Sanyo VPC-SH1R manuale d’uso

VPC-SH1EX VPC-SH1 VPC-SH1GX VPC-SH1PX VPC-SH1TA GUIDE FOR BASIC OPER ATION Dual Camera Please r ead these instru ctions caref ully b ef ore usi ng the ca mera. Make sure to read a nd under stand th e separate booklet “SAFET Y MANUAL ”. K eep this ma nual in a sa f e pla ce for later re ference. Important note This m anual explains how to s af e[...]

i English War n i ng TO PREVENT THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTR IC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE T O RAIN O R MOISTURE. FOR AMERICAN USE RS The following advisor y is included in accordance with the laws of the State of California (USA): W ARNING: This product con tains ch emicals, in cluding le ad, known to th e State of Californ ia to cau se can[...]

English ii FOR CANADIAN USERS i This Class B digital app aratus complies with Canadian ICES-003. FOR EU USERS The sym bol mar k and recyclin g system s describe d below apply to EU countr ies and do not ap ply to co untries i n other areas of the wor ld. Y our SA NY O product is de signed and manufactured with hi gh quali ty mater ials and com pone[...]

iii English HO W T O READ THIS M ANU A L 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 variou s camer a featur es The Ins truc tion Ma nual that explains the features in detail c an be obtai ned from our website (page 4 8). ↓ T o use addi tiona l feat ures Visi t the [...]

English iv SHOO T , PLA Y B A CK A ND SA VE Prep arin g the ca mera 1 C onnect the AC adap tor t o the cam era. About saving y our recorded data h If you wis h to use a n SD Mem ory Card, re fer to page 12 to install the card in the ca mera. h An SD Memor y Car d is not included with your cam era. Please purchase a commercially s old card. This cam[...]

v English SHOO T , PLA Y BA CK AND S A VE Shooting 1 Press t he ON/OFF button for at least 1 seco nd to turn the camera 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 22. 2 Reco rd. T o record a vi deo clip: h Press the [ ] button to begin recordi[...]

English vi 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 . in case of phot ographi ng or rec ordi ng failure du e to a chance camera or card fl aw . Pl ayb ack 1 Pre ss the REC/PLAY but[...]

vii English SHOO T , PLA Y BA CK AND S A VE Deleting files 1 On the screen in step 2, m ove the o range f rame to th e file you w ish to dele te, an d pres s the ME NU but ton. 2 Sele ct “ DELETE”, and pre ss the SET button. 3 Select “DELET E SINGLE”, and press the SET bu tton. 4 Sele ct “ DELETE”, and pre ss the SET button. h If you to[...]

English viii Burn your recorded video c lips onto a D V D Using th e supp lied CD-ROM (X acti Soft ware CD), you can store your captured image s on a D VD . Install application program 1 Set the supplie d CD-ROM in yo ur comput er’s DVD drive . h The installation window opens. 2 C lick o n [Tot alMed ia Ex trem e for SANYO] . h After clicking on [...]

ix English SHOO T , PLA Y BA CK AND S A VE Connect your camera to a computer Conn ect your camera to a compu ter , and c opy the desire d files to the compute r . 1 Use th e suppl ied ded ica ted USB i nte rface c able t o conn ect you r camera to t he compute r. 2 Turn on the camera . h The USB Connecti on Scree n appear s on the camera’s monito[...]

English x 3 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 . 4 Select “CARD READER”, and press the SET button. 5 Copy the da ta fr om the camera to the computer . h The CD -R OM (Xac ti So ftw are CD) in clud es “T ot alMed ia Ex treme fo r SANY O” with w hich pho[...]

xi English SHOO T , PLA Y BA CK AND S A VE Burn vide o c lips onto a D VD (for W indo ws Vista us ers) Here ’ s how to write your recor ded data on to a D VD in the M PEG2 for mat. For informati on on o ther opera tions, please see the H elp file f or T otalMed ia Extreme . 1 Inser t a blan k DVD in your co mputer ’s DVD dr ive. 2 Double -click[...]

English xii 3 Click the [ Creat e video] icon. h The T otalM edia Stud io scree n appear s. [New D VD projec t][...]

xiii English SHOO T , PLA Y BA CK AND S A VE 4 Clic k [New D VD pro ject ]. h The screen to create a video clip to burn to D V D appears. [Inser t video][...]

English xiv 5 C lick [ Inser t vide o]. h The scre en to select the video clip file to bur n to D VD appears. h Click on the file you wish to burn to D VD . h T o se lect multiple files, keep the [Ctrl] key pressed while selecting files. 6 C lick t he [Open] butt on. h The files you selecte d in step 5 and the to tal size of the files t o burn to D[...]

xv English SHOO T , PLA Y BA CK AND S A VE 7 Click the [Des ign] tab . h The screen to desig n the titl e menu tha t is shown whe n the D VD is pla y ed app ear s. h Select one of the des igns. [Produce ] tab[...]

English xvi 8 Click the [ Produce ] tab . h The scre en to bur n files to the D VD appe ars. 9 C lick t he [Bur n] butt on. h A window appears a sking if you wi sh to save the proje ct. h Saving the project will save your settings from steps 5 through 7 . h It is recomm ended t hat you save the project if you inte nd to a gain e dit the same video [...]

xvii English SHOO T , PLA Y BA CK AND S A VE 10 Click the [Yes ] butto n. h T he screen to save the projec t appear s. h A ssign a sui table file n ame for the pro ject. 11 Click the [Sav e] bu tton. h T he curre nt project i s saved, and the DVD b ur n proc ess begins. h W hen the bur n process is c ompleted, a wi ndow appears to inform you that t[...]

English xviii CA UTION Does t he win dow reques tin g confi rmati on to en abl e the M PEG-2 Codec appe ar? When usin g T o talMedia Extreme for the first time, a w indow reques ting you to confir m activati on of the M PEG-2 C odec app ears dur ing the pr ocedure. Th e MPEG-2 Codec must be activated in orde r to bur n files to a D VD . Complete th[...]

xix English SHOO T , PLA Y BA CK AND S A VE Eur ope T el : +35 3 (0) 61- 702087 Web: http:// www .a rcsoft.com/ en/suppor t Email Sup por t: euros uppor t@a rcsoft.com Hour s: M-Th from 8:30am - 5:30pm G MT (excluding holidays obser ved by ArcSofts Af filitate) F from 8:30 am - 5:00pm GMT (excluding h olidays observed b y ArcSoft’ s Affilitate) ([...]

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1 English CON TENT S HOW T O READ THIS MA NUAL ..................... ............... ........... ............. iii CHECKI NG THE INCLUDED ACCESSORIES .... ................ ............... ... 3 How to use th e accessorie s .......... ........... ............... ................ ........ 5 About the po wer plug ............... .......... ...........[...]

English 2  PLAYBACK PLAYIN G BACK VIDEO CL IPS AND STIL L IMAGES ............... .......... .38 How to sav e one f rame from a video clip as a still image ....... ...... 41 SLIDESHOW PLAYBACK .................... ................ ........... ............... ...... 42 PLAYBACK VOLUME . ........... ............... ........... ................ ....[...]

3 English CHECK ING THE INCLUD ED A CCESSORI ES i Hand stra p (page 5): 1 * T o preven t fr om dro ppi ng the came ra, be sur e to attach th e hands trap. i Xacti Software CD (CD - ROM) (page viii) : 1 i Li-i on batt ery p ack (page 15): 1 i Dedi cated A V int erface c able (page 44 ): 1 i Dedicated USB interface cab le (pa ge ix) : 1 i A C adap to[...]

English 4 i “SAFETY MANU AL ” (safety p reca utions booklet ) Please read th is booklet carefu lly before usin g the camera. i GUIDE FOR BA SIC OPERA TION i QUICK GUIDE[...]

5 English CHECKING THE INCLUDE D A CCESSORIES How to use the access ories k Handstrap <T o use the g rip bel t...> Str ap hol der Tr i p o d mounti ng hole[...]

English 6 k Lens ca p 12 34 5 1 Push in 2 Pull <T o remo ve> * Attach as shown in the illustration.[...]

7 English CHECKING THE INCLUDE D A CCESSORIES About the power plug A power plug suitable for the d estinatio n countr y is p rovided for the AC adapt or . * No power plug is pr ovided for the V PC-SH1 . k How to att ach VPC-SH1EX VPC-SH1T A VPC-SH1GX VPC-SH1PX[...]

English 8 ABOU T THE SEP ARA TEL Y SOLD A CCESSORIES AND THE CARD Separat ely sold access ories i Mini HDMI cable VCP-HDMI02 Cable for connect ing to th e HDMI ter min al on the ca mera. i Lithium-ion Batt ery Charger V AR- L90 Batter y charg er for the supplied or separate ly sold lithium -ion bat tery pack (DB-L9 0). i Lithium-ion Batt ery DB-L90[...]

ABOUT THE SEP ARA TEL Y SOLD A CCESSORIES AND THE CARD 9 English Media cards that can be u sed with th is camera The typ es of card that can be inser t ed into and used wit h this cam era are: i SD Memo ry Card i SDHC Memory Card i SDXC Memory Card What “card” means in this ma nual i In this manual, SD Memor y Cards, SDHC Memor y Cards and SDXC[...]

English 10 SETUP SETUP SETUP P ARTS NAMES Camera Front Flash Lens Micro phone Monit or uni t Sub-RE C buttons [ O ] button [ R ] button * The tr ipod mount ing hole is on the bott om. Video r ecordin g button Zoom switch Photo shoo ting button 1 Inser t your hand in the handstrap from th e top of the camera. 2 Enfold the camera in the palm of y our[...]

11 English P AR TS NAM ES Rear Multi-indicator Video recor ding button Photo shoo ting button Speake r SET bu tton Monit or MENU b utton USB/A V ter minal ON/OFF button REC/PLA Y button HDM I term ina l Strap ho lder Operat ion pad Oper at ion pad Rear Batter y cover [ O ] button [ R ] button[...]

English 12 SETUP INST ALLING THE CARD Be sur e to format a newly purc hased card or on e that was used in anot her device before using it in your ca mera (page 13). If an unform atted car d is used, the card it self may becom e unusable. Y our camer a has an in ternal memo ry , so y ou ca n rec ord w itho ut a ca rd installed. ▲ ▲ Monit or unit[...]

13 English INST ALLING THE CARD CAUT ION Do not attemp t to forcibly remove the card i Doing so may damage th e card or the sto red files. If the multi-indicat or is fl ashing red ... i Never remove the card wh en the mul ti-indica tor is fla shing re d, as doing so may result in loss of file s stored in the card. HINT T o for mat a c ar d 1 Inser [...]

English 14 SETUP CHARGING THE BA TTER Y P A CK Please c harge the supplied batter y pack be f ore u sing it. Insta ll the ba ttery pack in the ca mera, and co nnect the AC adapt or to charg e the batter y . P ower to the camera ca n also be supp lied from a power outle t when the AC adaptor is conn ected. 1 Op en th e bat tery co ver. ① ② Batte[...]

15 English CHARGING THE BA TTER Y P A CK 2 Inser t the ba ttery p ack, the n repla ce the b attery c over. Batter y pa ck[...]

English 16 SETUP 3 U se the p ower cord t o conn ect the AC ad apto r to a po wer out let . h Charg ing begins. <During ch arging...> h Dur ing charging, the mul ti- indicat or is l it red. Wh en chargi ng is comp leted, t he indica tor tur ns off . h The mu lti -indi cato r flas hes re d if the batte ry p ack is defective or is not installed[...]

17 English CHARGING THE BA TTER Y P A CK CAUT ION Do not c har g e the b atte ry pac k im medi atel y af ter the came ra ha s been in cont inuou s use f or a lo ng time i The batte ry pack becomes hot whe n the camera is us ed continuously f or a long ti me. If you attemp t to charge the batte ry pa ck in this state, th e multi- indicat or may flas[...]

English 18 SETUP About recharg ing Recha rging takes place only whe n the ca mera is tur ne d off, or when the power save function or th e sleep function ha s been activated. Rech arging does not take place w hen the camera is in the reco rding m ode or p layback mode . About the temperature ale rt ic on Dur ing camera use, if the t emperature of[...]

19 English TURNING THE CAMERA ON AND OFF T urning on the camera 1 Open t he monit or unit , and pres s the ON /OFF button for at least 1 sec ond. h I f you press t he REC/P LA Y button for at le ast 1 secon d, the camera tu rns o n in the playback mode . h I f you briefly p ress the ON/O FF button, once, the camera will switch to the power sav e mo[...]

English 20 SETUP T urn ing on th e camera w hen the power save (sleep) mode is active In order to preser ve batter y pack power , the power sav e (sleep) fun ction will automat ically tu rn o ff the came ra after ab out 1 m inute of no u se dur ing shooti ng, or abo ut 5 mi nutes of no u se dur ing playback (factor y-prese t setting). i When th e p[...]

21 English TURNING THE CAMERA ON A ND OFF HINT T o immed iately activate the power save mo de i Press the O N/OFF button briefly to activate the power save function. About t he sta ndby mode i T o tu rn off th e camera only br iefly , you can close the monitor unit to put the camera in the stan dby mode. The st andby mode u ses almo st no power . W[...]

English 22 SETUP D A T E AND TIME SE TTING 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 tim e are set. h T o co rrect t he date an d time setting, pl ease see u nder HINT on pag e 24. Example : T [...]

23 English D A TE AND TIME SETTING 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 : S et 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 wh[...]

English 24 SETUP 5 Pre ss the M ENU but ton. h The da te and ti me setting is comple ted. h T o d isplay the Record ing or Playback Scree n, pre ss the MENU button. HINT i Under norm al condi tions, while th e batte ry p ack is bein g replaced, an inter nal batte ry will maintain the d ate and tim e settings. H owe ver , there is a small chance th [...]

25 English SWITCHING BETWEEN THE RECORDING MODE AND PLA YBA CK MODE Switch between the recor ding mode (for record ing) and th e playback mod e (for viewing your rec orded images) . 1 Turn on the camera (page 1 9). 362 362 00:05:08 00:05:08 2010.12.25 14:25 100-0006 00:00:05 Full-HD 10.5MB 15 000:00:22 10 M OK 2 Pr ess the REC/PLAY butt on. h The m[...]

English 26 SETUP SIMPLE MODE/NORMAL MODE About the SIMPLE mode and NORMAL 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 suita ble f or your purp ose[...]

27 English SIMPLE MO DE/NORMAL MOD E Switching betwe en the SIMPLE and NORMAL modes 1 Turn on the camera (page 1 9). h T he previous mod e is active. 2 Pres s the ME NU bu tton. h T he Menu S creen f or th e active mod e appears. 3 Selec t the oper ating mo de icon, and pr ess the SET but ton. h S witch fr om the SIMPLE mode to the NORM AL mode, or[...]

English 28 SETUP Accessing/exit ing the SIMPLE/NORMAL Mode Men u Scr een 1 Set the cam era to the re cording o r playb ack mo de (p age 25). 2 Select the desired opera ting mode (pag e 27). 3 If the Menu Sc reen is not d ispla yed, p ress th e MEN U butto n. h The Me nu Screen appea rs. h T o ca ncel the Menu Scr een, press the MENU button. S N 3 2[...]

29 English SHOO TING SHOO TING VIDEO CLIP RECORDING 1 Turn on th e camera (pa ge 19), and set it to the rec ordi ng mode (page 25). 2 Press th e [ ] butt on. h R ecording begins. h I t is not necessa r y to keep the [ ] bu tto n pres sed w hile recording. h W hen the remai ning recording time available f or the c urrently recor ding clip become s l[...]

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 9), and se t it to t he reco rding mode (page 2 5). 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[...]

31 English SHOO TING SINGLE SH O TS HINT Adjust ing the monitor brig htness i While the Re cording Screen is active, yo u can qu ickly access the s creen for adjusting th e bright ness of the monitor by pressing the ME NU button for at le ast 1 s econ d. What i s the camera fo cusin g on? i A targ et mar k & on the m onitor shows the ar ea the [...]

English 32 SHOOTING Using the flash The flash is not o nly used for photographing u nder d ark con ditions, but is also convenient for e xam ple when the subject is in sh adow or lit fro m behin d. The flash is availab le on ly when sh ooting si ngle-shot s till ima ges. 1 Display th e SIMPLE Mode Recordin g Menu (page 2 8), selec t the flas h sett[...]

33 English SHOO TING SINGLE SH O TS CAUT ION Do not touch th e flash unit wh en shoo ting i The fl ash u nit be come s v ery hot an d ma y cau se a b urn. A void t ouchi ng th e flas h uni t when s hoo ting. HINT i The fl ash c annot be us ed duri ng vi deo cli p rec ordi ng. i By assign ing an operation shor tcut to t he SET button (page 48), you [...]

English 34 SHOOTING SHOO T A STILL IMA GE WHIL E RECORDING A VIDEO CLIP Y ou can capture a still image (a single-shot) while re cording a video clip. 1 Tur n on th e camer a (pag e 19), and set i t to the recordi ng mode (pa ge 25). 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[...]

35 English SHOO T A STILL IMA GE WHILE RECORDING A VIDEO CLIP HINT i When shooting a still image while recording a video clip, the flash does not opera te. i The photo stabilizer (page 48 ) is inoperative . i When the rem aining video recording time becom es approximately 50 seconds, it will no longer be possible to capture a still image while reco[...]

English 36 SHOOTING MA CRO-PHO T OGRAPHY (ZOOM) Y our ca mera has two zoom functio ns: optical zoom and dig ital 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/ ] ]: Zo om in on th e subjec t. [W/ P ]: Zo om out. h When the zoom switch is pushed, the zoom bar app[...]

37 English MA CRO-P HO T OGRAP HY (ZOOM) HINT When rec ord ing vide o cl ips at a high ma gnific ation i When recording v ideo cli ps at a hig h magni fication, a moving subj ect or mov ing c amer a ca n ca use came ra s hak e, resu lti ng i n a di sto rted pla ybac k image. Thi s phenom enon is due to the character istics of the CMOS sen sor and i[...]

English 38 PL A YBAC K PLA YBA CK PLA YBA CK PLA YING B A C K VIDEO CLIPS AND STILL IMA GES 1 Set the cam era to the pla yback m ode (p age 25). 2 Select the image to p lay back . h T og gle the SET button left, r ight, up or dow n to mo v e the o ra nge frame to t he fil e you wish to play bac k. h The i mage infor mation for the framed im age is [...]

39 English PLA YING B A CK VIDEO CLIPS AND STILL IMA GES 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. Pa u s e Dur ing playback, press the SET butto n or toggle the SET button up. During accelerated p layback, toggle the SET but[...]

English 40 PL A YBAC K HINT If the a icon appea rs on the playback Screen... i The a icon appears when pla ying back a file t hat was sav ed in segments (pag e 48).[...]

41 English PLA YING B A CK VIDEO CLIPS AND STILL IMA GES 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 th e point you wish to “snap” a photo . 2 Pres s the [ ] butt on. h T he screen to select the aspect ratio of the still image appears. Select the desi red asp ect ratio, and p[...]

English 42 PL A YBAC K SLIDESHO W PLA YB A C K Y ou can play back files in s uccession w ith the “sl ideshow playback” feature. 1 Display th e SIMPLE Mode Play back Me nu (pag e 28) , sel ect the sli deshow setting , and pr ess the SET butt on. 2 Select the type o f file to play b ack, and p ress th e SET button . h Slide show playback begins. [...]

43 English PLA YB A CK V OLU ME Adjust t he playback volume for video clips and audio fi les. 1 Disp lay the S IMPLE M ode Playb ack Men u (page 28 ), sele ct the p layba ck volu me set ting, an d press t he SET bu tton. h T he volume co ntrol bar appea rs. 2 Togg le the S ET bu tton to the lef t or righ t to set the volum e, and press t he SET bu [...]

English 44 CONNECTING T O A TV CONNECTING T O A TV CONNECTING T O A TV CONNECTING T O A ST AND AR D VIDEO INPUT TERMINAL Abou t image ou tput : The image out put destina tion differs depend ing on the connection cable. m : Images are output n : Imag es are not output Connection cab le Image ou tput destination Recording mode Playb ack mode Standby [...]

CONNECTING T O A ST ANDARD VIDEO INPUT TERMINAL 45 English * Please a ffix th e core. Core[...]

English 46 CONNECTING T O A TV ENJO Y HIGHER IMA GE QU ALITY Connecting to the HDMI terminal NO TE Inser t and pull out t he cable c arefully i When c onnecting th e cables, make sure that the c able plugs ar e correctl y orient ed and that they matc h the shap es of th e ter minal sockets on the devices. Push the pl ugs in straig ht when connectin[...]

47 English PLA YING B A CK ON A TV i After c onnecting th e camera to the television, switch the TV in put to the ter minal to which the camera is connected . i When the camera is conne cted to a T V , no image appears o n the cam era’ s moni tor . i The playback me thod is the same a s when viewing images o n the camera’s monitor. i Use the T [...]

English 48 OBT A INING THE INSTR UCTION MANU AL OBT AINING THE INSTR UCTION MANU AL OBT AINING THE INSTR UCTION MANU AL OBT AINING THE IN STRUCTION MANU AL The Inst ructio n Manual tha t explains the feature s in deta il can be d ownloaded from ou r websi te. i “Adobe Reader” is requi red to v iew the Instr uction Manual. If A dobe Reade r is n[...]

49 English OBT AINING THE INSTRUCTION MANU AL Turning on the cam era wh en the po wer save (sleep) mo de is ac tive DATE AND TIME SETTING SWITCHING BETWEEN THE RECORDING MODE AND PLAYBACK MODE SIMPL E MODE/ NORMA L MODE Abou t the SI MPLE mode and NO RMAL mo de Switch ing bet ween the S IMPLE an d NOR MAL modes Accessing /exiting t he SIMPLE /NORMA[...]

OBT A INING THE INSTR UCTION MANU AL English 50 Scene s elect setting Filter setting Self-timer setting RECORDING MENU 2 Motion compensa tion (image stabilizer ) setting Focus range setting Focus mode setting Light- measuring mode sett ing ISO sensitivity setting RECORDING MENU 3 White b alance se tting Exposur e setting Subject chas er settings Hi[...]

51 English OBT AINING THE INSTRUCTION MANU AL  OTHER DEVICES AND CONNECTIONS CONNECTING TO A T V CONNECTING TO A STAND ARD VIDEO INPUT TERMINAL ENJOY HIGHER IMAGE QUALITY Connecting to the HDM I terminal PLAYING BACK ON A TV CONNECTING TO A PRINT ER PRINTING  APPENDICES COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS TROUBLESHO OTING Came ra Note s rega rdin g the [...]

OBT A INING THE INSTR UCTION MANU AL English 52 How to obtain th e Instruction Manual The Inst ructi on Manual th at explains the camera funct ions i n detail can be obtained from t he SANY O website. 1 Insert the su pplied Xacti Softwa re CD in your computer' s CD drive. 2 On the installation screen, click [Go to Xacti SH1 Web Support Page] .[...]

53 English ABOUT THE EYE-FI T RANSFER FEA TURE 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 [...]

English 54 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 qu estions. 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[...]

55 English COMMONL Y ASKED QUESTIONS Shoo ting Why does the multi-indicator flash red ? A recorded file is being saved on the card or inter nal memor y . Not a malfun ction. Wa it until the multi- indicator turn s off. Why doesn’t th e flash ope rate? The c amera has deter mined that the image is br ight enough a nd the flash is not necessar y . [...]

APPENDICES English 56 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 digi tal zoom, on th e other hand, w orks by magni fyi ng a p ortion of the i mage th at hits[...]

57 English COMMONL Y ASKED QUESTIONS Moni tor When used in cold weat her, wh y 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 so[...]

APPENDICES English 58 Vie wing images Why is there n o image ( z is shown)? Pla yback error may occur when trying to pla y bac k files that were recorded with a different digital camera. Play back files that were reco rded on a card usi ng this came ra. Why is the pla yba ck image distor te d? If the subj ect moves or the camera is moved duri ng re[...]

59 English COMMONL Y ASKED QUESTIONS Connecting to a TV Wh y is th ere no soun d? The volume on the TV is set to the mi nimum. Adjust the volume on t he TV . What is the diff erence amon g the nor mal video (compo site video) output and HDMI outpu t? — Nor mal video (compo site video ) output: Combines Y (lumi nance) sign al and chr ominan ce sig[...]

APPENDICES English 60 Printing Why does a message appear during Pict Bridge print ing? There i s a problem with the prin ter . Please refer to the instru ction manual for your pri nter . 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 fram[...]

61 English COMMONL Y ASKED QUESTIONS Misc. A problem such as inability to record or pl ay back occurs. The card or inter nal memor y cont ains fil es th at were saved using a device other than thi s camera. After saving your files to a different medium , format the card or inter nal memory . Can I use my came ra abroad? — Whe n the camer a is con[...]

APPENDICES English 62 SPECIFICA TIONS Camera Recorded image file format Still images: JPEG format (DCF , DPOF , Exif 2.2 comp liant) Note: Designe d mainly by the Japan Electr onics and Infor mation T echno logy Industr ies Association (JEIT A), DCF (Design rule for Camera File system) is standard for digital still camera image files to provide int[...]

63 English SPECIFICA T IONS Still image shooting mode (recor ding resolutio n) E : 36 48 × 27 36 pix els (approx. 10 million pixels). 3 : 35 84 × 20 16 pix els (approx. 7 million pixels, 16:9 asp ect ratio). M : 22 88 × 17 12 pix els (approx. 4 million pixels, low compression). L : 22 88 × 17 12 pix els (approx. 4 million pixels, nor mal compre[...]

APPENDICES English 64 Lens F ocal l ength: f = 4.0 m m to 92.0 mm, Op tical 23 × zoo m Open: F = 3 .5 (wi de) to 4. 1 (tele) 8 groups, 11 el ements ( including two with two aspheri c surfaces) Galvanometer iris Inter nal ND filter 35 mm fil m camera co nversion Still imag e shooti ng: 35 mm to 805 mm ( 23 × ) Video cli p recordin g: 35 mm to 1050[...]

65 English SPECIFICA T IONS Sensitiv ity Still imag e shooti ng (stand ard outpu t sensitivi ty*)/ video clip record ing mode: Auto (video clip recor ding: ISO 50 to 1600; st ill image shooti ng: ISO 50 to 400)/I SO 50, IS O 100, ISO 200, ISO 400, ISO 800, ISO 1600, and ISO 3200 (switchable from the Recording Menu) h Se nsitivity measured in comp l[...]

APPENDICES English 66 P ower supply Batter y pa ck (supplied ) Li- ion ba ttery pa ck (DB-L 90) × 1 AC adaptor (supplied ) VA R - G 1 1 P ower consump tion 2.9 W (Wh en usin g the Li -ion batter y dur ing recordi ng) Dimension s (excluding protr usion s) 42.8 (W) × 117.9 (D ) × 59.2 (H) m m 1.69 (W ) × 4.64 ( D) × 2.33 (H) in. (Maximum dimensi[...]

67 English SPECIFICA T IONS Camera connector s USB/A V term inal Regroup ed jack Aud i o output Stereo Video output Composite video NTSC color TV system /P AL colo r TV system (switchable from th e Option Screen ) USB 2 .0 Hig h Spee d PC camera: USB video class HDMI ter minal Video outpu t T ota l number of scan l ines (effective number of scan li[...]

APPENDICES English 68 Batter y life i Until ba ttery pack run s out wh en using a fully ch arged ba tter y pack at a 25 °C (77°F) ambi ent tempera ture. i The ope ration tim e may vary d ependin g on the c onditi ons of the batter y pack and t he conditi ons of use. E specially w hen use d at temp eratures below 10 ° C (50°F), the batte r y pac[...]

69 English SPECIFICA T IONS P ossible No. of Images/P ossible Shooting Time/ P ossible Recording Time Shooting / recor ding mode Resolution setting Inter nal memor y SD Memo ry Card 8 GB 16 GB Still image mode E 15 imag es 2,390 im ages 4,800 images 3 21 imag es 3,270 im ages 6,570 images M 26 imag es 4,010 im ages 8,050 images L 38 imag es 5,920 i[...]

APPENDICES English 70 i If the continuou s recordin g time of a voice memo e xceed s about 13 ho urs, the reco rded file is saved once, and then recor ding continu es in a new file. In the vi deo clip recording mode, whe n the size of th e file be ing rec orded exceeds 4 GB, the recorded file is s av ed once, an d then re cording continue s in a ne[...]

71 English SPECIFICA T IONS Concerning the multi- indicator The camera’s multi-indicator will light, flash, or b e off , depen ding on the different came ra operat ions. Color Multi-indicator status Camera st atus Green Lit Connec ted to a computer or prin ter Flashin g P ower sav e mode acti ve Orange Lit Connec ted to a TV Red Lit Ch arg ing Fl[...]

APPENDICES English 72 Supplied A C adaptor Supplied Li-ion battery pack Pa r t nu m b e r VAR - G 1 1 P ower source AC 100 V to 240 V , 50/60 Hz Rated outpu t DC 5 V , 2.0 A Ambi ent environment T emp erature 0 to 40 ° C (32 to 104 ° F) (opera tion), –20 to 6 0 °C (–4 to 140 °F ) (storage ) Humi dit y 20 to 8 0% (n o cond ens atio n) Dimens[...]

73 English SPECIFICA T IONS Other s Mac OS is a tradema rk of A pple Inc., r egister ed in the U.S. and oth er countr ies. Micro soft and Window s are register ed tradem arks of Micros oft Cor porat ion in the USA and o the r coun tries . Intel and Pentium are regi stered t rademar ks of Int el Cor porati on (USA). In thi s manual, the Microso ft ?[...]

APPENDICES English 74 “x.v .Colo r” and the “ x.v .Col or” l ogo ar e tr adem arks of Son y Corpor atio n. All other compa ny and prod uct names a re register ed tradema rks or trademar ks of their respe ctive owners. CA UTION i It is forbidde n to copy this m anual, who le or in par t, witho ut pri or writ ten per mission. i All images and[...]