Sony DSC-F55V Operating Instruction

3-062-820-12(1)

Digital Still Camera

Operating Instructions

Before operati ng t h e unit, please read thi s ma nual thoroughly, and retain it for futur e reference.

DSC-F55V

W ARNING

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

Attention

The electromagnetic f i elds at the specific frequencies may influence the picture and sound of this camera.

“Memory Stick”

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 recordin g to ma ke sur e that the camera is working correctly.

No compensation for contents of the recording

Contents of the recordin g cannot be compensated for if recording or pla yba c k is not possible due to a malfuncti on of your camera, etc.

Notes on image data compatibility

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This camera conforms with the Design Rules for Camera File Sy stems universal standar d established by the JEIDA (Japan Electronic Industries Development Association). You cannot play back on your camera still imag es reco rded on o ther equipment (DCR-TRV890E/TRV900/ TRV900E, DSC-D700, DSC-D770) that does not conform with this universal standard. (These models are not sold in some areas.)

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Playback of images recorded with your camera on other equipment and pla yba c k of images recorded or edited wit h othe r equipment on your camera are not guaranteed.

Precaution on copyright

Tele vision 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.

Do not shake or strike the camera

In addition to malfunctions and inability to record images, this may render the “Memory Stick” unusable or ima ge data breakdown, damage or loss may occur.

LCD screen and lens

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The LCD screen is manufactured using high-precision technology. Ho wever, there may be some tiny black points and/or bright points (red, blue or green in colo r) that consta n tly appear on the LCD screen . These points are normal in the manufacturing process and do not affect the recording in any way. Over 99.99% of the pixels are operational for effective use.

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Be careful when placing the camera near a window or outdoors. Exposing the LCD screen or the lens to direc t sunlight for long periods may cause malfunctions.

Do not get the camera wet

When taking pictures outdoors in the rain or under similar conditions, be car eful not to get the camera wet. If moisture condensation occurs, refer to page 51 and follow the instructions on how to remove it before using the camera.

Back up recommendation

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

About the Carl Zeiss lens

This camera is eq uipped wi th a Carl Zeis s lens which is capable of reproducing fine images. The lens f o r th is camera uses the MTF* measurement system for cameras developed jointly by Carl Zeiss, in Germany, and Sony Corporation, and offers the same quality as other Carl Zeiss lenses.

MTF is the abbreviation of Modulation

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Transfer Function/Factor, a numeric value indicating the ability to reproduce the subject contrast.

Table of contents

Getting started

Identifying the parts ..............................4

Preparing the power supply ..................6

Setting the date and time ..................... 10

Inserting the “Memory Stick” ............. 12

Basic operations

Recording

Recording still images ........................13

Recording moving images ..................17

Playback

Playing back still images ....................18

Playing back moving images ..............19

Viewing images using a personal

computer ......................................21

Image file storage destinations a nd

image files .................................... 25

Advanced operations

Before performing advanced operations

How to use the MODE selector ..........26

How to use the control button .............26

How to change the menu settings ....... 28

Menu settings ................ ......................29

Various recording

Rotating the LCD screen

— Face-to-Face recording ........... 34

Setting th e image size

(IMAGE SIZE) ............................ 34

Recording still images for e-mail

(E-MAIL) .....................................35

Adding audio files to still images

(VOICE) ......................................36

Recording text documents (TEXT) ..... 36

Recording un compressed images

(TIFF) ............... ............................37

Recording images in macro ................37

Setting the distance to the subject ....... 38

Using the PROGRAM AE function .... 38

Adjusting the exposure

(EXPOSURE) .............................. 39

Adjusting the whit e ba la nce

(WHITE BALANCE) ..................40

Recordin g the date and tim e on the still

image (DATE/TIME) ..................40

Enjoying picture effects

(P.EFFECT) ................................. 41

Various playback

Playing back six images at once

(INDEX) ......................................42

Enlarging a part of the still image

(Zoom and trimming) .................. 43

Rotating a still image (ROTATE) .......44

Playing back the images in order

(SLIDE SHOW) ....................... ....44

Viewing images on a TV screen .........45

Editing

Preventing ac c idental erasure

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

Deleting images (DELETE) ................47

Changing the recorded still image size

(RESIZE) ..................................... 48

Copying images (COPY) ....................48

Selecting still images to print

(PRINT MARK) ..........................50

Additional information

Precautions .......................................... 51

On “Memory Sticks” ..........................52

Using your camera abroad ..................53

Troubleshooting .................................. 54

Warning and notice messages .............58

Self-diagnosis display .........................59

Specifications ...................................... 60

LCD screen indicators .................... ....61

Index ................................................... 63

Getting started

Identifying the parts

See the pages in parentheses for de ta i ls of operation.

4 5 6

8 9 0

A Shutter button (13) (17) B Flash (16) C Self-timer/Recording lamp D Built-in microphone

Do not touch while recording.

E Photocell window for flash

Do not block while recording.

F Lens G Tripod receptacle (bottom

surface)

Use a tripod with a screw length of less than 6.5 mm. You will be unable to firmly secure the camera to tripods having longer scr ews, and may damage the camera.

H OPEN (BATT) switch I Slot cover for AC power

adaptor/charger (9)

J VOLUME +/– button

PROGRAM AE ADJ button

K A/V OUT jack (45)

Audio output is monaural.

L DIGITAL I/O (USB ) jac k (22) (23) M Battery cover N Battery eject lever (8)

1 2 3 4

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Getting started

A (flash) button B Flash lamp C LCD BACK LIGHT switch

Usually set to ON. Set to OFF to save the battery if you use your camera in brig ht place.

D PROGRAM AE button (38) E Control button F DISPLAY button G POWER switch

POWER lamp

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

Lens cap

H LCD screen I MODE selector (26) J T (digital zoo m ) button

W (digital zoom) button

K Speaker L Hook for the wrist strap M “Memory Stick” eject button N Access lamp (12) O “Memory Stick” cover

Wrist strap

Lens cap strap

Preparing the power supply

Charging the battery pack

Your camera operates only with the “InfoLITHIUM” NP-FS11 battery pack* (S series). You cannot use any other battery pack.

Battery pack (S series)

CHARGE lamp

(orange)

AC-VF10 AC power adaptor/charger (supplied)

Connect the AC power adaptor/charger and the mains.

Insert the battery pack in the direction of the v mark. Slide the

battery pack in the direction of the arrow.

The CHARGE lamp lights up when charging begins. When the CHARGE lamp goes off, use the battery longer than usual, leave the battery pack inserted for about one hour after norma l charge is completed.

normal charge

is completed. For

full charge

To the mains

, which allows you to

To remove the battery pack

Slide the battery pack in the direction opposite the arrow.

* What is “InfoLITHIUM”?

“InfoLITHIUM” is a lithium ion battery pack which can exchange information such as battery consumption with compatible video equipment. This unit is compatible with the “InfoLITHIUM” battery pack (S series). “InfoLITHIUM” S series battery packs have the

mark. “InfoLITHIUM” is a trademar k of Sony Corpor ation.

Charging time

Battery pack Full charge (min.) Normal charge (min.)

NP-FS11 (supplied) 170 110

Approximate tim e to charge a completely di scharged battery pack us in g t he ACVF10 AC power adaptor/ch arger.

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

STILL mode recording*

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

ON 70 (65) 1300 (1200)

OFF 85 (75) 1600 (1400)

STILL mode playback**

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

ON 110 (100) 2200 (2000)

OFF 145 (130) 2900 (2600)

Approximate battery life and numb er o f im ages that can be reco rded/played back with a fully charged batte ry pack at a temperature of 25°C, 640×480 image size and in NORMAL recording mode. Numbers in parentheses indicate the time when you use a normally charged battery pack.

Recording at about 4-second int e rvals

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Playing back single images in ord er at about 3-second intervals

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Getting started

MOVIE mode recording

LCD BACK LIGHT Continuous recording time (min.)

ON 75 (65)

OFF 85 (75)

Approximate ti m e that can be record ed with a fully charged b at te ry pack at a temperature of 25 °C and 160×112 image size. N umbers in parentheses indicate the time when you use a normally charged battery pack.

Notes

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The battery life and number of images will be decreased if you use your camera at lo w temperatures, use the flash or rep eat ed ly tu rn the power on/off.

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The capacity of the “Memory Stick” is limited. The above figures are a guide when you continuously record/play back while replacing the “Memory Stick.”

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If sufficient battery remaining time is indicated but the power runs out soon, fully charge the battery so that the correc t ba ttery remaining time appea r s.

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Do not expose the battery pack to water.

Installing the battery pack

Battery pack

(S series)

Battery eject lever

Open the battery cover.

Open the cover while sliding the OPEN switch in the direction of the arrow.

Install the battery pack.

Slide the battery eject lev e r downward and insert the battery pack with the v mark facing toward the battery compartment as illustrated.

Close the bat tery cover.

To remove the battery pack

Open the battery cover. Slide the battery eject lever downward, and remove the battery pack.

Be careful not to drop the battery pack when removing it.

Battery remaining indicator

The LCD screen on the camera shows the remaining time for which you can still record or play bac k i m ages. This indication may not be entirely accur at e depending on the conditions of use and the operating environment.

Auto power-off function

If you do not operate the camera for about three minutes during recording, the camera turns off automatically to prevent wearing down th e battery. To use the camera again, slide the POWER switch to turn on the camera again.

Using the AC power adaptor

DK-115 DC connecting cable (supplied)

AC-VF10 AC power adaptor/ charger (supplied)

Open the battery cover.

Insert the one end of the DK-115 DC connect in g 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 th e cable.

Connect the other end of the DC connecting cable to the AC power

adaptor/charger. Connect the mains lead to the AC power adaptor/charger and th en

to a mains .

Slot cover for AC power

adaptor/charger

Mains lead

Getting started

Using a car battery

Use Sony DC adaptor/charger (not supplied).

Setting the date and time

When you first use your camera, set the date and time. If these are not set, the CLOCK SET screen appears whenever you turn on your camera for recording.

Control button

Slide the POWER switch downward to turn on the power.

The POWER lamp lights up.

Press v on the control button.

The menu bar appe ar s on the LCD screen.

Select [SETUP] with B on the cont ro l b utton ,

then press the center z.

Select [CLOCK SET] with v/V on the control button, then press the

center z.

Select the desired date display format with

on the control button, then press the

v/V

center z.

Select from [Y/M/D] (year/ mon t h/day), [M/D/Y] (month/day/year) or [D/M/Y] (day/month/year).

Select the year, month, day, hour or minute item y ou w a nt to se t wi t h b/B on the control button.

The item to be set is indicated with v/V.

Set the numeric value with v/V on the control button, then press the center z to enter it.

After entering the number, v/V moves to the next item. If you selected [D/M/Y] in step 5, set the time on a 24-hour cycle.

Select [ENTER] with B on the control button, then press t h e center z at the desired moment to begin clock movement.

The date and time are entered.

Getting started

To cancel the date and time setting

Select [CANCEL] with v/V/b/B on the control button, then press the center z.

Inserting the “Memory Stick”

Access lamp

“Memory Stick”

Open the “Memory St i ck” cover.

Open the cover while sliding it in the direction of the arrow.

Insert the “Memory Stick.”

Insert the “Memory Stick” with the B mark facing toward the “Memory Stick” compartment as illustrated.

Close the “Memory Stick” cover.

Removing the “Memory Stick”

Open the “Mem or y St i ck” cover, then press the “Memory Stick” eject button.

Notes

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

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Never remove the “Memory Stick” or turn off the power while the access lamp is lit up.

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You cannot reco rd or ed it im ages on a “Mem ory Sti ck” i f the er asur e prevention swi tch i s set to the LOCK position.

Connector

Erasure prevention switch

Label space

Basic operations

AE lock indicator

Remaining memory

capacity indicator

Recording

Recording still images

Still images are recorded in JPEG format. To record still images, slide the POWER switch downward to turn on the power and insert a “Memory Stick.”

POWER switch

Set the MODE selector to STILL.

Press and hold the shutter button halfway

down and check the image.

While the AE lock indicator z (green) is flashing, the image freezes momentarily, but is not yet recorded. When the camera finishes the automatic adjustments*, the AE lock indicator z lights up and the camera is ready for recording. T o cancel the recording, release the shutter button.

Recording

Exposure and focus are automat ic al ly adjusted.

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The number of images you can record on a “Memory Stick”

See pages 35 to 37.

Notes

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While the image is being recorde d on the “M em or y S tic k, ” do not shake or strike the camera. Also, do not turn the power off, or remove the battery pack or “Memory Stick.”

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When recording a bright s ubject , the L CD scree n color ma y cha nge aft er AE lock, b ut t his doe s not affect the recorded image.

Press the shutter button fully down.

The shutter sounds and the image is recorded on the “Memory Stick.” When “RECORDI N G ” disappears, you can record the next image.

Checking the last recorded image (Q uick Review)

You can check the last recorded image by clearing the menu bar from the screen (page 27) and pr es sing b on the control button. To return to the normal recording mode, press lightly on the shutter button or sele ct [RETURN] with b/B on the control button and then press the center z. You can also d elete the image first by selecting [DELETE] on the Quick Review screen with b/B on the control button and pressing the center z, and then selecting [OK] with v/V on the control button and pressing the center z.

Using the digital zo om feature

T: for telephoto (subject appears closer)

W: for wide-angle (subject appears farther away)

This camera has a digital zoom function. Digital zoom enlarges the image by digital processing. You can enlarge the image by pressing T and it returns to normal size by pressing W.

Notes

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The maximum digital zoom scaling fixes by 3 times.

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The image displayed on the LCD screen is degraded than the one recorded on the “Memory Stick.”

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Digital zoom does n o t work f o r movi ng images.

LCD screen indicators during recording

Press DISPLAY to turn on/off the indicators on the LCD screen. See page 61 for a detailed description of the indic at ed items.

DISPLAY

Notes

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You cannot turn off the self-timer indicators and some of th e ind ic at or s use d in a dvanced operations.

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The indicators on the LCD screen are not reco rd ed .

Using the self-timer

When you use the self-timer function, the subject is recorded about 10 seconds after you press the sh ut te r button.

Shutter button

Self-timer lamp

Recording

Control button

Select (self-timer) indicator on the LCD screen with v/V/b/B on the control button, then press the center z. The (self-timer ) indicator appears on the LCD screen, and about 10 seconds after you press the shutter button, th e subject is recorded. The self-timer lamp flashes after you press the shutter button until the shutter is released.

Recording images with the flash

The initial setting is auto (no indicator). In this mode, the flash auto matically strobes when the surroundings become dark. When you change the flash mode, press the (flash) repeatedly so that the flash mode indicator appears on the LCD screen.

Flash emitter

Flash lamp

(

flash)

Photocell window for flash

Each time you press the (flash), the in d i cator changes as fol lows.

(No indicator) t t t t (No indicator)

Auto red-eye reduction: The flash strobes before re cording to reduce the

red-eye phen omenon.

Forced flash: The flash strobes regardless of the sur rounding

brightness.

No flash: The flash does not strobe. You can change the brightness of the flash (FLASH LEVEL) in the menu settings (page 31).

Notes

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The recommended shooting dist a nc e using the built-in flash is 0.3 m to 2.5 m.

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Auto red-eye reduction) may not produce the desired red-eye reduction effects depending

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on individual differences, the distance to the subject, if the subject does not see the pre-strobe, or other conditions. In additi on, red- eye reduc tion effects are also difficult to obtain if you set the shutter to a slow speed in the PROGRAM AE shutter priority mode.

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The flash effect is not obtained easily when you use for c ed flash in a bright loc at ion .

Recording moving images

Moving images with audio are recorded in MPEG format. To record moving images, slide the POWER switch downward to turn on the power and insert a “Memor y St ick.”

Recording

DISPLAY

Set the MODE selector to MOVI E.

Press the shutter button fully down.

“REC” appears on the LCD screen, and th e image and sound are recorded on the “Memory Stick .”

If you press the shutter button momentarily

The image and sound are recorded for five seconds. You can change the recording time to 10 or 15 seconds with [ REC TIME SET] in the menu setti ngs (page 30).

If you hold the shutter button down

The image and soun d ar e recorded while the sh utter button is held down for up to 60 seconds. However, when [IMAGE SIZE] in the menu setting is set to [320 (HQ)]/[320×240], the maximum recording time is 15 seconds (page 35).

Using the self-timer, etc.

See page 15.

LCD screen indicators during recording

Press DISPLAY to turn on/off the indicators on the LCD screen. These indicators are not recorded. See page 61 for a detailed description of the indicators.

POWER switch

Playing back still images

Playback

DISPLAY

Set the MODE selector to PLAY.

The last recorded image (still or moving ) appears on the LCD s cr een.

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

screen. Select the desired still image with the

control button.

Press v/V/b/B on the control button to select "b/B" on the LCD screen, then press b/B on the control button.

: To display the preceding image.

: To display the next image.

When the menu bar is not displayed

You can directly sele ct and play back the image with b/B on the control button.

Notes

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You might not be able to correct ly p lay back image s r ecorded with th is camera on oth er equipment.

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You cannot play back on this camera images larger than the maximum image size that can be recorded with this camera.

POWER switch

LCD screen indicators during still image playback

Press DISPLAY to turn on/off the indicators on the LCD screen. See page 62 for a detailed description of the indicators.

Playing back moving images

(playback)/X (pause)

Playback bar

VOLUME +/–

DISPLAY

Set the MODE selector to PLAY.

The last recorded image (still or moving) appears on the LCD screen.

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

screen. Select the desired moving image with the

control button.

Moving images are displayed one-size smaller than still images. Press v/V/b/B on the control button to select "b/B" on the LCD screen, then press b/B on the control button.

: To display the preceding image.

: To display the next ima ge.

POWER switch

Playback

To pause playback

Select X (pause) on the LCD screen with v/V/b/B on the control button, then press the center z.

Select

v/V/b/B

center z.

The moving image and sou nd are played back. During playback, B (playback) changes to X (pause).

(playback) on the LCD screen with

on the control button, then press the

When the menu bar is not displayed

You can direc tly select the image w ith b/B on the control button, and play back the image and sound by pressing the center z. When you press the center z during playback, play back is paused.

Moving images recorded with the image of [320 (HQ)]

The images are displayed over the entire screen in steps 3 and 4.

Adjusting the volume

Press VOLUME +/– to adjust the volume.

LCD screen indicators during moving image playback

Press DISPLAY to turn on/off the indicators on the LCD screen. See page 62 for a detailed description of the indicators.

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