Sanyo VPC-CG20EXBK manual

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    VPC-CG20EX VPC-CG20 VPC-CG20G X VPC-CG20PX VPC-CG20TA GUIDE FOR BASIC OPER ATION Dual Camera Please re ad these i nstru ctions ca refully be f ore usi ng the ca mera. Make sure to read a nd under stand the separate booklet “SAFETY MANUAL ”. K eep this manual in a safe place f or la ter referenc e. Important note This m anual explains how to saf[...]

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    i English HO W T O READ THIS M ANU AL Fo r first -time users Please read this m anual to familiarize yourse lf with your camera ’ s oper atio n. ↓ T o use th e various c amera featur es The Ins truc tion Ma nual that explains the features i n detail c an be obtai ned from our website (page 4 1). ↓ T o use ad ditiona l fea tures Visi t the Sa [...]

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    English ii SHOO T , PLA Y B A CK AND SA VE Prep arin g the ca mera 1 Insert the battery pack. About saving y our recorded data h If you wis h to use a n SD Mem ory C ard, re f er to page 12 to install the card in the ca mera. h An SD Memor y Car d is not included w ith your cam era. Please purchase a commercially s old card. h This came ra has an i[...]

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    iii English Shooting 1 Press t he ON/OFF button for at least 1 sec ond to tu rn the came ra on. h If the screen to set the date an d time a ppears, press th e MENU button 2 times to c ancel it. For ho w to se t the da te and tim e, see pa ge 20. 2 Reco rd. T o r ecord a vide o clip: h Press the [ ] button to begin recording a video clip. h Press th[...]

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    English iv Befo re capt uring those important sho ts, be sure to fi rst take a test shot to confirm th at y our camer a is set up and re ady to go i Sanyo declin es any cla im for compensa tion for r ecorded content s etc. i n case of phot ographi ng or rec ording failure du e to a chance camera or car d fl aw . Pl ayb ack 1 Press the REC/P LAY but[...]

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    v English 3 Select “DELET E SINGLE”, and press the SET bu tton. 4 Sele ct “DE LETE”, and pre ss the SET button. h If you toggle the SET button to the left or rig ht, the scre en to delet e a different file will appear . 5 When y ou are finished deletin g files, pr ess the MENU b utton. h Pressing the MENU button 3 times will retur n you to [...]

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    English vi Copy data fr om yo ur camera to the computer Conne ct your camera t o a comput er , and co p y the desired da ta to t he compute r . 1 Turn on the com puter , and use th e supplie d dedicat ed USB inte rface cabl e to co nnect yo ur camer a to th e comp uter. h Conne ct the cable bet ween the camera’s USB/A V ter minal and th e compute[...]

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    vii English 3 Select “COMPUTER” , and p ress the SET butt on. h The screen to select the compute r connecti on mode appear s. 4 Select “CARD READER”, a nd press the SET button. h The messag e [Found New Hardware] app ears in the task tray , showing th at the cam era is re cognized as a d rive. h The c ard i s rec ogni zed (moun ted) a s a d[...]

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    English viii Dismounting the camera CA UTION i T o d isconnect your ca mera, be su re to follow the pr ocedure b elow . F ailure to follow this proce dure may cause faulty operation of your com puter or corru pt the files in your camera. 1 Left-click o n the ic on for safely r emovin g hardwar e in th e task tray. h A list app ears showing the d ev[...]

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    1 English CON TENT S HOW T O READ THIS MA NUAL ............... ........... ................ ............... .... i CHECKI NG THE INCLUDED ACCESSORIES .... ................ ............... ... 3 How to use th e accessorie s ............... ........... ................ ............... ... 5 ABOUT T HE CARD ............. ........... ................ .[...]

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    English 2  CON NECTING TO A TV CONNECTIN G TO A TV .. ........... ................ ............... ........... ............... .38 Conn ecting to a video input t erminal ... ............... ........... ............... .39 Conn ecting to the HDM I terminal ........ .......... ................ ............... .39 PLAYIN G BACK ON A T V ..... .....[...]

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    3 English CHECKIN G THE INCLUDED A CCESSORIE S i Li-ion b attery p ack : 1 i L ithium -ion batte ry pack char ger and po wer cord: 1 i De dicated USB interface cable (pag e vi): 1 i De dicat ed A V in terfac e cable (page 39 ): 1 i Lens cap ( page 5) : 1 i G UIDE FOR B ASIC OPERA T ION (VPC-CG20EX, VPC-CG2 0GX, VPC-CG20PX, VPC-CG2 0T A only ) i SAF[...]

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    English 4 i QUICK G UIDE i Obtaini ng th e PDF in stru ctio n manual and caution s[...]

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    5 English How to use the access ories k Lens ca p k Hand strap ( Please purchase a commercial ly available hand strap.) i T o avoid droppi ng the ca mera, it is recommen ded th at you attach a handstrap. 12 34 ▲▲ ▲ ▲[...]

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    English 6 ABOU T THE CARD Media c ards that can b e used with t his camera The type of card th at can be inser ted into a nd used with this camera is: i SD Memory Car d i SDHC Mem ory Card i SDXC Memor y Card What “card” means in this ma nual i In this manual, SD Memor y Car ds, SDHC Me mor y Cards and SDXC Memor y Ca rds that ca n be used in t[...]

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    7 English SETUP SETUP P ARTS NAMES Front Flash Lens Monit or un it Stereo micr ophon e * The tr ipod mo unting hole is on the bottom . ON/OFF button[...]

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    English 8 SETUP Rear Multi-indicator [ ] button [ ] button MENU button Moni tor SET button ON/OFF butto n REC/PLA Y button Card slot cov er Photo shoo ting button DC IN terminal cover Batter y cover USB/A V ter minal HDMI ter mina l Opera tion pad  Op erat ion p ad Zoom switch Video re cording button[...]

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    9 English CHARGING THE BA TTER Y P A CK Please charge the supplied batter y pa ck bef ore using it. 1 Conne ct the s upplied power cord to the socket o n the batte ry pa ck char ger. h Inser t the conn ector straight and securely . 2 Inse rt the ba ttery pa ck in the batter y cha rger . h Ins ert it in the direc tio n indicat ed by the [ o ] m ark [...]

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    English 10 SETUP Charging the batte ry pack Be sur e to fully char ge the sup plied or separat ely sold batte ry pack before using it in your cam era. For charging the batte r y pack, use t he suppli ed charger. Charg e the batt ery pack if it is b eing us ed for the first tim e, and re charge it whenev er the remaining cha rge is low . Does the ba[...]

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    11 English About the CHARGE indicator The CH ARGE i ndic ator show s th e stat us of the ba ttery pa ck and th e char ger . Please refer to the following tabl e if the in dicator flash es abn orma lly . CAUT ION Do not c har g e th e batte ry pac k immedi atel y af ter the came ra ha s been in cont inuou s use f or a lo ng time i T he batter y pack[...]

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    English 12 SETUP INST A LLING THE CARD Be sur e to format a newly purc hased card or one th at was used in anot her device before using it in your ca mera (page 13). I f an un f or matted card is used, the card it self may become u nusable. <When r emoving the card...> h T o remov e the card, p ress it in, and th en release. The card will pro[...]

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    13 English CAUT ION Do not attemp t to forcibly remove the card i Do ing so m a y dam age the c ard or the stored fil es. If the multi-indicat or is fl ashing red ... i Never remove the car d when the multi- indicator i s flashing red, as d oing so may result in loss of file s stored in the card. HINT T o fo rmat a car d 1 Inser t th e card in th e[...]

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    English 14 SETUP INST A LLING THE B A TTER Y P A CK Please c harge the suppli ed batter y pa ck before using i t. 2 Open 3 Inser t by matching the connect or mar kings 4 Close Batter y cover 1 Push out Batter y pack Conn ector marki ngs[...]

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    15 English CAUT ION Does the bat tery pack a ppear swollen ? i T he lithium-ion b atter y used in this camera may e xpand slight ly when stored i n a hot e nvironment or repeated ly used, but this is not a safety hazard. However , a batter y that is difficu lt to inser t because it has become swollen may then be im possible to extract fro m the bat[...]

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    English 16 SETUP About the temperature ale rt ic on Dur ing camera use, if the t emperature of the ba tter y or insid e the came ra (excluding the b atter y) r ises, a tempera ture ale rt icon will appear as describ ed below. k When t he batt ery or i ntern al ca mera (e xclud ing bat tery) te mper atur e rises d uring use h Dur ing camera u se[...]

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    17 English TURNING THE CAMERA ON AND OFF T urning on the camera 1 Open the mo nitor un it, an d pres s th e ON/OF F button for at lea st 1 s econd. h If you briefly p ress the ON/O FF button, once, the camera will switch to the pow er s av e mode . h If you press t he REC/PLA Y button for at least 1 se cond, the c amera tur ns on in the p la yback [...]

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    English 18 SETUP T urning on th e camera w hen the power save (sleep) mode is active In order to preser ve battery pack pow er, the power sa ve (sleep) function will automat ically tu rn o ff the came ra after ab out 1 mi nute of no u se dur ing shooti ng, or abo ut 5 minutes of no u se dur ing playback (factor y-preset setting). i Whe n the power [...]

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    19 English HINT T o immediat ely activate the power s ave mode i Pre ss the ON/OF F button br iefly to activate th e power save function. About t he sta ndby mode i T o tur n off the cam era only briefly , you can clos e the monitor unit to put the camera in the stan dby mode. The st andby mode u ses almo st no power . When the moni tor unit i s op[...]

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    English 20 SETUP D A TE AND TIME SETTING The camera will record the date and time an image or audio r ecording is taken so that you can disp lay them dur ing playback. The refore, before captur ing images, m ake sure the co rrect d ate and time a re set. h T o corr ect the dat e and t ime settin g, please se e under HINT on page 22. Example : T o s[...]

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    21 English 3 Set th e cloc k. 1 Select “ TIME”. 2 Press t he SET button . h The Se t Tim e Sc reen appea rs. 3 Set the time to “19:30 ”. h The time is se t in t he following order : Set the ho ur → Set th e minute. h A 24-ho ur clock is use d for the time d isplay . 4 Press t he SET button . 4 Set t he order in which th e date is displ ay[...]

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    English 22 SETUP 5 Pre ss the M ENU but ton. h The da te and ti me setting is comple ted. h T o display the Record ing or Playback Scree n, press th e MENU button. HINT i Un der nor mal condition s, while the b atter y pack is bei ng repla ced, an inter nal batte ry will maintain the date and tim e settings. H owe ver , t here is a small chance th [...]

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    23 English SWITCHING BETWEEN THE RECORDING MODE AND PLA YBA CK M ODE Switch between the recor ding mode (for record ing) and th e playback mode (for viewing your rec orded images). 1 Turn on the camera (page 1 7). 2 Press the REC/PLAY button. h The mode change s. h The mode changes ea ch time the REC/P LA Y button is p ressed. 2010.12.24 1 8 : 41 1[...]

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    English 24 SETUP SWITCHING THE OPERA TING MODE The “S IMPL E mode” c ompris es onl y tho se fun ction s that are mos t ofte n used and nece ssar y to ope rate the cam era, whil e the “NO RMAL mode” en ables full use of all th e camera’s many function s. Select the m ode that i s suitable for your purp oses. Switching betwe en the SIMPLE a[...]

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    25 English Acces sing/exiting the SIMPLE /NORMAL Mode Men u Scr een 1 Set t he came ra to t he record ing or playbac k mode (page 2 3). 2 Select the d esire d oper ating mode (p age 24 ). 3 If the M enu Scre en is no t displ ayed, press the MENU b utton. h The Menu S creen ap pears. h T o cancel th e Menu Scr een, pres s the MENU button. SET 3 2 1 [...]

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    English 26 SETUP Using the SIMPLE Mode Menu 4 Toggle the S ET butto n up or down to se lect the item yo u wish to chang e, and p ress th e SET b utton. h The S etting Scr een for the s elected it em appea rs. SET SET HDTV size 10M [4:3] SET 2 M S N 10 M Select video and photo size To keep in HDTV size OK OK Select an item to change Description o f [...]

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    27 English Using the NORMAL Mode M enu 4 Toggl e the SE T button up or do wn to s elect a ta b. h The Menu S creen for the s elected t ab app ears. 5 Togg le the S ET bu tton to the rig ht. 3 2 1 SET 2 3 1 S S N N Full-HD 10 M -S OK RECORDING MENU 1 VIDEO PHOTO SCENE SELECT FILTER FLASH SELF-TIMER Ta b Push up Pus h down Option ta b 3 2 1 SET 2 3 1[...]

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    English 28 SETUP 6 Toggle the S ET butto n up or down to se lect the item yo u wish to chang e, and p ress th e SET b utton. h The S etting Scr een for the s elected it em appea rs. h T o retur n to the M enu Screen , press the MENU button. HINT About the app licable mode ind icator i T his indicator shows the sho oting mode( s) f or which the sele[...]

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    29 English SHOO TING SHOO TING VIDEO CLIP RECORDING 1 Turn on the camera (page 1 7), and set it to the rec ordi ng mode (page 23) . 2 Press th e [ ] butt on. h Recording begins. h It is not nece ssary to keep the [ ] bu tto n pres sed w hile recording. h When the rema ining re cording time av ailab le f or t he cu rrent ly recordin g clip becom es [...]

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    English 30 SHOOTING SHOO TING SINGLE SHO TS Capture a still image (single-sh ot). 1 Tur n on th e camer a (page 1 7), and se t it to t he reco rding mode (page 2 3). 2 Press the [ ] butt on. 1 Press the [ ] but ton halfw ay . h The auto focus operates, and the i mage is focused (focus lock). 2 Cont inue t o gentl y press the [ ] but ton all the way[...]

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    31 English HINT Adjust ing the monitor brig htness i Wh ile the Recording Screen is active, you can quickly access th e screen for adjusting th e bright ness of the monitor by pressi ng the MEN U button for at le ast 1 s econ d. What i s the camera fo cusin g on? i A ta rget m ark & o n the mon itor shows the ar ea the camera is focusing on. i [...]

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    English 32 SHOOTING SHOO T A STILL IMA GE WHILE RECORDING A VIDEO CLIP Y ou can cap ture a still image (a single-s hot) while recording a video clip. 1 Tur n on th e camer a (pag e 17), and set i t to the recordi ng mode (pa ge 23). 2 Press the [ ] butto n. 3 When you se e a sce ne you’d l ike to captur e as a still im age, pr ess the [ ] butt on[...]

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    33 English HINT i Wh en shooting a still image while recording a video clip , the flash does not opera te. i Wh en the remain ing video recordi ng time becomes app roximately 50 seconds, it will no longer be possible to capture a still image while recording a video clip. If y ou intend to capture a still image while recording a vide o clip, it is s[...]

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    English 34 SHOOTING MA CRO-PHO T OGRAPHY (ZOOM) Y ou r camera ha s two zoom functio ns: optic al zoom an d digital zoom . 1 Point the camera lens at the subje ct. 2 Push the z oom switch toward [T/ ] ] or [W/ P ] to com pose the d esire d imag e. [T/ ] ]: Zoom i n on the su bject. [W/ P ]: Zoom out . h When the zoom switch is pushed, the zoom bar a[...]

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    35 English PLA YBACK PLA YBACK PLA YING B A C K VIDEO CLIPS AND STILL IMA GES 1 Set th e cam era to th e pl ayback mode (page 23). 2 Selec t the im age to play ba ck. h T og gle the SET button to move the oran ge frame t o the file you wish to play back. h The i mage inf ormat ion f or the framed im age is shown at th e bottom of the s creen. 3 Pre[...]

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    English 36 PL A Y BAC K Video clip pla ybac k operation T o do this... Do this Nor mal forward playback Press th e SET button. Stop p layback Dur ing playback, toggle the SET butto n down. Pau s e Dur ing playback, press t he SET button or toggle the SET button u p. Dur ing accelerate d playback, toggle t he SET button up. To p l a y b a c k one i [...]

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    37 English How to save one f rame from a vid eo clip as a still image 1 Play b ack the vi deo cli p. Pause th e playbac k at the p oint you wish to “snap” a photo . 2 Pres s the [ ] butt on. h The screen to select the aspect ratio of the still image appears. Select the desi red asp ect ratio, and press th e [ ] button. N ote, howe ver , that i [...]

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    English 38 CONNECTING T O A TV CONNECTING TO A TV CONNECTING TO A TV CONNECTING T O A TV By con nec tin g the camer a t o a TV , y ou c an pl a y bac k the rec orde d fil es o n th e TV . CA UTION Inser t and pu ll out t he cable c arefully i Whe n conn ecting the c ables, make sure th at the cable pl ugs are co rrectly orient ed and that they matc[...]

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    39 English Connecting to a video input terminal Use th e supplie d dedicated A V interface cable to connect to a TV . Connecting to the HDMI terminal Use a separately sold min i-HDMI ca ble to connect to a TV . Supplie d dedicated A V in terface cable T o USB /A V terminal Set t he in put to “VIDEO ”. Y ell ow plug: T o Video In put te rmina l [...]

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    English 40 CONNECTING T O A TV PLA YING B A CK ON A TV i Afte r connectin g the came ra to the te le vision, switch the TV input to the ter minal to which the camera is connected . i T he playback metho d is the sam e as whe n viewing imag es on the camera’s monitor . (Use the TV cont rols to adjus t the volume.) i T he same p layback procedure a[...]

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    41 English OBT AINING THE INSTR UCTION MANU AL OBT AINING THE INSTR UCTION MANU AL OBT AINING THE INSTR UCTION MANU AL The Inst ructi on Manual tha t explains the feature s in deta il can be d ownloaded from ou r websi te. i “ Adobe Re ader” is re quired to view the Instr uction Manual. If A dobe Reade r is not already i nstalled on your comp u[...]

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    OBT AINING THE INSTR UCTION MANU AL English 42 SWITCHING THE OPERATING MODE Swit chin g bet ween t he SIMP LE a nd NORM AL mo des Accessing/ exiting th e SIMPLE /NORMAL M ode Men u Screen Overvie w of the S IMPLE Mo de Setting Screen Overview of the NORM AL Mode S etting Sc reen  SIMPLE SHOOTING BEFORE TAKING PICTURES For best res ults Using the[...]

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    43 English Light- measuring mode sett ing ISO sensitivity se tting RECORDING MENU 3 Whit e bal ance sett ing Subj ect chase r s ett ings High sensitivity mo de setting Digital zoom sett ing Exposur e compensatio n Storag e folder se tting PLAYBACK PLAYBACK MENU 1 Slideshow settings File prot ect setting Resize Rotate PLAYBACK MENU 2 Correcting the [...]

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    OBT AINING THE INSTR UCTION MANU AL English 44 Configu ration of d irector ies in the card File formats Caut ions when usin g as a c ard re ader USING AS A PC CAMERA For Windo ws XP Using as a PC camera USIN G THE SO FTWA RE Operati ng enviro nment Obtaining the software CONNECTING TO A TV CONNECTING TO A TV Conne cting to a vid eo inpu t terminal [...]

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    45 English Ho w to ob tai n the Ins truct ion Man ual 1 Rem ove the ca rd fro m the ca mera. h The pr og ram t o acce ss th e websi te is s tored in y our ca mer a’ s internal memor y . T his program ca nnot be ac cessed wh ile a car d is install ed in the c amera. 2 Star t your com puter, a nd use th e supplie d dedicat ed USB in terfac e cabl e[...]

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    OBT AINING THE INSTR UCTION MANU AL English 46 4 Sel ect “ COMPUTE R”, and p ress th e SET butt on. h The sc reen t o sel ect t he co mpute r conn ecti on mod e ap pears . 5 Select “CARD READER” and press the SET button. <For W indo ws user s> h The screen to access the website for this camera (a ccess menu) appear s. h If the acc ess[...]

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    47 English About the Eye -Fi transf er feature ABOUT THE EYE-FI TRANSFE R FEATURE By inser ting a comme rcially sold Eye-Fi card (SD card with wireless LAN) in your camera, you can easily uplo ad photos to your computer, a sharing site, etc. autom atically via a Wi-Fi networ k. Also, you can transf er video file s if your Eye-Fi car d has a vide o [...]

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    English 48 APPENDICES APPENDICES APPENDICES COMMONL Y ASKED QUESTIONS If you have a question a bout the camera opera tion, you might find the a nswer in this compilatio n of comm only asked questi ons. Question Answer Action Po w e r Why doesn’t th e power tur n on? Due to cold temp er ature s, t he batter y pa ck temporarily lost its power . Pla[...]

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    49 English Shoo ting Are th e settings retained ev en after th e camera is turne d off? — All settings except the self- timer and the exposure com pensa tion are retained ev en after the camera is turned off . Which resolution setting sh ould I use? — Select the resolution setting a ccording to the inte nded use . I , ; , o , p , N , m : Appr o[...]

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    APPENDICES English 50 Shooti ng What is the diff erence between th e digi tal zo om an d the optica l zoom? — Becaus e shoot ing with the optica l zoom uses th e optics of a physical lens, you can shoot wit hout lo sing minute deta ils in the imag e. The digital zoom, on th e other hand, w orks by magni fyi ng a p ortion of the i mage th at hits [...]

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    51 English Moni tor When used in cold weat her , why does t he im age seem to leave traces as it mov es? Condition due to the moni tor character istics. Not a malfun ction. Spots th at appear in the mon itor only appear in the monitor an d will not be reco rded with the imag es. Why does the disp la ye d imag e conta in some red, blue and green dot[...]

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    APPENDICES English 52 Vie wing images Why is there n o image ( z is shown)? This ma y happ en when tr ying to play back images stored on a card from a di fferent digital camera. Play back image s that were record ed on a ca rd usi ng th is came ra. Why is the pla yback image distor te d? If the subj ect moves or the camera is moved duri ng record i[...]

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    53 English Viewing image s Why isn’t the magnified image clea r? Due to the character istics of the ca mera, magni fied images appear l ess clear. Not a malfun ction. Why isn’t the captu red image clea r? The imag e was captured using the dig ital zoom. Not a malfun ction. Can I play back imag e and soun d files th at I edi ted usin g my com pu[...]

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    APPENDICES English 54 Misc. The “C annot edit video clips with unli ke set ting s” message appear s. Yo u h a v e attempted to join video clips having different resolut ions or frame rates. Select video clips that have the same resoluti on or fram e rate. Why is a noise heard f rom a nearby TV or radi o duri ng batter y recharg ing? Electrom ag[...]

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    55 English Misc. Can I use my came ra abroad? — Whe n the camer a is conn ected to a TV , you can switch the came ra’ s video output to NTSC or P AL. If you have questi ons about access ories et c., please co nsult with a deale r near you for advice. Why does the “Sys tem erro r” message appea r? A problem h as occurr ed within the ca mera [...]

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    APPENDICES English 56 SPECIFICA TIONS Camera Recorded image file format Still images: JPEG format (DCF , DPO F , Exif 2.2 compliant) Note: Designe d mainly by the Japan Electr onics and Infor mation T echno logy Industr ies Association (JEIT A), DCF (Design rule f or Camera File system) is standard for digital still camera image files to provide in[...]

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    57 English Still image shooting mode (recor ding resolutio n) I : 4000 × 3000 pixels (approx. 12 million pixels) ; : 4480 × 2520 pixels (approx. 11 million pixels, 16:9 asp ect ratio) o : 3648 × 2736 pixels (approx. 10 million pixels, low compression) p : 3648 × 2736 pixels (approx. 10 million pixels, nor mal compression) N : 3648 × 2056 pixel[...]

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    APPENDICES English 58 Range Nor mal mo de: 50 cm ( 19.69 in.) to infinity Super m acro mode : 1c m ( 0 . 3 9i n . ) t o 80 cm (31 .50 in.) (wide end on ly) Digital zoom F o r shooting: 1 × to app rox. 12 × F or pl a ybac k: 1 × to 62. 5 × (varies with r esolution) Shutter spee d Still image shoo ting mode: 1/2 to 1/1,500 se c. (Approx. 1 sec. m[...]

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    59 English Ambient environment T e mperatu re 0 t o 40 °C (32 to 10 4°F) (op eration) –20 t o 60 ° C (–4 to 140°F) (storag e) Humidity 30 to 90% ( operatin g, no cond ens atio n) 10 to 90% (stora ge, no cond ens atio n) P ower supply Batter y pack (supplie d) Li-i on ba ttery pa ck (DB-L8 0) × 1 AC adaptor (opt iona l) VA R - G 9 P ower co[...]

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    APPENDICES English 60 Camera connectors Batter y life i Un til batter y pa ck runs ou t when using a full y charged batter y pa ck at a 25 °C (77 °F) ambie nt te mper atu re. i T he operation time m a y var y depe nding on t he cond itions of the ba ttery pack and t he conditi ons of use. E specially w hen use d at temp eratures below 10 ° C (50[...]

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    61 English P ossible No. of Images/P ossible Shooting Time/ P ossible Recording Time i If the con tinuous r ecording time o f a voice mem o exceeds about 13 hours, the rec orded file is sav ed once, and t hen r ecording c ontinues in a n ew file. In the vi deo clip re cording mode, when the size of t he file be ing record ed exceeds 4 GB, the recor[...]

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    APPENDICES English 62 Concerning the mult i-indicator The camera’ s multi-indica tor will light, flash, or be o ff , depending on the different camera operatio ns. Color Multi-indicator status Came ra status Gre en Lit Connect ed to a computer or prin ter Flas hing P ower sa ve mode active Orange Lit Connect ed to a TV Red Flashing Slow Rise in i[...]

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    63 English Supplied battery pack char g er i Wh en using the suppli ed batter y pack charg er abroad , the power co rd may need to be repl aced in acc ordanc e with loca l requ irements. Ple ase contact your local deal er f or details. Supplied Li-ion battery pack P ar t No. V AR- L80 P ower source AC 100 to 240 V , 50 to 60 Hz , 5 W Rated outp ut [...]

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    APPENDICES English 64 Other s Mac OS is a trade mark o f Apple In c., regis tered in th e U.S . and o ther countr ies. Micro soft and Windows are registere d trademar ks of Microsoft C orp oration in the USA and oth er countr ies. Intel a nd Pe ntium are regi stered tra demar ks of Intel Cor poration (USA). In this manual, the Micr osoft ® Window [...]

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    65 English CAUT ION i It is forbidden to copy this manua l, whole o r in par t, w ithout pr ior wr itten permi ssion . i All im ages and illustrations given in this manual are for e xplanation pur poses and may differ slightly from that of the actu al prod uct. Also, actual specificat ions are subject to ch ange w ithout pr ior no tice and therefor[...]

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