Sony DSC-T70 manual

© 2007 Sony Corporation 3-219-480- 11 (1) GB Digital Stil l Camera Cyber-shot Handbook DSC-T70/T75/T200 Before oper ating th e unit, pl ease read this Handboo k thorough ly together w ith the “Instruction Manual” a nd the “Cyber -shot Step-up Gui de” , and retai n them for futu re reference. V CLICK! Table of contents Basic Op erations Usi[...]

2 Notes on using your came ra Notes o n the type s of “Me mory St ick” that can b e used ( not supp lied) “Memory Stick Duo” : you can use a “Memory Stick Duo” with yo ur camera. “Memory Stic k” : you canno t use a “Memor y St ick” with your c amera. Other memor y cards c annot be u sed. • For details on “Memory Stick Duo”[...]

3 Not es on usin g your camer a The pictu res us ed in this Ha ndboo k The photographs used as examples of pictures in this Handbook are reproduced images, and are not actual images shot using this camera. On illustrations Illustrations used in this Handbook are of DSC-T200 unl ess noted otherwis e.[...]

4 Tabl e of conte nts Notes on using your camera ......... ...... .......... .......... ......... ....... .......... ........ 2 Basic techniques for better images ............... ...... .......... .......... .......... ...... .. 8 Focus – Focus ing on a subject s uccessfully ........ ........ ....... ....... ....... ........ ...... .. 8 Expos ure[...]

5 Table of content s Playin g back i mages from the H OME s creen ............ ......... ........ 54 (Single Ima ge): Playin g back a single i mage (Image Index) : Playing back a list of ima ges (Slid eshow): Pla ying back a series of imag es Viewing men u .......... .......... ....... ......... .......... .......... ...... .......... .......... ..[...]

6 Table of conten ts Shooting Settin gs — Shooting Settings 1......... ......... ....... .......... ...... 75 Shooting Settin gs — Shooting Settings 2......... ......... ....... .......... ...... 78 Clock Settings ......... ......... .......... ....... ......... .......... .......... ...... .......... ... 7 9 Language Setti ng ............ ....[...]

7 Table of content s Troubleshootin g........... .......... ....... ......... .......... .......... ...... .......... .......... .. 107 Warning indi cators and messa ges ............ ......... ....... ......... .......... .........117 Using your c amera abroad — Power s ources........... ......... ....... .......... .. 120 On the “Memo ry Stick[...]

8 Basi c techniq ues for b etter im ages When yo u press the shutter button halfway dow n, the came ra adjusts the foc us automat ically (Auto Focus). Remember to press the shutte r button only half way down. To sh oot a stil l ima ge dif fic ult to focu s on t [Focus] (page 31) If the imag e looks blurre d even aft er focusing , it may be be cause[...]

9 Basic t echniqu es for bet ter ima ges Hints for prev enting blur The camer a moved ac cident ally when you took the p icture. This is calle d “Camer a shake.” On the oth er hand, if the subject move d when you took the pict ure, it is calle d “subject blu r.” Camer a shake Cause Your hands or body shake whi le you hold th e camera and pr[...]

10 Basi c tech niqu es for bet ter i mages You can cre ate vari ous ima ges by adjusting the e xposure a nd t he ISO sensitivit y. Expo sure is the amo unt of li ght tha t the c amera will receive when you r elease the shut ter. Exposure Ad justing the ligh t intensity Overexposure = too much light Whit ish im age The expo sure is au toma tica lly [...]

11 Basic t echniqu es for bet ter ima ges Adjusting ISO Sensitiv ity (Recommended Exposure Index) ISO sen sitiv ity is a speed rating for reco rding m edia tha t inco rpor ates a n imag e sens or that receives li ght. Even whe n the expo sure is the sam e, images differ dependi ng on the ISO sens itiv ity . To adjust the ISO sensitivity , see page [...]

12 Basi c tech niqu es for bet ter i mages A digita l image is ma de up of a colle ction of sm all dots ca lled pix els. If it contai ns a larg e number of pixels, th e picture become s large, it ta kes up mo re memo ry, and the im age is displayed in fine detail. “Im age size” is shown by the number of pixe ls. Althou gh you canno t see the di[...]

13 Basic t echniqu es for bet ter ima ges The def ault setti ngs are mar ked with . *1 Images are recorded in 3: 2 aspect ratio, s ame as photogr aph printing p aper or postcards, etc. *2 Both edges of the image may be cut off when printing (page 114). • The larger the ima ge size, the higher the image quali ty. • The more frames per second you[...]

14 Basi c tech niqu es for bet ter i mages The eyes of the subjec t may co me out red , or fuzzy whi te circu lar spots ma y appear w hen using the flash. These phen omen a can be red uced by taking the followin g steps. The “R ed- eye ph enom enon” This is c aused by the refl ection o f flash light off th e blood v essels of th e retina of the[...]

15 Iden tify ing pa rts DSC-T200 See the page s in parenthese s for details of operati on. A Zoom (W/T ) lever (28) B Shutte r button (27) C Microp hone D (Playbac k) button (3 5) E POWER butt on/POWER lamp F Flash (29) G Lens H AF illu minator (75)/Se lf-timer lamp (28)/Smi le shutter la mp (46) I Lens co ver A LCD scree n/Touch pa nel (22, 23) B [...]

16 Ident ifyin g part s DSC-T70/T75 See the pages in pare ntheses for de tails of oper atio n. A POWER but ton/POWER lamp B Zoom (W/T ) lever (28) C Shutter butt on (27) D (Playb ack) butt on (35 ) E Flash (29) F Microphone G Lens H AF il lumi nato r (7 5)/S elf- tim er la mp (28 )/Smi le s hu tte r la mp ( 46) I Lens cove r A Speake r B LCD scre e[...]

17 Indi cators o n the scre en Touch [DISP] on the screen to cha nge to the display selection scre en (page 2 3). See the page s in parenthese s for details of operati on. When sh ooting still im ages When sh ooting mov ies Screen op erat ion You can ch ange the se ttings by touch ing the fol lowi ng: 1 , 2 , 3 . • Touching an ic on displays the [...]

18 Indic ator s on th e scre en C Screen indi cators Scre en indi cat ors 4 to 7 show the current setting status. D E Displ ay Indication 0.5m 1 .0m 3.0m 7 .0m AF mode/f ocus pre set settings (31, 32) • [0.5m] is available in the DSC-T70/T75 only. Meterin g mode settings (33) ISO nu mber set tings (34) 0EV Exposure Value setting s (34) Displ ay I[...]

19 Indica tors on the sc reen F G Displ ay Indication AF range finder frame (31) Low battery warning ( 117) Histogram (24) Displ ay Indication z AE/AF lock (27) NR slow shutter • When the shutter speed drops below a certain speed in low ligh t cond itions, the NR (Noise Reduction) slow shutter f unction is a ctivated automatic ally to reduce the [...]

20 Indic ator s on th e scre en When pl ayin g ba ck sti ll i mages When pl ayin g ba ck movi es Screen opera tio n 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 t he current se tting status. C Displ ay Indication HOME Displa ys the H OME screen . Changes to ind ex mode. [...]

21 Indica tors on the sc reen DE Displ ay Indication PictBridge c onnecting (103) Playback Media ( “Memory Stick D uo,” in ternal memor y) Play ba ck f old er (64) • This does not appear when using internal me mory. 8/8 12 /12 Ima ge nu mbe r/Num ber of imag es r ecor ded in s ele cted fold er PictBridge c onnecting (104) • Do not disconnec[...]

22 Operat e the to uch pan el This LC D screen also displ ays the button s for operating th e camera (t ouch pane l). 1 Press the P OWER button or slide th e lens cover d ownward. 2 Touch the but tons on the scre en light ly wit h your f inger. On the t ouch pane l butto ns • Whe n the it em y ou wa nt to s et is not o n the s cree n, tou ch v / [...]

23 Changi ng t he s creen disp lay Touch [DISP] on the screen to cha nge to the display selecti on screen. • Setting s other than [LCD Br ightness] can be made separately for s hooting and pl ayback. • In index mode, you can set the number of images displayed. [Displ ay S etup ] This s ets whet her or n ot to display the ic ons on the scree n. [...]

24 Chan ging the screen di splay [LCD Br ightne ss] This sets the bac klight bright ness. • When viewing images in bright outside light if [LCD Brightnes s] is set to [Normal], res et to [Bri ght]. However, the battery power may decrease faster under such condition. [Displ ay H istogr am] This s ets whet her or not to di spl ay the histo gram on [...]

25 Using th e internal memo ry The ca mera has a pproximat ely 31 MB of inte rnal memor y. This memory is not re movable. Even wh en ther e is no “Memory Stick Duo” in serted in th e camer a, you c an rec ord imag es usi ng this inte rna l me mor y. • Movies with the image size set to [640(Fine)] cannot be r ecorded using th e internal m emor[...]

26 Basic O perations Shoot ing im ages easily (A uto Adjus tment mode) The proced ure for shoo ting image s using the basic functions is give n below . 1 Open the lens cover. 2 Hold the camera steady, keeping your arm at your side. Touch pane l Shu tter b utton Zoom (W/T ) lev er Position the subject in the cent er of the focus frame or touc h the [...]

27 Bas ic Op erat ion s Shoo ting ima ges ea sily (A uto Adju stmen t mode) 3 Shoot w ith the shutter button . 1 Press and hol d the shutter but ton halfwa y down to focus. The z (AE/AF lock) indicator (green) flashes, a beep sounds, the indicator stops flashing and remains li t. 2 Press the shut ter button fully down. Shooting movie s Touch [HO ME[...]

28 Shooti ng im ages ea sily (A uto Adju stmen t mode ) W/T Usi ng th e zoom Slid e th e zoom (W/T ) le ver to the T side to zoo m an d sli de to th e W side to retu rn. • When the zoom sc ale exceeds 5× (DSC-T200)/3× (DSC-T70/T75), the camera uses the Digi tal Zoom function. For details on the [Digita l Zoom] setti ngs and the image quality, s[...]

29 Bas ic Op erat ion s Shoo ting ima ges ea sily (A uto Adju stmen t mode) Press th e shutter button, the sel f-timer l amp flash es, and a beep sou nds until the shutt er operat es. To canc el, touc h . • Use the 2-second delay self-timer to prevent blur of an image made by the shaking of the c amera when pressing the shutter button. Flash ( Se[...]

30 Shooti ng im ages ea sily (A uto Adju stmen t mode ) Macr o/Clos e focus ( Shooti ng close -up) Touch the Macro/C lose focus mode sett ing i con o n the scre en. Touch the de sired ite m, th en [BACK ]. Macr o Off ( ) Macro O n ( ) : W side DSC-T200 : Approx. 8 cm or fart her (3 1/4 inches or fa rther) DSC-T70/ T75: Approx. 8 cm or farth er (3 1[...]

31 Bas ic Op erat ion s Shoo ting ima ges ea sily (A uto Adju stmen t mode) Focus : Ch angi ng the focu s met hod You ca n chang e the fo cus met hod. Use the m enu whe n it is d ifficult t o get th e prop er focus i n auto f ocus m ode. • When the shooting mode is set to , [Focus] appears in [MENU]. (Mult i AF) Focuses on a subj ect in al l rang[...]

32 Shooti ng im ages ea sily (A uto Adju stmen t mode ) •A F s t a n d s f o r A u t o F o c u s . • Distance sett ing inform ation in “ Focus Preset” is appr oxim ate. If you zoom to the T side or point the lens up or down, the error increase s. • When you use Digital Zoom or AF Illuminator, the normal AF rang e finder frame is disabled [...]

33 Bas ic Op erat ion s Shoo ting ima ges ea sily (A uto Adju stmen t mode) Metering Mod e: Selecting the metering mode Selects the met ering mode that set s which part of t he subjec t to me asure to determine the exposure . • When the shooting mode is set to , [Metering M ode] appears in [MENU]. • For details on the Expos ure, see page 10. ?[...]

34 Shooti ng im ages ea sily (A uto Adju stmen t mode ) ISO: Selecting a luminous sensiti vity Sets the IS O se nsit ivit y. • For details on the ISO sensiti vity, see page 11. • You can select only from [ISO AUTO], [ISO 80] to [ISO 400] when set to Burst or Exposure Bracket. • When shooting under brig hter conditions, the camera automaticall[...]

35 Bas ic Op erat ion s Viewin g images 1 Press (Pl ayback) button . • If you press (Playback) when the camera is powered off, the camera is turned on automatically and set to playback mode. To switch to th e shooting mode, press (Playback) again. 2 Touch (previous) / (next) t o selec t an ima ge. Movie : Touc h B to play back a movie. Fast forwa[...]

36 Viewi ng imag es Viewin g an enl arged im age (playb ack zo om) Touch a sti ll imag e while it is displa yed to enlar ge the corre spondi ng ar ea. Touch to zoom out. v / V / b / B : Adjusts the position. BACK: Cancel s playba ck zoo m. : Turns v / V / b / B on/off. • To store enlarged images: [Trimming] (page 58) You can also enlar ge the i m[...]

37 Bas ic Op erat ion s Delet ing i mages 1 Press (P layback) button. 2 Display the image you want to delete, then touch . 3 Touch [OK] . When y ou del ete i mages from the ME NU sc reen 1 Touch [MENU] while displayi ng in single- image mode or in index mode. 2 Touch . 3 Touch to se lect the desire d deletion method a mong ( This Image), (M ultiple[...]

38 Deleting ima ges When y ou selec t [Multip le Ima ges] Selects a nd delet es mult iple im ages at on ce. 1 Touch the center of the image to put a check mark on the im age you want to del ete. mark i s checke d in the check box of the image. To c ancel th e deleti on, tou ch the image a gain to deselec t the mark. • Touching displays the index [...]

39 Bas ic Op erat ion s Learn ing th e vari ous func tio ns – HOME/ Menu The HOM E screen is t he gatewa y screen for a ll the functi ons of your cam era. You ca n ac cess this screen regardl ess of w hethe r the c amera i s in shooting mode or pla yback mode. 1 Touch [H OME] to di splay the HOME sc reen. 2 Touch the categ ory you w ant to set. 3[...]

40 Lea rning th e vari ous func tion s – HOM E/Me nu Touching [HOME] disp lays the following items. Details on the ite ms are display ed on the screen by the gu ide. HOME items Category Items Shooting Auto Adju stment (pag e 43) Scen e S elec tion (pa ge 43 ) Program Auto (page 43) Movie Mo de (page 43) View Images Single Image (page 54) Image In[...]

41 Bas ic Op erat ion s Learni ng the variou s func tions – HO ME/M enu 1 Touch [MENU] to disp lay the menu. • D ifferent items will become v isible depe nding on the se lected mode . 2 Touch the desired menu it em. • If the desired item is hidden, keep touching v / V until the item appears on the screen. 3 Touch the desire d sett ing item. 4[...]

42 Menu i tems The avai lable menu items vary dep ending on t he mode setti ng (shootin g/viewi ng) and shooting mode. Only th e avai lable items are di splayed on t he scre en. ( : av ailabl e) Selected mode: Auto Adjustmen t Scene Selection Program Auto Movie M ode Menu for shooting (page 4 3) REC Mode * 2 — EV * 1 — Focus * 1 —— — Mete[...]

43 Using funct ions for shooti ng Using func tions for shoot ing Switch ing th e shooti ng mode You can switch the sh ooting mode on the HOME screen. Shooting m odes : Ther e are t hree s hooting modes availa ble for stil l image s: Auto Adjustmen t, Scene Select ion, Pro gram Auto ; and th ere is one rec ording mo de for mo vies. The def ault sett[...]

44 Shootin g image s using Sc ene Select ion Scene Se lecti on mode s The foll owing mo des are pred etermin ed to match th e scene con ditions . * When yo u shoot images using (Twili ght Portrait) , ( Twilight) or (Fireworks) mode, the shutter speed is slower and the images tend to blur. To prevent blurring, the use of a tripod is recommended. Hig[...]

45 Using funct ions for shooti ng Shoo ting ima ges us ing Sc ene Selec tio n Function s you ca n use i n Scene Sel ectio n Fo r shooti ng an image ap propri atel y accordin g to the sce ne condit ion, a combinatio n of functions is de termined by the camera . Some function s are n ot available, depe nding o n the Scen e Selec tion mode. ( : you ca[...]

46 Shooti ng im ages us ing Scen e Sele ction Shooting i n Smile Shutter mo de A Press th e shutte r bu tton all th e way down. The [] is displaye d to indic ate that the cam era is at the capturi ng smile scr een. Wh en a smile is det ected, the shut ter is release d automatic ally to take the picture. The smi le shutter lamp will light whe n shoo[...]

47 For detail s on the opera tion 1 page 4 1 Using funct ions for shooti ng Shoot ing men u The avail able mo des are indi cated as shown below . For details on ho w to opera te the m enu, see page 41. The defau lt sett ing s ar e marked w ith . Select s whether the came ra performs cont inuous sh ooting or not whe n you press the shut ter button. [...]

48 Shoot ing menu For det ails on the oper ati on 1 page 41 On the Burst • When recording with the self timer, a series of a maximum of five images is recorded. • The recording interval is approx. 0.46 seconds (DSC-T200)/approx. 0. 51 seconds (DSC- T70/T75). T he recording interval becomes lo nger, depending o n the set ting for th e image size[...]

49 Using funct ions for shooti ng Shoo ting m enu For detail s on the opera tion 1 page 4 1 Adju sts the col or ton es a ccor din g to t he l ighti ng con dit ion in a si tuat ion , fo r ex am ple, wh en the colo rs of an imag e look strang e. White Balance: Adjusting the color t ones (Auto) Adjusts the White Bal ance autom aticall y. (Daylight) Ad[...]

50 Shoot ing menu For det ails on the oper ati on 1 page 41 • For details on the white balance, see page 11. • Under fluorescent li ghts th at flicker, th e white ba lance function may not work correctly even though you select [Fluorescent Light 1], [Fluorescent Light 2], [Fluorescent Light 3]. • Except in [Flash ] modes, [Whit e Balance] is [...]

51 Using funct ions for shooti ng Shoo ting m enu For detail s on the opera tion 1 page 4 1 • You can select only [Normal], [Sepia] or [B & W] when shooting movies. Adjusts the amo unt of flash light . • To change flash mode, see page 29. (Sep ia) Sets the im age to se pia color . (B & W) Set s the image to m onochrom atic color. Flash [...]

52 Shoot ing menu For det ails on the oper ati on 1 page 41 The flash stro bes two or more tim es before shooting to re duce t he red-ey e pheno menon whe n usi ng the f las h. • Because it takes about a second until the shutter clicks, hold the camera firmly to prevent the effects of vibration. Also, do not let the subject mo ve. • Red-eye red[...]

53 Using funct ions for shooti ng Shoo ting m enu For detail s on the opera tion 1 page 4 1 • When the Face Detect function is activated – You cannot us e the AF ill uminator. – You cannot us e the Digital Z oom function. • In (Soft Snap) mode, the default setting is [Cont inuous]. • In the (Smile Shutter) mode, the F ace Detect f unction[...]

54 Using f unctions f or vie wing Play ing back images f rom the H OME scre en You ca n select the wa ys to play back images. 1 Touch [HOME]. 2 Touch (View Images ). 3 Touch the desire d viewin g method. Displays the imag e shot las t. This is the same as pressin g the (Playbac k) (page 35). Displa ys a li st of images conta ined i n the s elected [...]

55 Using f unctions f or vie wing Playi ng back ima ges fr om the HOME scree n To chan ge the se tup You can chan ge the slid e show s ettin gs. 1 Touch [MENU] t (Slideshow) t (S lideshow). 2 Touch the desired menu ite m. 3 Touch the des ired setti ng, then touch [Start]. • You can change the settings by touching on the volume contro l screen. Th[...]

56 Play ing ba ck i mages fr om th e HOM E scre en z To add / change Musi c files You can transfer a des ired music fil e from your CDs or MP3 files to the camera to play back during Sl ide show. You can transfer music using [ Music Tool] in (Printing, Other) on the HOME screen and the “Music Transfer” software (supplied) installed on a compute[...]

57 For detail s on the opera tion 1 page 4 1 Using f unctions f or vie wing Viewin g menu This section expl ains the menu items availa ble w hen you touch [MENU] i n pl ayback m ode. For details on how to use the menu, see pa ge 41. Allow s yo u to modif y or apply spec ial e ffe cts to a still ima ge. The orig ina l i mage is re tain ed. To re tou[...]

58 Viewi ng menu For det ails on the oper ati on 1 page 41 (Fisheye Lens) Applies a fishey e effect arou nd a chosen point. 1 Touch the center poin t of the desired im age to reto uch, then touch [ t ]. 2 Selec t level of retou ch with b / B , then touch [ t ]. 3 Touch [Save ]. (Cross Filt er) Adds starburst effec ts to light sour ces. 1 Adjus t th[...]

59 Using f unctions f or vie wing Viewin g menu For details on the operatio n 1 page 4 1 Pain ts charac ters or grap hics on the still images, the n saves them as new image. See page 6 5. (Radi al Blur ) D ecides the c enter point for expres sing m ovem ent in the still image. 1 Touch the cente r p oint o f th e desir ed im age to r etouch, then to[...]

60 Viewi ng menu For det ails on the oper ati on 1 page 41 You ca n chan ge the aspe ct rat io and size of the shoot ing ima ges. You ca n convert images to the 16:9 aspect ratio for hi gh definitio n viewi ng and to the V GA size for blog or e -mail attachm ents. 1 Display the desired image to be changed. 2 Touch [MENU], and t hen touch (Mul ti Re[...]

61 Using f unctions f or vie wing Viewin g menu For details on the operatio n 1 page 4 1 Touch [MEN U] t (Slide show) t (Slide show). This item ha s same function as [ Slideshow] on the HOME screen . See page 5 4. To play b ack a sli de show from the i ndex s creen Touch and then touch th e image from which you want to sta rt the slide show. Sele c[...]

62 Viewi ng menu For det ails on the oper ati on 1 page 41 To se lect and protect i mages 1 Touch [MENU] in single -image mode or in index mode. 2 Display (Prote ct) by t ouchin g v / V , then tou ch it. 3 Touch (Mult iple Images). In sin gle-image mode: 4 Use / to display the ima ge to be p rotected , and t hen touch the cent er of tha t image. is[...]

63 Using f unctions f or vie wing Viewin g menu For details on the operatio n 1 page 4 1 Adds (Print order) mark to images you w ant to print. See page 1 05. Prints th e record ed images. See page 1 02. Rotate s a stil l image . 1 Displa y the im age to be rota ted. 2 Touch [MENU] to display the menu. 3 Dis pla y ( Rotate) b y touc hing v / V , th [...]

64 Viewi ng menu For det ails on the oper ati on 1 page 41 Select s th e folder cont aining the i mage y ou want to pl ayback w hen us ing th e came ra with “Memory St ick Duo”. 1 Select the desire d folder w ith v / V . 2 Touch [OK]. To cancel sele cting the fold er selection Touch [Exi t] or [BACK] in step 2 . z On the fo lder The camera stor[...]

65 Using f unctions f or vie wing Painti ng or put ting stamps on still ima ges (Paint) You ca n paint or put stamp s on st ill image s and sa ve the m separa tely. Use the p aint pen (supplie d) for this oper ation . • You cann ot paint or put stam ps on mov ies. • When viewi ng recorded ima ges on a TV, you cannot paint th e images. T o disp [...]

66 Paint ing or put ting stam ps on still ima ges (Pai nt) To add a f rame 1 Touch . 2 Select a frame. Select the des ired frame with b / B , then touch [OK]. Touch [B ACK] to re turn to the pai nting scree n. To chan ge the co lor of th e line Touch the color select button, a desir ed color, the n [BACK]. To ma ke cor rect ions Touch , t hen rub t[...]

67 Customizi ng the settings Customizi ng the sett ings Custom izi ng the Mana ge Me mory fe atu re and the S ettin gs You can cha nge the de fault settings usi ng (Manage Mem ory) or (Se ttings) on th e HOME screen. 1 Touch [H OME] to di splay the HOME sc reen. 2 Touch (Mana ge Memory) or (Settings) . 3 Touch the desire d sett ing item. Touch v / [...]

68 For det ails on the oper ati on 1 page 67 Mana ge M emory Memory Tool — Memory Stick Tool This it em appear s only when a “Memory S tick Duo” is inser ted in t he camer a. Formats the “Memo ry Stick Duo”. A commercial ly avai labl e “Memory Stick Duo ” is alrea dy format ted, an d can be u sed imme diatel y. • Note that formattin[...]

69 Customizi ng the settings Mana ge Memory For detail s on the opera tion 1 page 6 7 Change s the folder current ly u sed for record ing im ages. 1 Touch [Cha nge REC.Folde r]. The folder sel ection screen ap pears. 2 Touch [OK ]. To can cel chan ging the recor ding fo lder Touch [Exi t] or [BACK ] in step 2 . • You cannot s elect the “100MSD [...]

70 Mana ge Mem ory For det ails on the oper ati on 1 page 67 Memory Tool — Internal Mem ory Tool This item do es not appea r when a “Memor y Sti ck Duo” is ins erted in th e camer a. Formats the in ternal memor y. • Note that forma tting irrevocably e rases all data in the internal memo ry, including ev en protected images . 1 Touch [Forma [...]

71 For detail s on the opera tion 1 page 6 7 Customizi ng the settings Setti ngs Main Settings — Main Setti ngs 1 The def ault setti ngs are mar ked with . Selects t he sound produ ced w hen yo u ope rate the camera . When you operate t he camera , the descr iption of fun ctions is di splayed. • The guide that is displayed by touc hing [?] cann[...]

72 Sett ings For de tails on the op erat ion 1 page 67 Enabl es you to perfo rm calibra tion when th e touch pa nel buttons do not react at the appropri ate p oints whe re y ou touc h. Usin g the paint pen , touc h th e × ma rk di spla yed on th e screen . To st op th e cal ibrati on proce ss mi d-way, tou ch [C ancel] . The adjus tment s ma de up[...]

73 Customizi ng the settings Setti ngs For details on the operation 1 page 67 Main Settings — Main Setti ngs 2 The def ault setti ngs are mar ked with . Selec ts the USB mode to be used when conne cting th e camera to a comp uter or a PictB ridge compli ant pri nter using th e cable for mult i-use t ermina l. Selects t he vid eo signal output typ[...]

74 Sett ings For de tails on the op erat ion 1 page 67 Sets the vi deo signal output ac cording to the TV c olor system of the conne cted vid eo equipm ent. Diff erent co untries an d region s use diffe rent TV col or systems. I f you want to view images on a TV scre en, chec k pa ge 84 for th e TV col or sys tem of the c ountry or r egion where th[...]

75 Customizi ng the settings Setti ngs For details on the operation 1 page 67 Shooting Settings — Shootin g Settings 1 The def ault setti ngs are mar ked with . The AF il luminato r supplie s fill light to focus mor e easil y on a su bject in dark sur roundings. The AF illu mina tor em its r ed light all owi ng t he came ra to fo cus eas ily whe [...]

76 Sett ings For de tails on the op erat ion 1 page 67 With r efere nce to the gr id li nes, you can easil y set a subj ect in a hor izont al/verti cal p ositio n. • The grid lines are not recorded. Sele cts the auto fo cus oper ation mode . • When the Face Detect function is activated, the AF mode is disabled. Selects t he digita l zoom mode. [...]

77 Customizi ng the settings Setti ngs For details on the operation 1 page 67 Image s ize an d maxim um zoo m scale using Smar t zoom • When the Face Detect function is activated, you cannot use the Digital Z oom. Size Max imum zoom scale DSC-T200 DSC- T70/T75 5M Approx. 6. 3× Approx. 3. 8× 3M Approx. 8× Approx. 4.8× VGA Approx. 25× Approx. [...]

78 Sett ings For de tails on the op erat ion 1 page 67 Shooting Settings — Shoo ting Settings 2 The defa ult set tings ar e marked wit h . When the c amera i s rota ted to sh oot a por trait imag e, the ca mer a recor ds it s posit ion ch ange and displa ys the image in the por trait posi tion. • Depending on the s hooting angle of the camera, [...]

79 Customizi ng the settings Setti ngs For details on the operation 1 page 67 Clock Settings Sets the da te an d tim e. 1 Select (Clock Set tings) fr om (Settin gs) on the HOME screen . 2 Touch [Clo ck Setti ngs]. 3 Touch the desired date displ ay format, then tou ch [ t ]. The clock settin gs screen appears . 4 Touch eac h item, then se t its num [...]

80 Sett ings For de tails on the op erat ion 1 page 67 Language Setting Sele cts the la ngu age to be us ed to disp lay the me nu item s, wa rnin gs, an d me ssag es. Language Se tting[...]

81 Viewing im ages on a TV Viewing i mages on a TV Viewin g image s on a TV You can vi ew images on a TV scre en by connecti ng the cam era to a TV. The con nection va ries acco rdin g to the type of T V the camera is co nnecte d to. See “TV TYPE” (page 74). • Icons and other indicators do not appear on the TV screen. Turn off bot h your ca m[...]

82 Viewi ng imag es on a TV 3 Press (Playback) b utton to t urn on the camera. Images shot w ith th e camer a appe ar on the TV scr een. Touch / on the cont rol butto n to select the desi red ima ge. • When using your camera abroad, it may be necessary to switch the vi deo signal output to match that of your TV system (page 74).[...]

83 Viewing im ages on a TV Viewin g imag es on a TV You can view an ima ge rec orded o n the camera by co nnectin g the camera to an HD (Hig h Definit ion) TV * with the H D Output Adapto r Cable (DSC- T75 onl y). Turn off bot h your ca mera and the TV befor e conne cting th e camer a and th e TV. * Images taken at [ VGA] resolution cannot be playe[...]

84 Viewi ng imag es on a TV 3 Press (Playback) b utton to t urn on the camera. Images shot w ith th e camer a appe ar on the TV scr een. Touch / to select the de sired image . • Set [COMPONENT] t o [HD(1080i)] in [Main Sett ings 2] by selecting (Settings) on the HOME scr een ( pag e 73 ). • When using your camera abroad, it may be necessary to [...]

85 Using y our comp uter Using your compu ter Enjoy ing your Window s compute r For de tails on using a Maci nto sh comput er, ref er to “Usi ng your Maci ntosh comp uter ” (page 98). Illustrations of screens used in this section are ba sed on the English v ersion. • Under Window s Vista, some nam es and operations m ay differ from those desc[...]

86 Enjo ying your Windo ws com puter The f ollowi ng env ironm ent is recom mend ed for a c omput er con nect ed to the camer a. Reco mmen ded en viro nme nt for co pying images OS (pre-installed): Microsoft W indows 2000 Prof essional SP 4, Windows XP* SP2 / Windows Vista* • Operat ion is not assured in an environment based on an upgrade of the [...]

87 Using y our comp uter Install ing th e softwa re (supp lied) You ca n ins tal l t he s oftw are (su ppl ied) using the fo llowing pro cedu re. • Log on as Administrator. 1 Turn on your compu ter, an d insert t he CD-ROM (supplied ) into the CD-ROM drive. The i nstalla tion m enu scr een ap pears. • If it does n ot appear, double-click (My Co[...]

88 Installin g the software (supplied) After you instal l the softwa re, the s h ort cu t icons f or “Pictu re Motion Browser” , “Pictu re Motion Brows er Gui de”, “Mu sic Tran sfer” are cr eated on the deskt op. • Double-c lick to start “Picture Mot ion Browser” . • Double- click to start “P icture Moti on Bro wser Guide” .[...]

89 Using y our comp uter On the “P icture M otion Br owser” (supplie d) You can use still im ages and movi es from the ca mera mor e than ev er by t aking advant age of th e software. This sec tion s ummarizes t he “Pic ture Motion Br owser”. With the “ Picture Mo tion Brow ser” you can: • Import images shot with the camera and displa[...]

90 Copyin g images to your co mputer using the “Pictur e Motion Brow ser” 1 Insert a “Memory Stick Duo” with recorded images into the camera. • W hen copying images in the internal memory, this step is unnecessary . 2 Insert the suffi ciently charged battery pack in the camera, or connect the cam era to a wall outlet (wall so cket) with t[...]

91 Using y our comp uter Copyin g imag es to yo ur comp uter usi ng th e “Pic ture Mo tion Browser ” 1 Connects the camera to a computer as described “Connectin g the camera to your computer ”. After m aking a U SB conne ction, the [Impor t Media Files] screen of “P icture Motion B rowser” a ppears automat ically . • If you use th e M[...]

92 Copyi ng imag es to yo ur com puter us ing th e “Pictu re M otion Br owser” Organ ize i mages on the co mputer on a calende r by shooting da te to view them . For deta ils, see the “Pic ture Moti on Browser G uide”. Perform the p rocedure s from st ep 1 to 4 below before : • Disconnecting the cable for multi-us e terminal. • Removing[...]

93 Using y our comp uter Copyin g imag es to yo ur comp uter usi ng th e “Pic ture Mo tion Browser ” • Image files are named as follows: – Still im age fi les: DS C0 ssss .J PG – Movie files: MOV0 ssss .MPG – Index image files that are recorded when you record movies: MOV0 sss s .THM ssss stands for any number within the range from 0001[...]

94 Copyin g images to a comput er with out “Pictu re Motio n Brow ser” You ca n copy ima ges to yo ur comp uter without “Pi cture Motion Browser” as follows. For a computer with a Memory Stick slot Remov e the “ Mem ory Stick D uo” fro m th e camera and inse rt it in the Memor y Stick Duo Adaptor. Insert the Me mory Stick Duo Adap tor i[...]

95 Using y our comp uter Copyin g imag es to a com puter wit hout “P ictur e Motion Br owser ” 3 Click [Ope n folder to view files] t [OK] (Onl y for Windows XP) as the wizard screen appears automatically on the desktop. • When t he wizard screen does not appear automatical ly, follow the procedure: t “For Windows 2000” on page 95. 4 Doub[...]

96 Viewi ng ima ge f iles s tored on a comp uter w ith the cam era copy ing to the “Memo ry Stick D uo” This sect ion de scribes t he proc ess using a Windows comput er as a n examp le. When an image file c opied t o a co mputer no lo nger remai ns on a “Memo ry Sti ck Duo”, you can vi ew that imag e again on the camera by co pying t he i m[...]

97 Using y our comp uter Using th e “Musi c Transf er” (s upplied ) You can chan ge the Music files that are preset at t he fact ory t o the de sired M usic files using “M usic Tran sfer” in the CD- ROM (sup plied). You can al so delete o r add these f iles whenever you wan t. The mus ic fo rmats you can tran sfer with “Musi c Tran sfer?[...]

98 Using yo ur Ma cintosh comput er You ca n copy ima ges to your Ma cinto sh comput er. • “Picture M otion Bro wser” is not com patible with Macintosh computers. The f ollowi ng env ironm ent is recom mend ed for a c omput er con nect ed to the camer a. Reco mmen ded en viro nme nt for co pying images OS (pre-installed): Mac OS 9.1/9.2/ Mac [...]

99 Using y our comp uter Usi ng you r Maci ntos h com pute r 4 View images on the computer. Doub le-click t he hard disk icon t the desi re d ima ge file in t he fold er contai ning the co pied f iles to open that image fil e. Drag an d drop the drive ico n or the icon of the “Me mory Stic k Duo” to the “Tr ash” icon befo rehand whe n you p[...]

100 Viewing “Cyb er-shot Step-up Guide” When yo u install “Cy ber-shot H andbook” , “Cy ber-shot Step-u p Guid e” is al so insta lled. “Cyber- shot S tep up Guide” furth er i ntrodu ces how to u se the cam era and optiona l accessories. Start fr om th e shortc ut icon on the desktop. 1 Copy the [ste pupguide] folder in the [step upg[...]

101 Printin g still images Printing st ill images How to pri nt sti ll im ag es When you print images sho t in [16:9] mode , both edges ma y be c ut off, so be sure to check before printing (pa ge 114). You ca n pri nt i mages b y connec ting the c amera d irect ly to a Pict Bridge co mplian t printer . You c an pr int im age s with a “Me mo ry S[...]

102 Print ing images directly using a Pi ctBri dge compli ant print er Even if you do not have a comput er, you can pri nt imag es shot using yo ur cam era by conne cting the cam era dir ectly to a Pict Bridg e co mpl iant pr inte r. • “PictBridge” is based on the CIPA standard. (CIPA: Camera & Imaging Products Association) • You cannot[...]

103 Printin g still images Prin ting i mages dire ctly using a Pi ctBr idge c omplia nt p rinte r 2 Press (Playback) button and turn on y our camera and th e printer . Th e camer a is set to play back mode. 1 Touch [MENU] to disp lay the men u. 2 Touch v/V to display (Pri nt), and touch (Print). A Print menu ap pears on th e screen. 3 Touch [Thi s [...]

104 Printi ng imag es direc tly usi ng a Pict Bridge c omplian t print er [Date] Sele ct [Day & T ime] or [Date] to insert the date and t ime on ima ges . • When you ch oose [Date], the date will be inserted in the order you select (page 79). This function may not be provided depending on the printer. 2 Touch [OK] . The im age is pr inted. ?[...]

105 Printin g still images Print ing at a s hop You can t ake a “Memor y Stick Duo” contai ning image s shot wit h your cam era to a photo print ing service shop . As long as the shop suppo rts photo printi ng services conform ing to the D POF, you can make a (Print order) m ark on image s in advanc e so that you do not need to re select them w[...]

106 Printi ng at a sh op 1 Touch [MENU] whi le displayin g images in single-image mode or in in dex mo de . 2 Touch [D POF] and touch (Multi ple Images). 3 Touch an image to mark. mark is attached to the selected image. 4 Touch [ t ]. 5 Touch [OK] . mark ap pears on t he screen. • Touching at the index screen returns to single-image mode. To can [...]

107 Trouble shooting Troubleshoot ing Troubl esh ootin g If you exper ience tr ouble with your camera , try the follow ing solutions. Please un derstand th at you give your con sent that the contents of the internal memory , Music files may be chec ked when yo u send your camera to be repaired . 1 Che ck the item s on pa ges 108 to 116. If a c ode [...]

108 Troubl eshoot ing The battery pack cannot be inserted. • Insert the batte ry pack correc tly by pressing a nd holding the batt ery eject le ver open. Cannot turn on t he camera. • After in serting th e batt ery pack into the camera, it may take a littl e while to get the came ra powered. • Inser t the batter y pack correct ly. • The bat[...]

109 Trouble shooting Troubl eshoot ing This subject is n ot visible on t he screen. • Your camera is se t to the playback mode. Press to change to the recor ding mode (page 35). Anti-b lur functi on does not work. • The a nti-blur functio n does not w ork when appears on the dis play. • The anti-b lur functio n may not work prope rly when sho[...]

110 Troubl eshoot ing Fuzzy white circular spots appear in images shot using the flash. • Partic les (dust , pollen, et c.) in the ai r reflected t he flash lig ht and appeared in the image. This is not a malfunct ion (page 14 ). The close-u p shoot function (M acro) does no t work. • (Twili ght) mode or (Lands cape) mod e or (Fi reworks ) mode[...]

111 Trouble shooting Troubl eshoot ing Noise appears in the image when you view the screen i n a dark place. • The camera is attempt ing to increase th e visibil ity of the screen by temporari ly brigh tening the im age under condition s of low i llumina tion. Ther e is no effect on the reco rded ima ge. The eyes of the subject come out red. • [...]

112 Troubl eshoot ing The slideshow music (background music) does not play. • Use “Mus ic Transfe r” to i mport musi c into the camera (page 97). The image do es not appear on the TV. • Check [ Video Out] to see if th e video output sign al of you r camera is se t to the color sy stem of your TV (page 7 4). • Check wheth er the connecti o[...]

113 Trouble shooting Troubl eshoot ing Cannot copy images. • Connect th e camera a nd your compute r correctly ma king a USB conne ction (page 90). • Follow the desig nated copy pro cedure for your OS (pages 91 and 98). • When you shoot images with a “Me mory Stick Duo ” formatted by a computer, you may not be able to co py the images to [...]

114 Troubl eshoot ing Cannot playback or record images using the internal memory. • There is a “M emor y Stick Duo” inserte d in the c amera. Remove it. Cannot c opy the d ata stor ed in t he internal memory t o a “Me mory Stick Duo”. • The “Memory Stic k Duo” is full. Co py to a “Memory Stic k Duo” with suffic ient capacity. Ca[...]

115 Trouble shooting Troubl eshoot ing A connection cannot be established. • The came ra ca nnot be conne cted direc tly t o a pr inter that is no t com plia nt with the Pict Bridge standa rd. Consu lt th e printe r manuf acture r as to wh ether th e print er is com plian t with PictBrid ge or not. • Check th at the p rinte r is tur ned on an d[...]

116 Troubl eshoot ing Cannot pri nt the image at the size select ed. • Disconnect th e cable for mu lti-use terminal and r econnect it whenever you cha nge the paper size aft er the printer h as been connec ted to the camera. • The print setting of th e ca mera di ffers f rom tha t of th e pr inter. Chan ge the s ettin g of eit her the camera ([...]

117 Trouble shooting Warnin g indica tors and messag es If a code st artin g with a lette r of the alpha bet ap pears, your camera has a se lf- diagnosi s displa y. The last two d igits (indica ted by ss ) will diffe r depend ing on the st ate of t he came ra. If you are unable t o solve th e prob lem eve n after tryi ng t he follo wing corr ective[...]

118 Warn ing indi cator s and me ssages Memory Stick formatting error Internal memory formatting erro r • Format the media again (pages 68 , 70). Memory Stick l ocked • You are using the “M emory Stick Duo” with t he wr ite-pr otect switc h, and th e swi tch is set to the L OCK p ositio n. Se t the swit ch to the r ecording posit ion. No me[...]

119 Trouble shooting Warni ng indi cato rs and messag es 640(Fine) is n ot available • 640(Fine) size movi es can b e recorded only usi ng a “M emory St ick PRO Duo ”. Insert a “Memor y Stick PRO Duo” or set the im age size to a size othe r than [640(Fine)]. Mac ro is in val id • The macro is una vailab le under these settin gs (pages 3[...]

120 Others Using yo ur ca mera abr oad — Powe r sour ces You ca n use your came ra, the ba ttery cha rger (sup plied), and the AC-L S5K AC Ad aptor (not supplie d) in any coun try or regio n where t he power supply is withi n 100 V to 240 V AC, 50/ 60 Hz . • Do not use an electronic transformer (travel converter), as this may cause a malfunct i[...]

121 Others On the “Mem ory S tic k Du o” A “Mem ory S tick Du o” is a com pac t, portable IC re cording me dium. The types of “Memo ry Sti ck Du o” tha t ca n be u sed with this c ame ra a re liste d i n the ta ble b elo w. Howeve r, proper op eration cannot be guar anteed for al l “Memo ry St ick Du o” func tions. • This product [...]

122 On th e “Mem ory Sti ck Duo ” Notes on using t he Memory Stick Duo Adapt or (no t s upplied) • To use a “Memory S tick Duo” with a “Memory Stick” compl iant device, be sure to inser t the “Memory Stick Duo” into a Memory Stick Duo Adaptor. If you insert a “Memory Stick Duo” into a “Memory Stick” compliant device withou[...]

123 Others On the ba tter y pack On ch argi ng th e batt ery pack We recommend charging t he battery pack in a n ambient temperature of between 10°C to 30°C (50°F to 86°F). You may not be able to effi ciently charge the battery pac k outside of this temper ature range. Effectiv e use of th e battery pack • Battery performance decreases in low[...]

124 On the ba ttery ch arger On the ba ttery charger • Only D-type, T-type, R-ty pe and E-type battery packs (and no others) can be charged in the battery charger (supplied). B atteries oth er than the specified kind may leak, overheat, or explode if you attempt to charge them, posing a risk of injury from electrocution and burns. • The batteri[...]

125 Others On Cybe r-shot S tation On Cyb er-shot Stati on The following Cyber-s hot Station (not supplied) are compliant to your camera. – CSS- HD1 (with the re mote cont rol ler) –C S S - P C 1 Using the Cyber-shot Station (not supplied) enables faster charging than t he supplied batter y charger and easy connection to a TV or computer. For d[...]

126 On Cy ber-sho t Sta tion Operating the Cyber- shot Station with the remote When the remote s upplied with the CSS-HD1 is used with this camera, the following oper ations are available. • For details on buttons not described here, refer to the instruction manual supplied with the Cyber-shot Station. 1 HOME bu tton : This button is invalid. 2 M[...]

127 Index Index Index Numeric s 16:9 .. ....... ....... .... ....... ....... .....7 4 4:3 .. ....... ...... ....... ....... ..... ...... .74 A Adapto r plate . ....... ...... ....... .125 Adjust ing EV ........ ...... ....... ...34 AE/AF l ock indi cator........... .27 AF Illu minator ...... ...... ....... ...75 AF Mod e ........ .... ....... .....[...]

128 Index I Identi fying par ts ...... ....... ...... 15 Image file storage destinations and fil e names .. ....... ..... . 92 Image Inde x ......... ....... ...... .... 54 Image qua lity ......... ..... ...... .... 12 Image size ....... ....... ..... .... 12, 28 Incandes cent ... ....... ....... ....... . 49 Index scr een ....... ...... ....... ..[...]

129 Index Index Snow mode ........ ....... ....... .....44 Soft F ocus ... ....... ....... ....... .....57 Soft S nap mod e ........... ..... .....44 Softw are ......... ....... ....87, 89, 97 Spot AF ....... ....... ..... ....... ...... .31 Spot mete ring ..... ..... ....... ...... .33 Spot metering cross hairs ......33 Stead yShot ..... ....... .[...]

130 Index Notes o n the Lice nse “C Libr ary”, “Expat ” and “z lib” so ftware are provi ded in your c amera. We provi de this softwa re based on lic ense agree ments with t heir ow ners o f cop yright. B ased on request s by t he own ers of copyright of t hese software applications, we ha ve an obligati on to inform you of the follow in[...]

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