Sony DSC-U50 Bedienungsanleitung

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Inhaltsverzeichnis der Gebrauchsanleitungen

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    3-084-891- 11 (1) Digital Sti ll Camera Operating Inst ru ctions Before oper atin g the uni t, pl ease read th is manual t hor oughly, and r etain it for fut ure refe ren ce. Owner’s Record The mode l an d serial nu mbers ar e lo cated on the bottom. Reco rd the ser ia l numb er in th e spa ce prov ided b e low . R efer to thes e n um ber s whene[...]

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    2 T o prevent fire or shock hazard, do not e xpose th e unit t o rain or moisture. If you have any questions about this pro duc t, you ma y call: Sony Cus tomer Information Serv i ces Center 1-800-222-SONY (7669) The number below is for the FCC re la te d matt ers onl y . Regulatory Informat ion CA UTION Y ou are cauti one d tha t a ny changes or m[...]

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    3 CA UTION TO P REVENT EL ECTRIC SHOCK, MA TCH WIDE BLADE OF PLUG T O WIDE SLO T , FULL Y I NSER T . A moulded plug complying wi th BS1363 i s fitted to this equipment for your safety and con venience. Should the fuse in the plug supplied need to be replaced, a fuse of the same rating as the suppl ied one and ap prove d by AST A or BSI t o BS1362 ([...]

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    4 Before u s in g your camera Tria l rec ord ing Before you rec ord one-time events, you may want to make a trial recor ding to ma ke sure tha t the camera is working correctly . No compensation for contents of the recording Contents of the recording canno t be compensated for if recording or playback is not possible due to a malfunction of your ca[...]

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    5 Clean the flash surface before use The heat of f lash emission may cause di rt on the flash surface to become discolored or to stick to the flash su rfac e, re su lting in ins u fficient light emission. Do not get the camera wet When taking pict ures outdoors in t he rain or under simil ar conditions, b e careful not to ge t the camera wet. If mo[...]

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    6 Table of co ntents Before using you r camera .... ... ........ ......... . 4 How to hold the camera ....... ........ ......... .... 5 Identifyin g the par ts .... ......... ........ ......... .... 8 Preparing batteries ...... ............ ........ ........ 10 Charging t he batteri es ....... ........... ......... .. 10 Inserting t he batteries ..[...]

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    7 Troubleshoo ting ........ ......... ......... ........ .... 67 Warnings and messages ........... ........... .... 74 Self-dia gn o sis di sp la y — If a co de start ing w it h an alphabe t letter ap pears ........... ........ . 76 Menu items.......... ... ......... ... ......... ........ .... 7 7 Precautions ....... ......... ............ .....[...]

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    8 Ide nt if y in g th e pa rt s See the pages in pare nt heses for details of ope ra tion. 1 2 3 48 6 5 7 Atta ching t he ne ck stra p POWER bu tton POWER lamp Attach ing the lens cap Opening t he lens c ap A Shutter button (20) B POWER but ton/POWER lamp (14) C RESET button (bottom surface) (67) D Lens cap E Flash (24) F Lens G Self - time r lam p[...]

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    9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 8 0 qa A Contro l butto ns Menu on: v / V (15) Menu off: /SCENE ( 24, 28) B MENU button (15) C (Flash charge) lamp (orange) (24) D LCD screen E USB jack (57) F (USB) jack co ver G EXEC/ (Enlar ged pla ybac k) button (15, 39) H Mode swi tch : T o view images (35) : T o shoo t stil l im age s (20 ) T o shoot images continuously (31)[...]

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    10 Preparin g batte ries Acceptable batteries – HR11/45: HR03 (size AAA) Nickel- Metal Hydr id e ba tt eries (2) NH-AAA-DA (2) (supplied) NH-AAA-2DA twin-pack (not su pplied) – R03 (size AA A) al kaline batte ri es (2) Batteries that cannot be u sed Manganese ba tt eries, li th iu m bat te ries, Ni-C d batt er i e s When the above b atteri es a[...]

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    11 Getting star te d Charging time This repre sen ts the time requi red to charge fully deplet ed Nic kel-Meta l Hydri de batteries using t he supplied b attery charger in an envi r on me nt where the amb ient temperatu re is 25°C (77°F ) . • It takes about six hours to completely char ge the batteries. The CHARGE lamp may re main lit longer th[...]

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    12 Inserti ng the b atteri es , Open t he ba ttery/“Me mory Stick Duo” cove r. Hold the camer a with the batt ery/“ Memory Stick Duo” co ver up, then slide the cover in the di rection of th e arrow 1 while pre ssing OPEN. Th e batter y/“Mem ory St ic k D uo” cover o pens in the di rection of the arrow 2 . , Insert the batte ries. Matc h[...]

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    13 Getting star te d Battery remaining indicator (When using Nickel-Metal Hydride batteries) As the ba ttery power decr eases wi th use, th e battery re m ai ni ng in di ca tor displays the amoun t of po w er rem aini ng using the following sym b ols. • If the LCD screen display is off, set [DISPL A Y] in [ ] t o [O N ] to ch eck the amount of po[...]

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    14 Shoo ting m ovies 3) 3) Shooting contin uously at 160×11 2 image size • The remaining indicator will decrease under the following conditions: – The surrounding temper ature is low – The flash is used – The camera has been turned on and off many times – [LC D LIGHT] is set t o [ON] – The battery capacity decreases as you use it more [...]

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    15 Getting star te d Auto pow er-off fun ction If you do not oper ate th e came ra for abo u t three mi nut es, the ca m era tu rns off aut o m atica lly to pr e vent wear in g dow n th e batterie s. However, the auto p ower-off function will not ope rate when th e camera is con nected to a compu ter wit h the US B cable. How to use t he buttons To[...]

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    16 , Select the desired da te display format with the control buttons v / V , then press EXEC . Select from [Y / M/ D] (year/mont h/ da y), [M/D/Y ] (m ont h/day/yea r) or [D/M/Y ] (day /mon th/y ear) . The n DA TE&T IME SET scr een appear s on the LCD screen . • If the rechargeable button battery, which provides the power for saving the time[...]

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    17 Shooti ng st ill images Inserting and removing a “Memor y Stick Duo” , Open the ba ttery/“Me mory Stic k Duo” co ver. Hold the cam era with th e battery/ “Memory Stick Duo ” cover up, then slide the cover in the di rectio n of th e arr ow 1 wh ile pres sing OPEN . Th e batter y/“Mem ory Stick Duo” cov er op ens in the d irect ion[...]

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    18 Setti ng the still ima ge size , Set the mode switch t o , and turn on the pow er, then pr es s MENU. The menu app ear s on the L CD scr een. , Select [ ] with the c ontrol but ton v , then p ress EXEC. Select [SIZE·BURST] with the control bu ttons v / V , the n press EXE C. The ima ge size is di spla ye d. • For details on the image size, se[...]

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    19 Shooti ng st ill images Image size You ca n ch oose the ima ge size (num ber of pixels ) accordi ng to the kind of image s you want to sho ot. The larg er yo u make th e image s ize, t he bette r your image, but als o the larger th e amount of data nee de d to preserve you r image. Th is m ea ns you can save f ewer image s in you r “Memory Sti[...]

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    20 Basic still image shootin g — Using auto adjustmen t mode , Set the mode switch t o , and turn on the pow er. The name of t he folder where the image will be reco rded ap pears o n t he LCD sc r een for approxima tely five seconds. • [FOCUS] is set to [A UTO] at the factory . • The exposure is automatically adjusted. • This camera can cr[...]

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    21 Shooti ng st ill images , Press t he sh utter but to n fu lly down . A beep sound s. W he n “R ECORD ING ” disap pears fr om th e LCD s cr een, r eco rdi ng is complete. The image will be reco rd e d in the “Memor y Stick Duo, ” and you can shoot th e next imag e. • If you do not operate the camera f or about three minutes during recor[...]

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    22 LCD screen display during shooting You can use [DISPLAY] und er [] wi th MENU and the control but tons v / V to turn the display on and off. Th is is useful wh en recordi ng under condi ti ons wh e re it is diff icult to check th e imag e on the LC D screen. • For detailed descriptions of the indicators, see page 8 6. • Indicators on the LCD[...]

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    23 Shooti ng st ill images , Select [ON] with the control butt on v , then press EXEC. When yo u press MENU, th e m enu disa ppears and the ( self-t imer) in dicato r appear s on t he LCD s creen . , Center the subject in the LCD screen and press th e shu tter button fully down. The self -timer lamp fla shes red a nd a continuou s beep sound s. The[...]

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    24 Selecting a flash mode , Set the mode switch t o , and press t he co ntrol button v () repeat edly to select a fl ash mode. Each time you press v ( ) , th e indicato r changes as follows. No indic ator (A uto): Based on the lighting condit ions, the c amera w ill de cide if th ere is enou gh light, and will use the flash a ccordingl y. (Red-eye [...]

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    25 Shooti ng st ill images Crea ting or selecti ng a fol der Your camer a can cr eate mult iple fold ers in a “Memo ry Sti ck Duo. ” Also, y ou can select the fo lder use d to stor e images . When n ot creat ing a new fold er, “101MS DCF” fold er is se lected as the reco r ding fo l der . You can crea te fold ers up to “ 999MS DCF.” •[...]

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    26 , Select [OK] with the c ontrol but ton v , then pr ess EXEC . A new folder is crea ted with a number one high er tha n the la rges t n u mber i n the “Memo ry St ic k Duo, ” and the folder becom es t he re co rding folde r. When you pre ss MENU, the men u disappe ar s and the crea ted folde r is disp laye d. To cancel fo lder creation Selec[...]

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    27 Shooti ng st ill images , Select the desired folder with the c ontrol buttons v / V , then press EX EC. • Y ou cannot select the “100MSDCF” folder as a recording folder . • The image is stored in the newly selected folder . Y ou cannot move recorded images to a different folder with this camera. , Select [OK] with the c ontrol but ton v [...]

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    28 Shooti ng accord ing to scene conditi ons — Scene Sel ect ion When sh ootin g portr aits, lands capes, twilight scenes, t wilight p ortraits, or moving s ubjects, use the mode s below to improv e the qual it y of yo ur image s . Soft snap mode This mode lets you sh oot skin c olors in brighte r an d warmer to ne s for mo re beautifu l pictures[...]

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    29 Shooti ng st ill images Vivid nature mode This m ode enh ances blue s and gree ns such as the sky , ocean and mountains, le tting you shoot n atural land scapes with vivid, striking colors . • The focus setting changes to [ ]. • The flash cannot be used in this mode. • When the focus sett ing is set to [A UTO], the focus is adjusted to tel[...]

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    30 Setti ng t he distance to the subjec t — Focus preset When shoo ting an image using a pre viously set distance to the subject, or whe n shooting a subject th rou gh a net or wind ow gl ass, it is di fficul t to ac hieve a prope r focus using the aut o foc us func tio n. The F ocus pr eset is usef ul in these c ases . , Set the mode switch to ,[...]

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    31 Shooti ng st ill images , Sele ct t he desi red focus setting with the control but tons v / V , then press EXE C . You ca n select from th e followin g distance sett ings : AUTO (No in dicator), 0. 2 m, 0.5 m, 1.0 m, and (infin ity) When yo u press MENU, th e m enu disappea rs and the indica tor is displayed on the LCD screen. To return t o auto[...]

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    32 , Select [ BURST] or [ BURST] with the control but tons v / V , then press EXEC. The ima ge size use d for bu rst sho o ting is set. Press MENU so that the menu dis appears from t he LCD screen . • For details on the image size, see page 19. , Press th e shu tter button half way d own, the n hol d th e shutter button f ully down. Up to two ima[...]

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    33 Shooti ng st ill images Adj usting co lor ton es — Whit e Balan ce Wh en t he wh ite ba la nce i s set to Auto , the white ba la nc e func tion works autom aticall y, and the ov erall color ba lance is adjus te d accordi ng to the s h oo ti ng conditions. How ev er , when you shoot under fix ed con ditio ns or special lightin g conditio ns, yo[...]

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    34 , Select the desire d mode with the c ontrol buttons v / V , then press EXE C . When you pre ss MENU, the men u disappe ar s and the sele ct ed mode i s disp laye d on the L CD sc reen. To reactivate auto adjustment Select [AUTO] in ste p 3 . • When the flash strobes, the manual s etting is canceled, and the image is recorded in the Auto mode.[...]

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    35 Enjo ying stil l image s Viewing still images on the LCD screen You c an view image s shot with y our cam era almost immedi ately on the LCD s creen. You can select the fol lo win g two metho ds for view i ng i mages. Single (single-imag e) screen You can view one image at a time, displaye d over the entire scre en . Index (four-im age) screen F[...]

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    36 Viewing an index screen (four-image) , Set the mode switch t o , and press M E NU . The menu app ear s on the LCD scr een. , Select [ ] with the con trol but ton v , then p ress EXEC. Select [IND EX] with the con trol but tons v / V , then press EXEC. The d isplay sw itches to the i ndex (fo ur- image) screen . To display the next (previous) ind[...]

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    37 Enjo ying stil l image s Select ing the fol der and playi ng back imag es — Fo l der , Set the mode switch to , and turn on the po wer, then pres s MENU. The men u appear s on t he LCD s creen. , Select [ ] with the con trol but ton V , then press EXEC. Select [CHANGE FOL DER] with the contro l button V , the n press EX EC. The CHANGE FOLDER s[...]

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    38 , Select [OK ] with the control but ton v , then pr ess EXEC . When you pre ss MENU, the men u disa ppear s a nd t he sele cted fo ld er is disp laye d. To cancel the selection Select [CANCEL] in step 4 . When multiple folders are created in the “Memory Stick Duo” When the f irst or la st image in th e folder is displayed , the followin g in[...]

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    39 Enjo ying stil l image s Enla rg ing an imag e — Enlarg ed playback You ca n zo om in on an ima ge shot with your came ra to enlarge it to 2. 5 or 5 ti m es the orig inal size . , Set the mode switch t o , and turn on the pow er. Select th e ima ge you want to enlarge with the control but tons v / V . • Enlarged playback does no t function f[...]

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    40 Choosing image s to print — Print (DPOF) mar k You can mark still ima ges shot w ith your camera that you want to ha ve pri nted. Th is functi on is c onv enient wh en you ha ve images pri nt ed a t a sho p or usi ng a printer tha t con forms with the D POF (Dig ital P rint Order Fo rmat) standard. • Y ou cannot mark movies. • Y ou cannot [...]

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    41 Enjo ying stil l image s , Select [DPOF] with the co ntrol butt on V , then press EXEC. , Select [ON] with the c ontrol but ton v , then pr ess EXE C . When you pre ss MENU, the men u disappea rs and the mark is ma rke d on the display e d image. To unmark th e pr int (DP OF) mark Select [OFF] in step 4 . The m ar k disappear s. 3 RETURN DELETE [...]

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    42 Connecti ng your camer a t o a PictBridge complian t pr inter If you us e a Pi ctBri dge compli ant print er, you ca n eas i ly pr in t imag es s hot w it h this camera even if you do no t have a comp uter. All you ne ed to do is to pr e par e for the conn ec ti on in th e men u of th e cam er a, and then t o connect the camer a to th e printe r[...]

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    43 Enjo ying stil l image s , Select [PRINT] with the control butt ons v / V , th en press EX EC. The message “CONNECT A PRINTER” ap p ears. T o cancel preparations to make t he connection Select [ CANCEL] in step 3 . , Connec t th e camera to th e pri nter . When the connect ion is co mpleted, the sele ct ed im ag e is dis pl ayed and t he (Pi[...]

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    44 Print ing image s , Complete th e proce dures in step s 1 to 4 on page s 42 and 43, then connect t he cam era to the printer. When the co nnectio n is co mplete d, th e (PictBrid ge) ma rk appe ars on t he scre en. • If a warning message appears on the screen, check the meaning of the m essage on page 75, then select [EXIT] with EXEC. , Press [...]

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    45 Enjo ying stil l image s , Select [OK] with the control butt on v , then press EXEC. When th e mess age “PRIN TING” disa ppe a rs, pri ntin g is co mp lete d. If yo u want to c ontinue printing, repeat t he proced ure from step 2 . • While the mark is on the screen, do not disconnect the USB cable or re mov e a “Memory Stick Duo” or th[...]

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    46 Sho o tin g m ov i es , Set the mode switch to , and turn on the pow er, then pr es s MENU. The menu app ear s. • Sound cannot be recorded in movies. • When shooti ng a movie, the image m ay look like a si ngle-frame advance . Howe ver , the recorded movie will be normal. , Select [ ] wit h the control but ton v , then p ress EXEC. Select [S[...]

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    47 Enjoyin g movies , Press t he sh utter but to n fu lly down . “REC ” appe ars on the LCD screen a nd th e camera starts record ing the image. • Recording stops when the “Memory Stick Duo” is full. • The auto focus function can set the focus at any distance from approximately 1.0 m to (infinity). T o shoot a subject at a closer distan[...]

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    48 Shoo ting t ime The shootin g ti m e is di ffe re nt, de pen ding on the ca pacity of the “Mem ory Stick D uo” and the image size . Refer to the fo llowing chart wh en yo u choose a “Me m ory Stick Duo.” • The shooting time may vary , depending on the shooting condit ions . • For numbers of still imag es that can be re c orded , see [...]

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    49 Enjoyin g movies Viewin g movi es on the LCD scre en , Set the mode switch to , and turn on the po wer . The las t image in the s electe d record ing fold er (p age 26) appea rs on the L CD screen. , Select th e des ired mo vi e w ith the c ontrol buttons v / V . v : To disp la y the preced in g image V : To display the ne xt i ma ge An imag e s[...]

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    50 Deleting i mages , Set the mode switch t o , and turn on the pow er. Press t he co ntrol butto ns v / V to se lect t he image y o u wan t to dele te. , Press M EN U an d select [ ] with the contro l button v , then press EXE C. To delete an imag e in index-image screen Perform step 2 on pag e 36 and switch to index scr ee n. , Select [DELETE] wi[...]

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    51 Delet in g images , Select [OK] with the control butt on v , then press EXEC. When th e mess age “MEMORY STICK ACCESS” disapp ears, th e image h as been delete d. To cancel dele t ing Select [ CANCEL] in step 4 . 4 CANCEL OK DELETE EXEC / Formattin g a “Me mory Stick Duo” , Inse rt t he “ Memo ry S tic k Duo” you want to f ormat int [...]

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    52 , Select [ ] with the control but ton V , then press EXEC. Select [FORMAT] with t he control bu ttons v / V , th e n press EXE C . , Select [OK] with the c ontrol but ton v , then p ress EXEC. When t he messag e “FORMATT ING” disappea rs, the f ormat is co mplete. To cancel fo rmatting Select [CANCEL] in st ep 4 . 3 RETURN PRINT CHANGE FOLDE[...]

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    53 Enjoying images on you r computer Copying ima ges t o your computer — Fo r Windows users Recommended compu ter environment OS: Microso ft Win dow s 98 , Win dows 98SE, Window s 2000 Professi ona l, Windo ws Mil lennium Editio n, Windo ws XP Home Ed itio n, o r Wi ndo ws X P Professional The above OS must be inst al led at the facto ry. Oper at[...]

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    54 Installing the USB driver When using W in dows XP, you need not inst all th e U S B d r iver. Once the USB dr iver is instal led, y ou need not inst all the US B driver a gain. a Star t up your com pu te r , and inse rt th e supp l i e d CD-R OM into the CD-R OM drive. The m odel select ion sc reen ap pears. If it does not ap pear, double-clic k[...]

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    55 Enjoying images on you r computer Installing “Image Transfer” You c an use the “Im age T ransfer ” so ftware to copy i mages to yo ur comput er autom atica lly when you connect th e came ra to your c omputer wit h the suppli ed USB cable. a Click [Cyber-sh ot] on the model se le ct io n scr ee n. The installing menu sc reen appears. b Cl[...]

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    56 g Cli ck [Fin is h ] . The “In stall Shiel d Wizard” sc re en close s. If you wish to c ont in ue with the instal lation of “Ima geMixer, ” clic k [ImageMi xer] on t he i nstal li ng m en u screen and then follow the i nstructions that appear on the screen . • The USB dri ver is needed in order to use “Image T ransfer. ” If the nec[...]

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    57 Enjoying images on you r computer Connecting the camera t o your computer a Inse rt the “Me mo ry St i c k Du o” with th e imag es you want to copy into the camera. • The camera can receive power supply from most of the computers that are recommended for use through the USB connection (USB Bus Power ed) , so in this case there is no need t[...]

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    58 P Disconnecting the USB cable from your computer or removing the “Memory Stick Duo” from your camera durin g a USB connection For Windows 2000, Me, or XP users 1 Double-cl ick on the tasktray. 2 Click (Sony D SC), the n c lick [Stop ]. 3 Confir m th e de vi ce on the confi rm ation scre en, then click [ OK]. 4 Click [OK]. Step 4 is unnece ss[...]

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    59 Enjoying images on you r computer Changing “Image Transfer” settings Y ou c an chang e “Im age T ransfer” s ettin gs. Rig ht- clic k th e “Image Tr ansf er ” ic on on the task tray , and se lect [Ope n Settings ]. Th e sett ings you can set ar e as follows: [Basic] , [Copy], a nd [ Delete ]. When “ Image Tr ansfer” s tar t s, the[...]

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    60 When th e remova ble disk icon is not show n 1 Right-c li ck [My Comp ut er], then cli ck [Properties]. The “S ystem P roper ties” screen app ears . • When using W indo ws 2000, click [ Hardware] after the “System Properties” screen appears. 2 Confir m if ot her dev ic es ar e alread y insta lled . 1 Cli ck [De vic e Mana ger]. 2 Conf [...]

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    61 Enjoying images on you r computer Viewing images on your computer — Wind ows 98 /98SE /2000 /Me/X P a Cli ck [S ta r t] t [My Docu ments]. The “M y Doc umen ts” folder c ont ents are dis pl ayed. • This section describes the procedure for viewing images copied i n the “My Document s” folder . • When not using W indows XP, double-cl[...]

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    62 Image file storage destinations and file names Image files r ecorded with y our cam era are group ed as fo ld ers in the “Mem ory Sti ck Duo.” Exampl e: For Wi ndows XP users Folde r conta ining im age da ta reco rded usin g a camer a with out th e folder c reati on func tion Folde r contain ing image data recorded wit h this came ra When n [...]

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    63 Enjoying images on you r computer Viewing ima ges from your computer with this camera When you wa nt to vi ew an image fi le using this camer a th at has been copied to your compu ter and has be e n deleted from the “Memory Stick Du o,” co py the i mage fil e back to the “Memor y Stick Du o” from you r comput er firs t. Then you ca n pla[...]

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    64 Copying ima ges to your comput er — For Macint osh user s Recomme nded compu ter environm ent OS: Mac OS 8 .5.1, 8.6, 9.0, 9. 1, 9.2, or Mac OS X (v1 0.0/v10.1/v1 0.2) The abov e OS mus t be installe d at the factory. For the following models, update your OS to M ac O S 9.0 , 9.1 or 9. 2. – iMac with Mac OS 8.6 installed at the factor y, and[...]

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    65 Enjoying images on you r computer a Installing the USB driver 1 Turn o n your c omputer, and se t the sup pli ed CD -R OM in to the C D-RO M drive. The mo del select ion scre en appea rs. 2 Click [ C yber - s h ot] o n th e mode l sele ctio n scre en. The in stallin g menu screen a ppear s. 3 Click [ USB Driver]. The “USB Driv er” screen app[...]

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    66 Creating a Vi de o CD using “Ima geM ixer” You ca n crea te a Video CD usin g “ImageM ixer Ver.1.5 for Sony .” You can play ba ck c rea t ed Video CDs on a Video CD-compatible DVD player, or on a compu ter usin g V id eo C D app li cati on software. a Sta rt “I mag eMixe r. ” b Click . The video CD cre at i ng m ode tur ns on. c Drag[...]

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    67 Trouble shooting Troubl eshootin g If yo u experi ence tr ouble wi th your camera, try the following solutions. 1 First check t he items o n the tab les be low. If code “C : ss : ss ” is displayed on the LCD screen, the self- diag nosis dis play f unction is working (page 76). 2 Sho uld y our cam era stil l no t wor k prop erly, pres s the R[...]

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    68 Shooting still images/movies Y ou canno t turn on the camera. • Th e batter ie s are not inst alle d co rrectly. • The batteries are discharged . • The batteries are dead (p age 83). p Inst al l th e b at teries correc tly (page 12). p Replace them with charged bat teries (p age 10). p Repl ace th e b at ter ies with new ones. The po wer t[...]

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    69 Trouble shooting Viewing images Y o u r camer a can no t re co rd ima ges. • N o “Memory Stic k Duo” is ins erted. • The capacity of the “M emor y Stic k Duo” is insu fficien t. • You are using a “Me mory S tic k Duo” wit h a write -protec t switch , and the s witc h is set to LOC K. • You cannot shoo t while the flash is c h[...]

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    70 Deleting images Computers Y our camera cannot perf orm enl arged pla ybac k. • En larged pla yba ck is not a va ila bl e for files created or proces sed usin g other d evices. — Y ou canno t disp lay a pr int (DPOF ) mark. • Yo u cannot d isplay p rint (DPO F) marks on movies. — Symptom Cause Sol ution Symptom Cause Sol ution Y our camer[...]

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    71 Trouble shooting Y our compu ter doe s not recogniz e your c amera. • Yo u are not using the supp lied USB cable . • The USB cable is not conn ecte d f irml y. • [USB] is s et to [ PTP] under [ ] in th e men u settin gs. • The USB c onnectors on your com puter are conne cted to o ther equi pment bes ides the keyboa r d, th e mo use , and[...]

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    72 “Memory Stick Duo” The im age is d isplayed upside down . • The image rec orded in mirro r mode may b e display ed inverted by 180 de grees, depe nding on the software you us e. p To mod ify th e inver ted ima ge, u se the rotate tool o f th e softw are you use. The ima ge is in t errup te d by noise whe n you view a movie on a comp uter .[...]

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    73 Trouble shooting PictBridge complian t printer Others Symptom Cause Solu tion Y o u cann ot conn ect your camera to the printe r . • The prin ter is not P ic tBridge com plia nt. • The printer is not r ea dy to be connected. • Yo ur camera is not conn ected to t he printe r correctly . p Ask the print er ma nu facture r if th e pr in ter i[...]

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    74 Warnings and messag es The followi ng messages ap pea r on t he LCD screen. Message Meani n g/Corrective Act ion NO MEM OR Y STICK • Insert a “Memory Stic k Duo” (p ag e 17). SYSTEM ERROR • Turn the p ower off and on again (page 14). MEMORY STICK ERROR • The inse rted “Mem ory Stick Duo” canno t be us ed in y our camera (page 82). [...]

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    75 Trouble shooting ENLARGED PLA YBA CK ERROR • You are attempt ing to perform enlar ge d pla yback for a file creat ed using othe r devic e s. • Enlarged playbac k is not available for im age s proc e sse d usi ng a computer . • An error occur red while your cam era was p erforming e nlarged p layback. PRINTER IS BUSY • The printer cannot [...]

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    76 Self-diagnosis display — If a code start ing with an al phabet let ter appe ars Your cam er a has a self-diagnosi s displa y. This func tion displa ys the camera c o ndit ion on the LCD scre en wi th a comb in a tion of a letter and four numerica l digits. If this oc curs, check the follo wing code chart and at tempt th e corre spondi ng corre[...]

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    77 Addition al information Menu ite ms Menu it em s that c an b e modi fied differ depend in g on th e position of the mo de switch. The LC D scre en shows only th e item s you can ope rate at the m oment. Fa ctory settings are indi cated wi t h x . When the mod e switch is se t to (when [ ] is selecte d in the menu se ttings) When the mod e switch[...]

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    78 When the mo de switch i s set to or (when [ ] is s elected in th e menu sett ings) When the mo de switch i s set to (when [ ] is sel ected in the men u settings) When the mo de switch i s set to (when [ ] is s elected in th e menu settings) * Y ou can also select this it em when the camer a is connected to a PictBridge compliant printer . Y ou c[...]

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    79 Addition al information When [ ] is selected in th e menu setti ngs during a c onnection with a PictBridge comp liant printer The followin g menus are ava ilable no ma tter what position the mode sw itch is in. When [ ] is sele cted in the menu settings When [ ] is selected in the menu se ttings Item Set ting Descripti on PRINT 1 PAG E OK / CANC[...]

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    80 Precaut ions Do not leave the camera in the following p l aces • In ex tr em ely hot pl ac e, such as in a car parke d i n the sun. Th e camera bod y may become def or me d or this may cause a malfunct ion. • Und er di rect su n light or ne ar a heater . The c amera bo dy may become de formed or this may cau se a malf u nction. • On r ocki[...]

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    81 Addition al information How to prevent moisture condensation When br ingin g the ca mera from a c old place t o a war m place, seal t he camera in a plas ti c bag an d al low it to ad apt to condit ions at th e new location over a p eriod of time (ab out an hour). If mo isture condens ation occurs Turn off t he camera and wait ab out an hour for[...]

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    82 On “Mem ory Stic k” “Memor y Stick” is a new compact , portable IC record ing medi um with a data ca pacity that exc ee ds the capac it y of a flopp y di s k . The typ es of “Memo ry Stick” that can be use d with th is ca mera are li sted in the tab le below . Howe ver, pro per o perati on cann ot be guarant eed for all “Me m ory S[...]

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    83 Addition al information Notes on using a Memory Stick Duo adaptor (su pplied) • When using a “Memor y Stick Duo” wi th a “Memo ry Stick” c ompli ant device, be sure to insert the “M emory Stick Duo” into a Memory Stick Duo adaptor . If you insert a “Memory Stick Duo” into a “Memory Stick” compliant device without a Memory S[...]

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    84 On the batte ry charger • Do no t ch arge an y ot her bat teries ex cept Sony Nic kel-Met al Hydr ide bat teries in the battery c ha rge r supplied with yo ur camera . If you try to charg e any othe r type of ba ttery (e.g. , mangane se batteri es, alkali ne dry cel ls, pr imary li thium batterie s, or Ni- Cd batteries) than t he bat te ries s[...]

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    85 Addition al information Specifi cation s x Camera [System] Image device 6.72 mm ( 1/2.7 typ e) color CC D Primary color filter T otal pix els number of camera Approx. 2 112 000 pixels Effect i ve pixel s nu mber of ca mera Approx. 2 020 000 pixels Lens Single foc al lens f = 5.0 mm (7/32 inches) (35 mm camera co nversion: 33 mm (1 5/ 16 inche s)[...]

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    86 LCD screen displays When shooting st ill images A Image size indicator (18, 31) B Battery remain ing indicator (13) C Flash mode indicat or (24) / Red-e y e re duc t ion indicat or (24) D Focus preset indicator (30) E White Balance i ndicator (33) F Scene Selectio n indicator (28) G AE/A F lock in di cato r (20) H Recording folder indicator (25)[...]

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    87 Addition al information When playing back still im ages A Image size indicator (18, 31) B Print (DPOF) mark indi cator (40) C PictBridge connecting indicator (43) D Enlar ged pla ybac k/enlar gement level indicator (39) E Folder -file name (62) F Not disconn ect USB cab le indicator (45) G Playb ack fold er in dica tor (37) H Image number/Number[...]

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    88 Index A Access lam p .......... ....... ....... ....... ......... ...... ....... 17 AE/AF l ock indic ator ......... ....... ......... ...... ....... 20 Auto Fo cu s ........ .. ....... ...... ....... ... ...... ....... .. ....... 20 Auto po wer-of f func t ion ....... .. ....... ....... ....... .. .. 15 B Battery Batter y li fe ..... .. .......[...]

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    89 Inde x R Red-eye r eduction .... ....... .. ....... ....... .. ....... ...24, 28 RESET b utto n ..... ....... ....... ......... ....... ....... ...67, 76 S SCENE ...... ......... ....... ....... ....... ....... ...... ......... ...29 Scene S election (SCENE) ....... ....... ...... ......... ...28 Self-diagnosis display ... ......................[...]

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