Sony DSCH50B manual

© 2008 Sony Corporation 3-295-473- 61 (1) Digital Still Ca mera/Cáma ra fotografía digi tal Instruction Manual Manual de ins trucciones DSC-H50 Operating Inst ructions Before operating the unit, please read this manual thoroughly, and retain it for future reference. Manual de instrucciones Antes de operar la unidad, lea es te manual aten tamente[...]

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. Ref er to these numbers w henever yo u call upo n your So ny dealer reg ardin g this produc t. Model No. DSC-H50 Serial No. _____________________ ______ To reduce f ire or shock hazard , do not ex pose th e [...]

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 cloth 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 la[...]

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[...]

5 [ 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 reasonab le protection a gainst harmful interference in a residential i nstallation. Th i s equipment generates, uses, and can radiate r adio frequency energy and[...]

6 Disposa l of waste batteries (applicable in the Europe an Union and othe r European coun tries with separ ate co ll ecti on sy stems) 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[...]

7 GB Tabl e of cont ents IMPORTA NT SAFEGUARDS ...... .... .... ....... .... ...... .... ..... ...... .... ...... ..... ...... . 2 Read t his fi rst ..... .... .... ...... ..... ...... .... ...... ..... .... ...... .... ....... .... ...... .... ..... ...... . 4 Notes on usin g the camera ...... .... .... ....... .... ...... .... ....... .... ......[...]

8 Notes on using the camera [ Int ernal memor y and “Memory Stick Duo” back up Do not turn off the camera , remove the battery pack, or remove the “Memory S tick Duo” while the access lamp is lit. Otherwise, the internal memo ry dat a or “ Memo r y Stick Duo” may be damaged. Be s ure to make a b ackup copy to protect your data. [ Notes [...]

9 GB Gettin g star ted Checking the accessorie s supplied • Battery c harger BC-CSGB/ BC-CSGC (1 ) • Powe r cord (m ains lea d) (1) (not supplied in the USA and Canada) • Rechargeable battery pack NP-BG1 (1)/ Batt er y cas e (1 ) • USB, A/V cab le for multi-use terminal (1) • Shoulder strap (1) • Remot e Control (1) • Lens hood (1)/Ad[...]

10 Lens hood/ Remote Contro l [ Attaching the lens hood 1 Attach t he a daptor ring (A) while t he po wer is o ff. 2 Turn th e area of [a] on th e adap tor ring in the di rect ion of the arrow an d posi tion the indicat or of 1 to the in dic ator of 2 . 3 Positio n the i ndicato r of 3 on the lens hood (B) to the indica tor of 2 an d attach the len[...]

11 GB [ Remote Control Using th e Remot e Control, you can easil y operate the camera . Note To change th e battery of the Rem ote Control • Wh en the lithium ba ttery becom es weak, the operati ng distance of the Remote Cont rol may shorte n, or the Remote Control may not f unction properly. In this case, replace the battery with a Sony CR2025 l[...]

12 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 (Normal charge). If you c ontinue cha rging the battery p ack fo r about o ne mo re hour (Full cha [...]

13 GB 2 Inserting the bat tery pack/a “Memory Stick Duo” (not supplied) 1 Open the battery/“Mem ory Stick Duo” cover. 2 Insert the “M emory Stick Du o” (not supp lied). 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 record s/pla ys back imag e[...]

14 [ To remove the batte ry pack/“ Memor y Stick Duo ” Open the b attery/ “Mem ory Sti ck Du o” cove r. • Never remove the battery pack/“Memory St ick Duo” when the access lamp is lit. This may cause damage to data in the “Memory Stick Duo”/i nternal memory. Slide the batter y eject lev er . Be sure not t o drop the ba ttery pack.[...]

15 GB 3 Turning the camera on/set ting the clock 1 Press POWER. 2 Set th e clock wit h the contro l button. 1 Sele ct th e date disp lay form at wi th v / V , then press z . 2 Select each i tem wi th b / B and set the numeric value with v / V , then press z . 3 Select [OK], t hen pres s z . • The camera does not have a feature for super im posing[...]

16 Shootin g image s easily 1 Select the de sired f unct ion from the m ode dia l. When shooting still ima ges (Auto Ad justment mode): Select . When shooting m ovies: Select . 2 Hold the camera, w ith your elbow s pressed against yo ur body to steady it. 3 Shoot with the shutter butto n. When shooting m ovies: Press the shutter bu tton fully down [...]

17 GB Mode di al/Zoo m/Flash/ Macro/Se lf-tim er/Displa y [ Using the mode dial Set the mode dial to the desire d functio n. Auto Adjus tment Allows yo u to shoot with the settings adju sted automatically. Easy Shooting Allows easy s hooting with easy-to-see indicators. • The bat tery power decreases faster because the br ightness of the LCD back[...]

18 [ W/T Using the zoom Press T to zoom , press W to undo zoom. Pressing the butto n slightly zooms slow ly and pressing the bu tton fully down zooms fast. [ Fl ash (S elec tin g a fla sh mode for sti ll images ) Press B ( ) on the cont rol button rep eatedl y until the de sired mode is selected. : Flash Auto Flashes when there is insuf ficient lig[...]

19 GB [ Shooting in the dar k The Ni ght Shot func tion lets you sho ot subjects in t he dark place s without usin g the flash. Set NIGHTSHOT switch to ON. [ To sho ot us in g th e find er With the FIN DER/L CD button, you can cho ose to shoot ei ther using the finder or the LCD scre en. Whe n yo u use the finde r, t he imag e do es not app ear on [...]

20 Shooting in Smile S hutter mode When the camer a dete cts a smile , the sh utter is rel eased automa ticall y. 1 Select (Smile Shutter) mode from the mode dial. 2 Point the cam era at th e subject and p ress the sh utter button halfway down to focus on the subject. 3 Press the shutter button all the way down to set Smile Detection mode. The Smil[...]

21 GB Shoot ing with ma nual adj ustment [ Using the wheel dial You can ch ange the foll owi ng se ttin gs b y usi ng the wh eel dial . To select th e item • ISO v alue • Shutter speed • Aperture v alue • Exposur e value (EV) • AF range fi nder frame in dicator – When manual focus is select ed, the distance which the focus is set is adj[...]

22 [ Shooting with Burst mod e/Bracket mode Selects w hether the camera perform s Burst/Br acket shooting or not wh en yo u press the shutter button . Press / BRK (REC M ode) button rep eatedl y until the desire d mode is sel ected. : Normal Does not shoot continuously. : Bur st Records up to 100 images in succession while you press and hold down t[...]

23 GB Viewin g/del eting im ages 1 Press (Playback). If you press when the camera is powered off, the camera is turn ed on automatically and set to playback mode. To switch to the shooting m ode, press again. 2 Select an image with b / B on the contr ol button . Movie : Press z t o play back a movi e. (Press z again to stop playback. ) Press B to f[...]

24 [ To view an i ndex scree n Press ( Index) to displ ay the in dex screen while a still image i s displa yed. Then, sele ct an image with v / V / b / B . To return to the single image screen, press z . • In the d efault setting, im ages are displayed in Date View ( when using the “Memory Stic k Duo”) or i n Folder View (when using the inte [...]

25 GB [ To view i mages on TV Connect the c amera t o the TV with th e cabl e for mu lti-us e ter minal ( supplied ). To view on H D (High De finition) T V, an HD Outp ut Adap tor Cable (not supplied) i s needed. • If you set the image size to [16:9], you can record images in the size that fills the entire screen of the HD TV. • You cannot view[...]

26 Learnin g the variou s fun ctions – H OME/ Menu Using the HO ME screen The HO ME scr een is the ga teway screen for a ll the f uncti ons of the ca mera, and ca n be ca lled up reg ardless o f the mode sett ing (shoo ting/viewi ng). 1 Press HOME to display the HOME screen. 2 Select a categ ory with b / B on the cont rol bu tton. 3 Select an ite[...]

27 For de tails on t he operat ion 1 pa ge 26 GB HOME items Press ing HOME dis plays the fol lowing it ems. Only the ava ilab le items ar e disp layed on the scre en. Deta ils o n each item are d isplaye d in t he gu ide at the botto m of t he scre en. Categories Items Shooting Shooting View Images Dat e View Folder Vi ew Favorite s Slidesho w Slid[...]

28 Using menu items 1 Press MENU to display the menu. • The menu will be displayed only during shooting and play back mode. • Different items will bec ome visible depending on the sele cted mode. 2 Select a desired menu item with v / V on the con trol button . • If the desir ed item is hidden, keep pressing v / V until the item appears on the[...]

29 For de tails on t he operat ion 1 pa ge 28 GB Menu ite ms The ava ilable m enu i tems v ary dep ending on the mode setting (shooting /viewin g), and the mode di al po siti on in th e shoot ing mod e. Onl y the availab le it ems are di spla yed o n the sc reen . Shooting menu Scene S election Selects t he setti ngs pr e-adju sted to ma tch var io[...]

30 For det ails on the op erat ion 1 page 28 Viewi ng menu (Delete) Deletes images. (View Mode) Switches the View Mode. (Date List ) Select s the p layb ack date. (Filter b y Face s) Plays back im ages fi ltered to meet ce rtain c onditi ons. (Add/Rem ove Fa vorites) Re gisters images to Favori tes or re moves im ages f rom Favorites. (Sli desh ow)[...]

31 GB Enjoy ing your computer You can view images shot with the ca mera o n a com puter . By us ing the soft ware in the C D- ROM (supp lied), you can e njoy sti ll im ages and movies fr om the c amera mo re than ever. For details, refe r to “Cyber -shot Handboo k” in the CD- ROM (su pplied). Supporte d Opera ting Systems f or USB conn ection a[...]

32 Viewin g “Cyber- shot Hand book” “Cyber -shot Han dbook” in the CD-RO M (supplied) e xplains how to use the camera in detail . Adobe Reade r is require d to view it. [ For Wind ows us ers 1 Turn on your comp uter, and inser t the CD- ROM (supplie d) into the CD -ROM drive. The screen below appears. When you click the [Cyber-shot Handbook[...]

33 GB Indi cators o n the scre en Each time you pre ss v (DISP) on the control but ton, the displ ay changes (page 18). [ When sh ooting st ill images • The indicator s are limited in Easy Shooting mode. [ When sh ooting m ovies [ When play ing back A Batte ry rema ining Low battery warning Im age si ze Mode dial/ Menu (Scene Selec tion) P S A M [...]

34 B C Contrast Sharpnes s Color S aturation PictBridge connecting View Mode Filter by Faces Favor ites Protec t Print order (DPOF) mark Zoom scaling VOL. Volume PictBridge connecting z AE/AF lock ISO40 0 ISO number NR s low shu tter 125 Shutter spee d F3.5 Aperture value +2.0EV Exp osure Value AF range finder fram e indicato r Semi m anual 9 Manua[...]

35 GB D Self-tim er C:32:00 Self- diagnosi s displa y Database full AF range finder fra me + Spot me terin g cross hair N Play back Playback ba r Histogram • appears when histogram display is disabled.[...]

36 Battery life an d memo ry capac ity Battery life and number of ima ges you can record/view The nu mbers show n in the fo llowing tables assume a ful ly c harge d ba ttery pack (supplied) i s used at an am bient temper atur e of 25 °C (77 ° F). The nu mbers shown for imag es you ca n recor d/view are appro ximati ons an d allow for changi ng of[...]

37 GB Recordable number of still images and recor dable 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. • Even if the capac ity of your recordin g media is the same as the one in the table below, the numbe r of still images and the len gth of time for movies may be d[...]

38 Trouble shoo ting If you ex perience tr ouble with th e camer a, try the foll owing solut ions. Be aw are that by send ing the camera for repa ir, you give cons ent th at the con tent s of the interna l memor y, Music f iles may be ch ecked. Cannot insert the battery pack. • Inser t the batter y pack cor rectly to pus h the batte ry eject le v[...]

39 GB The remaining charge indicator is incorrect. • This pheno menon occu rs when you use the cam era in an extre mely hot or cold loc ation. • A discre pancy aros e between the remaini ng charge indicato r and the ac tual rema ining ba ttery charge. Fully discharg e the batter y pack once, then charge it to correc t the indi cation. • The b[...]

40 Cannot play back images. • Press (Pl ayback) (page 23). • The folde r/file name h as been changed o n your comput er. • Sony does not guar antee pla yback of image files on the camer a if the files ha ve been processed usin g a computer or reco rded wit h another camera. • The cam era is in USB m ode. De lete the USB connect ion. • Pla[...]

41 GB Precau tion s [ Do not u se/store th e camer a in the following places • In an extremely hot, cold or humid place In places such as in a car parked in the sun, the camera body may become deformed and this may c ause a mal fu ncti on. • Under direct sunlight or near a heater The camera body may become disc olored or deform ed, and this may[...]

42 Specifi catio ns Camera [Syst em] Image device: 7.70 mm (1/2.3 type) color CCD, Primary color filter • Only 7.30 m m (1/2.5 type equi valent) area is used in the camera. Total pixel number of camera: Approx. 10.3 Megapixels Effective pixel number of camera: Approx. 9.1 Megapixels Lens: Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar 15× zoom lens f = 5.2 - 7 8 mm ( [...]

43 GB Tradem arks • , “Cyber-shot” are trademarks of Sony Corporation. • “Memory S tick”, , “ Memory S tick PRO”, , “Memory S tick Duo”, , “Memory Stick PRO Duo”, , “Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo”, , “Memory Stick Micro”, “M agicGate”, and are trademarks of Sony Corporation. • “PhotoTV H D” is a tradem ark of Son[...]

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