Sony MHS-CM5 manuale d’uso

© 2010 Sony Corporation 4-167-124- 11 (1) Handbook Mobile HD Snap Camera MHS-CM5 T able of c ontents Getting st arted Basic Op erations Using with y our computer Using func tions for shooting Using func tions for viewing Custo miz ing th e sett ings Viewing ima ges on a TV T r oublesho oting Others Index V CLICK! GB[...]

2 Notes on using your came ra T ypes of mem or y cards yo u can use w ith your c amera • The memory cards that you can use with this camera are “Memory Stick PR O Duo” media, “Memory Stick PRO- HG Duo” media, SD memory cards and SDHC memory cards. Y ou cannot use a MultiMediaCard. • Memory cards of u p to 32 GB have been confirmed to op[...]

3 Not es o n usi ng y our camer a • Do not use t he camera near a location that generates strong radio wa ves or emits radiation. The camera may not be able to record or play back properly . • Using the camera in sandy or dusty locations may cause malfunctio ns. • If moistur e condensation occurs, tu rn off the camera and leave it for about a[...]

4 Notes o n usin g your came ra About this Ha ndbook • The photographs used as examples of pictures in this Handbook are reproduced images, and are not actual images shot using this camera. • Design and specifications of r ecording media and other accessories are subject to change without no tice.[...]

5 Enjoy ing the ca mera Enjoyi ng high defin ition im ages The mo vies sho t with this camera w ill be reco rded i n MPEG-4 A VC/H.2 64 Main Pro fi le, approxi mately 30 fram es per second, Prog ressive, AAC LC, “MP4 form at”. – MPEG: Movie Picture Experts Group – AVC: Advanc ed V ideo Codec Progre ssive pl ayback The came ra suppor ts prog[...]

6 How to ha ndle the cam era • When c arry ing th e camera, cl ose the LCD scree n as illu strat ed. • Be caref ul not to block the lens with your finger w hen shootin g. • Do not hold th e camer a by only holdin g the battery /memory c ard cover , USB jack, jack cover or the LCD screen . • See page 14 for how to attach the wris t strap.[...]

7 T abl e of conte nts Notes on usi ng yo ur camera ........ ............. ...... ...... .......... ............. ....... ......2 Enjo y ing th e camera........... .......... ............. ...... ...... .......... ............. ....... ......5 How to h andle the came ra .... ....... ......... ............. ....... ......... ............. ....... ..[...]

8 T a ble of co ntents Viewing men u ..... ................ ............. ....... ...... .......... ............. ...... ....... ...... 41 (Delete): Allows you to select and delete unwant ed images (Slid esho w): Playing ba ck a s eries of i m ages (Prote ct): Pre vent ing acci dental e rasure (Rotate ): Rotating a still imag e (Setup): Chan ging S[...]

9 T a ble of con tents On the “Memo ry Stic k” media ...... ................ ............. ...... ....... ......... ........ 62 On the batt ery ....... ............. ...... ....... .......... ............ ....... ...... .......... ........... 64 Precautions . ............. ....... ......... ............. ....... ...... .......... ............. [...]

10 Identif ying parts See the pages in pare ntheses for details of oper ation. A Lens B Speaker C Hook for wrist strap (14 ) D Microphone E LCD sc reen (23 ) F (Play) button (25 ) G (Movie ) button (21) H MENU butto n (27) I Power/Cha rge lamp (15) • The Power/Charge lamp ligh ts up in green when the power is turned on, and lights up in orange wh[...]

11 Indi cators o n the screen When yo u ti lt the multi-selec tor to v (DISP) rep eatedly , the display ch ange s (page 23). Indi cators on the s creen di sappear afte r about 5 seconds w ith the default se ttings in effect when you purch ased this cam era. If you wan t to make indic ators appear a gain, carry out any operat ion other th an those u[...]

12 Indic ators on the sc reen D b Note • Indicators and their positions are approximate and differ from what you actually see. Displ ay Indication Image si ze (38) [00:00:0 5] Rema ining r ecordable time ( 38) Movie rec ording (red) 01:23 Recor ding time (39) Informati on on the movie settings appears near the (Movie) icon.[...]

13 Indica tors on the screen When pl aying back still ima ges When pl aying back movie s A B C b Note • Indicators and their positions are approximate and differ from what you actually see. Displ ay Indication Batter y remaining (1 6) Im age si ze (38) Protect ( 42) VOL. Volume (25) Zoom sc aling Low batter y warning (60) Displ ay Indication Play[...]

14 Getting started Checki ng the accessori es suppl ied • Rechargeable battery pack NP-BK1 (1) • A/V connecting ca ble (1) • USB connection support cable (1) • Wrist st rap (1) • Lens cap (1) Mounted on the lens at factory . •C D - R O M ( 1 ) – “PMB” (sof tware, i ncluding “PMB Help”) – bloggie Handbook (PDF) • Ins tructi[...]

15 Getting st arted 1 Prepa ring the b atter y pack 1 Open the battery/mem ory card cover and inser t the batter y pack into thi s camera, then close the cover . • Insert the battery pack as far as it will go, then press the back of the batter y pack gently until it clicks. 2 Connect the camera to the computer that is turned on with the USB conne[...]

16 1 Pr eparin g the batter y pac k T o remo ve the ba ttery pack Chargi ng time • T im e required to charge a fully depleted battery at a temperature of 2 5°C (77°F). Char ging may take longer under certain cir cumstances or conditions. • See page 38 f or the number of images that can be recorded. • When charging is finished, disc onnect t[...]

17 Getting st arted 1 Pr eparin g the ba tter y pack • It takes about one minute until the correct battery remai ning indicator appears. • The displayed battery remaining indicator ma y not be correct under certain circumstances. • If the camera is running on battery power and you do not operate the camera for about five minutes, the camera t[...]

18 2 Ins erting th e memory card 1 Open the cover . 2 Insert th e memory card all the wa y until it clicks, with its notched corner directed downward as shown in th e illustration. 3 Close the cover . When there is no memory card ins erted The camer a reco rds/ plays back imag es using the in tern al memor y (app rox. 26 MB). When t he movie size i[...]

19 Getting st arted 3 T urn ing the ca mera on/sett ing the lang uage and cloc k 1 Open the LCD screen to turn the power on. • The Power/Charge lamp lights up in green. • Open the LCD scr een up to a 90 degrees angl e from the camera ( 1 ), then rotate it to the desired angle ( 2 ). 2 Select the d esired language with th e multi-selector tilt t[...]

20 3 T u rning the ca mera on /settin g the lang uage and c lock 3 Set the cloc k with the multi-selector . 1 Select the date display form at with v / V , t hen press t h e mult i-selector . 2 Sele ct each item with b / B a nd set the nume ric value with v / V . 3 Sele ct [OK] with B , then press t he multi- selector . T o turn the power off Clos e[...]

21 Basic Op erations Basic Op erations Shoot ing images 1 Open the LCD screen to turn the power on. • The Power/Charge lamp lights up in green. 2 Confirm the composition. Zoom lever Power/Char ge lamp (Movie) b utton (Photo) bu tton (Movie) butt on You can use t h is button w hen you open the LC D screen. Multi-selector MENU button Positio n the [...]

22 Shoo ting im ages 3 Start shooti ng. When shoo ting st ill im ages: 1 Press and hold (Photo) button halfway do wn to focus. When the focus is set on the subject, the AF r a nge finder frame (green) appears. A beep sound is heard, and the z (AE/AF lock) indicator (green) lights on the lower center, little toward the left side of the screen. • T[...]

23 Basic Op erations Shoo ting im ages Changi ng the screen displ ay When yo u ti lt the multi-selec tor to v (DISP) repeat edly , the displa y change s as follows. • Indicators on the screen disappear after about 5 sec onds with the default settings in effect when you purchased the camera. The default setting is set to A U TO. If you want t o ma[...]

24 Shoo ting im ages W/T Usi ng the zo om Slid e the z oom lever towa rd T to z oom in, sli de the zoom lever toward W to zoo m out . Y ou c an use the Digita l Zoom function by pressing MENU and sele cting ( Setup) t (Shoo ting Settings) t [Di gital Z oom] . When the zo om s cale exc eeds 5 ×, the camera uses the Digita l Zoom functio n (page 45)[...]

25 Basic Op erations Viewin g images 1 Open the LCD screen to turn the power on. • The Power/Charge lamp lights up in green. 2 Press (Play) button to set the camera to pla yback mode. • Inde x screen appears. 3 Select the imag e y ou want to playback with the multi-selector tilt to v / V / b / B . Stil l imag e: Press the mu lti-se lector . •[...]

26 Viewi ng images T o view an enl arged i mage (pla yback zo om) Slid e the z oom lever towar d T whi le dis pla ying a s till im age. T o undo the z oom, slide th e zoom lev er to ward W. Adjust the position: v / V / b / B Can cel play back zoom: Press th e mult i-selec tor . T o return to the index scre en Slide the zoom lever toward (Index) w h[...]

27 Basic Op erations Using th e menu items 1 Press MENU to display the menu. • The menu will be displayed only during shooting and playback mode. • Different items will bec ome visible de pending on t he selected mode. 2 Select the desired menu item with the multi-selector tilt to v / V . 3 Select a setting with v / V , then press the multi-sel[...]

28 Menu i tems The available menu item s vary dependi ng on t he cam era mo de. The shootin g menu is av ailable onl y in the shootin g mode, and the vi ewing menu is av ailable only in the pl ayback m ode. Only th e av ailable items are display ed on the s cre en. Menu for shooting (page 3 8) Photo Si ze Movie Size SteadyS hot Face D etection Setu[...]

29 Using with your comput er Using with your computer Using w ith your comp uter “PMB” and other appl ications are contained on the CD- R OM (supplie d) to allow more ver satil e use of images shot w ith you r camer a. The following com puter environment is rec ommende d when using th e supplied softwar e “PMB”o r “PMB Port able” and im[...]

30 Using with your c omputer T o play back a nd edi ting movie file s (MPEG -4 A VC/ H.264) r ecorded by the camera, y ou need to install the software compat ible with MPEG -4 A VC/H. 264 or “PMB” on your compute r . • Even under a PC en vironment where operatio ns are gua ranteed, so metimes images cannot be played back smoothly due to dropp[...]

31 Using with your comput er Connec ting the cam era to the comput er Connect the c a mera a s illustrate d belo w . “PMB” al lows you to easily import i mages. For details on “PMB” func tions, see the “PM B Help”. Importing ima g es to a c omputer without usi ng “PMB” When th e AutoPlay W i zard appea rs after makin g a USB conn ec[...]

32 Conn ecting the camer a to the com puter Perform the proc edures fr om step 1 to 3 be low before: • Removing a memory card. • Inserting a memory car d into the camera after copying images from the internal memory . • T urni ng off the camera. 1 Double-clic k the disconnect icon on the task tra y . 2 Click (USB Mass Sto rage Device) t [S to[...]

33 Using with your comput er Upload ing videos and still images to media ser vic es The ap plicat ion softw are “PMB Port able” is pr e-installed on t h e ca mera. Y ou can do the following using “PMB Port able”. • Y ou can easily upload videos and still im ages to me dia services, such as a blog. • Y ou can up load your data via a com [...]

34 Uploa ding vid eos and st ill image s to media s ervi ces 1 Make a USB connection between the camera and a computer . When you connect the camera and your com puter , [PMBPOR T ABLE] app ears on the desktop. Click [×] to c l ose an y unnecessary dri ves. 2 Click [PMBP_Mac] i n the [PM BPORT ABLE] f o lder . The Region S election screen app ears[...]

35 Using with your comput er Uploading videos and still ima ges to media ser vices • If we terminate the services provided by t he Sony s ervers, we will notify you of the ter mination of the service on the Sony website in advance. • W e may record the URLs to which you are redirected by the Sony servers, and utilize the collected information f[...]

36 Using th e software 1 T urn on yo ur comput er , and insert th e CD-R OM (supp lied) i nto the CD-R OM driv e. The installa tion menu s creen ap pears. • If it does not appea r, double-c lick [Computer] (in Windo ws XP, [My Computer]) t (SONYPMB). • If the AutoPl ay screen appears, select “Run Instal l.ex e” and follow the instructions t[...]

37 Using with your comput er Using t he software b Notes • Log on as Administrator . • When “PM B” is started up for the first time, the confirmati on message of the Inf ormation tool a ppears on the screen. Sele ct [Start]. z Introductio n to “PMB” • “PMB” allows you to import images shot with the camera to a computer for display[...]

38 Using f unctions f or shootin g Shooti ng menu The functi on in shooting mode using ME NU button are described be low . For details on how to oper ate the m enu, see page 27. The de faul t sett ings a re mar ked wi th . When the mode has been se t to p layback , switch it to sh ooting mode with (Play ) b utton. The appr oximat e numbe r of still[...]

39 Using f unctions f or shooti ng Shoo ting m enu For detail s on the op eration 1 page 27 * The range you can shoot is nar rowed compared to [1280 × 720 30P] or [1280 × 720 60P]. • The movies shot with this camera will be rec orded in MPEG-4 A VC/H.264 Main Profile, approximat ely 30 or 60 f rames per second, Progressive, AA C LC, “MP4 for [...]

40 Shoot ing menu For det ails on th e operation 1 page 27 • The camera shake r eduction function works only in [640 × 480 30P] or [1280 × 720 30P] mode. Y ou ca n change the settin gs on the (setup ) scre en. Y our camera u ses t he VBR (V ariabl e Bit Rate) forma t to automati cally ad just image qualit y to sui t the reco rding scene. Th is [...]

41 Using fun ctions for viewing Using func tions fo r viewing Viewin g menu The fu nction in vi ewing mode us ing MENU button are d escribed bel o w. F or detai ls on how to operate the menu, see page 27. When t he mod e has b een set to R EC, switch it to playback wi th (Pl ay) butt on. 1 Sele ct the i mages yo u want to st art slid e show with th[...]

42 Viewi ng menu For det ails on th e operation 1 page 27 Prot ects r ecor d ed image s ag ainst accidenta l erasur e. The mark is displaye d for registered imag es. T o canc el th e prot ectio n Select the im age for which you want to canc el protection, and un lock it by pressing the multi-selector as the same procedure to protect it. The indicat[...]

43 Viewin g menu For details on the opera tion 1 page 27 Using fun ctions for viewing 4 Sele ct [R otat e] wit h v / V , the n press the mu lti-sel ector. 5 Select [ ], the n rotate the imag e with b / B . 6 Select [ OK] with v / V , then pre ss the multi -sele ctor . • Y ou cannot rotate the following types of images. –M o v i e s – Protecte[...]

44 Customiz ing the settin gs Using Se tup items Y ou ca n change the de fau lt settin gs using th e Set up scr een. 1 Press MENU to display the men u. 2 Tilt the multi-selector to v / V to select (Set up). 3 Tilt to v / V / b / B to select the item you want to set. The selected item is highlighted. 4 Tilt to B to ente r the setting. Y ou can also [...]

45 For detail s on the op eration 1 page 44 Customiz ing the settin gs Shoot ing Se tting s The defau lt se ttin gs are ma rked w ith . Selec ts the digita l zoom mod e. The camer a enlarge s the imag e usin g optic al zoom (up to 5×). When the zo om scale ex ceeds 5×, the cam era uses digit al zoom. The camer a enlar ges up to the total zoom sca[...]

46 For det ails on th e operation 1 page 44 Main Setti ngs 1/2 The de faul t sett ings a re mar ked wi th . Selects the soun d produced when you opera te the camera . Select s the brig htness of the LCD ba cklight. • Y ou can change the setting by tilting the multi-selector v (DI SP) longer. • Selecting [ B right] uses up the battery charge f a[...]

47 For detail s on the op eration 1 page 44 Customiz ing the settin gs Main S ettings 2/2 The defau lt se ttin gs are ma rked w ith . Allows you to selec t the se tting s for th e disp lay met hod of ima ges on the rec ording medi a set in a con nected equipment, such as a compu ter , when th e camera i s conn ected to a comput er or A V equip ment[...]

48 For det ails on th e operation 1 page 44 Memor y Card T ool This it em appears only when t he memory c ard i s inserted in th e camera. Forma ts the memory card. T o ensu re stable operatio n of the m emory ca rds, we re comme nd that you format the memory card t he fir st ti me you use i t with this cam era. H ow e ver , if you f ormat the mem [...]

49 For detail s on the op eration 1 page 44 Customiz ing the settin gs Internal Memor y T ool This it em appears only when t he memo ry card is n ot inserte d in the c amera. Forma ts data stor ed in th e inte rnal m emor y . • Note that formatting irrevocably erases all data in the intern al memory , including ev en protected images . 1 Sele ct [...]

50 For det ails on th e operation 1 page 44 Cloc k Sett ings Sets the da te and time. 1 Select [ Clock Se ttings] wi th the multi -selecto r tilt to v / V , then press the multi-s elector or til t to B . 2 Select the date disp lay forma t with v / V , then press th e multi -sel ector . 3 Select each item wit h b / B and s et the nu meric value with[...]

51 Viewin g images o n a TV Viewing i mages on a TV Viewin g images on a TV Y ou can vi ew images on a TV screen by co nnecti ng the camera to a TV . The conn ection or the image qual ity (HD (high definition)/SD (standa rd definition)) varies dependi ng on the type of TV or input jacks th e camera is conn ected to. • When using your camera abroa[...]

52 Viewi ng images on a TV Images recorded with HD (hi gh def inition) image qual ity are pl ayed back with HD (high definition) im age qua lity . Image s recorded with SD (stan dard definition ) image qu ality are playe d back with SD (stand ard definition) image quality . • Y ou cann ot connec t the HDM I cable an d the compone nt A/ V cable a [...]

53 Viewin g images o n a TV Viewin g images o n a TV When co nnecting to your TV via a VCR Connec t your cam era to the LINE IN input on the VCR using the A/V conne cting cabl e. Set the input se lector on the VCR to LINE (VIDEO 1, VI DEO 2, e tc.). When y our TV is monaural (When yo ur TV ha s onl y on e aud io input jac k) Connec t the yellow plu[...]

54 T rouble shooting T roub lesho oting If you experienc e trouble with you r camera, try the fol lowing solutions. When rep airin g the camera, we may che ck a mi nimum a mo unt o f da ta stored on the in terna l me mory in orde r to im prove the c ondit ion. H owever , S ony dea ler wil l neit her co py nor s ave your data. 1 Check the items on p[...]

55 T r oubles hooting T r oublesho oting Cannot turn on the camera. • The re maining ba ttery is low or deple ted. – Connect th e camera to a com puter that is turned on, and charge the batter y fully (page 15). – If you c annot turn o n the cam era, even after you have charged the battery, remove the battery once, then inser t it into the c [...]

56 T r oubles hooting The pow er turns off sudd enly . • If you do not operat e the camera for about f iv e minutes whil e the power is on, the camera turn s of f automat ically to p reven t wearing d own th e ba ttery . T urn on the camera aga in. • The power may go off automat ically to protect th e camera dependi ng on the tempera ture of th[...]

57 T r oubles hooting T r oublesho oting The recor ding date is not supe rimpos ed on an image. • This came ra does not have a feature for superimp osing dates on ima ges. The scr een is too d ark or too bright . • Adjust t he brightnes s of the LC D backligh t (page 46). Dots appear and remain on the screen. • This is not a malfunct ion. The[...]

58 T r oubles hooting The top, bottom, ri ght, a nd l eft edge s of images ma y be tri mmed sl ightly whe n yo u play ba ck on a connecte d TV . • The LCD screen of the camera can displ ay recordi ng images acro ss the entire s creen (full pixel display). However , this ma y cause sligh t trimming of the top, bottom, right, and left edge s of ima[...]

59 T r oubles hooting T r oublesho oting Cannot inser t a memory card. • Insert it in the correc t direction. Y ou have formatted a mem ory card by mistake . • All the data on the m emory c ard is del eted by for matting. Y ou cannot restor e it. Cannot pl aybac k or recor d images usi ng the inter nal mem ory . • There is a memory ca rd inse[...]

60 W arning indi cators a nd messages If t he f ollowing me ssag es ap pear, fo llow the instru ctions. • The b attery level is low . Cha rge the battery im mediatel y . For use with compatible battery only • The batt ery insert ed is not an NP-BK1 (supplied) b attery p ack. System error • T urn the power of f an d then on again. Camera overh[...]

61 Warning i ndicator s and mess ages T r oublesho oting Cannot create more folder s • The fold er with a name beginning wit h “999” exis ts on the me mory ca rd. Y ou cannot cre ate any folders if thi s is the case. File er ror • An error occurred whil e the image was playing back . File protected • Relea se the protecti on (page 42). Im[...]

62 Others On the “M emory Stick” medi a “Memor y Sti ck” med ia i s a co mpact, portabl e IC recordin g medium with a l arge data c apacity . Y ou can use the fol lo wing ty pes of “Memor y Sti ck” media l isted below on this camera. Howe ver , we do not guarantee t he oper ation of all type s of “Memory Stick” media on yo ur camera[...]

63 On th e “Memory St ick” medi a Others On t he “ Memory Sti ck Duo” m edia adapto r • When using “Memory Stick PRO Duo” media with a “Memory Stick” media compliant device, be sure to i nsert the “Memory S tick PR O Duo” media into a “Memory Stick Duo” media adap to r . • When inserting “Memor y Stick PR O Duo” medi[...]

64 On the ba tter y On c har ging the bat tery • W e r ecommend charging the battery in an ambient temperature of bet ween 10°C to 30°C (50°F to 8 6°F). Y ou may not be able to eff iciently charge the battery outside of this temperature range. • Y ou may not char ge the battery pack, or the Power/Charge lamp may not light in the following. [...]

65 Others Precau tions Do not use /store the c amera in t he foll owing pl aces • 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 thi s may cause a malfunc tion. • Under direct sunlight or near a heater The camera body m ay become discolor ed or deformed, and this ma[...]

66 Specifi cations Camer a [Syst em] Image device: 7.13 mm (1/2.5 t ype) CMOS sensor T otal pixel number of camera: Approx. 5 040 00 0 (2 592 × 1 944) pixels Effecti ve pixel number of camera: Approx. 5 040 000 (2 592 × 1 944) pixels (still im ages), Approx. 2 073 600 pixles ([1920 × 1080 30P ] movie) Lens : F3.3 f = 6.3 t o 31.5 mm (1/4 t o 1 1[...]

67 Index Index Index Numeric s 4:3 TV ....... ......... ..... ....... .......51 A A/V conn ecting cab le .......... . 51 A/V OUT jack......... ....... .......51 AE/AF l ock ind icator....... .... .22 AF ra nge f inder fram e ......... .22 B Batter y ...... ......... ..... ....... .......64 Beep ...... ......... ....... ......... .... ...46 C CD-R O[...]

68 Index Notes o n the Lice nse THIS PR ODUCT IS L ICENSED UNDER THE A VC P A TENT POR TFOL IO LI CENSE FOR THE PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE OF A CONSUMER T O (i) ENCODE VIDEO IN COMPLIANCE WI TH THE A VC ST AND ARD (“ A VC VIDEO”) AND /OR (ii) DECODE A VC VIDEO THA T W AS ENCODED BY A CONSUMER ENGA GED IN A PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL ACT I[...]

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