Sony DSCT70 manual

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    © 2007 Sony Corporation 3-219-483- 12 (1) Digital Stil l Camera Instruction Manual DSC-T70/T75/T200 Operating Inst ructions Before operating the unit, please read this manual thoroughly, and retain it for future reference. For details on adva nced op erations, please rea d “Cyber- shot Handbook” (PDF) and “Cyber-s hot Step-up Guide” on the[...]

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    2 Owner ’s Re cord The mo del and seri al numbe rs are lo cated on the bot tom. Re co rd the s eria l numb er i n the space prov ided below. Refe r to these numbers w henever yo u call upo n your So ny dealer reg ardin g this produc t. Model No. DSC- T70/T75/T200 Serial No. _____________________ ______ To reduce f ire or shock ha zard, do not ex [...]

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    3 [ Cleaning Unplug the set from the wall outlet befor e cleaning or polishing it . Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaner s. Use a cl oth lightly dampened with water for c leaning t he exteri or of the set. [ Wa ter a nd Mo is ture Do not use power-line operated sets near wa ter – for example, near a bathtub, was hbowl, kitchen sink, or l[...]

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    4 Read this first Replace the battery with the specified type only. Otherwise , fire or injury may res ult. Do not expose the batteries to excessive heat such as sunshine, f ire or the like. [ RECYCLING LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES Lithium-I on batteries are recyclable. You can help pr eserve our environment by r eturning your used rechargeable batter ies[...]

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    5 [ CAUTION You are cautioned t hat any changes or modifications not expre ssly approved in this manual could void your aut hority to oper ate this equipment. [ Not e: This equipment has been tested and found to comply wi th the lim its for a Clas s B digita l device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are desig ned to provide reaso[...]

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    6 Disposa l of waste batteries (applicable in the Europe an Union and othe r European coun tries with separ ate co llec tion systems ) This symb ol on th e batter y or on the packaging indicates that the battery provided with this product shall not be treated as household waste. By ensuring these batteries are disposed of correctly, you wil l help [...]

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    7 Tabl e of cont ents IMPORTA NT SAFEGUARDS ...... .... ...... ....... ...... .... ....... ...... ...... .... ....... ..... 2 Read t his fir st ..... ...... ...... ....... .... ...... ...... ....... ...... .... ....... ...... ...... .... ....... ..... 4 Notes on usin g your camera ...... .... ...... ....... ...... ...... ..... ...... ...... ...... [...]

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    8 Notes on using your camera [ Int ernal memory and “ Memory Stick Duo” back up Do not turn off the camera or remove the battery pack or “Memory Stic k Duo” while the access lamp is lighted, as the internal memory da ta or “Memory Stick Duo” data may be destroyed. Always protect your data by making a back up copy. [ Notes on rec ording/[...]

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    9 Gettin g star ted Checking the accessorie s supplied • Battery ch arger BC-CSD (1) • Powe r cord (m ains lea d) (1) (not supplied in the USA and Canada) • Rechargeable battery pack NP-BD1 (1)/ Batt er y cas e (1 ) • Paint pen (1) • Adaptor plate (1) You can place the camera on the Cyber-shot Station (not supplied) using the adaptor plat[...]

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    10 1 Preparing the bat tery pack 1 Insert the battery pack into the batte ry charger. 2 Connect the battery charger to the wall outlet (wall socket). The CHARGE lamp lights up, and charging starts. When the CHARGE lamp turns off, charging is finished (Practical charge). If you contin ue charging the battery pack for about one more hour (until it is[...]

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    11 2 Inserting the bat tery pack/a “Memory Stick Duo” (not supplied) 1 Open the battery/“Mem ory Stick Duo” cover. 2 Insert the “Memory Stick Duo” (not supplied) all the way in until i t clicks. 3 Insert the battery pack. 4 Close the battery/“Memory Stick Duo” cover. [ When th ere is no “Me mory Stick Duo” inserted The camer a r[...]

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    12 [ To check the rema ining bat tery c harge Press POWER button to turn on and c heck the remai ning battery on t he LCD scree n. • If the NP- FD1 battery pack ( not supplied) is used, the m inute display ( 60 Min) is also shown af ter the battery remaining i ndicator. • It takes about one minute until the corr ect battery remaining indicator [...]

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    13 3 Turning the camera on/set ting the clock 1 Press the POWER butto n or slide the lens cover downward. 2 Set the clo ck by touchi ng the button on th e touch pane l. 1 Touc h the des ired da te di spla y forma t, then touc h [ t ]. 2 Touch ea ch item , then set its nu meric va lue by t ouchi ng v / V . 3 Touc h [ OK ]. POWE R bu tton Lens Touch [...]

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    14 [ To set the date and tim e again Touch [HO ME] , then tou ch (Settings) t [ Clock Settings] (pages 2 2, 23). [ When you turn on the power • Once the battery is ins erted in t he camera, i t may ta ke time before ope ration be comes poss ible. • If the camera is running on battery power and you do not operate the camera for about three minut[...]

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    15 Shoot ing im ages easily (A uto Ad justme nt mode ) 1 Open the lens cover. 2 Hold the camera steady, keeping your arm at your side. • is di splayed i f a face is det ected i n the to uched posi tion or is displayed if an ob ject other than a pe rson’s face is det ected. 3 Shoot w ith the shutter button . When sh ooting movies : Touch [HO ME][...]

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    16 Image size/S elf-timer/Sho oting mode/Fla sh/Macro/Displ ay [ Changing t he image size Touch t he image size set ting icon on t he screen. Touch the de sired item , then [BA CK]. Still ima ge Movie [ Using the se lf-timer Touch th e self-t imer sett ing ic on on the screen. T ouch the d esired i tem, th en [BACK]. Self-Timer Off ( ): Not using t[...]

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    17 [ Chang ing the sho oting mode Touch th e shooting mode setting icon on the sc reen. To uch the desired item , then [BA CK]. Scene Sel ection Auto Adjustment Allows you to shoot still im ages with the setti ng adjus ted auto matica lly. Scene Selection Allows you to shoot with preset setti ngs according to th e scene. Program Auto Allows you to [...]

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    18 [ Flash (Sele cting a flash m ode for still im ages) Touch the flash mode se tting icon on the screen. To uch the de sired item, then [BACK] . Flash Auto () : Strobes when there is insuf ficient light or backlight (de fault setting) Flash On ( ) Slow Synchro (Flash for ced on) ( ): The shutter speed is slow in a dark place to clearly shoot the b[...]

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    19 Viewin g/delet ing imag es 1 Press (Playback) button. If you press (Playback) when the camer a is powered off, the camera is turned on automatically and set to playback mode. To switch to the shooting mode, press (Playback) again. 2 Touch (previo us) / (next) o n the s creen to selec t an image . Movie : Touch B to playback a movie. Fast forward[...]

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    20 [ To view an i ndex scree n Touch (Index) to displa y the index scre en. Touch / to displ ay the prev ious/n ext page. To retu rn to the single i mage scre en, touch th e thumbn ail ima ge. • You can also access the index screen by selecting [ Image Index] in (View Images) on the HOME scree n. • If you touch [DISP] in index mode, you can set[...]

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    21 Conne ct th e cam era to the HDTV w ith the HD Outpu t Ada pto r Cabl e (DSC -T 75 on ly). • The cable for video jacks (Green/Blue/Re d) is the same col or as the r espective jacks. HD Output Adaptor Ca ble (DSC-T 75 only) COMPONENT VIDE O IN A UDIO Green/Bl ue/Red White/Red T o the multi connect or[...]

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    22 Learnin g the various f uncti ons – HOM E/Menu Using the HO ME screen The HOME scr een is the ga teway scre en for al l the functi ons of yo ur camera. You can ac cess this scre en regard less of whethe r the camera is in shooting mo de or playbac k mode. 1 Touch [HOME] to display the HOME screen. 2 Touch the category you want to set. 3 Touch [...]

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    23 For de tails on t he operat ion 1 pa ge 22 HOME items Touching [H OME] displays the following items. Details on the it ems are di splayed on the scre en by the gui de. Category Items Shooting Auto Adjustment Scene Se lectio n Program Auto Movie Mod e View Images Single Image Image Index Slideshow Prin tin g, Oth er Print Music Tool Downlo ad Mus[...]

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    24 Using the m enu items 1 Touch [MENU] to disp lay the menu. • Different items will bec ome visible depending on the sele cted mode. 2 Touch the desired menu it em. • If the desired item is hidden, keep touching v / V until the item appear s on the screen. 3 Touch the desired set ting item. 4 Touch [BACK] to turn off the menu. [MENU] Touch [?][...]

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    25 For de tails on t he operat ion 1 pa ge 24 Menu ite ms The ava ilable m enu i tems v ary dep ending on the mode setting (shooting /viewin g), and shooting mode. Onl y the availa ble items ar e displaye d on the scre en. Menu for shooting REC Mo de Sel ects t he conti nuous shoo ting m ethod . EV Adjusts Exposure. Focus Changes the foc us met hod[...]

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    26 Enjoyin g you r comput er You can di splay image s shot with the came ra on the co mputer. A lso, you can use stil l images and movies fro m the camera more than ever by takin g advantage of th e software. For de tails, refer to “Cyb er-shot Handbook” on the CD-RO M (supplie d). Support ed Operat ing Systems f or USB connection and appli cat[...]

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    27 Viewing “ Cyber-sho t Handbook” “Cyber- shot Han dbook” , which is provide d on the CD-R OM (suppli ed), describe s in detai l how to use the c amera. Adobe Re ader is required for vi ewing the handbo ok. [ For Wi ndows use rs 1 Turn on your computer, an d insert the CD- ROM (supplied) in to the CD- ROM drive. The screen below appear s. [...]

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    28 Indicat ors on the screen Touch [DI SP] on the scr een to change to the dis play sel ection screen (p age 18). [ When shooting st ill images [ When shooting m ovies Scr een oper atio n You c an chan ge t he setti ngs by touchin g the followin g: 1 , 2 , 3 . • Touch ing an icon displ ays the g uide abou t the touch ed item. To hid e this guide,[...]

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    29 Screen indicator s Scree n in dica tor s 4 to 7 show the current se tting status. D E F G Displ ay Indication Batter y rema ining 5 Smile sh utter (numb er of still ima ges) Zoom scal ing Flas h ch argi ng C:32:00 Self- diagnosi s displa y Displ ay Indication Stea dySh ot Recordi ng Media (“Memory S tick Duo”, inte rnal me mory) Recordi ng f[...]

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    30 [ When play ing back sti ll images [ When playing bac k movies Screen opera tion You ca n change the se ttings by t ouching the followi ng: 1 , 2 . A B Screen indica tors Scree n in dica tor s 3 to 5 show the current se tting status. C Displ ay Indication HOME Displa ys the H OME screen . Changes to ind ex mode. Playback s the s lide s how. Dele[...]

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    31 D E Displ ay Indication PictBridge c onnecting Playback Media ( “Memory Stick D uo”, inte rnal memor y) Play back f old er 8/8 12 /12 Ima ge nu mbe r/Num ber of imag es r ecor ded in s elect ed fold er PictBridge c onnecting Ch ange fold er Recordi ng folder Displ ay Indication Low batter y warning 125 Shutte r speed F3.5 Aperture value ISO4[...]

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    32 Battery life an d memory c apacity Battery life and number of ima ges that you can record/view The tabl es show the appr oximat e number of images tha t you can re cord/ view and th e battery li fe with the battery pa ck (suppl ied) at fu ll capa city a nd at an ambien t tempe rature of 25°C (77° F). Th e number s of imag es th at can be re co[...]

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    33 Number of still images and recording time of movies The numbe r of still images an d the length of t ime for movi es may vary depending on th e shooting c onditions. The numb er of st ill ima ges and m ovie record ing time s may va ry, even if the indicat ed capaci ties ar e the same as show n below. [ The ap proximat e number of still images (U[...]

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    34 Trouble shoo ting If you expe rience troub le with you r camera , try the follo wing solutions. Please under stand that you give your consent that the conten ts of the internal memory, Music files may be che cked w hen you send yo ur camera to be repaired. The battery pack cannot be inserted. • Insert the batte ry pack correc tly by pressing a[...]

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    35 The bat tery rem aining i ndicat or is i ncorrect . • This pheno menon occu rs when you use the cam era in an extre mely hot or cold loc ation. • The disp layed ba ttery rema ining dif fers fro m the cu rrent one. F ully discha rge and the n charge the batt ery p ack to corr ect th e display . • The battery pack is discharged . Insert the [...]

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    36 Precau tions [ Do n ot us e/st ore th e came ra in the following places • In an extremely hot, cold or hu mid place In places such as i n a car parke d in the su n, the camera body m ay become deformed and this may cause a malfu nction. • Under direct sunligh t or near a heater The camera body m ay become discolor ed or deformed, and this ma[...]

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    37 Spec ific atio ns Camera [Syste m] Image device: 7.18 mm (1/2.5 type) color CCD, Prima ry color filter Total pixel number of camera: Approx. 8 286 000 pixels Effective pixel number of camera: Approx. 8 083 000 pixels Lens: DSC-T200 Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar 5× zoom lens f = 5.8 – 29.0 mm (35 – 175 mm when converted to a 35 mm still c amera)F3[...]

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    38 Recha rgeable batte ry pack NP-BD1 Used battery: Lithium -ion battery Maximum v oltage: DC 4.2 V Nominal voltage: DC 3.6 V Capacity: 2.4 Wh (680 mAh) Design and specifications ar e subject to change without notice. T ra d emar k s • , “Cyber-shot” are t rademarks of Sony Cor poration. • “Memory Stick,” , “Memory Stick PRO,” , “[...]

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    Printed in Japan Printed on 70% or more recycled paper using VOC (Volatile Organic Compound)-free vegetable oil based ink. Additional informa tion on this product and answe rs to frequently a sked questions can be found at our Custome r Support Webs ite.[...]