Sony DSC-F505 User Manual

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Digital Still Camera

3-867-774-11 (1)

Operating Instructions

Before operating the unit, please read this manual thoroughly, and retain it for future reference.

Manual de instrucciones

Antes de utilizar la unidad, lea detenidamente este manual de instrucciones y consérvelo para futuras referencias.

Owner‘s Record

The model and serial numbers are located on the bottom. Record the serial number in the space provided below. Refer to these numbers whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product. Model No. DSCSerial No. ________________________

DSC-F505

1999 Sony Corporation

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English WARNING

To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture.

This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.

This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance.

For the Customers in the U.S.A. and CANADA

CAUTION

TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT USE THIS POLARIZED AC PLUG WITH AN EXTENSION CORD, RECEPTACLE OR OTHER OUTLET UNLESS THE BLADES CAN BE FULLY INSERTED TO PREVENT BLADE EXPOSURE. You are cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved in this manual could void your authority to operate this equipment.

Declaration of Conformity

Trade Name: SONY Model No.: DSC-F505 Responsible Party: Sony Electronics Inc. Address: 1 Sony Drive, Park

Ridge, NJ.07656 USA

Telephone No.: 201-930-6970

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Note:

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: — Reorient or relocate the receiving

antenna.

— Increase the separation between the

equipment and receiver.

— Connect the equipment into an outlet on

a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

— Consult the dealer or an experienced

radio/TV technician for help.

The shielded interface cable recommended in this manual must be used with this equipment in order to comply with the limits for a digital device pursuant to Subpart B of Part 15 of FCC Rules.

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For the customers in the U.S.A. and Canada

DISPOSAL OF LITHIUM ION BATTERY.

LITHIUM ION BATTERY. DISPOSE OF PROPERLY.

You can return your unwanted lithium ion batteries to your nearest Sony Service Center or Factory Service Center. Note: In some areas the disposal of lithium

ion batteries in household or business

trash may be prohibited. For the Sony Service Center nearest you call 1-800-222-SONY (United States only) For the Sony Factory Service Center nearest you call 416-499-SONY (Canada only) Caution: Do not handle damaged or

leaking lithium ion battery.

NOTICE FOR THE CUSTOMERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

A moulded plug complying with BS 1363 is fitted to this equipment for your safety and convenience.

Should the fuse in the plug supplied need to be replaced, a 5 AMP fuse approved by ASTA or BSI to BS 1362, (i.e. marked with or mark) must be used.

If the plug supplied with this equipment has a detachable fuse cover, be sure to attach the fuse cover after you change the fuse. Never use the plug without the fuse cover. If you should lose the fuse cover, please contact your nearest Sony service station.

For the Customers in Germany

Directive: EMC Directive 89/336/EEC.92/

31/EEC This equipment complies with the EMC regulations when used under the following circumstances:

• Residential area

• Business district

• Light-industry district (This equipment complies with the EMC standard regulations EN55022 Class B.)

Attention

The electromagnetic fields at the specific frequencies may influence the picture and sound of this camera.

“Memory Stick”

N50

For the Customers in CANADA

This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

For the Customers in the U.S.A.

Battery Pack

For the Customers in the U.S.A. and Canada

THIS CLASS B DIGITAL DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES AND THE CANADIAN ICES-003. OPERATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS: (1) THIS DEVICE MAY NOT CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE, AND (2) THIS DEVICE MUST ACCEPT ANY INTERFERENCE RECEIVED, INCLUDING INTERFERENCE THAT MAY CAUSE UNDESIRED OPERATION.

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Be sure to read the following before using your camera

Trial recording

Before you record one-time events, you may want to make a trial recording to make sure that the camera is working correctly.

No compensation for contents of the recording

Contents of the recording cannot be compensated for if recording or playback is not made due to a malfunction of your camera, etc.

Note on image data compatibility

Image data files recorded on “Memory Stick”-s by your camera conform with the Design Rules for Camera File Systems universal standard established by the JEIDA (Japan Electronic Industry Development Association). You cannot play back on your camera still images recorded on other equipment (DCR-TRV890E/TRV900/TRV900E, DSC-D700) that does not conform with this universal standard. (These models are not sold in some areas.)

Precaution on copyright

Television programs, films, video tapes, and other materials may be copyrighted. Unauthorized recording of such materials may be contrary to the provision of the copyright laws.

About the Carl Zeiss lens

This camera is equipped with a Carl Zeiss lens which can reproduce a fine image. The lens for this camera was developed jointly by Carl Zeiss, in Germany, and Sony Corporation. It adopts the MTF* measurement system for camera and offers a quality as the Carl Zeiss lens.

* MTF is an abbreviation of Modulation

Transfer Function/Factor. The value number indicates the amount of light of a subject penetrating into the lens.

• IBM PC/AT is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation of the U.S.A.

• Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks licensed to Microsoft Corporation, registered in the U.S.A. and other countries.

• Macintosh, iMac and Mac OS are trademarks licensed to Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S.A. and other countries.

• All other product names mentioned herein may be the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Furthermore, “™” and “®” are not mentioned in each case in this manual.

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Table of contents

Parts identification ............. 7

Preparation

1 Charging the battery pack .. 10 2 Installing the battery pack

and “Memory Stick” .......... 12

3 Setting the date and time .... 14

Recording

Recording still images ............. 16

Recording moving images ......17

Playing back

Playing back still images......... 20

Playing back moving images

............................................... 21

Viewing images using

a personal computer .......... 23

Various ways of recording

Focusing manually ........................ 32

Recording images in macro.......... 32

Recording images with the flash

.................................................... 33

Adjusting exposure

(EXPOSURE)............................. 34

Adjusting the white balance ........ 35

Enjoying Picture Effect..................36

Using the PROGRAM AE

function......................................36

Using the spot light-metering

mode .......................................... 38

Using the self-timer ....................... 38

Selecting image quality

(QUALITY) .............................. 39

Selecting image size.......................40

Selecting recording mode

(REC MODE) ............................ 41

Various ways of playback

Playing back multiple images at a

time (INDEX) ............................ 43

Enlarging a part of the image

– Zoom and trimming ............. 44

Rotating image (ROTATE) ........... 45

Playing back images in a continuous

loop (SLIDE SHOW)................ 46

Preventing accidental erasure

(PROTECT) ............................... 47

Deleting images (DELETE) .......... 48

Copying the images in

“Memory Stick”........................ 50

Formatting (initializing) a

“Memory Stick”........................ 51

Changing the menu setting

Changing the menu setting .......... 52

Setting the mode of each item...... 53

Using image data with other equipment

Using the house current (mains)

.................................................... 57

Watching images on a TV screen

.................................................... 57

Printing the recorded images....... 58

Marking a print mark

on an image............................... 58

Additional information

Precautions ..................................... 60

Using your camera abroad ........... 61

Troubleshooting............................. 62

Self-diagnosis display ................... 64

Warning and notice messages ..... 65

Specifications.................................. 66

Index ................................................ 67

User’s guide for

PictureGear 3.2 Lite ..... 68~93

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Before using your camera

This digital still camera uses a “Memory Stick” as a medium for recording images.

Do not shake or strike the unit

Malfunctions, inability to record images as well as inability to use “Memory Stick”-s or image and memory data breakdown, damage or loss may occur.

PNote

Support the lens part firmly with your left hand. Ajust the LCD screen angle placing your right hand on the right side of the body.

LCD screen

The LCD screen is manufactured using high-precision technology. However, there may be some tiny black points and/or bright points (red, blue or green in color) that constantly appear on the LCD screen. These points are normal in the manufacturing process and do not affect the recorded image in any way. Over 99.99 % are operational for effective use.

Do not get the unit wet

When taking pictures outdoors in the rain or under similar conditions, be careful not to get the unit wet. If moisture condensation occurs, refer to page 60 and follow instructions on how to remove it before using.

Back up recommendations

To avoid the potential risk of data loss always copy (back up) data to disk.

Supplied accessories

AC-VF10 AC power adaptor/charger (1) A/V connecting cable (1) NP-FS11 Battery pack (1) DK-115 DC connecting cable (1) Wrist strap (1) Lens cap (1) Lens cap strap (1)

Your dealer may not handle some of the above listed accessories. Please ask the dealer for detailed information about the accessories in your country.

“Memory Stick” (4 MB) (1) USB driver software (1) USB cable (1) PC serial cable (1) Power cord (1) Sony PictureGear 3.2 Lite (1) Operating instructions (1)

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Parts identification

See pages in parentheses for more details.

MIC (Microphone)

Parts identification

Recording lamp

MODE selector (PLAY/STILL/ MOVIE) (16)

Shutter button (16) Flash emitter (33)

Focus ring (32)

Lens

Photocell window for flash

Do not block when recording.

PNote

The flash control system may not work properly when using your camera with a filter (e.g. ND filter) or a conversion lens.

DIGITAL I/O (USB) jack (24)

DIGITAL I/O (serial) jack (30)

OPEN (FLASH) switch (33)

SPOT METER button (38)

(One-push white

balance) button (35)

WHT BAL (white balance) button (35)

MACRO button (32)

FOCUS AUTO/MANUAL switch (32)

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LCD screen (18, 22)

LCD BACK LIGHT switch

Normally set to ON. Set to OFF to save the battery if you use your camera in bright place.

LCD BRIGHT +/– buttons

Press to adjust the brightness of the LCD screen. The brightness of the LCD screen does not affect images you record on “Memory Stick”.

Slot cover for AC power adaptor/ charger (57)

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A/V OUT jack (57, 58)

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Speaker

Hook for the wrist/ shoulder strap

Attaching the lens cap (supplied) and the wrist strap (supplied).

Lens cap

Lens cap strap

Wrist strap

Tripod receptacle

Make sure that the length of the tripod screw is less than 7/32 inch (6.5 mm).

Hook for the lens cap/ shoulder strap

Parts identification

Be careful that the lens cap strap does not touch the projections on both sides of the lens cap hole.

Control button

Upper side

Left side

Lower side

Right side

Press to execute

Function of the control button

You can execute the functions by pressing the upper, lower, left, or right (v/V/b/B) side of the control button. When an item is selected in the menu, the color of the item changes from blue to yellow. To enter your selection, press the center of the control button (z).

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Preparation

Charging the battery pack

To charge the battery pack, use the AC power adaptor/charger. Your camera operates only with the “InfoLITHIUM” battery pack (S series). “InfoLITHIUM” is a trademark of Sony Corporation.

1 Insert the battery pack in the direction of the V mark. Slide the

battery pack in the direction of the arrow.

2 Connect the power cord to the AC power adaptor/charger. 3 Connect the power cord to a wall outlet.

The CHARGE lamp (orange) lights up when charging begins. When the CHARGE lamp goes off, normal charge is completed. For full charge, which allows you to use the battery longer than usual, leave the battery pack attached for about one hour after normal charge is completed.

To remove the battery pack

Slide up the battery pack.

Charging time

Battery Full charge* Normal charge**

NP-FS11 170 min. 110 min.

Approximate minutes to charge a discharged battery pack using the AC power adaptor/charger AC-VF10. (Lower temperature require a longer charging time.)

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* Charging for about one hour after

the CHARGE lamp goes out.

** Charging just until the CHARGE

lamp goes out.

What is “InfoLITHIUM”?

The ”InfoLITHIUM” is a lithium ion battery pack which can exchange data such as battery consumption with compatible video equipment. This unit is compatible with the “InfoLITHIUM” battery pack (S series). Your camera operates only with the “InfoLITHIUM” battery. “InfoLITHIUM” S series battery packs have the “InfoLITHIUM” is a trademark of Sony Corporation.

mark.

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Battery life/the number of images that can be recorded/ played back

STILL mode Continuous recording LCD BACK LIGHT Battery life (min.) Number of images

ON 60 (55) 1100 (1000)

OFF 70 (60) 1300 (1100)

Continuous playing* LCD BACK LIGHT Battery life (min.) Number of images

ON 90 (70) 1800 (1400)

OFF 115 (90) 2300 (1800)

Approximate battery life and the number of images that can be recorded/played back at a temperature of 77°F (25°C), 640 × 480 image size, in NORMAL recording and STANDARD quality mode. Shooting without the flash. Numbers in parentheses indicate the time when you use a normally charged battery. * Playing back single image at about 3-second intervals

MOVIE mode Continuous recording LCD BACK LIGHT Battery life (min.)

ON 70 (60)

OFF 80 (65)

Preparation

Approximate minutes that can be recorded at a temperature of 77°F (25°C) and 160 × 112 image size. Numbers in parentheses indicate the time when you use a normally charged battery.

• The battery life and the number of images will be decreased if you use the camera while you repeat turning the power on/off.

• The capacity of a “Memory Stick” is limited. The above figures are a guide when continuously recording/playing back while replacing “Memory Stick”-s.

• The battery life will be shorter when you carry out recording in a cold place. When using the battery pack in a cold place, keep it warm by putting it into your pocket and install it in the camera just before recording.

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Installing the battery pack and “Memory Stick”

“Memory Stick” and are trademarks of Sony Corporation.

1 Open the battery/“Memory Stick” cover.

While sliding the OPEN (battery/“Memory Stick”) switch in the direction of the arrow 1, slide the cover in the direction of the arrow 2, and open the cover in the direction of the arrow 3.

2 Install the battery pack and “Memory Stick”.

Insert the battery pack with the v mark facing toward the battery compartment as illustrated. Insert “Memory Stick” with the v mark facing toward the “Memory Stick” compartment as illustrated until it clicks.

3 Close the cover.

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Battery remaining indicator

This camera shows on the LCD screen how many minutes you can still keep on recording or playing back images.

Auto power-off function

During recording if you leave the camera inactivate for about three minutes while the power is on, the camera turns off automatically to prevent wearing down the battery. Auto power-off does not function when you use the AC power adaptor/charger.

To remove the “Memory Stick”

Open the battery/“Memory Stick” cover, then press the “Memory Stick” once lightly.

PNotes

• Insert the “Memory Stick” firmly, otherwise the message such as “MEMORY STICK ERROR” will be displayed.

• When the access lamp lights up, be sure not to remove the “Memory Stick” or turn off the power.

• You cannot record on a “Memory Stick” if the LOCK switch is set to LOCK position.

Connector

Preparation

LOCK switch

LOCK

Label space

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Setting the date and time

When you use your camera first, set the date and time. If they are not set, incorrect date and time are recorded, and CLOCK SET screen in the step 5 appears whenever you turn on your camera in STILL/MOVIE mode.

POWER switch

Control button

1 Slide the POWER switch in the direction of the arrow to turn on

the power while pressing the round button on the POWER switch.

The POWER lamp lights up.

2 Press v of the control button.

The menu bar appears on the LCD screen.

INDEX FILEDELETE SETUP

SELECT OK

3 Select “SETUP” with the control button, then press it.

VIDEO OUT

/LANGUAGE CLOCK SET BEEP

INDEX FILEDELETE SETUP

SELECT OK

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4 Select “CLOCK SET” with the control button, then press it.

VIDEO OUT

/LANGUAGE

1999 1 1 12:00:00 AM

CLOCK SET BEEP

INDEX FILEDELETE SETUP

SELECT OK

CLOCK SET

1 JAN AM// : 1 12 00

SELECT/ADJUST OK

Y/M/D M/D/Y D/M/Y

ENTER

CANCEL

5 Select the desired display of the date with the control button,

then press it.

Y/M/D (year/month/day) M/D/Y (month/day/year) D/M/Y (day/month/year)

CLOCK SET

1999 AM// : 1 1 12 00

SELECT/ADJUST OK

Y/M/D M/D/Y D/M/Y

ENTER

CANCEL

6 Select the date and time with the control button, then press it.

The item to be changed is indicated with v/V. Select number by pressing v/V of the control button, then press it to enter the number. After entering the number, v/V moves to the next item. When “D/M/Y” is selected, set the time

CLOCK SET

1999 AM// : 1 1 12 00

SELECT/ADJUST OK

Y/M/D M/D/Y D/M/Y

ENTER

CANCEL

on a 24-hour cycle.

7 Select “ENTER” with the control button, then press it at the

desired moment to begin clock movement.

CLOCK SET

1999 PM// : 7 4 10 30

SELECT/ADJUST OK

Y/M/D M/D/Y D/M/Y

ENTER

CANCEL

Preparation

To cancel the date and time setting

Select “CANCEL” with the control button, then press it.

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Recording

Recording still images

To record images, slide the POWER switch to the right to turn on the power (The POWER lamp lights up) and insert the “Memory Stick”.

MODE selector

POWER switch

1 Set the MODE selector to STILL. 2 Press the shutter button halfway down.

The AE lock indicator z flashes. When AE (auto exposure) and AF (auto focus) are frozen, the AE lock indicator z lights up.

3 Press the shutter button fully down.

The image is recorded on the “Memory Stick”.

PNotes

•When the image is recorded on the “Memory Stick”, “RECORDING” appears on the LCD screen. When this indication appears, never shake or strike the unit. Also, do not turn the power off, or remove the battery pack or “Memory Stick”. Otherwise, an image data breakdown may occur and the “Memory Stick” may become unusable.

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•When FOCUS AUTO/MANUAL is set to MANUAL, AF (auto focus) is not frozen. The AE lock indicator z lights up as AE (auto exposure) is frozen.

•See page 52 for VOICE mode.

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Recording moving images

To record images, slide the POWER switch to the right to turn on the power (The POWER lamp lights up) and insert the “Memory Stick”.

MODE mselector

POWER switch

1 Set the MODE selector to MOVIE. 2 Press the shutter button fully down momentarily.

The image and sound are recorded for five seconds, 10 seconds, or 15 seconds. (The time is set at “REC TIME SET” in the menu.) (page 52)

Hold the shutter button fully down.

The image and sound are recorded until you release it.

Video mail mode: maximum 60 seconds when recording 160 × 112 size Presentation mode: maximum 15 seconds when recording 320 × 240 size However, the minimum recording time depends on the “REC TIME SET” setting above.

Moving images will be softer than still images.

160

Recording

320

Checking the last recorded image (Review)

If you want to check the last recorded image, press b of the control button while the menu bar is not displayed. The last recorded image is displayed on the LCD screen. To return to normal mode, press the shutter button or select “RETURN” with the control button, then press it. You can also delete the last recorded image in the review mode.

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min

1600

FINE

REC

15sBRT

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Using the zoom feature

Move the power zoom lever a little for a slower zoom. Move it further for a faster zoom.

Using the zoom function sparingly results in better-looking recordings when you record moving images. “T” side: for telephoto (subject appears closer) “W” side: for wide-angle (subject appears farther away) Digital zoom starts to function when zoom exceeds 5×.

If you cannot get a sharp focus, move the power zoom lever to the “W” side until the focus is sharp. You can shoot a subject that is at least about 31 1/2 (80 cm) away from the lens surface in the telephoto position, or about 19 3/4 inch (50 cm) away in the wide-angle position. When the subject is too close to focus on, refer to page 32.

The picture quality deteriorates as you go toward the “T” side. Set DIGITAL ZOOM to OFF in the MENU settings. Otherwise the digital zoom activates without notice (page 52). Digital zoom does not work for moving images. The optical zoom works up to ×5.

Recording

The right side of the bar shows the digital zooming zone.

Changing the lens orientation

You can adjust the angle by turning the lens part upward up to 90 degrees and downward up to 50 degrees.

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Playing back

Playing back still images

To play back images, slide the POWER switch to the right to turn on the power (The POWER lamp lights up) and insert the “Memory Stick”.

MODE selector

POWER switch

Control button

1 Set the MODE selector to PLAY.

The last recorded image appears on the LCD screen. “NO FILE” indicator appears on the LCD screen when there is no image.

2 Press v of the control button to display the menu bar on the LCD

screen.

3 Select the recorded image with the control button.

Select the button on the LCD screen with the control button, then press it.

'b: To display the preceding recorded image. B': To display the next image.

INDEX: To display six recorded images at a time (INDEX screen).

z When the menu bar is not

displayed

You can directly select the image with b or B of the control button.

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MODE selector

POWER switch

Control button

1 Set the MODE selector to PLAY.

The last recorded image appears on the LCD screen. The image recorded in MOVIE mode is displayed one-size smaller than the other normal-sized images.

2 Press v of the control button to display the menu bar on the LCD

screen.

3 Select the recorded moving image with the control button.

Select the button on the LCD screen with the control button, then press it.

'b: To display the preceding recorded

VOL.

image. B': To display the next image. INDEX: To display six recorded

images at a time (INDEX screen).

INDEX FILEDELETE SETUP

SELECT OK

MENU BAR OFF

4 Select the B (playback) button on the screen with the control

button, then press it.

Moving images and sound are played back.

Playing back

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The indicators during playback

During playback still images (STILL)

min

2.0

640

10/48

Zoom scaling indicator (44) Recording mode indicator (41) Image size indicator (40) Image number Remaining memory capacity

indicator Number of stored images in

“Memory Stick” Print mark indicator (58)

Protect indicator (47)

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12:00AM1999 7 4

Recording date of the playback image (14)/Menu bar and guide menu (52)

File name

During playback moving images (MOVIE)/still images with sounds (VOICE)

VOL. (Volume) buttons (21) Moving image file indicator (21) Image size indicator (40)

Image number/number of stored images in “Memory Stick”

Remaining memory capacity indicator

VOL.

min

320

6/860

0:10

Counter Playback image (21)

Play bar (21)

INDEX FILEDELETE SETUP

SELECT OK

MENU BAR OFF

Menu bar and guide menu (52)

Fast-forward/rewind buttons (21) Playback buttons (21)

B is displayed during stop, and X during playback.

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Viewing images using a personal computer

With your camera, the still image data is compressed in JPEG format and moving image data is compressed with MPEG-1 format. These data can be viewed using a personal computer which installed JPEG and MPEG browsing software as Sony PictureGear 3.2 Lite (supplied). For further information to use the browsing software, refer to the software and the personal computer instruction manual.

Using the optional PC card adaptor for “Memory Stick”

PC card adaptor (not supplied)

Playing back

“Memory Stick”

Personal computer

Example: personal computer with Windows 98 installed

Insert the PC card adaptor beforehand. The Disk Driver Wizard starts automatically. Refer to the operating instructions for PC card adaptor.

1 Start up your personal computer and insert the optional PC card

adaptor (with the “Memory Stick” inside) into the PC card drive of your personal computer.

2 Open “My computer” and double-click the drive newly set up.

Double-click folders in the following order as described below:

Recording mode Folder File name (example)

NORMAL (STILL) Dcim t 100msdcf t Dsc00001.jpg MOVIE Mssony t Moml0001 t Mov00001.mpg VOICE Mssony t Momlv100 t Dsc00001.mpg E-MAIL Mssony t lmcif100 t Dsc00001.jpg

3 Double-click the desired data file.

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Using the supplied accessories (USB cable)

You can send image data from your camera to an IBM PC/AT compatible PC or to a Macintosh on which the Mac OS is running, using the supplied USB cable and USB driver software. Install the USB driver software (supplied) following the instructions below.

For Windows 98 users 1 Turn on the power of your personal computer on which the

Windows 98 is running.

2 Set the supplied CD-ROM of the USB driver software into the CD-

ROM drive.

3 Connect one end of the USB cable to the USB jack and the other

end to the USB connector on your personal computer as illustrated.

4 Insert “Memory Stick” into your camera, and connect the AC

power adaptor/charger to your camera.

5 Turn on the power of your camera, and make sure if the USB cable

is connected to the USB jack on your camera.

“PC MODE USB” appears on the LCD screen, and your camera turns to standby for communication.

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6 When this unit is recognized on the personal computer, the Add

Hardware wizard in Windows 98 starts.

Follow the on-screen messages to specify the CD-ROM and install this unit´s USB driver. The Add Hardware wizard starts twice because two USB drivers are installed.

7 Open “My computer” and double click the driver newly set up.

For the detailed folder and file name, see 2 and 3 in “Using the Optional PC card adaptor for ‘Memory Stick’” (page 23).

For Macintosh users 1 Turn on the power of your personal computer on which the Mac

OS is running.

2 Set the supplied CD-ROM of the USB driver software into the CD-

ROM drive.

3 Double click the icon of the CD-ROM drive, and open the “Sony

USB Driver” folder.

4 Select “Sony USB Device Driver” and “Sony USB Shim”, then drag

and drop them to the “System Folder”. “These items need to be stored in the Extensions folder in order to be available to the computer. Put these items into the Extensions folder?” appears on the display. Click “OK”.

5 Restart your personal computer. 6 Insert “Memory Stick” into your camera, and connect the AC

power adaptor/charger to your camera.

7 Connect one end of the USB cable to the USB jack and the other

end to the USB connector on your personal computer as illustrated.

8 Turn on the power of your camera, and make sure if the USB cable

is connected to the USB jack on your camera.

“PC MODE USB” appears on the LCD screen, and your camera turns to standby for communication.

Playing back

Recommended Windows environment

• OS: Microsoft Windows 98 standard installation

Operation in an environment upgraded to Windows 98 is not assured.

• CPU: MMX Pentium 200MHz or faster

The USB connectors must be provided as standard.

Recommended Macintosh environment

• OS: Mac OS system 8.5/8.6 standard installation

• Model: iMac/G3

The USB connectors must be provided as standard.

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PNotes

• Operations are confirmed when: – you connect your camera directly

to your personal computer with the USB cable (supplied), and the USB connector on your personal computer does not have any other connections

– you connect the USB keyboard

and mouse which are provided as standard to your personal computer, and connect your camera to your personal computer with the USB cable (supplied) directly

• Operations are not confirmed if: – the USB connectors on your

personal computer have more

than one connection – you use a hub – you connect other equipment

with USB cables at the same time

except for the USB keyboard and

mouse which are provided as

standard

• We cannot assure all the recommended Windows and Macintosh environments mentioned before.

• When the cables are connected to both the USB jack and the serial jack, the jack connected before the other one works. Disconnect the cable from one jack to make the other one available.

• Communications between your camera and your personal computer may not recover after recovering from Suspend, Resume, or Sleep.

• Use the AC power adaptor/charger when your connect your camera to your personal computer. A malfunction such as a data error may occur since the battery discharges during communications.

• When using the Macintosh, connect the USB cable after your personal computer starts.

• The Macintosh may become unstable if you delete the data in “Memory Stick” right after copying the data to the hard disk.

• You may not be able to copy the whole of 100 msdcf folder at once to the hard disk on the Macintosh. In this case, open the 100 msdcf folder first, and copy the contents in the folder.

Notes on Using the PC Card Adaptor or USB Cable

• Set the LOCK switch on the “Memory Stick” to off.

• To play back an MPEG file, install Active Movie Player (Direct Show) or Media Player.

• For playing back a file recorded in MOVIE or VOICE mode, first copy it to the hard disk of your personal computer. If you play back the file from a “Memory Stick”, the picture and sound may break off.

• Install Quick Time 3.2 or later to play back MPEG files.

• New “Memory Stick”-s are already formatted so that they can be used as storage media for your personal computer without the need for formatting them. However, when you format “Memory Stick”-s on your personal computer, note that: – “Memory Stick” operations on

your camera cannot be assured if the “Memory Stick” is formatted on a Windows machine. Format the “Memory Stick” on your camera again when you use it with your camera.

– “Memory Stick”-s formatted on a

Macintosh may not work. Do not format “Memory Stick” on a Macintosh on which the Mac OS is running.

• Do not optimize the “Memory Stick” on your personal computer. It may damage the flash memory.

• Do not compress the data on the “Memory Stick” on your personal computer. Compressed files cannot be played back on your camera.

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Browsing by Explorer Using the PC Card Adaptor or the USB Cable

The image data in the “Memory Stick” is stored as shown in the figure below in a new drive (e.g. removable disk (D:)) by Explorer.

Example: When connected to the USB connector (Only folders for

recording mode used when you record images are displayed.)

Folder containing still image data Folder containing E-mail mode image data Folder containing moving image data Folder containing voice memo audio data

Handling Data Using the PC Card Adaptor or the USB Cable

Example: When using Windows 98

Look at the above Explorer figure. (In this example, the drive on which this unit is identified is drive (D:).)

• To capture still picture data on the personal computer from this unit: 1Open folder “100msdcf” in the “Dcim” folder in the (D:) drive. A list of still

picture data is displayed.

2Select the desired still image data, and capture it to the desired drive or folder.

• To capture still picture data on this unit from the personal computer: 1Capture the desired still image data to the “100msdcf” folder in the “Dcim”

folder. If there is no “100msdcf” folder, create a new folder called “100msdcf” using alphanumeric characters, and place this folder into the “Dcim” folder in the (D:) drive.

2Give the desired still image data the file name “DSC0ssss.jpg”, and save the

file to the “100msdcf” folder. Enter a number within the range 0001 to 9999 in ssss. Prevent file names from being duplicated.

Playing back

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Files to be Recorded when Using Windows 98

Photography Mode

Data to be Recorded

Data Compression

Directory

File Name*

System

Regular Photography (still picture)

E-MAIL

Still image data

320 × 240 still image data

JPEG

100MSDCF folder in the DCIM folder

IMCIF100 folder in the MSSONY

DSC0ss ss.jpg

folder

Still image data selected by

JPEG

100MSDCF folder in the DCIM folder

DSC0ss ss.jpg

yourself

VOICE

Audio data

Still image data

MPEG AUDIO (

monaural

JPEG

MOMLV100 in

)

MSSONYfolder

100MSDCF folder in

DSC0ss ss.mpg

DSC0ss ss.jpg

DCIM folder

Moving picture

Moving image data

MPEG-1

MOML0001 folder in

MOV0ss

ss.mpg MSSONY folder

Remarks

—

The file name ssss of still image data that you selected is the same number as 320 × 240 image data. The folder in which these two image data are saved is different.

The file name ssss of the image data is the same number as the audio data. The audio data that can be handled on this unit is the audio data that has been recorded on this unit or Digital Mavica.

The moving image data that can be handled on this unit is the moving image data that has been recorded on this unit or Digital Mavica.

Playing back

* ssss stands for any number within the range 0001 to 9999. When capturing two or more

still image data or moving image data to this unit, prevent the ssss number from being duplicated.

PNotes

• The file sometimes increases in size when still image data is opened depending on the application in use.

• If you use retouching software to processing the image and then capture the image to this unit from the personal computer, or directly processing images on this unit, the shape of the image may vary. For this reason, a file error may be displayed or files may not open.

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Using the supplied accessories (PC serial cable)

You can send image data from your camera to an IBM PC/AT compatible PC (via the serial port), using the supplied PC serial cable and Sony PictureGear 3.2 Lite. See page 72 for the operating environment of Sony PictureGear 3.2 Lite.

Personal computer

PC serial cable (supplied)

to the serial port

Digital still camera

to the serial jack

1 Install the supplied application software, Sony PictureGear 3.2

Lite, into your personal computer.

For details, refer to the instruction manual of the Sony PictureGear 3.2 Lite. (page 68)

2 Connect one end of the PC serial cable to the serial jack and the

other end to the serial port on your personal computer as illustrated.

3 Turn on the power of your camera, and make sure if the PC serial

cable is connected to the serial jack on your camera. Set the MODE selector to PLAY.

“PC MODE SERIAL” appears on the LCD screen, and your camera turns to standby for communication.

4 Operate the personal computer to receive and use image file from

your camera.

For details on the operation of your personal computer, refer to the instruction manual of your personal computer and Sony PictureGear 3.2 Lite.

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P Notes

•Install Active Movie Player to play back

MPEG files.

•Install Quick Time 3.2 to play back

MPEG files on Macintosh.

•When the cables are connected to both

the USB jack and the serial jack on your camera, the jack connected before the other one works. Disconnect the cable from one jack to make the other one available.

•While you are operating your personal

computer, you cannot operate your camera.

•Before making connections, turn off

each equipment. After connections are completed, turn on each equipment.

•When you use your camera with

connecting to other equipment for a long time, use the AC power adaptor/ charger.

•You cannot send a sound file with a still

image recorded in VOICE mode to a personal computer connected with the supplied PC serial cable.

•A sound file with a still image recorded

in VOICE mode can be played back with the DSC-F505 Digital Still Camera.

•For details on system requirements,

refer to the operating instructions of your application software.

•Depending on the application software

you use, information on image rotating may not be sent to your personal computer.

Playing back

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BVarious ways of

recording

Focusing manually

Focus ring

Recording images in macro

MACRO

FOCUS AUTO/ MANUAL

1 Set FOCUS AUTO/MANUAL to

MANUAL. 9 appears on the LCD screen.

2 Turn the focus ring to achieve a

sharp focus. 9 changes as follows:

: when recording a distant

subject

: when the subject is too close

to focus on

To reactivate auto focusing, set FOCUS AUTO/MANUAL to AUTO.

PNotes

• The AE lock indicator Bzb is not displayed depending on exposure and/ or positions of subjects.

• The AE lock indicator may not be displayed when you use your camera in the dark place.

1 Set FOCUS AUTO/MANUAL to

AUTO.

2 Set the zoom lever to “W” side,

and press MACRO. The macro indicator ( ) appears on the LCD screen. You can shoot a subject that is about 3 1/4 inches (8 cm) away from the lens surface in macro mode.

If you press MACRO button again, macro mode is released and you can record images in normal mode.

PNotes

• Your camera cannot focus when the subject is closer than about 2 2/3 feet (80 cm) and when you set the zoom lever to “T” side.

• You cannot record images in macro with following PROGRAM AE modes

appears on the LCD screen):

( – Landscape mode – Panfocus mode

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Recording images with the flash

Slide OPEN switch to make the flash avaiable. The flash pops up.

Flash emitter

Photocell window for flash

OPEN switch

3 Select “CAMERA” with the

control button, then press it. The CAMERA menu appears on the screen.

DIGITAL ZOOM FLASH LEVEL EXPOSURE

SELF

TIMER

SELECT OK

SETUPCAMERAEFFECT

FILE

4 Select “FLASH LEVEL” with the

control button, then press it.

Various ways of recording

Selecting brightness of the flash (FLASH LEVEL)

You can select brightness of the flash.

MODE selector

Control button

1 Set the MODE selector to STILL. 2 Press v of the control button.

The menu bar appears on the LCD screen.

HIGH NORMAL LOW

SETUPCAMERAEFFECT

FILE

SELF

TIMER

SELECT OK

DIGITAL ZOOM FLASH LEVEL EXPOSURE

5 Select the brightness of flash with

the control button.

SELF

TIMER

SELECT OK

DIGITAL ZOOM FLASH LEVEL EXPOSURE

HIGH

SETUPCAMERAEFFECT

FILE

6 Press V of the control button

repeatedly. The menu bar disappears from the screen.

z Hints for setting the flash

adjustment

• Set FLASH LEVEL to LOW ( –) when the subject or background is dark.

• Set FLASH LEVEL to HIGH ( the subject or background is bright.

To set the flash level properly, we recommend that you do a trial recording.

+) when

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Adjusting exposure (EXPOSURE)

You can adjust the exposure according to your conditions.

When to use?

The subject is too dark or bright against the background because of backlighting, a light source near by, etc.

5 Select the desired exposure value

with the control button, then press it. You can select values ranging from – 1.5EV to + 1.5EV in steps of

0.5EV.

DIGITAL ZOOM FLASH LEVEL

SELF

TIMER

SELECT OK

EXPOSURE

0EV

SETUPCAMERAEFFECT

FILE

MODE selector

Control button

1 Set the MODE selector to MOVIE

or STILL.

2 Press v of the control button.

The menu bar appears on the LCD screen.

3 Select “CAMERA” with the

control button, then press it. The CAMERA menu appears on the screen.

DIGITAL ZOOM FLASH LEVEL EXPOSURE

SELF

TIMER

SELECT OK

SETUPCAMERAEFFECT

FILE

4 Select “EXPOSURE” with the

control button, then press it.

DIGITAL ZOOM

SELF

TIMER

SELECT OK

FLASH LEVEL EXPOSURE

1.5EV

SETUPCAMERAEFFECT

FILE

6 Press V of the control button

repeatedly. The menu bar disappears from the screen.

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Adjusting the white balance

White balance adjustment allows more natural color balance for camera recording. Normally white balance is automatically adjusted.

WHITE

MODE selector

BALANCE button

(One-push white balance) button

1 Set the MODE selector to MOVIE

or STILL.

2 Press WHITE BALANCE

repeatedly to select the desired white balance mode.

❐ One-push white balance ( ):

Adjusting the white balance depending on the light source (Once you set the white balance, it will be fixed.)

❐ OUT DOOR ( ):

Recording a sunset/sunrise, just after sunset, just before sunrise, neon signs, or fireworks

❐ IN DOOR (n):

• Lighting condition changes quickly

• Too bright place such as photography studios

• Under sodium lamps or mercury lamps

❐ AUTO: Adjusting the white

balance automatically

To set the (One-push white balance) button

1 Press WHITE BALANCE button

repeatedly to select .

2 Place a white object such as paper

under the same light conditions as you are going to record, and shoot the white object so that it fills the entire frame of your camera.

3 Press .

The indicator starts to flash quickly. Once the white balance is set, the indicator stops flashing.

P Notes

• The indicator means: Slow flashing: white balance is not set. Quick flashing: white balance is being adjusted (after you pressed Lit steady: white balance has been set.

• If the even when you press automatic white balance mode.

• When you record with the studiolighting, use n (indoor) mode.

• When you record under fluorescent lighting, use the automatic white balance mode.

indicator keeps flashing

, record in

Various ways of recording

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Enjoying Picture Effect

You can make pictures like those of television with the Picture Effect function.

MODE selector

Control button

1 Set the MODE selector to MOVIE

or STILL.

2 Press v of the control button.

The menu bar appears on the LCD screen.

3 Select “EFFECT” with the control

button, then press it repeatedly until the desired picture effect is displayed. ❐ NEG. ART: The color and

brightness of the picture is reversed.

❐ SEPIA: The picture is sepia. ❐ B&W: The picture is

monochrome (black and white).

❐ SOLARIZE: The light intensity

is more clear, and the picture looks like an illustration.

4 Press V of the control button.

The menu bar disappears from the screen.

To cancel the picture effect

Select “EFFECT” in the step 3, then press the control button repeatedly until the picture effect indicator disappears.

Using the PROGRAM AE function

You can select one of six PROGRAM AE (Auto Exposure) modes to suit your shooting situation, referring to the following.

Press PROGRAM AE repeatedly to select the desired PROGRAM AE mode.

Aperture priority mode :

For making the subject stand out against an unclear background or making both the subject and the back ground stand out clearly

Shutter speed priority mode:

For recording a sharp picture of a fast-moving subject or recording the flow of motion of a moving subject

Twilight mode:

For suppressing the blurring of colors of a bright subject in a dark place so that you can record the subject without losing the dark atmosphere of the surroundings

Twilight +(plus) mode:

For using the function of the twilight mode more effectively

Landscape mode:

For focusing only on a distant subject to record such as landscape

Panfocus mode:

For changing the subjects to focus on quickly and simply (from close subjects to distant subjects)

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Using the Aperture Priority mode

1 Press PROGRAM AE repeatedly

to select .

2 Press v of the control button. The

menu bar appears on the LCD screen.

3 Select ”CAMERA” with the

control button, then press it. The CAMERA menu appears on the screen.

4 Select “APERTURE” with the

control button, then press it.

5 Select the desired shutter speed.

Note that the shutter speed is indicated as, for example, “100” for 1/100 shutter speed. You can select from the following 12 speeds. When you select “NTSC” in “VIDEO OUT” in the SET UP menu: 1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/90, 1/100, 1/125, 1/180, 1/250, 1/350, 1/500, 1/725 When you select “PAL” in “VIDEO OUT” in the SET UP menu: 1/6, 1/12, 1/25, 1/50, 1/75, 1/100, 1/120, 1/150, 1/215, 1/300,

1/425, 1/600 For a faster shutter speed, select a larger value indicator.

Various ways of recording

5 Select the desired aperture value.

You can select from the following 7 value: F2.8, F3.4, F4.0, F4.8, F5.6, F6.8, F8.0. For a smaller aperture, select a higher value.

PNote

You cannot select F2.8 while you set the zoom lever to “T” side.

Using the Shutter Priority mode

1 Press PROGRAM AE repeatedly

to select .

2 Press v of the control button. The

menu bar appears on the LCD screen.

3 Select ”CAMERA” with the

control button, then press it. The CAMERA menu appears on the screen.

4 Select “SHUTTER SPEED” with

the control button, then press it.

To cancel PROGRAM AE

Press PROGRAM AE repeatedly until the indicator on the LCD screen goes out.

PNotes

• You can focus only on distance subjects in Landscape modes.

• In Panfocus mode, the zoom position and focus are fixed.

• When you record in the Twilight + (plus) mode we recommend that you use a tripod to compensate for camerashake.

• Set the flash mode to forced-flash when you use flash in the following mode: Twilight mode, Twilight + (plus) mode or Landscape mode.

• When you record in the Twilight + (plus) mode, the picture may become coarse momentarily just before your camera focuses on a subject in the auto mode. This is not a malfunction.

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Using the spot lightmetering mode

Your camera has an automatic exposure (AE) function that automatically decides what the best exposure is. Complete photometry uses light meter data for the entire picture to calculate and determine exposure value. Use the spot lightmetering mode to take a picture with the appropriate exposure for just the point you want to focus on.

When to use?

• When there is backlight.

• When there is strong contrast between subject and background such as with a subject that is on stage and lighted by a spotlight.

SPOT METER button

Press SPOT METER button to select the complete photometry or spot lightmetering mode.

LCD screen

Spot light-metering range

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❐ FINE (FINE): Use this mode

when giving priority to image quality.

❐ STANDARD (STD): Use this

mode as a standard image quality.

5 Select the image quality with the

control button, then press it.

FORMAT FILE NUMBER

SELF

TIMER

SELECT OK

IMAGE SIZE QUALITY REC MODE

FINE

SETUPCAMERAEFFECT

FILE

6 Press V of the control button

repeatedly. The menu bar disappears from the screen.

z What is the difference in the

image quality mode?

An image is compressed in the JPEG format before recording. The memory capacity allocated to each image is different depending on the image quality.

PNote

Depending on the image, changing the image quality may not affect the image appearance on the screen.

Various ways of recording

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Selecting image size

You can change the image size according to your recording conditions.

Items for STILL mode

❐ 1600 × 1200: Records a 1600 ×

1200 JPEG file.

❐ 1024 × 768: Records a 1024 × 768

JPEG file.

❐ 640 × 480: Records a 640 × 480

JPEG file.

MODE selector

Control button

1 Set the MODE selector to MOVIE

or STILL.

2 Press v of the control button.

The menu bar appears on the LCD screen.

3 Select “FILE” with the control

button, then press it. The FILE menu appears on the screen.

FORMAT FILE NUMBER IMAGE SIZE QUALITY REC MODE

SELF

TIMER

SELECT OK

SETUPCAMERAEFFECT

FILE

4 Select “IMAGE SIZE” with the

control button, then press it.

SELF

TIMER

SELECT OK

FORMAT FILE NUMBER IMAGE SIZE QUALITY REC MODE

1600

1200

1024×768

640×480

SETUPCAMERAEFFECT

FILE

Items for MOVIE mode

❐ 320 × 240: Records a 320 × 240

MPEG file.

❐ 160 × 112: Records a 160 × 112

MPEG file.

5 Select the desired image size with

the control button, then press it.

FORMAT

SELF

TIMER

SELECT OK

FILE NUMBER IMAGE SIZE QUALITY REC MODE

1600×1200

SETUPCAMERAEFFECT

FILE

6 Press V of the control button

repeatedly. The menu bar disappears from the screen.

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Selecting recording mode (REC MODE)

You can record a still image and sound together, or a still image which is suitable for e-mail transmission.

MODE selector

Control button

1 Set the MODE selector to STILL. 2 Press v of the control button.

The menu bar appears on the LCD screen.

3 Select “FILE” with the control

button, then press it. The FILE menu appears on the screen.

FORMAT FILE NUMBER IMAGE SIZE QUALITY REC MODE

SELF TIMER

SELECT OK

SETUPCAMERAEFFECT

FILE

❐ VOICE: Records a still image

and sound together besides a JPEG file.

❐ E-MAIL: Records a 320 × 240

JPEG file besides a selected image size. E-mail files are suitable for e-mail transmission, etc. because they contain compressed data.

❐ NORMAL: Records a JPEG file

in selected image size.

5 Select the desired recording mode

with the control button, then press it.

FORMAT FILE NUMBER IMAGE SIZE

SELF

TIMER

SELECT OK

QUALITY

E-MAILREC MODE

SETUPCAMERAEFFECT

FILE

6 Press V of the control button

repeatedly. The menu bar disappears from the screen.

Various ways of recording

4 Select “REC MODE” with the

control button, then press it.

FORMAT

SELF TIMER

SELECT OK

FILE NUMBER IMAGE SIZE QUALITY REC MODE

VOICE E-MAIL NORMAL

SETUPCAMERAEFFECT

FILE

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The MODE selector is set to “STILL”

Recording mode

NORMAL

E-MAIL

VOICE

Image size

1600 × 1200 1024 × 768 640 × 480 1600 × 1200

1024 × 768

640 × 480

1600 × 1200

1024 × 768

640 × 480

Recording file

JPEG (1600 × 1200) JPEG (1024 × 768) JPEG (640 × 480) JPEG (1600 × 1200)

JPEG (320 × 240) JPEG (1024 × 768)

JPEG (320 × 240) JPEG (640 × 480)

JPEG (320 × 240) JPEG (1600 × 1200)

MPEG audio with still image (320 × 240)

JPEG (1024 × 768) MPEG audio with still image (320 × 240)

JPEG (640 × 480) MPEG audio with still image (320 × 240)

The MODE selector is set to “MOVIE”

Mode

Presentation Video mail

* Continuous recording time

Image size

320 × 240 160 × 112

Recording file

MPEG (320 × 240) MPEG (160 × 112)

File name (ex.) Dsc

00001.jpg

00001.mpg

00001.jpg

00001.mpg

00001.jpg

00001.mpg

File name (ex.) Mov

00001.mpg

No. of images that can be recorded on a “Memory Stick”

STANDARD FINE

10 – 15 5 – 8 27 – 49 14 – 27 47 – 63 27 – 38 10 – 14 5 – 8

24 – 48 13 – 24

38 – 48 24 – 32

9 – 12 5 – 7

19 – 27 11 – 19

27 – 32 19 – 24

Maximum recording time on a “Memory Stick” (sec.) *

40 160

z On directory

The directory of the file depending on the recording mode is as follows:

NORMAL: \Dcim\100msdcf E-MAIL: \Mssony\Imcif100 VOICE: \Mssony\Momlv100 Moving image: \Mssony\Moml0001

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BVarious ways of

playback

Playing back multiple images at a time (INDEX)

You can play back six recorded images at a time. You can also select a specific image from the six images and enlarge it to full-size.

When to use?

To search for an image you want from all the recorded images.

1 Set the MODE selector to PLAY. 2 Press v of the control button.

The menu bar appears on the LCD screen.

: Moving image file : Still image with sound file

: E-mail mode file

: Print mark

- : Protect mark

To display another six images

Select “v/V” at the lower left on the screen with the control button, then press v/V of the control button.

v Displays preceding six images V Displays following six images

To return to the normal playback

• Select the desired image with the control button, then press it.

• Select “RETURN” with the control button, then press it.

PNote

You cannot clear the menu bar in INDEX mode.

Various ways of playback

3 Select “INDEX” with the control

button, then press it. Six images are displayed at a time (index screen).

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Enlarging a part of the image – Zoom and trimming

You can enlarge and display a part of the recorded image.

MODE selector

Zoom lever

Control button

1 Set the MODE selector to PLAY. 2 Display the image to enlarge. 3 Zoom in/out the image with the

zoom lever. The zoom scaling indicator appears on the LCD screen.

4 Press the control button repeatedly

to trim the image.

v : Image moves downward V : Image moves upward b : Image moves rightward B : Image moves leftward

To record an enlarged image (trimming)

1Enlarge the image. 2Press the shutter button. The image

is recorded at 640 × 480 size.

PNotes

•You cannot use this function on moving images.

•Zoom scaling is up to 5× regardless of the original size.

To return to the normal size

Zoom in with the zoom lever until the zoom scaling indicator ( × 1.1) disappears from the screen, or simply press the control button. The zoom scaling indicator ( × 1.1) disappears from the screen.

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Rotating image (ROTATE)

You can rotate the playback still picture. Information on the rotated image is written to the data file.

5 Select “ROTATE (90°)” with the

control button, then press it.

When to use?

To play back vertical images recorded to horizontal images.

1 Set the MODE selector to PLAY. 2 Display the image to rotate. 3 Press v of the control button.

The menu bar appears on the LCD screen.

4 Select “FILE” with the control

button, then press it. The FILE menu appears on the screen.

❐ : Rotates the image clockwise

by 90 degrees

❐ : Rotates the image counter-

clockwise by 90 degrees

6 Rotate the image, and select

“RETURN” with the control button, then press it.

To return to the original image

Select or in the step 6 until the image returns to the original image. Select “RETURN” with the control button, then press it.

PNotes

• You cannot rotate moving images.

• The image recorded with other equipment may not be rotated.

• If the write protect tab on the “Memory Stick” is set to LOCK, or the image is protected, you cannot rotate the image.

• Information on image rotating may not be sent to a personal computer.

Various ways of playback

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Playing back images in a continuous loop (SLIDE SHOW)

Plays back all recorded images in succession automatically.

When to use?

For a presentation, etc.

MODE selector

Control button

5 Set “INTERVAL” with the control

button. Set it with b/B of the control button. You can select from 1 MIN (one minute), 30 SEC (30 seconds), 10 SEC (10 seconds), 5 SEC (five seconds), or 3 SEC (three seconds).

6 Set “REPEAT” with the control

button. ❐ ON: Plays back images in a

continuous loop until “RETURN” is selected.

❐ OFF: After all images played

back, your camera turns to playback pause mode.

7 Select “START” with the control

button. Slide show begins.

1 Set the MODE selector to PLAY. 2 Press v of the control button.

The menu bar appears on the LCD screen.

3 Select “FILE” with the control

button, then press it. The FILE menu appears on the screen.

FORMAT ROTATE (90°) SLIDE SHOW COPY PRINT MARK PROTECT

INDEX FILEDELETE SETUP

SELECT OK

4 Select “SLIDE SHOW” with the

control button, then press it.

SLIDE SHOW

INTERVAL REPEAT

SELECT OK

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30 SEC

CANCELSTART

To cancel the setting

Select “CANCEL” with the control button, then press it.

PNote

Interval time may not stay in adjustment depending on setting of image size and quality.

To operate the slide show

• Playback pause

Select “X” with the control button, then press it.

• Playback pause release

Select “B” with the control button, then press it.

• Search

Select “'b/B'” with the control button, then press b/B of it. You can also operate with the control button only while the menu bar is not displayed.

• Cancel

Select “RETURN ” with the control button, then press it.

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Preventing accidental erasure (PROTECT)

5 Select “ON” with the control

button, then press it. The displayed image is protected.

To prevent accidental erasure, you can protect all or selected images.

In single mode

1 Set the MODE selector to PLAY,

then display the image to protect.

2 Press v of the control button.

The menu bar appears on the LCD screen.

3 Select “FILE” with the control

button, then press it. The FILE menu appears on the screen.

6 Press V of the control button

repeatedly. The menu bar disappears from the screen. “-” appears on the protected image.

To release protection

Select “OFF” with the control button in the step 5, then press it.

In INDEX mode

1 Display the index screen. 2 Select “FILE” with the control

botton, then press it.

3 Select “PROTECT” with the

control botton, then press it.

4 Select “ALL” to protect (or

unprotect) all images, or “SELECT” to protect (or unprotect) selected images with the control button, then press it.

When selecting “ALL”

Various ways of playback

4 Select “PROTECT” with the

control button, then press it.

To protect all images

Select “ON” with the control button, then press it.

To release protection of all images

Select “OFF” with the control button, then press it.

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When selecting “SELECT”

0001-0006/0100

SELECT OK

To protect images

1 Select the image to protect

with the control button, then press it. The protect indicator (-) appears on the selected image.

2 After selecting all images to

protect, select “ENTER” with the control button, then press it. The protect indicator (-) changes from green to white.

To release protection

Select the images to unprotect in the step 1 , then select “ENTER” with the control button then press it.

PNote

If the write-protect tab on the “Memory Stick” is set to LOCK, you cannot protect images nor release protection.

ENTERPROTECT CANCEL

Deleting images (DELETE)

You can delete all or selected images that you no longer want to keep.

MODE selector

Control button

In single mode

1 Set the MODE selector to PLAY,

then display the image to delete.

2 Press v of the control button.

The menu bar appears on the LCD screen.

3 Select “DELETE” with the control

button, then press it.

DELETE

SELECT OK

CANCEL

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4 Select “OK” with the control

button, then press it. The image is deleted.

PNote

Once you delete an image, you cannot restore it. Check the image to delete carefully before deleting.

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In INDEX mode

1 Display the index screen. 2 Select “DELETE” with the control

button, then press it.

3 Select “ALL” to delete all images,

or “SELECT” to delete selected images with the control button, then press it.

To cancel deleting

Select “CANCEL” with the control button, then press it.

PNotes

• Even if you select “ALL,” you cannot delete the protected image.

• When you select “SELECT,” you cannot select a protected image.

When selecting “ALL”

DELETE ALL ?

ALL

CANCEL

SELECT

FILEDELETE SETUPRETURN

Select “OK” with the control button, then press it.

When selecting “SELECT”

0001-0006/0100

SELECT OK

1 Select the image to delete with

the control button, then press it. The delete indicator ( ) appears on the selected image.

2 After selecting all the images

to delete, select “ENTER” with the control button, then press it. The selected images are deleted.

ENTERDELETE CANCEL

Various ways of playback

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Copying the images in “Memory Stick”

4 Select the image you want to copy

with the control button, then press it. indicator appears.

In Single mode

1 Press v of the control button.

The menu bar appears on the LCD screen.

2 Select “FILE” with the control

button, then press it.

3 Select “COPY” with the control

button, then press “OK”. “FILE ACCESS” is displayed.

4 When “CHANGE MEMORY

STICK” is displayed, eject the “Memory Stick”.

5 When “INSERT MEMORY

STICK” is displayed, insert another “Memory Stick”. “RECORDING” is displayed.

6 Once copying is completed, the

message “COMPLETE” is displayed. To copy all the infomation to another “Memory Stick”, select CONTINUE with the control button and repeat the procedures in steps 4 through 6 above.

To discontinue copying, select EXIT with the control button.

In INDEX mode

5 Select “ENTER”, with the control

button, then press it. “MEMORY STICK ACCESS” is displayed.

6 When “CHANGE MEMORY

STICK” is displayed, eject the “Memory Stick”.

7 When “INSERT MEMORY

STICK” is displayed, insert another “Memory Stick”. “RECORDING” displayed.

8 Once copying is completed, the

message “COMPLETE” is displayed. To copy images to another “Memory Stick”, select CONTINUE with the control button and repeart the procedures in steps 6 through 8 above. To discontinue copying, select EXIT with the control button.

PNotes

• You cannot copy the images which are bigger than 1.4MB at once. If “NOT ENOUGH MEMORY” appears or indicator flashes on the display when copying, cancel some images to copy, and try again.

• When you copy to the “Memory Stick” which has a small remaining capacity, “MEMORY STICK FULL” may appear on the LCD screen.

• To discontinue copying onto “Memory Stick”, change the MODE selector or turn off your camera.

1 Display the INDEX screen. 2 Select “COPY” in the FILE menu,

then press the control button.

3 Select “SELECT”, then press the

control button.

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Formatting (initializing) a “Memory Stick”

1 Press v of the control button.

The menu bar appears on the LCD screen.

2 Select “FILE” with the control

button, then press it. The FILE menu appears.

3 Select “FORMAT” with the control

button, then press it.

Various ways of playback

OK CANCEL

SETUPCAMERAEFFECT

FILE

SELF

TIMER

SELECT

FORMAT FILE NUMBER IMAGE SIZE QUALITY REC MODE

4 Select “OK” with the control

button, then press it. “FORMATTING” is displayed.

To cancel formatting

Select “CANCEL” with the control button in the step 4, then press it.

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BChanging the menu

setting

Changing the menu setting

2 Select the desired item with the

control button, then press it. The color of the item changes from blue to yellow.

1 Press v of the control button.

The menu bar appears on the LCD screen.

MOVIE/STILL

SELF TIMER

PLAY (single mode)

INDEX FILEDELETE SETUP

SELECT OK

PLAY (INDEX mode)

SELECT

SINGLE DISPLAY

SETUPCAMERAEFFECT

FILE

MENU BAR OFFSELECT OK

MENU BAR OFF

1999 7 4 10:30PMDSC00100

FILEDELETE SETUPRETURN

VIDEO OUT

/LANGUAGE CLOCK SET BEEP

INDEX FILEDELETE SETUP

SELECT

3 Select the desired setting with the

control button, then press it. The screen returns to the menu in the step 2.

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Setting the mode of each item

Menu items that can be modified differ depending on the setting of the MODE selector. The LCD screen shows only the items you can operate at the moment. Initial settings are indicated in bold letters.

Items in STILL/MOVIE mode

SELF TIMER

Select this item to record with the self-timer. (page 38)

EFFECT

<NEG. ART/SEPIA/B&W/SOLARIZE>

• Select NEG. ART to record the image color reversed.

• Select SEPIA to record sepia image.

• Select B&W to record monochrome image.

• Select SOLARIZE to record illustrational image.

FILE

FORMAT <OK/CANCEL>

• Select OK to format a “Memory Stick”.

• Select CANCEL to cancel formatting a “Memory Stick”.

FILE NUMBER <SERIES/NORMAL>

• Select SERIES to put numbers to files in sequence even if the “Memory Stick” is changed.

• Select NORMAL to reset the numbering of files each time the “Memory Stick” is changed.

IMAGE SIZE (in STILL mode) <1600 × 1200/1024 × 768/640 × 480>

• Select 1600 × 1200 to record a 1600 × 1200 JPEG image.

• Select 1024 × 768 to record a 1024 × 768 JPEG image.

• Select 640 × 480 to record a 640 × 480 JPEG image.

(in MOVIE mode) <320 × 240/160 × 112>

• Select 320 × 240 to record a 320 × 240 MPEG image.

• Select 160 × 112 to record a 160 × 112 MPEG image.

Changing the menu setting

QUALITY (only in STILL mode) <FINE/STANDARD>

• Select FINE when giving priority to image quality.

• Select STANDARD as a standard image quality.

REC MODE (only in STILL mode) <VOICE/E-MAIL/NORMAL>

• Select VOICE to record a still image and sound together besides a JPEG file.

• Select E-MAIL to record a 320 × 240 JPEG file besides the JPEG file you selected in IMAGE SIZE.

• Normally select NORMAL. A JPEG file is recorded in selected image size.

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REC TIME SET (only in MOVIE mode) <15 SEC/10 SEC/5 SEC>

Adjust the recording time of the moving image.

CAMERA

APERTURE* <F2.8 to F8.0>

Adjust the aperture value when you select in the PROGRAM AE mode.

SHUTTER SPEED* <1/8 to 1/725 or 1/6 to 1/600>

Adjust the shutter speed when you select in the PROGRAM AE mode.

* These items are displayed only when you select or in the PROGRAM AE mode.

DIGITAL ZOOM (only in STILL mode) <ON/OFF>

• Select ON to turn on digital zoom.

• Select OFF to turn off digital zoom.

FLASH LEVEL (only in STILL mode) <HIGH/NORMAL/LOW>

• Select HIGH to make the flash level higher than normal.

• Normally select NORMAL.

• Select LOW to make the flash level lower than normal.

EXPOSURE <+1.5EV to –1.5EV>

Select this item to adjust exposure.

SETUP

DEMO <STBY/ON or OFF>

Only when you use the AC power adaptor/charger in MOVIE or STILL mode, DEMO appears in the menu. To stop the demonstration, turn off your camera.

• Select ON to make the demonstration appear. The demonstration will start about 10 minutes after the power is turned on if your camera has not been operated.

• Select OFF to deactivate the demonstration mode.

VIDEO OUT <NTSC/PAL>

• Select NTSC to set the video signal NTSC mode.

• Select PAL to set the video signal PAL mode.

/LANGUAGE <ENGLISH or /JPN>

• Select ENGLISH to display all items in English.

• Select /JPN to display all items in Japanese.

CLOCK SET

Select this item to set the date and time.

BEEP <SHUTTER/ON/OFF>

• Select SHUTTER to turn off the beep only.

• Normally set to ON.

• Select OFF to turn off the beep/shutter sound.

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Items in PLAY (single) mode

INDEX

Select this item to display six recorded images at a time.

DELETE

• Select OK to delete displayed image.

• Select CANCEL to cancel deleting image.

FILE

FORMAT <OK/CANCEL>

• Select OK to format a “Memory Stick”.

• Select CANCEL to cancel formatting a “Memory Stick”.

ROTATE (90°)

Select this item to rotate an image.

SLIDE SHOW

Select this item to play back images in a continuous loop.

COPY <OK/CANCEL>

• Select OK to COPY the displayed image to other “Memory Stick”.

• Select CANCEL to cancel copying the image.

PRINT MARK <ON/OFF >

• Select ON to mark the print mark on the image.

• Select OFF to unmark the mark.

PROTECT <ON/OFF >

• Select ON to protect displayed image.

• Select OFF to release protection of the image.

Changing the menu setting

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Items in PLAY (INDEX) mode

DELETE

• Select ALL to delete all images.

• Select SELECT to delete selected images.

FILE

FORMAT <OK/CANCEL>

• Select OK to format a “Memory Stick”.

• Select CANCEL to cancel formatting a “Memory Stick”.

COPY <SELECT/CANCEL>

• Select SELECT to copy the selected image to other “Memory Stick”.

• Select CANCEL to cancel copying images.

PRINT MARK <ALL/SELECT/CANCEL>

• Select ALL to unmark the print marks on all images.

• Select SELECT to mark or unmark the print mark on the selected images.

• Select CANCEL to cancel the setting.

PROTECT <ALL/SELECT/CANCEL>

• Select ALL to protect all images.

• Select SELECT to protect or unprotect selected images.

• Select CANCEL to cancel the setting.

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Using the house current (mains)

Power cord (mains lead) (supplied)

AC power adaptor/ charger AC-VF10 (supplied)

DK-115 DC connecting cable (supplied)

1 Open the battery/“Memory Stick”

cover.

Using image data with other equipment

2 Insert the one end of the DK-115

DC connecting cable to the battery terminal, and close the cover. When inserting the cable, open the slot cover for AC power adaptor/ charger and be careful not to pinch the cable.

3 Connect the other end of the DC

connecting cable to the AC power adaptor/charger.

Connect the power cord (mains lead) to the AC power adaptor/ charger, and to a wall outlet (mains).

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Printing the recorded images

Marking a print mark on an image

Using a printer, you can send the image data to the printer that has video input jack to print the images recorded on your camera. For details on printing, refer to the instruction manual of the printer.

Watching an image

Color video printer

Printing images

to video input

A/V connecting cable (supplied)

to A/V OUT

1 Connect the A/V OUT jack of the

camera to the video input jack of the printer.

2 Start playback on the camera.

Playback picture appears on the TV screen.

3 The printer receives image data

from your camera and starts printing.

You can mark a print mark on images recorded with your camera. This mark is convenient for checking the images to print. Your camera conforms with the DPOF (Digital Print Order Format) standard for specifying the still images to print out.

MODE selector

Control button

In single mode

1 Set the MODE selector to PLAY

and display the image to mark.

2 Press v of the control button.

The menu bar appears on the LCD screen.

3 Select “FILE” with the control

button, then press it. The FILE menu appears on the screen.

FORMAT ROTATE (90°) SLIDE SHOW COPY PRINT MARK PROTECT

INDEX FILEDELETE SETUP

SELECT OK

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4 Select “PRINT MARK” with the

control button, then press it.

When selecting “ALL”

FORMAT ROTATE (90°) SLIDE SHOW COPY PRINT MARK PROTECT

INDEX FILEDELETE SETUP

SELECT

ON OFF

5 Select “ON” with the control

button, then press it. The print mark is marked on an image.

6 Press V of the control button

repeatedly. The menu bar disappears from the screen. “ ” is marked on the image.

To unmark the print mark

Select “OFF” with the control button in the step 5, then press it.

In INDEX mode

1 Display the index screen. 2 Select “PRINT MARK” of “FILE”

with the control button, then press it.

3 Select “ALL” to unmark all

images, or “SELECT” to mark (or unmark) selected images with the control button, then press it.

FORMAT

PRINT MARK: ALL

COPY

OFF CANCEL

PRINT MARK PROTECT

SELECT

FILEDELETE SETUPRETURN

To unmark the all print marks

Select “OFF” with the control button, then press it.

When selecting “SELECT”

0001-0006/0100

SELECT OK

To mark the print mark

1 Select the image to mark with

the control button, then press it. “ ” appears on the selected image.

2 After selecting all the images

to mark, select “ENTER” with the control button, then press it. “ ” changes from green to white.

To unmark the selected print mark

Select the images to unmark in the step 1, then select “ENTER” with the control button, then press it.

ENTERPRINT MARK CANCEL

Using image data with other equipment

PNotes

• If the write-protect tab on the “Memory Stick” is set to LOCK, you cannot mark a print mark.

• You cannot mark print marks on moving images.

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Additional information

Precautions

On “Memory Stick”

• Do not touch the terminal of the “Memory Stick” by your hand or a metal object.

• Do not attach any other material than the supplied label on the label space of the “Memory Stick”.

• Do not strike, bend, or drop the “Memory Stick”.

• Do not disassemble or convert the “Memory Stick”.

• Do not wet the “Memory Stick”.

• Do not use or store the “Memory Stick” in the following areas:

– Hot locations such as the inside of a

car or the outdoors under hot weather.

– Humid or corrosive locations.

• Carry or store the “Memory Stick” in its supplied case.

• Setting the write-protect switch to “LOCK” disables you to record, delete, or format data.

• We recommend that you make a backup copy important data.

• Recorded data may be lost or damaged in the following situations: – When you remove the battery or the

AC power adaptor/changer.

– When you remove the “Memory

Stick” or turn off your camera while reading or writing data.

– When you use the “Memory Stick” in

the locations subject to static electricity or noise.

• This camera is not guaranteed to properly play back images shot with other equipment. The images shot with this camera are not guaranteed to be played back properly with other equipment.

On moisture condensation

If the camera is brought directly from a cold to a warm location, or is placed in a very damp room, moisture may condense inside or outside the camera. Should this occur, the camera will not operate properly. In this case, remove the battery pack and open the battery cover and wait about an hour for the moisture to evaporate.

How to prevent moisture condensation

When bringing the camera from a cold place to a warm place, put the camera in a plastic bag and allow it to adapt to room conditions over a period of time. 1 Be sure to tightly seal the plastic

bag containing the camera.

2 Remove the bag when the air

temperature inside it has reached the temperature surrounding it (about an hour).

On cleaning

Cleaning the LCD screen

Wipe the screen surface with the cleaning cloth (not supplied) or a LCD cleaning kit (not supplied) to remove fingerprints, dust, etc.

Cleaning the camera surface

Clean the camera surface with a soft cloth slightly moistened with water. Do not use any type of solvent such as alcohol or benzene as it may mar the finish of the casing.

If you have any questions or problems concerning your camera, please consult your nearest Sony dealer.

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About the lithium battery

Your camera is supplied with a rechargeable lithium battery installed so as to retain the date and time, etc., regardless of the setting of the POWER switch. The lithium battery is always charged as long as you are using the camera. The battery, however, will get discharged gradually if you do not use the camera. It will be completely discharged in about six months if you do not use the camera at all. Even if the lithium battery is not charged, it will not affect the camera operation. To retain the date and time, etc., charge the battery if the battery is discharged. The following are charging methods:

• Connect the camera to a wall outlet (mains) using the supplied AC power adaptor/charger, and leave the camera with the POWER switch turned off for more than 24 hours.

• Or, install the fully charged battery pack in the camera, and leave the camera with the POWER switch turned off for more than 24 hours.

Using your camera abroad

Power sources

You can use your camera in any country or area with the supplied battery charger within 100 V to 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz. Use a commercially available AC plug adaptor [a], if necessary, depending on the design of the wall outlet (mains) [b].

AC-VF10

[a] [b]

Watching the playback picture on TV

If you want to view the playback picture on a TV, you need a TV having a video input jack and a video connecting cable. The color system of the TV must be the same as that of your digital still camera. TV color systems differ from country to country. Check the following list:

NTSC system countries

Bahama Islands, Bolivia, Canada, Central America, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Peru, Surinam, Taiwan, the Philippines, the U.S.A., Venezuela, etc.

PAL system countries

Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Hong Kong, Italy, Kuwait, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, etc.

PAL-M system country

Brazil

PAL-N system countries

Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay

SECAM system countries

Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Guiana, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Monaco, Poland, Russia, Slovak Republic, Ukraine, etc.

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Troubleshooting

Should any problem persist after you have made these checks, consult your nearest Sony dealer. If warning and notice messages appear on the LCD screen, see page 63.

Symptom Cause/Solution

Your camera does not work.

You cannot record images.

The picture is out of focus.

The picture is noisy.

The picture is too dark.

•The battery is weak (the indicator appears on the LCD screen).

Charge the battery. (page 10)

•The AC power adaptor/charger is not connected securely.

Connect it to the battery terminal of your camera and a wall outlet (mains) firmly. (page 57)

•The built-in micro computer does not work properly.

Disconnect any power sources and reconnect it after one minute. Then turn the power on by sliding the POWER switch to the right.

•The MODE selector is not set to MOVIE or STILL.

Set it to MOVIE or STILL. (pages 16, 17)

•Memories are full.

Delete certain images you do not want to keep, and then start recording. (page 48)

•No “Memory Stick” has been inserted into your camera.

Insert “Memory Stick”. (page 13)

•The write protect tab on the “Memory Stick” is set to LOCK.

Set it to recording position.

•The battery is weak (the indicator appears on the LCD screen).

Charge the battery. (page 10)

•Your camera is not in macro recording mode if you shoot a subject that is about 3 1/4 to 19 3/4 inches (8 to 50 cm) away from the lens.

Press MACRO to be in macro recording mode. (page 32)

Set the zoom lever to the “W” side. (page 19)

•Your camera is placed near a TV or other equipment that uses strong magnets.

Place your camera away from the TV, etc.

•You are shooting a subject with the light source behind the subject or light is insufficient.

Adjust exposure. (page 34)

Adjust brightness of the LCD screen. (page 8)

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Symptom Cause/Solution

Vertical streaks appear when shooting a very bright subject.

Black points and/or bright (red, blue or green) points appear on the LCD screen.

The battery life deteriorates too fast.

You cannot play back the images.

You cannot delete an image.

You cannot install the USB driver software (supplied).

•The smear phenomenon.

Your camera is not malfunctioning.

Your camera is not malfunctioning. These points will not be recorded.

•The battery is not charged enough.

Charge the battery fully. (page 10)

•The battery is dead.

Replace the battery with a new one. (page 11)

•The MODE selector is not set to PLAY.

Set it to PLAY. (pages 16, 17)

•No “Memory Stick” has been inserted, or no image has been recorded on the “Memory Stick”.

Insert the recorded “Memory Stick”. (page 12)

•The battery is discharged.

Charge the battery. (page 10)

•The image is protected.

Cancel the protection of the image. (page 47)

•The write protect tab on the “Memory Stick” is set to LOCK.

Set it to recording position.

•The power is set to off.

Set it to on.

•The battery is weak.

Connect the AC power adaptor/charger to the battery terminal of your camera and a wall outlet (mains) firmly. (page 57)

•No “Memory Stick” has been inserted into your camera.

Insert “Memory Stick”. (page 12)

•The USB cable does not connect firmly.

Disconnect the USB cable, and connect it again. Make sure that “PC MODE USB” is displayed on the LCD screen. (page 24)

•The USB connectors on your personal computer are connected to other equipment besides the keyboard, the mouse, and your camera.

Disconnect te USB cables expect for ones connected to the keyboard and the mouse. (page 24)

Additional information

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Self-diagnosis display

The camera has a self-diagnosis display. This function displays the camera condition with five-digits (a combination of a letter and figures) on the LCD screen. If this occurs, check the following code chart. The fivedigits display informs you of the camera’s current condition. The last two digits (indicated by ss) will differ depending on the state of the camera.

First three digits Cause and/or Corrective Action

C:04:ss

•You are using a battery pack that is not an “Info

LITHIUM” battery pack. t Use a NP-FS11/F10 battery pack. (page 10)

C:32:ss

•Trouble is with the hardware.

t Turn the power off and on again.

C:13:ss

•An unformatted “Memory Stick” is inserted.

t Format the “Memory Stick”. (page 51)

•A “Memory Stick” is broken.

t Insert a new “Memory Stick”. (page 12)

E:61:ss E:91:ss

•A camera malfunction which you can not reverse has

occurred. t Contact your Sony dealer or local authorized Sony

service facility and inform them of the five digits. (example: E:61:10)

Self-diagnosis display

•C:ss:ss You can reverse the camera malfunction yourself. (However, contact your Sony dealer or local authorized Sony service facility when you cannot recover from the camera malfunction.)

•E:ss:ss Contact your Sony dealer or local authorized Sony service facility.

C:32:

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Warning and notice messages

Various messages appear on the LCD screen. Check them with the following list.

Message Meaning/Remedy

NO MEMORY STICK

SYSTEM ERROR

MEMORY STICK ERROR

FORMAT ERROR

MEMORY STICK LOCKED

NO MEMORY SPACE

FILE ERROR

FILE PROTECT

NO FILE

for “InfoLITHIUM” BATTERY ONLY

NOT ENOUGH MEMORY

•No “Memory Stick” has been inserted.

Insert a “Memory Stick”. (page 12)

•Abnormal conditions are encountered with the hardware.

Turn on the power again.

•An inserted “Memory Stick” is broken.

•An inserted “Memory Stick” is malfunction.

Insert the proper “Memory Stick”. (page 12)

•Failed to format the “Memory Stick”.

Format the “Memory Stick”. (page 52)

•The tab on the “Memory Stick” is set to LOCK position.

Set it to recording position. (page 13)

•The capacity of the “Memory Stick” is full.

Delete images you do not want to keep, or insert a new “Memory Stick”, then start recording. (pages 12, 48)

•The file is broken down.

Delete the broken file. (page 48)

•The image is protected.

Cancel the protection using the menu. (page 47)

•No image has been recorded on the “Memory Stick”.

Insert the recorded “Memory Stick”.

•An inserted “Memory Stick” does not usable with this camera.

Insert the proper “Memory Stick”.

•The battery is not the “InfoLITHIUM” type.

Use the “InfoLITHIUM” battery. (page 10)

•The battery is weak.

Charge the battery. (page 10)

•The images you want to copy are too big to copy with your camera.

Copy the images with your personal computer.

Additional information

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Specifications

System

Recording format

Digital (JPEG based)/Field recording

Video signal

NTSC color, EIA standards PAL color CCIR standards

Image device

1/2-inch CCD (total number of square pixels: 1636 ×

1236), square grid, primary color filter, Interlace format

Lens

f = 7.1 – 35.5 mm (38 – 190 mm, when converted into a 35 mm still camera)

0.5 m – ∞ (“W” side)

0.08 m – ∞ (Macro, “W” side) F = 2.8 – 3.3

Photometric system

TTL system

Exposure control

Automatic exposure

White balance

Automatic, Indoor, Outdoor, One-push

Data compression system

Movie: MPEG-1 Still: JPEG Audio (with still image): MPEG AUDIO (Monaural)

Data format

Still: 1600 × 1200

1024 × 768 640 × 480 320 × 240 (E-mail)

Movie: 320 × 240, 160 × 112

Memory

“Memory Stick”

Flash

Recording distance limitations: 11 7/8 inches to 8 1/3 feet (0.3 m to

2.5 m), automatic flash control system

Shutter speed

NTSC: 1/8 – 1/725 PAL: 1/6 – 1/600

LCD screen

Screen size

2 inches

LCD panel

TFT

Total dot number

122,980 (559 × 220) dots

Input and output connectors

A/V OUT (Monaural)

Minijack Video: 1Vp-p, 75 ohms, unbalanced, sync negative Audio: monaural, 327 mV (at output, impedance more than 47 kilohms) Output impedance with less than 2.2 kilohms

Digital I/O (serial)

Minijack RS-232C based, 9.6 Kbps to

115.2 Kbps

Digital I/O (USB)

Special minijack USB 1.0 based

General

Power consumption

Using the AC power adaptor/charger:

Recording: 3.6 W Playback: 3.1 W

Using the rechargeable NP-FS11 lithium ion battery:

Recording: 3.3 W Playback: 2.7 W

Operation temperature

32°F to 104°F (0°C to 40°C)

Storage temperature

–4°F to +140°F (–20°C to +60°C)

Dimensions

Approx. 4 (107.2 × 62.2 × 135.9 mm) (w/h/d)

Mass

Approx. 15 oz (435 g) (excluding batteries) Approx.1 lb (475 g) (including battery, “Memory Stick” (4 MB), wrist strap and lens cap etc.)

⁄4 × 2 1⁄2 × 5 3⁄8 in.

AC-VF10 AC power adaptor/charger

Power requirements

100 to 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz

Power consumption

13 W

Output voltage

DC OUT: 4.2 V, 1.8 A in operating mode Battery charge terminal:

4.2 V, 1.5 A in charge mode

Operation temperature

32°F to 104°F (0°C to 40°C)

Storage temperature

–4°F to +140°F (–20°C to +60°C)

Dimensions

Approx. 1 3 (49 × 39 × 85 mm) (w/h/d)

Mass

Approx. 4.2 oz (120 g) (excluding batteries)

⁄8 in.

⁄16 × 1 9⁄16 ×

NP-FS11 battery pack

Voltage

DC 3.6 V

Capacity

4.1 Wh

Type

Lithium ion type

Design and specifications are subject to change without notice.

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Index

Access lamp ................. 12

Adjusting

flash .......................... 33

image........................ 35

LCD screen ................ 8

AE (Automatic Exposure)

.................................. 16

Auto power-off function

.................................. 13

Battery .......................... 10

Battery charger ............ 10

Battery life.................... 11

Battery remaining

indicator .................. 18

Charging ...................... 10

Cleaning ....................... 60

Connecting

TV ............................. 57

personal computer

.................................. 23

printer ...................... 57

Deleting ........................ 48

Exposure ...................... 34

F, G, H

Flash adjustment......... 33

I, J, K, L

Image quality .............. 39

Indicators on the LCD

screen ................. 18, 22

Menu............................. 52

Messages ...................... 65

Moisture condensation

.................................. 60

Multi screen ................. 43

N, O

NTSC system ............... 61

P, Q

PAL system.................. 61

Playback ................. 20, 43

Power sources

battery ...................... 10

house current (mains)

.................................. 57

Printing ........................ 58

PROGRAM AE............ 36

Protect ......................... 47

Recording..................... 16

Recording mode.......... 41

Recording in macro .... 32

Rotating an image....... 45

SECAM system ........... 61

Self-timer...................... 38

SLIDE SHOW .............. 46

Spot light-metering mode

.................................. 38

Tripod ............................ 9

TV color system .......... 61

Using abroad ............... 61

USB jack ....................... 24

VOICE .......................... 41

Warning messages...... 65

White balance .............. 35

Zoom ............................ 19

Additional information

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User’s guide for PictureGear 3.2 Lite

PictureGear and “Memory Stick” Microsoft, MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation (USA) in the USA and in other countries. Portions are copyrighted by Eastman Kodak Company, 1996. Portions are copyrighted by Hewlett-Packard, 1996. The FlashPix format uses Microsoft’s OLE Structured Storage. This software uses technology of Island Graphics Corp. This software uses Microsoft DirectX rights reserved). Other system names and product names appearing in this document are generally registered trademarks or trademarks of their manufacturers, although ™ and ® marks are not shown in this document. Before using this software, please read the Software License Agreement that is displayed during the software's installation.

❒ Copying all or part of the contents of this software and Operating Manual, or renting

the software without authorization are prohibited by copyright laws.

❒ The Company cannot accept liability for damage or loss resulting from the use of this

software, or for any claim from a third party.

❒ The Company assumes no responsibility aside from the replacement of the media due

to manufacturing fault.

❒ This software must not be used in a system other than that specified. ❒ The software specifications may be subject to change without notice.

are trademarks of Sony Corporation.

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Table of contents

Before Use

Program Features .......................... 70

Precautions for Use ....................... 72

About the Operating

Environment ....................... 72

About Color Display Settings

............................................... 72

How to Use this Manual ............... 73

Installing PictureGear ................... 74

Installing the Movie Support

Library ................................. 76

Basic Operation

Starting the Program ..................... 77

Closing PictureGear................. 78

Viewing Slides................................79

Displaying Sample Slides in the

View Area ............................ 79

Display Slides other than the

Samples ................................ 80

Viewing a Slide Enlarged ....... 81

Playing a Movie........................81

Using with External Devices

Using a Video Camera .................. 82

Connections and Settings ....... 82

Using the First Time ................ 84

Storing Images.......................... 84

Using a Digital Still Camera......... 85

Connections and Settings ....... 85

Using the First Time ................ 86

Storing Images.......................... 87

Using a “Memory Stick” Serial Port

Adaptor (for Handycams) ...... 88

Connections and Settings ....... 88

Using the First Time ................ 89

Storing Images.......................... 90

Storing Images from External

Devices.......................................91

Miscellaneous

How to Uninstall PictureGear ..... 92

In Case of Trouble ......................... 93

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Before Use

Program Features

PictureGear Version 3.2 Lite (hereafter referred to simply as PictureGear) is a software application that makes it easy to list, manage, and display image files stored in “Memory Stick”-s or on a computer’s hard disk. In PictureGear, each displayed image is called a slide.

PNote

The example screens in this document are for the English version. However, to use this software, the language selected during installation should match the language of the operating system installed on the PC.

Languages that can be selected during installation are as follows. Japanese / English / German / French / Italian / Spanish If the language of your operating system is other than the above, select a language

from among the above. The default selection is English.* * Please note: Operation is not assured with operating systems for languages other

than the above.

List View and Zoom View

Slides within a selected folder are displayed in the List View. The List View can be zoomed in and out between 12.5 and 800% using the Zoom Bar, so any slide can be quickly selected. As long as a slide is in an image format that can be handled by PictureGear, even if its format differs from other slides, it appears in the same List View together with the other slides. Slides in the List View can be displayed in order by date, name, etc.

Copy and Move Slides

Slides can be copied and moved by simple operations in the PictureGear window.

Zoom Display of a Slide

A slide selected in the List View can be displayed zoomed in a separate window (Single-Image View). Slides displayed in Single-Image View can be magnified, reduced and scrolled.

Print Slides

Slides can be printed, either singly or as multiple slides per page.

Play Movies in the Movie Playback Window

MPEG1 and AVI format movie files can be played in separate windows. A corresponding still image appears in the List View.

Use with Video and Digital Still Cameras

By connecting a Sony video or digital still camera to the PC, photographic images can be transferred between PictureGear and the camera.

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Use a “Memory Stick” (MS) Serial Port Adaptor

By connecting the Sony MS Serial Port Adaptor to the PC, slides can be stored in “Memory Stick”-s, and stored slides can be viewed.

z Hint

The on-line help shows which image formats are supported by PictureGear.

PNote

The functions described in this document are only applicable to the devices with which this software is bundled (or with the devices for which the accessory kit bundle is intended).

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Precautions for Use

About the Operating Environment

The hardware and software requirements for using PictureGear are as follows: ❐ IBM PC/AT or compatible with the following capabilities.

– Minimum 90 MHz Pentium CPU (166 MHz or faster recommended) – Minimum 32 MB main memory (64 MB or more recommended) – Minimum 30 MB available hard disk space (for Standard installation) – Minimum 640 × 480 pixel Hi Color (16-bit color) display driver capability.

❐ Operating System

Microsoft Windows 95, 98 or NT4.0.

About Using with Windows NT4.0

• PictureGear must be installed with a supervisory-level login user name, such as “Administrator”.

• PictureGear may require about 150 MB of real and virtual memory combined. If PictureGear is run under Windows NT4.0 with too little memory, a message such as “Your system is running low on virtual memory. Please close some applications.” may appear. In this case, close PictureGear immediately, login with a supervisory level user name, double click the System icon in the Control Panel and increase the maximum size of virtual memory with the Performance setting.

PNote

To view movies with PictureGear Version 3.2 Lite, the Microsoft DirectX Media Runtime Version 5.2 (or later) movie support library is required. If no movie support library is present, it can be installed from the PictureGear CD-ROM. See page 77 for details.

About Color Display Settings

• When using PictureGear, the color palette of the screen should be at least Hi Color (16-bit color) for proper display.

• The display color settings are made by double clicking the Display icon in the Windows Control Panel.

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How to Use this Manual

This manual describes how to get PictureGear up and running. Refer to the PictureGear on-line help to learn more about specific program operations. Help is accessible by running PictureGear and selecting How to Use PictureGear in the Help menu. Information too new to be included in the operating manual is available in the ReadMe file located under Start menu - Programs - PictureGear 3.2 Lite. Please be sure to read it.

Displaying the Help Contents

PictureGear on-line help is displayed by clicking How to Use PictureGear in the Help menu, or by clicking the button on the toolbar.

PictureGear 3.2 Lite

• Double click to display the items within it.

• Double click to display the description of that item.

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Installing PictureGear

1 Insert the PictureGear CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

When the CD-ROM drive access lamp turns off, the Choose Setup Language dialog box appears.

PNote

If this dialog box does not appear when the CD-ROM is inserted, start the Windows Explorer and double click on the installation file (SETUP.EXE) on the CD-ROM.

2 Click to select the language to use from the displayed language list.

The Welcome dialog box appears.

3 Click [Next].

The End User License Agreement appears. Please read it before proceeding to the next step.

4 Click [Yes] after reading the End User License Agreement and agreeing to the

terms.

The Choose Destination Location dialog box appears with “C:\Program Files\Sony\PictureGear3.2Lite” as the installation destination.

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5 Click [Next] if the displayed destination folder is acceptable.

If you want to change the destination folder, click [Browse], change the destination folder, and then click [Next]. The Setup Type dialog box appears.

6 Click [Next] if you want to perform the Standard setup.

To change the setup type, click either [Compact] or [Custom], and then click [Next].

• Standard: the PictureGear programme and sample data are installed.

• Compact: only the PictureGear programme is installed.

• Custom: either the PictureGear programme or sample data can be selected to be

installed.

PNote

Some of the still picture samples can be installed only by selecting Custom setup type.

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The Select Program Folder dialog box appears.

7 Click [Next] if the displayed program folder name is acceptable.

If you want to change the program folder name, enter the new name for the folder, and click [Next]. The required files are copied from the CD-ROM to the hard disk.

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8 Click [Finish].

The Setup Complete dialog box appears. Checking the Open ReadMe box displays the ReadMe document after installation, so you can see the latest information about the program.

9 Click [Finish].

If the Open ReadMe box was checked in the previous step, the ReadMe document is displayed. After reading the document, close it and click [Finish] in the PictureGear Setup dialog box. Installation is now complete.

Installing the Movie Support Library

Microsoft DirectX Media Runtime Version 5.2 or later is required to play movies with PictureGear Version 3.2 Lite. If you have a problem playing movies, install the Microsoft DirectX Media Runtime provided on the PictureGear CD-ROM. Start up the installation program (DXMWEB.EXE) contained in the DirectX folder on the PictureGear CD-ROM.

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Basic Operation

Starting the Program

PictureGear can be started by the following procedure.

1 Turn on the PC and load Windows. 2 Click the Start button on the task bar.

The Start menu appears.

3 Point to Programs on the Start menu, and click PictureGear 3.2Lite from the

list of programs.

PictureGear starts and the main window appears. Sample slides are displayed automatically in the View Area.

PictureGear 3.2 Lite

A slide selected on this screen can be magnified by the menu and tool bar, and moved in the Folder List.

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Closing PictureGear

PictureGear can be closed by either of the following methods:

• Click File in the menu bar, and then click Close.

• Click the Close button at the top right corner of the PictureGear main window.

z Hint

While running PictureGear you can press the F1 key or select How to Use PictureGear from the help menu, or click to display PictureGear on-line help.

PNote

Some time is required before the sample slides appear.

z If the program fails to run:

Try again from step 1. If the program still does not run properly, there could be a problem with the PictureGear program files on the hard disk. Try re-installing PictureGear.

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Viewing Slides

Displaying Sample Slides in the View Area

When PictureGear is run the first time, sample slides installed on the hard disk are displayed automatically. To display other slides, specify the folder containing the slides you want to view (page 80).

Initial Folder List

The Samples folder icon in the folder list indicates that it is the open folder when PictureGear is run the first time. The slides in the Samples folder are therefore displayed.

Samples folder

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The Samples folder is in the PictureGear 3.2Lite folder, which is clearly shown to be in the Sony folder.

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Display Slides other than the Samples

Locate the folder in the PictureGear folder list containing the slides you wish to display, and click it.

Locating a Folder

Manipulate the folder list as follows to locate the desired folder.

When you click

Scroll Bars

Folder List Indicators

The drive and folder icons are displayed in the folder list. A or mark appears at the left of most icons.

Drives and folders with a mark

Drives and folders without a

or mark

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The drive or folder contains other folders that are not currently displayed.

The drive or folder contains other folders that are displayed under the drive or folder icon, shifted to the right.

This drive or folder contains only files, or is empty.

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Using the Folder List

To display the folders within a drive or folder with a mark, click the mark. It changes to a mark. To display parts of the list that are not displayed in the folder list, drag the scroll bar up and down or left and right.

• Clicking on the mark changes it back to as the folders within it are no longer displayed.

z Contents of the View Area:

Only slides in the folder selected in the folder list are displayed. Other items (such as documents and other folders) that may be in the selected folder are not displayed. Also, despite their file extension, images that cannot be displayed with PictureGear are indicated as non-displayable slides.

z When slides are not displayed

The selected folder may not contain any images that can be displayed by PictureGear. Check the contents of the folder list and select a folder that contains displayable files.

Viewing a Slide Enlarged

Double click the slide image in the View Area that you want to display enlarged. The Single-Image View window opens with the enlarged slide. To close the window, click Close in the File menu, or click the window’s Close button. Refer to Displaying a Single Image in the on-line help for more details.

Playing a Movie

Click the movie slide in the View Area that you want to play, and click Play Movie in the View menu. Refer to the on-line help for details.

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Using with External Devices

This part describes PictureGear operation when connected with external devices. See the PictureGear on-line help and the device manuals for more details.

Using a Video Camera

With a Sony video camera connected to the PC, PictureGear lets you transfer images between the PC and the camera.

PNote

The video camera described here refers to the device with which the software was bundled (or with the devices for which the accessory kit bundle is intended). Other devices are not compatible.

Connections and Settings

1 Turn off the video camera and PC power. 2 Connect one end of the connection cable to a PC serial port, and the other

end to the DIGITAL I/O jack on the video camera.

3 Turn on the video camera, and set it to communicate with the PC (set the

power switch to “Video”, etc.).

Refer to the video camera operating manual for details.

4 Turn on the PC and run PictureGear. 5 In the Setup menu, point to Connection with Other Device, and click Video

Camera.

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The Video Camera Settings dialog box appears.

z Hint

If the “Loading images by background process” box is checked, images can be loaded by background processing. Refer to the on-line help for details.

6 Click [Detail].

The Video Camera Settings dialog box appears.

7 Make the desired settings, and click [OK].

Baud Rate: Normally 115200 bps. A slower rate may be used if serial communications problems occur. Serial Port: Select the PC port that corresponds to the connection in step 2. See the PC operating manual for the port number. Close the Video Camera Settings dialog box.

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8 Click [OK].

The settings are refreshed and the dialog box closes.

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Using the First Time

1 Check the connections and confirm that an image is stored in the video

camera’s internal flash memory.

2 In the File menu, point to Connections, and click Video Camera.

The Video Camera folder icon appears in the folder list, and images in the folder appear in the View Area.

Video Camera folder icon

z Hint

If a message box appears indicating a communications problem, refer to steps 6 and 7 of Connections and Settings, and perform the following steps:

•Decrease the baud rate.

•Confirm that the port settings are correct.

PNote

If an image has been read and any of the following actions taken, repeat the procedure from step 1. – The video camera has been turned off and back on. – The cable has been disconnected. – A new image has been taken, or data has been deleted with the video camera.

PNotes

•After working with an image after viewing the List View, such as Single-Image viewing, some time will be required to re-read the images.

•As the video camera and the PC are busy communicating until all image are read, do not disconnect the cable during this period.

Storing Images

Please see page 91.

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Using a Digital Still Camera

With a Sony digital still camera connected to the PC, PictureGear lets you transfer photo images between the PC and the camera.

PNote

The digital still camera described here refers to the device with which the software was bundled (or with the devices for which the accessory kit bundle is intended). Other devices are not compatible.

Connections and Settings

1 Turn off the camera and PC power. 2 Connect one end of the connection cable to a PC serial port, and the other

end to the DIGITAL I/O jack on the camera.

3 Turn on the camera, and set it to communicate with the PC (set the mode

switch to “Play”, etc.).

Refer to the digital still camera operating manual for details.

4 Turn on the PC and run PictureGear. 5 In the Setup menu, point to Connection with Other Device, and click Digital

Still Camera.

The Digital Still Camera Settings dialog box appears.

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z Hint

If the “Loading images by background process” box is checked, images can be loaded by background processing. Refer to the on-line help for details.

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6 Click [Detail].

The Digital Still Camera Settings dialog box appears.

7 Make the desired settings, and click [OK].

8 Click [OK].

The settings are refreshed and the dialog box closes.

Using the First Time

1 Check the connections and insert the “Memory Stick” containing the desired

image in the digital still camera.

2 In the File menu, point to Connections, and click Digital Still Camera.

The Digital Still Camera folder icon appears in the folder list, and images in the folder appear in the View Area.

Digital Still Camera folder icon

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z Hint

If a message box appears indicating a communications problem, refer to steps 6 and 7 of Connections and Settings, and perform the following steps:

•Decrease the baud rate.

•Confirm that the port settings are correct.

PNote

If an image has been read and any of the following actions taken, repeat the procedure from step 1. – The digital still camera has been turned off and back on. – The cable has been disconnected. – Any new image has been taken, or an image deleted with the digital camera. – The “Memory Stick” was removed from the camera (for devices that include a “Memory

Stick”).

PNote

•After working with an image after viewing the List View, such as Single-Image viewing, some time will be required to re-read the images.

•As the digital still camera and PC are busy communicating until all image are read, do not disconnect the cable during this period.

Storing Images

Please see page 91.

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Using a “Memory Stick” Serial Port Adaptor (for Handycams)

With the Sony “Memory Stick” (MS) Serial Port Adaptor (for Handycams) connected to the PC, PictureGear lets you transfer images between the PC and “Memory Stick”-s.

PNote

The “Memory Stick”-s described here refer to those in which images have been stored by the device with which the software was bundled (or with the devices for which the accessory kit bundle is intended). “Memory Stick”-s containing images stored by other devices are not guaranteed to be compatible.

Connections and Settings

1 Turn off the PC power. 2 Connect one end of the connection cable to a PC serial port, and the other

end to the DIGITAL IN/OUT jack on the MS Serial Port Adaptor.

3 Plug the cord of the MS Serial Port Adaptor into an outlet to turn it on.

Refer to the MS Serial Port Adaptor operating manual for details.

4 Turn on the PC and run PictureGear. 5 In the Setup menu, point to Connection with Other Device, and click MS

Serial Port Adaptor.

The MS Serial Port Adaptor Settings dialog box appears.

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z Hint

If the “Loading images by background process” box is checked, images can be loaded by background processing. Refer to the on-line help for details.

6 Click [Detail].

The MS-Serial Port Adaptor Settings dialog box appears.

7 Make the desired settings, and click [OK].

8 Click [OK].

The settings are refreshed and the dialog box closes.

Using the First Time

PictureGear 3.2 Lite

1 Check the connections and insert the “Memory Stick” containing the desired

image in the MS Serial Port Adaptor.

2 In the File menu, point to Connections, and click MS Serial Port Adaptor.

The MS Serial Port Adaptor folder icon appears in the folder list, and images in the folder below it appear in the View Area.

MS Serial Port Adaptor folder icon

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z Hint

If a message box appears indicating a communications problem, refer to steps 6 and 7 of Connections and Settings, and perform the following steps:

•Decrease the baud rate.

•Confirm that the port settings are correct.

PNote

If an image has been read and any of the following actions taken, repeat the procedure from step 1.

– Power to the MS Serial Port Adaptor has been turned off and back on. – The cable has been disconnected. – The “Memory Stick” was removed.

PNote

•After working with an image after viewing the List View, such as Single-Image viewing,

some time will be required to re-read the images.

•As the MS Serial Port Adaptor and PC are busy communicating until all image are read, do

not disconnect the cable during this period.

•If an error occurs, disconnect and then reconnect the PC serial Cable at the MS Serial Port

Adaptor side.

Storing Images

Please see page 91.

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Storing Images from External Devices

Images read from external devices can be stored on the PC hard disk. Refer to the online help for details.

1 Click the slide you wish to store in the View Area to select it. 2 Drag the selected slide to the destination folder or drive in the Folder List.

The image is stored at the destination. Refer to the operating manual of the connected device for storage format details.

PNote

Slides cannot be stored in the folder of the connected device.

Storing an image from the Single-Image Viewer

Select Save As from the File menu. The storage format can be selected from the following: BMP, JPEG, TIFF, FlashPixm t[12 k00m0lF9 1 08gLzlFlashPix3u944 0 Tciikist.

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Miscellaneous

How to Uninstall PictureGear

If PictureGear is not being used and you need to free up space on the hard disk, it can be uninstalled as follows.

1 In the File menu, click Close to close PictureGear. 2 On the task bar, click the Start button, point to Settings, and click Control

Panel.

The Control Panel opens.

3 Double click Add/Remove Programs.

The Add/Remove Programs Properties dialog box appears.

4 Click the Install/Uninstall tab. 5 Click on PictureGear 3.2Lite in the list of applications, so it is highlighted. 6 Click the Add/Remove button.

The uninstaller runs and the Confirm File Deletion dialog box appears.

7 Click [Yes].

The PictureGear program and related files are deleted.

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In Case of Trouble

If a problem occurs, please check the following items. If you cannot resolve the problem, contact the location indicated in the operating manual for the device with which you received this software.

Symptom Cause/Remedy

PictureGear does not run

Sample slide do not display

Not able to communicate with external device

Selecting Single-Image View in View menu does not display the slide any larger

Movies do not play.

There might be a problem with the PictureGear program on the hard disk.

Uninstall and then reinstall PictureGear (page 92)

Click the sample slide folder in the folder list. If the slides still do not appear, there might be a problem with the sample slide data on the hard disk.

Uninstall and then reinstall PictureGear (page 92)

Check the settings for each device.

Confirm that the baud rate and serial port settings match (page 83, 86, 89)

Momentarily disconnect the external device’s connection cable, then reconnect it.

Confirm that you have selected a slide in the List View to be viewed larger.

The Movie Library version may be too old or not installed.

Install the Microsoft DirectX Media Runtime provided on the PictureGear CD-ROM (page 76)

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Español AVISO

Para evitar el riesgo de incendios y electrocución, no exponga la unidad a la lluvia ni a la humedad.

Para evitar descargas eléctricas, no abra la unidad. Solicite asistencia técnica sólo a personal especializado.

Para los usuarios en Estados Unidos y Canadá

FORMA DE DESHACERSE DE LAS PILAS DE IONES DE LITIO

PILA DE IONES DE LITIO FORMA APROPIADA DE DESHACERSE DE LAS PILAS

Usted podrá devolver las pilas de iones de litio a un centro de reparaciones Sony o a una fábrica Sony. Nota: En ciertas zonas puede estar

prohibido tirar las pilas de iones de

litio a la basura. Para información sobre el centro de reparaciones Sony más cercano, llame a 1-800-222-SONY (EE. UU. solamente) Para información sobre la fábrica Sony más cercana, llame a 416-499-SONY (Canadá solamente) Precaución: No utilice pilas de iones de

litio dañadas o con fugas de electrólito.

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Índice

Identificación de los

componentes ............................6

Preparativos

Carga de la batería ..................... 9

Instalación de la batería y

“Memory Stick” .................. 11

Ajuste de la fecha y la hora..... 13

Grabación

Grabación de imágenes fijas ........ 15

Grabación de imágenes en

movimiento ............................... 16

Reproducción

Reproducción de imágenes fijas

.................................................... 19

Reproducción de imágenes en

movimiento ............................... 20

Visualización de imágenes con un

ordenador personal ................. 22

Distintas formas de grabación

Enfoque manual............................. 31

Grabación de imágenes en modo

macro ......................................... 31

Grabación de imágenes con el flash

.................................................... 32

Ajuste de la exposición

(EXPOSURE)............................. 33

Ajuste del balance del blanco.......34

Función de efecto de imagen ....... 35

Utilización de la función de

PROGRAM AE ......................... 35

Utilización del modo de medición

de foco........................................37

Uso del temporizador ................... 37

Selección de la calidad de imagen

(QUALITY) ............................... 38

Selección del tamaño de la imagen

.................................................... 39

Selección del modo de grabación

(REC MODE) ............................ 40

Distintas formas de reproducción

Reproducción de varias imágenes a

la vez (INDEX) ......................... 42

Ampliación de una parte de la

imagen– Zoom y recorte ......... 43

Rotación de imagen (ROTATE) ...44 Reproducción de imágenes en bucle

continuo (SLIDE SHOW) ........45

Prevención contra borrados

accidentales (PROTECT) ......... 46

Eliminación de imágenes (DELETE)

.................................................... 47

Copia de imágenes en un

“Memory Stick”........................49

Formateo (inicialización) de un

“Memory Stick”........................50

Cambio de un ajuste del menú

Cambio de un ajuste del menú .... 51

Ajuste del modo de cada opción

.................................................... 52

Uso de datos de imagen con otro equipo

Uso de corriente doméstica .......... 56

Visualización de imágenes en la

pantalla de un TV.....................56

Impresión de las imágenes grabadas

.................................................... 57

Inserción de una marca de

impresión en una imagen ....... 57

Información complementaria

Precauciones ................................... 59

Uso de la cámara en el extranjero

.................................................... 60

Solución de problemas.................. 61

Indicación de autodiagnóstico ..... 63

Mensajes de advertencia y aviso

.................................................... 64

Especificaciones ............................. 65

Índice alfabético .............................66

Guía del usuario para

PictureGear 3.2 Lite ..... 67~92

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Asegúrese de leer lo siguiente antes de emplear su cámara

Grabación de prueba

Antes de grabar acontecimientos únicos, es posible que desee realizar una grabación de prueba para asegurarse de que su cámara funciona correctamente.

Imposibilidad de compensar el contenido de la grabación

El contenido de la grabación no podrá compensarse si la grabación o la reproducción no se realiza debido a algún fallo de funcionamiento de su cámara, etc.

Nota sobre la compatibilidad de datos

Los archivos de datos de imágenes grabados en “Memory Stick” con su cámara están de acuerdo con la norma universal Design Rules for Camera File Systems (Reglas de diseño para sistemas de archivos de cámaras) establecida por la JEIDA (Asociación para el desarrollo de industrias electrónicas de Japón). Usted no podrá reproducir en su cámara imágenes fijas grabadas con otros equipos (DCR-TRV890E/TRV900/ TRV900E, DSC-D700) que no sean compatibles con esta norma universal. (Estos modelos no se venden en ciertas zonas.)

Precaución sobre el copyright

Los programas de televisión, películas, cintas de vídeo y demás materiales pueden estar protegidos por copyright. La grabación no autorizada de tales materiales puede ir en contra de lo establecido por las leyes de copyright.

Acerca del objetivo Carl Zeiss

Esta cámara está equipada con un objetivo Carl Zeiss que puede reproducir imágenes con precisión. El desarrollo del objetivo de esta cámara contó con la participación conjunta de Carl Zeiss, Alemania, y Sony Corporation. En él se ha adoptado el sistema de medida MTF* para cámaras y ofrece una calidad equivalente a la de los objetivos de Carl Zeiss.

* MTF es la abreviatura de Modulation

Transfer Function/Factor (Coeficiente/Función de transferencia por modulación). El valor numérico indica la cantidad de luz del sujeto que penetra en el objetivo.

• IBM PC/AT es una marca comercial registrada de International Business Machines Corporation de EE.UU.

• Microsoft y Windows son marcas comerciales registradas de Microsoft Corporation, registradas en EE.UU. y en otros países.

• Macintosh, iMac, y Mac OS son marcas comerciales de Apple Computer, Inc., registrada en EE.UU. y en otros países.

• Los nombres de otros productos mencionados en este manual pueden ser marcas comerciales o marcas comerciales registradas de sus respectivas compañías.

Además, “™” y “®” no se mencionan en todos los casos en este manual.

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Antes de emplear la cámara

Esta cámara digital emplea un “Memory Stick” como medio para grabar imágenes.

No agite ni golpee la unidad

Pueden producirse fallos de funcionamiento, imposibilidad de poder grabar imágenes y emplear “Memory Stick” o fallos en los datos de memoria e imagen, así como daños o pérdidas.

PNota

Sujete firmemente la parte del objetivo con la mano izquierda. Ajuste el ángulo de la pantalla LCD colocando su mano derecha en la parte derecha del cuerpo.

Pantalla LCD

La pantalla LCD está fabricada con tecnología de alta precisión. No obstante, es posible que se observen constantemente en la misma pequeños puntos negros y/o brillantes (rojos, azules o verdes en color). Estos puntos son normales en el proceso de fabricación y no afectan en absoluto a la imagen grabada. Más del 99,99 % son operativos para el uso efectivo.

No moje la unidad

Cuando filme imágenes en exteriores bajo la lluvia o en condiciones similares, tenga cuidado para que la unidad no se moje. Si se condensa humedad, consulte la página 59 y siga las instrucciones correspondientes a cómo eliminarla antes del empleo.

Recomendaciones sobre copias de seguridad

Para evitar el riesgo potencial de pérdida de datos, haga siempre copias de seguridad en un disco.

Accesorios suministrados

Adaptador/cargador de alimentación

de CA AC-VF10 (1) Cable de conexión de A/V (1) Batería NP-FS11 (1) Cable de conexión de CC DK-115 (1) Correa para la muñeca (1) Tapa del objetivo (1)

Es posible que su proveedor no disponga de algunos de los accesorios anteriormente mencionados. Pídale información detallada sobre los accesorios disponibles en su país.

Correa de la tapa del objetivo (1) “Memory Stick” (4 MB) (1) Software del controlador USB (1) Cable USB (1) Cable serie de PC (1) Cable de alimentación (1) Sony PictureGear 3.2 Lite (1) Manual de instrucciones (1)

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Identificación de los componentes

Consulte las páginas que aparecen entre paréntesis para obtener más información.

MIC (micrófono)

Lámpara de grabación

Selector MODE (PLAY/STILL/ MOVIE) (15)

Botón del obturador (15) Emisor de flash (32)

Anillo de enfoque (31)

Objetivo

Ventana de la fotocélula para el flash

No la bloquee mientras grabe.

PNota

El sistema de control del flash puede no trabajar adecuadamente cuando utilice la cámara con un filtro (p. ej., filtro ND) o un objetivo de conversión.

Toma DIGITAL I/O (USB) (23)

Toma DIGITAL I/O (serie) (29)

Interruptor OPEN (FLASH) (32)

Botón SPOT METER (37)

Botón (Equilibrio del blanco con una pulsación) (34)

WHT BAL (equilibrio del blanco) (34)

Botón MACRO (31)

Selector FOCUS AUTO/ MANUAL (31)

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Rosca para trípode

Cerciórese de que la longitud de tornillo del trípode sea inferior a 7/32 pulgadas (6,5 mm).

Altavoz

Gancho para la

Ganchos para la correa para la muñeca/bandolera

Fijación de la tapa del objetivo (suministrada) y correa para la muñeca (suministrada).

Tapa del objetivo

Correa de la tapa del objetivo

Correa para la muñeca

correa de la tapa del objetivo/ bandolera

Tenga cuidado para que la correa de la tapa del objetivo no entre en contacto con las partes salientes situadas a ambos lados del orificio de la cubierta del objetivo.

Botón de control

Lado superior

Lado izquierdo

Lado inferior

Lado derecho

Púlselo para ejecutar

Función del botón de control

Es posible ejecutar las funciones pulsando el lado superior, inferior, izquierdo o derecho (v/V/b/B) del botón de control. Al seleccionar alguna opción en el menú, el color de la misma cambia de azul a amarillo. Para introducir selecciones, pulse el centro del botón de control (z).

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