Sony DSC-H7/H9 manuel d'utilisation

© 2007 Sony Corporation 3-196-623- 11 (1) Instruction Manual DSC-H7/H9 Digital Stil l Camera Operating Instructions Before operating the unit, please read this manual thoroughly , and retain it for future reference. For details on the ad vance d operation s, please access “Cyber-shot Ha ndbook” and “Cyber-shot St ep-up Guide” contained on [...]

2 Owner ’ s Record The mo del and seri al numbe rs are loca ted on the botto m. Re cord th e ser ial nu mber i n the sp ace provi ded bel ow . Re fer to these numbe rs whenever you call upon your Sony deal er re gardi ng thi s prod uct. Model No. DSC-H7/H9 Serial No. _____________________ ______ T o reduc e fire or shoc k haza rd, do not e xpose [...]

3 [ Cleaning Unplug the set from the wall outle t before cleaning or polishing it . Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaner s. Use a cl oth lightly dampened with water f or cleaning the exterior of the s et. [ W ater and Mois ture Do not use power -line operated sets near w ater – for example, near a bath tub, washbowl, kitchen sink, or lau[...]

4 Read this first Replac e the b atter y with th e speci fie d type only. Otherw ise , fire or in jury m ay re sult. [ RECYCLING LITHIUM-ION BA T T E RI E S Lithium-I on batteries are recy cl abl e. Y ou can help preserv e our environment b y returning your used rechargeabl e batteries to the collectio n and recycling location n earest you. For mor[...]

5 [ CA UTI ON Y ou are cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approv ed in this manual could void your authority to operate this equipment. [ Not e: This equipment has been tested and found to comply wi th the lim its for a Class B digital device, pursuant to P art 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are de signed to provide reason[...]

6 A moulded plug complying with B S 1363 is fitted to this equ ipment for your s afety and conv enience. Should the fuse in the plug supplied need to be replaced, a fuse of the same rating as the supplied one and ap prove d by AST A or BSI to B S 1362, (i.e., marked with a n or mark) must be used. If the pl ug supplied with t his equipment has a de[...]

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8 Notes on using your camera [ Int ernal memory and “ Memory Stick Duo” ba ck 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 data or “Memory Stick Duo” data may be destroyed. Always protect your data b y making a back up copy . [ Not es o n re cor [...]

9 [ No com pensation for contents of the reco r ding The contents of the recording cannot be compensated for if recording or playback is not possible due to a malfunction o f your camera or recording media, et c.[...]

10 Getting start ed Checking the accesso ries supplied • Battery ch arger BC- CSG/BC-CSGB/ BC-CSGC (1 ) • Pow er cord (mai ns lead) (1) (not supplied in the USA and Canada) • Rechargeable battery pack NP-BG1 (1)/ Battery ca se (1) • USB, A/V cable for multi-us e termin al (1) • Shoulder strap (1) • Remote Control (1) • Lens hoo d (1)/[...]

11 [ Remo te Cont r ol Note Remove the insulation sheet before using the Remote Contro l. T o chang e the batter y of the Remote C ontrol 1 Whil e press ing on the ta b, in set yo ur fingern ail int o the slit to p ull ou t the battery cas e. 2 Place a n ew b attery wi th the + side f acing up. 3 Insert the b attery case b ack into the Remo te Cont[...]

12 1 Preparing the bat tery pack 1 Insert the battery p ack i nto the batter y charger . 2 Connect the battery charger to the wall outlet (wall socket). The CHARGE lamp lights on, and char ging starts. When the CHARGE lamp turns off, charging is finished (Practical char ge). If you contin ue charging the battery pack for abo ut one more hour (until[...]

13 2 Inserting the bat tery pack/a “Memory Stick Duo” (not supplied) 1 Open the batter y/“Memory Stick Duo” co ver . 2 Insert the “Mem ory Stic k Duo” (not suppl ied) all the way in un til it c lic ks. 3 Inser t the battery pack. 4 Close the b attery/“Memor y Stick Duo” cover . [ When th ere is no “Me mory Sti ck Duo” insert ed [...]

14 [ T o remo ve the battery pack/“Me mory Stic k Duo” Open the b attery/ “Memor y Stick Duo” cover . • 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”. Slide the bat tery ejec t lev er . Be sure not to drop the bat tery pack. Mak e sur e th at [...]

15 3 T urning the camera on/setting the clock 1 Press the POWER button or press (Playback) button. 2 Set the c loc k with the co ntrol butt on. 1 Sele ct th e date disp lay for mat w ith v / V , then press z . 2 Select each ite m with b / B and s et the nume ric valu e with v / V , then press z . 3 Select [OK], t hen pre ss z . [ T o chan ge the da[...]

16 Shootin g image s easily 1 Select the desired function from the mode dial. When shooting still ima ges (Auto Adjustment mode): Select . When shooting m ovies: Select . 2 Hold the camera steady , keeping y our arm at your si de. 3 Shoot with the shutter button. When shooting m ovies: Press th e shutte r bu tton full y do wn. T o stop recor ding, [...]

17 Mode di al/Zoom/ Flash/Macro /Self- timer/Dis play/Fi nder/Lens ho od [ Using the mode dial Set the mode dial to the desired fun ction. Auto Ad ju stmen t Allows easy shooting with the settings adjusted automatic ally . P Program Shift Allows you to shoot with the exposure adjusted automatically (both the shutter speed and the apertur e value). [...]

18 [ DISP Changing t he screen display Press v (DISP) on the contro l button. Each time you press v (DISP) butt on, the LCD sc reen or the LCD finder ch anges as follows. * T he LCD backlight will return to normal brightness. [ Shooting in the dark (DSC- H9 only) The Night Sho t function lets you shoot subj ects in th e dark p laces wit hout u sing[...]

19 [ Attaching the lens hood 1 Attach th e adaptor ring while the po wer is of f. 2 Turn the position ring an d position the indicato r of the adaptor ring to the indica tor of t his came ra, as illus trated belo w . 3 Turn the lens hood and positi on the indicato r to t he in dicator of the po sition ring unti l it clicks. Whi le doing this, hold [...]

20 Shootin g with man ual adjust ment [ Using the wheel dial Y ou can change th e following settings by using the whe el dial. T o select t he it em 1 T urn t he wheel di al to sel ect the i tem you want to s et. Move the yel low indicatio n V to sele ct the item. 2 Pres s z on th e control b utton . The value turns yell ow . 3 T o set oth er item [...]

21 Viewin g/delet ing imag es 1 Press (Pla yback) button. If you press when the camera is powered of f, the camera is turned on automatically and set to playback mode. T o switch to the shooting mode, press again. 2 Select an image with b / B on the contr ol b utton. Movie : Press z to play back a mo vie. (Press z again to s top playback.) Press B [...]

22 [ Vie win g an inde x scre en Pres s (Ind ex) button to disp lay the in dex scre en wh ile a still im age is disp laye d. Then, sele ct an image with v / V / b / B . T o return to the single image screen, press z . • You can also access the index screen by selecting [ Index Display] in (View Images) on the HOME screen. • Each time you press [...]

23 Learn ing th e variou s func tions – HOME/Men u Using the HOME screen The HOM E scree n is the gateway screen for all the fun ctions of your camera. Y ou can select the shoo ting mode or pl ayback mode , or change th e settings from the HOME screen. 1 Press HOME to display the HOME screen. 2 Select a category with b / B on the contr ol button.[...]

24 HOM E item s Pres s HOME button d ispl ays t he foll owing ite ms . Deta ils on the item s ar e disp laye d on th e screen b y the guide. Category Items Shoot ing Sho oting View Images Single I mage Inde x Displa y Slide Sho w Printing, Ot her Print Musi c T ool Download Music Format Musi c Manage Memory Memo ry T ool Memory Stick T ool For mat [...]

25 Using menu items 1 Press MENU to display the menu. • The menu will be displayed only during shooting and playback mode. • Dif fere nt ite ms wi ll be come visi ble depending on the selected mode. 2 Select the desired item with v / V on the contr ol b utto n. • If the desired item is hidden, keep pressing v / V until the item appears on the[...]

26 Menu items The available menu ite ms vary depe nding on the c amera mode. The shootin g menu is available only in the shoot ing mode, a nd the viewing menu is av ailable only in the pl ayba ck mode. Also, t he menu item s av ailab le vary depe nding on the m ode d ial positi on. Onl y the available items ar e displa yed on the screen . * Menu it[...]

27 Menu for viewing (Delete) Deletes images. (Sli de Show ) Play s back a s erie s of im ages. (Retouch ) Retouc hes ima ges. (Protect) Prevents ac cidenta l erasure. Adds a Print order mark on image that you wan t to pr int out . (Print) Print s images us ing a P ictBrid ge comp liant p rinter . (Rotate) Ro tates a s till image. (Select Folder ) S[...]

28 Enjoyin g you r comput er Y ou can display image s shot with t he camer a on the comp uter . Also, you can use s till i mages and movie s from the ca mera more t han ever by taking advantage of t he software. For details, refer to “Cyb er-shot Handbook ”. Support ed Operat ing Systems f or USB connection and appli cation software ( supplie d[...]

29 Viewing “Cyber -shot Handbo ok” and “Cybe r -shot S tep-up Gui de” [ For W indows users 1 Turn on your computer, and insert the CD- ROM (supplied) into t he CD-ROM drive. The screen belo w appears. When you click the [Cyber-shot Handbook] button, the sc reen for copying “Cyber-shot Handbook” appears. 2 Foll ow th e on-scr een instruc[...]

30 Indicat ors on the screen Each time you press v (DISP) butt on, the disp lay chan ges ( page 18 ). [ When shooting st ill images [ When shooting m ovies [ When pla yi ng ba ck A Batter y remaini ng E Low battery warning Image size Mode dial/Me nu (Scene Select ion) P S A M Mode dial Night Sho t (DSC- H9 only ) White bala nce Recordin g mode Mete[...]

31 BC D z AE/AF loc k Standby REC Standby/Recor ding a movie ISO400 ISO number NR slow shutter 125 Shutte r speed F3.5 Aperture v alue +2.0EV Exposure V alu e AF range finder frame indicator 9 Manual foc us Manual foc us bar Macro N Play back Playback ba r 00:00:12 Counte r/Reco rding time Histogram • appears when histogram display is disabled. 1[...]

32 Battery life and memory capa city Battery li fe and numbe r of image s that can b e recorded /viewed The tabl es show the approx imate numbe r of images t hat can be record ed/viewed an d the batt ery li fe whe n you s hoot images in [Norm al] mode w ith the battery pack (supp lied ) at ful l capaci ty and a t an ambi ent tempe rature of 25°C ([...]

33 Number of still images and recording time of movies The numbe r of still images an d the length of time for movies may vary dependi ng on the shooting c onditions. • You can select the im age size to be used when shooting from t he menu (pages 25, 26). [ The ap pro ximate numbe r of still imag es (Unit s: Imag es) • The numbe r of images lis[...]

34 T roubl esho oting If you experienc e trouble with you r camera, try th e following solution s. Please un derstand tha t you give your c onsent that the co ntents of th e internal mem ory , Music files may be checked whe n you send your ca mera to be repai red. The bat tery pac k can not be i nserted. • Inser t the batter y pack correct ly to [...]

35 The batter y remaining in dicator is incorrect. • This pheno menon occur s when you use the cam era in an extremely hot or col d locatio n. • The dis played b attery rema ining differs from the c urrent on e. Fully d ischarge and th en charge the batt ery p ack to corr ect th e display . • The batte ry pack i s discha rged. Insert t he cha[...]

36 Precau tions [ Do n ot us e/st ore th e came ra in the followi ng places • In an extremely hot, col d or humid place In places such as in a car parked in the sun, the camera body m ay become deformed an d 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 may[...]

37 Spec ific ations Camera [Syste m] Image device: 7.18 mm (1/2.5 type) color CCD, Primary color f ilter T otal pixel num ber of camera: Approx. 8 286 000 pixels Effecti ve pix el number of camera: Approx. 8 083 000 pixels Lens: Carl Zeiss V ario-T es sar 15× zoom lens f = 5.2 – 78 mm ( 31 – 465 mm when con verted to a 35 mm still camera) F2. [...]

38 T radem arks • is a trademark of Sony Corpora tion. • “Memory Stick”, , “Memory Stick PR O”, , “Memory Stick Duo”, , “Memory S tick PRO Duo”, , “Memory Stick Micro”, “MagicGate”, and ar e tr ad ema rks o f S ony Corpora tion. • Microsoft, W indows and Dir ectX are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Micros[...]

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