustr ated below , we recomm end that you adjust th e exposure manu ally .
B B B B V arious record ing 55 T o r eactivate auto adjustment Sel ect [A UT O] w ith v / V in step 3 . Tips The im age is susc eptible to lightin g condition s. The image lo oks blue und er sunlight in the summer, and looks red under me rcury la mps.
56 Recording t he date and time on the still image (DA TE/TIME) Mode dia l: / 1 Set the mo de dial to SET UP. The set up scre en a ppear s. 2 Select [ ] (CAMERA) with v / V , [D A TE/TIME] with B / v / V , then press B . 3 Select the date and time setti ng with v / V , then pr ess z .
B B B B V arious record ing 57 Using the spot li ght- metering function Mode dia l: / / Use this fu n ction when there is backlight or wh en there i s strong cont rast betwe en the su bjec t an d the backgr ound , etc. Posi tion the poi nt you want to r ecord on t he spot li ght- mete ring cr oss ha ir .
58 B V ar iou s playback Playing back thr ee or nine images at once Mode dia l: Y ou can display multiple image s on the LCD screen at one time using the zoom b utton s.
B B B B V arious play bac k 59 Enlar ging a par t of the still image (Z oom and trimming) Mode dia l: 1 Set the mo d e dial to . 2 Displ ay th e ima g e to be enla r ged. 3 Zoom in/out the image with the zoom T/W buttons. 4 Press t he control button repeat edly to selec t the desir ed por tion of the imag e .
60 Playing back the still images in order (SLIDE) Mode dia l: This f unct ion is us eful fo r chec king the record ed image s or for pr esentations , etc. 1 Set the mode dial to . 2 Pres s MENU. The men u appe ars. 3 Select [SL IDE], the n press z . Set the follo wing items.
B B B B V arious play bac k 61 Rotating a still image (ROT A TE) Mode dia l: Y ou can rotate the image re c orded i n portrait or ientation and display it in land scape or ientati on. 1 Set the mo de dial to , and disp la y the ima g e to r otate. 2 Press M ENU.
62 B Ed itin g Deleting images (DELETE) Mode dia l: Y ou can dele te unwan ted f iles. 1 Set the mode dial to . 2 In si ngle-i mage mod e: Display t h e image you w ant to delete with b / B . In triple-ima ge mode: Press the z oom W butt on twice to turn to the triple -image mode.
B B B B Editing 63 T o c ancel deleting Select [CANCEL] with b / B in ste p 4 or [EXIT] with b / B in step 5 , the n pres s z . Note If there are f iles on the “Memo ry Stic k ” with names having the same last 4 digits as the file name of the image to be delete d, these files are also dele ted at the same tim e.
64 1 Set the mode dial to , then display the index scre en with the zoom W button. 2 Pres s MENU. The men u appe ars. 3 Select [PR OTECT] with b / B , then press z . 4 Select [ALL] or [SELEC T] with b / B , then press z . 5 When you select [ALL] Select [ON] with b / B , then pr ess z .
B B B B Editing 65 Changing the recor ded still image size (RESIZE) Mode dia l: Y ou can chang e the ima ge s ize of th e record ed image. 1 Set th e mo de dia l to , th en disp la y the ima g e of whi ch you want to change t he size . 2 Press M ENU. The me nu app ears .
66 Selecting still images to print (PRINT) Mode dia l: Y ou can mark a prin t mark on still images recor ded with your c amera. This mark is con venient when you have images printed at a shop that conforms with the DPOF (Digit al Print Order F ormat) standa rd.
B B B B Editing 67 T o un mark se lec ted pr int marks Select th e images t o be unmark ed in step 5 with the c o ntrol b utton, then pres s z . T o u nmark all the print marks Select [ALL] with b / B in step 4 , then pres s z . Se lect [OFF] with b / B , then pres s z .
68 Y ou canno t divid e the fol lowi ng typ es of fil es: • Clip Motion f iles • Still i mage f iles • Moving i mage files th at are too sh ort to divide The file num ber changes as follows wh en you divide a file. <eg.> I f you divide t he MOV0003.
B B B B Editing 69 Changing the setup settings (SETUP) Set the mode d ial to SET UP. The setup screen appears. Y ou can se t up the follo w ing items with the control b utton. CAMERA SETUP 1 Item Setting Description MO VING IMAGE x MPEG MO VIE Recor ds the MPE G mo vie (pag es 26, 51).
70 SETUP 2 Notes on [D A TE/TIME] • The date and time do not appear on the LCD screen during shooting. The se appear during playba ck. • The date and time are not sup erimposed onto moving image s and Clip Mot ion images. Item Setting Description LCD BRIGHTNESS BRI G HT x NORMAL DA R K Selects the LCD brightness.
Additiona l informatio n 71 Additional information Precauti ons Cleaning the LCD screen W ipe the screen surfa ce with a cleani ng cloth (not sup plied) or a LC D cleaning kit (not s upplied) t o rem ove fingerprints, dust, etc.
72 • Use only t he sp ecified charger with th e charging functio n. • T o prev ent accident from a s hort cir cuit, do not allow metal objects to c ome int o contact with the batt ery terminals.
Additiona l informatio n 73 “Memor y Stick”, , “MagicGate Memory S tick” a nd are tradema rks of Sony Cor poratio n. “Magic Gate” a n d are trademarks of Sony Corporation .
74 Batter y life • The batte ry lif e is limit ed . Batte ry capa city decreas es little by little as you use it more and mo re, and as time passes. When th e battery oper ating tim e is shortene d consid erably , a pro bable ca use is that the battery pack has reache d the e nd of it s life.
Additiona l informatio n 75 T r oubleshooting If you e xperience trouble with your camera, f irst check the follo wing items. Should your camera still n o t operate p roperly a fter you hav e made these checks , press th e reset b utton located o n the b ottom.
76 The pict ure is ou t of focus . • Y o ur cam era is not i n macro recordi ng m ode whe n you sh oot a subj ect that is about 3 to 25 cm (1 3/1 6 to 9 27/32 in ches) fr om the lens. t Set the macro r e cording mode ( p age 53). t Press the zoom b utton to set to the W si d e.
Additiona l informatio n 77 The battery life is short. • Y o u are re cord ing/pl ayi ng back image s unde r ex tremely cold temperatu res. • The batter y pack is not cha rged enough . t Charge the battery pack fully . • Alkaline batteries or the b attery pack is dead.
78 Y o ur camer a canno t delete an image. • The image is prot ected. t Canc el th e protec tion (p age 63). The power tu rns off sudd enly . • If you do not ope rate th e cam era for about three minutes whil e the po wer is on, the camera turns of f automatical ly to pre vent weari ng down the batt ery (page 1 1).
Additiona l informatio n 79 Y our pers onal comput er does not reco gnize your camer a. • The battery le vel is lo w . t Use t he A C power ad apto r (not su ppli ed) (page 1 4). • The cam era is tu rned off. t T ur n on th e camer a. • The USB ca ble is n ot connec ted firmly .
80 Reinsta ll the USB driver when using W indows 98, Windo ws 98SE, Wi ndows M e and Windows 2000 Professional Perform al l steps with o ut skip ping. 1 T u rn on your computer and a llow Windows to load. 2 Connect the USB jack on the ca mera and the co mputer with the supplied U SB cabl e.
Additiona l informatio n 81 W ar ning and notice m essages V arious m essages appea r on the LCD screen. Check the corres ponding descri ptions in the follo wing list. Messag e Meani ng NO MEMOR Y STI CK No “Me mory St ick” has been i nserted . SYSTEM ERR OR T ur n the power off and on aga in.
82 The a mount of light is not sufficient or the sh utter s peed i s too slow . (Mou nt th e camera on a tripod or o therwise s e cure the cam era in place.
Additiona l informatio n 83 Self-diagnosis di splay Y our cam era ha s a self -dia gnosis displ ay . Thi s function d isplays the camera condition o n the LCD scre en with a co mbi natio n of a let ter and four dig its of number s. If this occur s , check th e following code c hart.
84 Specifications System Image device 6.64 mm (1/2.7 type) col or CCD Lens 3× zoom lens f = 6.4 – 19.2 mm (9/32 – 25/32 inches) (41 – 123 mm (1 5/8 – 4 7/8 inches) when con verted into a 35 mm still camera) F = 3.
Additiona l informatio n 85 LCD screen indicators A Battery remain ing indicator B Flash mode /red eye re duction/ white balan ce/AF illu minator indicator C Date/time/ISO number indicator D Sharpness.
86 A Battery remai ning indic ator B White balance indicato r C Picture effect indicator D Recor ding mode in dicator E Image size indicator F Recording time (maxim um record able time) indicator/ Sel.
Additiona l informatio n 87 A Pr otect /print mark indica tor B Zoom scaling i ndicator C File n ame D Record ing mode indicato r E Image size indicator F Image number G Number of stored images in “.
88 Notes on Using Batteries When op erat ing the cam era with size AA alkaline batt e ries, set P O WER SA VE in the SET UP sc reen to ON. This incre ases the battery ef ficie ncy and life when recording stil l images.
Additiona l informatio n 89 Index A Adjusting the e xposure . .. 53 AF lock .. ........ .......... ....... 1 9 Auto power- off function . 11 Auto red-ey e reducti on ....... ....... . 24, 69 B Batte ry battery life . ..... ........ .... 13 battery re maining indicat or.
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