Sony Cybershot DSC-F55V manual

3-062-820- 12 (1) Digital Still Camera Oper ating Instructions Bef ore oper ating t he unit , pleas e read this manu al th oroughl y , and re tain it fo r fut ure re fe renc e. DSC-F55 V ©2000 Sony Cor poration[...]

2 T o pre vent fire o r shock hazard, do not e x pose th e unit to rain or moisture. The electroma gnetic fiel d s at the speci fic frequenc ies may in fluence the pic ture and sound of thi s camera. T ri al recording Befor e you reco rd one-tim e events, you may want to make a trial recor ding to ma ke sure that th e camera is w orking correct ly [...]

3 T able of cont ents Identifyin g the p a rts ......... ........... ...... .... 4 Preparing the powe r supply ........ .......... 6 Setting t h e date and time ........ ........ ..... 10 Inserting t h e “Memory St ick” ............. 12 B Recording Recording sti l l images ........ ........... ..... 13 Recording movi n g images ..... ..... ....[...]

4 Gett ing st arted Identifying the par ts See the pages in paren thes es fo r detai ls of ope ration . A Shutter button (13) ( 17) B Flash (16) C Self-timer/Recording lamp D Built-i n microphon e Do not tou ch while recordi ng. E Photoc ell windo w f or flash Do not blo ck while recordi ng. F Lens G T ripod receptac le (bottom surface) Use a tripo[...]

Getting started 5 A (flash) button B Flash lamp C LCD B A CK LIGHT s witch Usually se t to ON. Set t o OFF to save the battery if you use yo ur camer a in bri ght pl ace. D PROGRAM AE button (38) E Contr ol button F DISPLA Y b utton G PO WER s witc h PO WER l amp H LCD screen I MODE selector (26) J T (dig ital zo om ) button W (di gital zoom) b utt[...]

6 Pr eparing the power supply Char ging the battery pack Y our cam era operat es only w ith the “Inf oLITHIUM” N P-FS1 1 battery pack* ( S seri es). Y ou canno t use any other bat tery pa ck. T o remove the batter y pac k Slide the batt ery pack in the d irectio n oppo site th e arr ow . * W hat is “ InfoL ITHI UM” ? “InfoLITHIUM” is a [...]

Getting started 7 Appr oxima te time to charge a comple tely disc harged ba ttery pack usin g the A C- VF10 A C power ad apto r/charger. STILL mode recording* STILL mode playback ** Appr oxima te batt ery life and num ber o f images that can be reco rded /pla yed back with a f ully cha rged battery pack at a t emper ature of 25° C, 640 × 480 i ma[...]

8 Installing the battery pack T o remove the batter y pac k Open the batter y co ver . Slide the battery eject lever downward , and remove the batt er y pac k. Be c aref ul not t o dr op t he b atter y pack w hen re movi ng it . Batter y remaining indica tor The LCD screen on the camer a sho ws the remaining time for whi c h you can st ill recor d [...]

Getting started 9 Using the AC power adaptor Using a car batter y Use S ony DC adap tor/char ger (no t supplie d). 1 Open t he b atter y cover . 2 Inser t the one end of the DK-1 15 DC connecting cable to the battery terminal, a nd close the cover . When inser ting the cab le, open th e slo t cover fo r A C power ada ptor /ch arger and be caref ul [...]

10 Setting the date and time When you f irst use your ca mera, se t the dat e and time . If these are not set, the CLO CK SE T sc reen ap pea rs w hen ever you t urn on your ca mera for re cord in g. 1 Slide the PO WER switch do wnw ard t o turn on the power . The PO WE R lamp lights u p. 2 Press v on the control button. The men u bar ap pears on t[...]

Getting started 11 T o cancel the da te and time set ting Select [CANCEL] with v / V / b / B on the con trol button, then pre ss the ce nter z . 4 Select [CLOCK SET ] with v / V on the co ntrol b utton, then press the cente r z . 5 Select the desired date display format with v / V on the control button, then press the cente r z . Selec t from [Y/M/[...]

12 Inser ting the “Memory S tick” Open the “Me mor y Stick ” cover , then pres s the “Me mory S tick” ej ect button . Not es • Insert t he “Memo ry Sti ck” f irmly , otherw ise a m essage s uch as “ M EMOR Y STICK ERR OR” will be displayed . • Nev er remov e the “Memory Stick” or turn of f the po wer while t he access la[...]

B B B B Recor ding 13 Basi c oper atio ns B Recording Recor ding still images Still ima ges are rec orded in J P EG format. T o record s till images, slide the PO WER switch do wnward to turn on the p o wer and inse rt a “Memor y Stick .” ∗ Expos ure and focus are aut omatical ly adjusted. The number of images you can record on a “Memor y S[...]

14 Y ou can check th e las t rec orded ima ge by cl earing t he me nu ba r from the screen (page 27) and pres sing b on the control b utton. T o return to the normal recordi ng mode , press lightly on the shut ter button or select [RE TUR N] with b / B on t he control b utton and then p ress the center z . Y o u ca n al so de lete th e im ag e firs[...]

B B B B Recor ding 15 Press DISP LA Y to turn on/off the in dicato rs on the LCD screen . See page 61 for a deta iled des cript ion of th e indic ated item s. Notes • Y ou c annot turn off the self-timer indica tors and some of the indicat ors used in advanced operations. • The indic ators on the LCD scr een are not record ed. When you use the [...]

16 The initial se tting is auto (no indicato r). In this mode, the flash automatica lly stro bes when the surrou nding s bec ome dark . When you ch ange the f lash m ode, pr ess the (flash) re peatedly so that the flash mode indi cator ap pears on th e LCD scree n. Each t ime you pr ess the (flas h), the ind icato r changes as fol lo ws. (No i ndi [...]

B B B B Recor ding 17 Recor ding moving images Movi ng im ages w ith au dio are record ed in MPEG fo rmat. T o record mo ving images, sl ide the PO WE R switch do wnward to tu rn on th e po w er and in sert a “Me mory Sti ck.” See p age 15. Press DISP LA Y to turn on/off the in dicato rs on the LCD screen . These indi cators ar e not reco rded.[...]

18 Playing back still images When the menu bar is not displayed Y ou can di rectly sele ct and pl ay back the im age w ith b / B on the cont rol button. Not es • Y ou mig ht no t be ab le to corr ect ly play bac k imag es r eco rded with this cam era on othe r equipmen t. • Y o u ca nnot pla y back on th is c amera images larger th an the maxim[...]

B B B B Pl ay b ack 19 Playing back movin g images T o pause playb ack Sele ct X (paus e) o n the LC D s creen with v / V / b / B on th e con trol button , then press the ce nter z . 1 Set the MODE selector to PLA Y . The last r ecorded ima ge (still o r movin g) appears o n the LCD scr een. 2 Pres s v on the control button to display the menu bar [...]

20 When the menu bar is not displayed Y ou ca n di rec tly sele ct the im ag e w ith b / B on the co ntro l button, and p lay ba ck the ima ge and sou nd by pres sing t he center z . Whe n you press t he cen ter z during playb ack, pl aybac k is paus ed. Moving im ages recorded with the image of [320 (HQ)] The images a re disp layed o ver the entir[...]

B B B B Pl ay b ack 21 V iewing images using a personal computer Y ou can v iew data re cord ed w ith yo ur ca mera on a pers onal co mpu ter an d atta ch it t o e-mail. This section describes the method for installing th e USB dri ver and vie wing imag es on a per sona l compu ter . Be sure to also see the op eratio n manua ls fo r your pers onal [...]

22 Before connec ting your camera to y our pers onal computer , install the USB dri ver to the computer . The USB dri ver is contained together with applica tion softw are for vie wing images on a CD-R O M which is supplied with your camera. For Window s 98 users Not e Be sure to insert a “Memo ry Stick” in to your came ra before insta lling th[...]

B B B B Pl ay b ack 23 For Window s 98 users 3 Double-cli ck the CD-ROM drive icon to open the window . 4 Double-cli ck the icon of the hard disk containing the OS to open the w ind ow . 5 Move the f ollowing two files fr om the window opene d in step 3 to the “System Folder” icon in the window opened in step 4 (dra g an d dr op). • Sony USB [...]

24 “Memor y Stick ” • “Memory Stick” operations on you r camera c annot be assure d if the “Memor y Stick” has be en formatted on your persona l compute r . • Do not op timiz e the “ Memor y Stick” on a Windo ws machi ne. Thi s will shor ten the “Memor y Stick” lif e. • Do not compres s the data on the “Mem ory Stick.”[...]

B B B B Pl ay b ack 25 Image file storage destinations and image files Imag e files rec orded w ith your camer a are gr oupe d in fold ers by rec ording mode . The meanings of the f ile names are a s follo ws. ssss stan ds for an y number within t he range from 000 1 to 99 99. For Window s 98 use rs (The drive recognizing the camera is “D.”) Th[...]

26 Advanc ed op eratio ns Befor e per for ming advanced operations This sect ion describe s the basi c cont rol meth ods that are frequ entl y used f or “Advance d oper ations”. How to use the MODE selector The MOD E select or se lects wh ethe r you ca n use yo ur cam era to re cord o r to play back an d edit image s. Set the select or as fol l[...]

Bef ore perf orming adv anced operations 27 Note Y ou cannot clear the menu bar during INDEX sc reen displa y (page 42). The “Advan ced operatio ns” section of t his manual refers to selecting an d entering items by the ab ove proced ure as “ Select [(item name)] .” T u rning on/off the opera tion buttons (menu bar) on the LCD scre en Selec[...]

28 How to change the menu settings Some of th e adv anced o peration s fo r your camera are e xec uted b y sele cting me nu items displ a yed on the LCD sc reen with the cont rol bu tton. Pres s V on t he control button until the LCD screen re turns t o the menu b ar displa y in step 1 . T o cl ear th e menu bar, press V again. 1 Press v on the con[...]

Bef ore perf orming adv anced operations 29 Menu settings Menu i tems tha t can be m odified differ depe nding on t he setti ng of the M ODE selec tor . T he LC D s cree n sh ows only the item s you c an o perate at th e m oment . Initi al set tin gs are ind ica ted wi th x . (SELF TIMER) Records with t he self-t ime r (page 1 5). (MACRO/FOCUS) Rec[...]

30 FIL E NUMBER SERIES Assigns number s to files in sequen ce e ven if the “M emory Stick” i s c hang ed. MO VIE STILL x NORMAL Resets the f ile numbering each ti m e the “Mem ory St ick” i s cha nged. IMA GE SIZ E 2240×1 680 x 1856×1 392 1856 (3: 2) 1280×9 60 640×48 0 Selects the image si ze when recording sti ll images . STILL 320 (HQ[...]

Bef ore perf orming adv anced operations 31 CAMERA TOOL PR OTECT ON P rotect s imag es again st acci dental eras ure ( page 46). PLA Y x OFF Rel ease s protec tion of image s again st acci dent al erasur e. Item Setting Description MODE select or SHAR PNESS +2 to –2 Ad justs the sh arpnes s of th e image . appea rs on the LC D sc reen exce pt whe[...]

32 SETUP INDEX* Displays si x images at a ti me (PLA Y (INDEX) mode) (p age 42). DELETE Item Setting Des cri pti on MODE select or DEMO x ON/STBY OFF Disp layed only when you use the A C po wer adaptor in MO VIE or STILL mod e. Whe n ON is select ed, a demons tration will star t if you do not operat e yo ur c amera for ab out 10 minut es. T o stop [...]

Bef ore perf orming adv anced operations 33 3 (RETURN)** Returns to PL A Y (sin gle) mode. ∗ Displayed onl y in PLA Y (single ) mode. ∗∗ Displayed onl y in PLA Y (INDEX) mode.[...]

34 B V ari ous recording Rotating the LCD screen — Face-t o- Face recor ding Y ou can record images with the lens fac ing yo u. 1 Set the MODE selector to MO VIE or STIL L. 2 Adjust the angl e of the lens part . Rotate the lens part b y 180° for Face-to-Face reco rdin g. 3 Record the imag e . The ima ge a ppears on the LC D scre en as a mi rror [...]

B B B B V arious recor ding 35 The number of images or the time that you can record on a “ Me mory Sti ck ” (8 MB): ∗ When [ REC MODE ] is set to [NORMAL]. ∗∗ Numbers in pa renthese s indicate th e maxim um record ing time during continuo us recording. Image size Number of ima ges or time* 2240×1 680 Approx. 4 1856×1 392 Approx. 6 1856 [...]

36 Adding audio files to still images (VOICE) 1 Set the MODE selector to STILL. 2 Select [FI L E], [REC MODE], and then [V OICE] from the men u. 3 Record the imag e . If you pres s and re leas e the shut ter b utton, soun d is recorded for 5 seco nds. If yo u hold dow n the sh utt er button, so und is re corde d until you releas e the s hutt er but[...]

B B B B V arious recor ding 37 Recording uncompressed images (TIFF) This mode s imu ltaneousl y records sti ll images in b oth TIFF fo rmat (uncom pres sed) an d JPEG format (com presse d). 1 Set the MODE selector to STILL. 2 Select [FILE], [ REC MODE], and then [TIFF] from the menu . 3 Record the ima ge . The number of images that you can record o[...]

38 Setting the distance to the subject Normally the focus is automatic ally adjusted. Thi s function is useful whe n the a uto focu s do es no t work we ll suc h as in da rk pl aces. 1 Set the MODE selector to MO VIE or STIL L. 2 Select [ ] (macr o /f o cus) fr om the menu. 3 Pres s z of the control button rep eat edl y to ac hie ve a sha rp fo c u[...]

B B B B V arious recor ding 39 Landsca pe mode Focuses on ly on a distan t subje ct to rec ord land scap es, etc . P anf ocus mod e Chang es the focus qu ickly an d simply from a close s ubject to a distan t subjec t. Spot light-me tering mode Select this mode when there is back light or when there is st rong cont rast be tween the subj ect and the[...]

40 Ad just ing the wh ite balance (WHITE BALANCE) Normally the wh ite balance is automatically a d justed. 1 Set the MODE selector to MO VIE or STIL L. 2 Select [CAMERA] and the n [WHITE B ALANCE] fr o m the men u. 3 Select the desired white balance se tting. IN DOOR ( n ) • Pla ces wh ere the l ighting cond ition chan ges qu ickly • Unde r bri[...]

B B B B V arious recor ding 41 Enjoying pictur e eff ec ts (P .EFFECT) 1 Set the MODE selector to MO VIE or STILL. 2 Sel ect [EF FEC T] a nd then [P .EFFECT] from the menu. 3 Select the desired mode . SOLARIZE The light cont rast i s clea rer a nd the picture l o oks lik e an illu stration. B&W The pictur e is mo nochrome (b lack and whit e). S[...]

42 B V ar ious playba ck Playing back six images at once (INDEX) 1 Set the MODE selector to PLA Y . 2 Select [INDEX] on the LCD screen. Six imag es are di splayed a t once (inde x screen). The fo llo wing marks are d ispla yed on e ach imag e acco rding to th e imag e t ype a nd se ttin gs. : Mo ving i mage f ile : V oic e me mo file : E-ma il file[...]

B B B B V arious play back 43 Enlar ging a par t of the still image (Z oom and trimming) 1 Set the MODE selector to PLA Y . 2 Displ ay th e ima g e to be enla r ged. 3 Zoom in/out the image with T/ W. The z oom sca ling in dicato r appear s on the LCD scree n. 4 Press t he control button repeat edly to selec t the desir ed par t of the imag e. v : [...]

44 Rotating a still image (ROT A TE) 1 Set the MODE selector to PLA Y . 2 Di spla y the image t o r otate. 3 Select [FILE] and then [RO T A TE] from th e m enu . 4 Rotate the image clockwise or co untercloc kw ise , then select [RETURN]. Not es • Y ou may not be able to rotate images recorded with other equipment. • Also, when viewing ima ges o[...]

B B B B V arious play back 45 Note The [INTER V AL] setting t ime is approxim ate, an d may vary de pending on the pl ayed bac k im age size or ot her factors. Viewing images on a TV screen Befo re conn ecting your ca mera, be sure to tu rn of f the TV . 1 Connect the A/V conn ecting cable to the A/V OUT jack of y our ca mera and to t he audio/vide[...]

46 B Ed itin g Preventi ng accidental erasure (PROTECT) The - (p rote ct) ind icato r appe ars on prot ected im age s. 1 Set the MODE selector to PLA Y , then di spla y the image to prote ct. 2 Select [FILE], [PRO TECT], and then [ON] fr om the menu. The di spl ayed image i s prot ected and - appe ars. T o release protection Select [OFF] in step 2 [...]

B B B B Editing 47 Deleting images (DELETE) Y ou c annot delete protec ted files. 1 Set the MODE selector to PLA Y , then disp lay the image to delete. 2 Sele ct [D ELETE] and th en [OK] from the menu. The image is d eleted. T o cancel deleting Select [CANCEL] in step 2 . 1 Set the MODE selector to PLA Y , t hen di spla y the I NDEX screen . 2 Sele[...]

48 Changing the recor ded still image size (RESIZE) 1 Set the MODE selector to PLA Y an d display the image to resize . 2 Select [T O OL] and then [RE SIZ E] from th e m enu. 3 Select the de sired im age size . 2240 ×1680, 18 56×1 392, 1280×9 60, 640× 480 The changed i mage is recor ded, then th e display returns to the image di splay befo re r[...]

B B B B Editing 49 1 Set the MODE selector to PLA Y , t hen di spla y the I NDEX screen . 2 Select [T OOL], [COPY], and the n [S EL ECT ] from the menu . 3 Select the imag e to copy . The (select ) in dica tor a ppears on the image. 4 Select [E NTER]. “MEMOR Y STICK A C CESS” appear s. 5 When “ CHANGE MEMOR Y STIC K ” is dis play ed, ej ect[...]

50 Selecting still images to print (PRINT MARK) Y ou can mark a p rint mark o n still images recor ded with your c amera. This mark is con venient when you have images printed at a shop that conforms with the DPOF (Digit al Print Order F ormat) standa rd. 1 Set the MODE selector to PLA Y an d display the image y ou want to print. 2 Select [FILE], [[...]

Additiona l informatio n 51 Additional information Precauti ons Cleaning the LCD screen W ipe the screen surfa ce with a cleani ng cloth (not sup plied) or a LC D cleaning kit (not s upplied) t o rem ove fingerprints, dust, etc. Cleaning the camera surface Clean the cam era surfa ce with a soft cloth sligh tly mo isten ed with water, then wipe the [...]

52 • Use only t he sp ecified charger with th e charging functio n. • T o prev ent accident from a short circuit , do not allow metal objects to c ome int o contact with the batt ery terminals. • K eep the battery p ack aw ay from f ire. • Nev er expose the battery pac k to temper atures abov e 60°C, su ch as in a ca r parked in the sun or[...]

Additiona l informatio n 53 “Memor y Stick”, , “MagicGate Memory S tick” a nd are trademar ks of Sony Cor poratio n. “Magic Gate” a n d are trademarks of Sony Corporation . Using your camera abroad P ower sources Y ou c an use your ca mera in any country or a rea with th e supplied batter y charger wit hin 100 V to 240 V A C, 50/6 0 Hz.[...]

54 T r oubleshooting If you experie nce trou ble w ith you r cam era , first check t he fol lowing item s. Sho uld your came ra st ill not oper ate prop erly after yo u hav e made t hes e che cks, cons ult your Sony de aler or lo cal auth orized Son y serv ice f acility . If code displays ( C : ss : ss ) appear on the LCD screen, the self-d iagnosi[...]

Additiona l informatio n 55 The pictur e is too da rk. • Y o u are shoo ting a subjec t with a light sou rce behind the s ubj ect. t Ad just the expo sure (pa ge 39) . t Adju st the br igh tness of the LCD screen (pag e 32). The flas h does not work. • The flash is set to . t Set the flas h to auto (no in dica tor), or (page 16 ). • PR OGRAM [...]

56 Y o ur came ra ca nnot pla y back i mages . • The MODE selector is set to STILL or MO VIE. t Set it to PL A Y (pages 18, 19). The im age and so und ar e interf ered by noise when you pla y back an imag e on a person al co mpute r . • Y o u are pla ying back th e file dire ctly fr om the “Mem ory Stick .” t Copy t he file to the ha rd dis[...]

Additiona l informatio n 57 Y our pers onal comput er does not reco gnize your camer a. • The cam era is tu rned off. t T urn on th e camer a. • The battery le vel is lo w . t Use t he AC po wer ad apto r/ch arger (p age 9). • The USB ca ble is n ot connec ted firmly . t Dis connect the USB cable , and conn ect it again fi rmly . Mak e sure t[...]

58 W ar ning and no tice messages V arious mes sage s appe ar on the LC D scre en. Che ck the co rres pondin g desc ripti ons in the fol lo wing list. Message Mean ing NO ME MOR Y S TIC K No “M emor y Stick” has bee n inser ted. SYSTE M ERR OR T urn th e pow er of f and on again . MEMO R Y STIC K ERROR The ins erted “ Memor y Stick ” cann o[...]

Additiona l informatio n 59 Self-diagnosis di splay Y our camer a has a self-d iagno sis d ispla y . This function d isplays the camera condition o n the LCD scre en with a co mbi natio n of a let ter and four dig its of number s. If this occur s , check th e following code c hart. The co de info rm s you o f the camera’ s c urrent conditi on. Th[...]

60 Specifications System Image device 1/1 .8 t ype col or C CD Lens f = 6.85 m m (37 mm when con verted in to a 35 mm still camera) F = 2.8 Expo sure co ntrol Automatic exposure White b alanc e Automatic, I ndoor, Outdoor , Hol d Data syste m Movie: MP EG1 Still: J PEG, GI F (in TE XT mode), TIFF Audio with still image : MPEG1 (Monaural) Recor ding[...]

Additiona l informatio n 61 LCD screen indicators A Battery remain ing indicator B PROGRAM AE/flash mode/ flash level indicator C White balance/EV level/ sharpness indicato r D Picture effect indicator E Date/time indicator F Aper ture/shutter s peed indicator G AE loc k/f ocus lock indi cator H Record ing mode indicato r I Image size indicator J S[...]

62 A Protect indicator B Print mark indica tor C File n ame D Recor ding mode in dicator E Image size indicator F Imag e num ber G Number of stored images in “ Memory Stick ” H Remaining memory capacity indic ator I Recor ding date of the pla yback image/menu bar and guide menu A V OL. (V olume) indicat or B Playbac k/pause buttons B : dur ing [...]

63 Additiona l information Index A A/V OUT .......... ..... ....... ... 45 Adjusting the e xposure . ... 39 AE (Auto E xposure) ........ 13 Aper ture prior ity mod e .... 38 Auto power- off function .... 8 Auto red-eye reduc tion .... 16 B Batte ry pack batter y life .... ....... .......... 7 chargin g ..... ..... ........ ....... 6 instal ling ...[...]

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