Sony Cybershot DSC-H7 manual

© 2007 Sony Corporation 3-196-620- 12 (1) Digital Stil l Camera Cyber-shot Handbook DSC-H7/H9 Before oper ating th e unit, pl ease read this Handboo k thorough ly together w ith the “Instruction Manual” a nd the “Cyber -shot Step-up Gui de” , and retai n them for futu re reference. T able of c ontents Basic Op erations Using func tions for[...]

2 Notes on using your came ra T ypes of “M emor y St ick” tha t can be used ( not supp lied ) The IC recor ding m edium used by this camera is a “ Memory Stick D uo”. T here a re two types o f “Me mory Stic k”. “Memo r y Stick Du o”: you ca n use a “Memo r y Stick Du o” with yo ur cam era. “Mem or y Stick” : you cann ot use [...]

3 Not es on usin g your camer a • Images may trail across on the LCD screen in a cold location. This is not a malfunction . • Be careful not to bump the movable lens, and be careful not to apply force to it. The pictu res us ed in this Ha ndboo k The photographs used as examples of pictures in this Handbook are reproduced images, and are not ac[...]

4 T able o f conten ts Notes on using your came ra ......... ...... .......... .......... ......... ....... .......... ........ 2 ControlBasic techniques f or bette r images ......... ....... .......... ......... .......... .. 8 Focus – Focus ing on a subject s uccessfully ........ ........ ....... ....... ....... ........ ...... .. 8 Expos ure ?[...]

5 T a ble of conte nts Shooting men u ...... .......... ......... .......... .......... ...... .......... .......... ......... ....... . 51 Scene S election : Sele cting t he Scene S electio n mode Image S ize: Selec ting t he image s ize Face De tection : Detecting the fa ce of subject REC Mode : Selecti ng the contin uous shooti ng method Color M[...]

6 T a ble of co ntent s Memory T ool — Inte r nal Memory T ool ......... .......... ....... ......... .......... 74 Forma t Setting s ............ ....... .......... ......... .......... ...... .......... .......... .......... ...... 75 Main settin gs — Main Settings 1 ......... ......... .......... .......... ...... .......... 7 5 Main settin [...]

7 T a ble of conte nts How to p rint still images ........ .......... .......... ...... .......... ......... .......... ....... .. 107 Printing images directly using a PictBridge compliant printer ... .......... .. 108 Printing at a shop ............ ......... .......... ....... ......... .......... .......... ......... ......111 T roubleshootin g [...]

8 Contro lBasi c technique s for bet ter imag es When you pres s the shut ter but ton halfw ay do wn, the cam era adjusts the focus au tomatical ly (Auto Focu s). Remember t o press the shutter button only halfway down. T o shoot a still image difficult to focus on t [Focus] (page 40) If the imag e looks blurred even after foc using, it may be be c[...]

9 Contro lBas ic te chnique s for b ette r imag es Hints for prev enting blur The ca mera moved acci dental ly wh en you to ok th e pictur e. Thi s is ca lled “Cam era sha ke”. On the oth er hand, if the subject moved when you took the pict ure, it is cal led “subje ct blu r”. Camer a shake Cause Y our hands or body shake while you hol d th[...]

10 Contr olBa sic tech niqu es for bet ter imag es Y ou can create various imag es by adjusti ng the exposure and t he ISO sensitivity . Ex posure is the amoun t of ligh t that the ca mera wil l receive when you re lease the shut ter . Exposure Adjustin g the li ght intens ity Overexposure = too much light Whit ish im age The exposu re is autom ati[...]

11 Contro lBas ic te chnique s for b ette r imag es Adjusting ISO Sensitiv ity (Recommended Exposure Index) ISO se nsitiv ity i s a speed ratin g for record ing medi a that inco rporat es an i mage sensor that receives lig ht. Even when the expos ure is th e sam e, ima ges differ dep endin g on the IS O sens itivity. T o adjust the ISO sensiti vity[...]

12 Contr olBa sic tech niqu es for bet ter imag es The app arent color of the subjec t is affected by the lighting co ndition s. Exam ple: The color of an imag e affecte d by light source s The co lor tones are adjusted automati cally in the auto a djustmen t mode. Howev er , you ca n adjust color to nes manuall y with [Whit e Bal] (pag e 57). A di[...]

13 Contro lBas ic te chnique s for b ette r imag es The defau lt sett ing s ar e marked w ith . 1) Images are recorded in 3:2 aspect ratio, sa me as photograph printing paper or postcards, etc. 2) Both edges of the image may be cut off when printing (page 122). • The larger the image size, the high er the image quality . • The more frames per s[...]

14 Contr olBa sic tech niqu es for bet ter imag es The eyes of th e subject may come out red, or fu zzy whi te circula r spots may app ear whe n using the flash. These phen omen a can be red uced by takin g the following ste ps. The “R ed- eye ph enom enon” This is cause d by the reflection of flas h light off the blood vessels of the retina of[...]

15 Iden tify ing pa rts See the page s in parenthese s for details of operati on. DSC-H9 only A POWER button /POWER la mp B Mode di al (26) C Shutter button (27) D Remote sensor E AF illumi nator ( 78)/Self -timer lamp (29) F Lens G Flash (2 9) H Finder ad justmen t dial • When you select with the FI NDER/LCD button to shoot by using the finder, [...]

16 Ident ifyin g part s A Finder B (Playback ) button (43) C FINDER/LCD b utton D LCD screen (24 ) DSC-H9 only • Y ou can adjust the angle of the L CD panel to meet various shooting situation. E MENU button (49) F Co ntro l b utt on (i nsid e)/Whe el di al (outside) (35) Menu on: v / V / b / B / z ( 49) Menu off: DISP/ / / (24, 29) G HOME button [...]

17 Ident ifying part s Remote Control A Transm itte r B HOME button (47) C SLID E SHOW button (62) • Y o u can enjoy the slide show by pressing this button. D MEN U button (49 ) E SHUTTER bu tton (27) • Cannot press halfway down. F For shoo ting: Zoo m (W/ T) button (2 8) For vi ewing: / (Play bac k zoo m) button/ (Index) button (43, 44) • Y [...]

18 Ident ifyin g part s Lens hoo d/Adap tor rin g A Lens hood B Adaptor ring Attaching the lens hood When you shoot in bright lighting conditions , such as outdoors, we r ecommend that yo u use the lens hood to reduce the image quality deterioration caused by un necessary light. 1 Attach the ad aptor ri ng whil e the power is off. 2 T u rn the posi[...]

19 Ident ifying part s Storing the lens h ood The lens hoo d can be attache d in the reverse direct ion to stor e it wit h the ca mer a whe n it is no t in us e. Position t he lens h ood a s shown below and turn the l ens hood clockw ise un til it clicks. Atta chin g a conver sion lens (not suppli ed) When you want to do enhance d wide- angle shots[...]

20 Indicat o rs on the screen Each time you press v (DISP) b utton, the disp lay chan ges (pag e 24). See the pages in pare ntheses for de tails of oper atio n. When shooting still i mages When s hootin g movie s A Displ ay Indication Batt ery remain ing E Low battery warning ( 125) Image si ze (51) Mode di al/Men u (Scen e Selection) (31) P S A M [...]

21 Indica tors on the sc reen BC D Displ ay Indication z AE/AF loc k (27) Standby REC Standby a movie/Recor ding a movie ISO400 ISO numbe r (39) NR slow shutter • When the shutter speed drops below a certain speed in low light conditions, the NR (Noise Reducti on) slow shutter function activ ates automatic ally to reduce the picture noise. 125 Sh[...]

22 Indic ator s on th e scre en When pl aying ba ck stil l imag es When pl aying ba ck movies A B Displ ay Indication Batter y rema ining Image size (51) Prot ect (6 7) VOL. Vo l u m e (43) Print or der (DP OF) mar k (111) PictBridge c onnecting (109) Zoom scaling (43) PictBridge c onnecting (110) • Do not disconnect the cable for multi- use term[...]

23 Indica tors on the sc reen C Displ ay Indication Play ba ck M ed ia Play ba ck f old er (69) • This does not appear when using internal me mory . 8/8 12 /12 Imag e num ber /Num ber of imag es r ecor ded in s ele cted fold er Chang e folder (69) • This does not appear when using internal me mory . Metering mode (56) Flas h White b alance (57)[...]

24 Changi ng the s creen displa y Each ti me you pr ess the v (DISP) b utton, the dis play ch anges as follo ws. • If you vi ew images in bright outside light, adjust the brightness of the L CD backlight up . Howe ver , the battery power may decrease faster under such condition. • The display becomes Histogram on t Indicators off t Indicators o[...]

25 Using the in ternal memory The camer a has approximat ely 31 MB of internal memo ry . This memory is not remo vable. Even when t here is no “Me mory Stic k Duo” inser ted i n the cam era, you c an reco rd image s usi ng this inte rna l me mor y . • Movies with the image size set to [640(Fine)] cannot be recorded using t he internal memor y[...]

26 Basic O perations Using th e mode dial Set the mod e dial to the de sired func tion. *Y ou can select various setting using the menu. (For details on the functions av ailable t page 50) : Auto Adjustme nt mode for Sti ll Image Allo ws easy sho oting with the set tings ad justed au tomatical ly (page 27). P: Progra m Aut o* Allows you to shoot wi[...]

27 Bas ic Oper ati ons Shoot ing im ages easily (A uto Ad just ment mode ) 1 Select the desired functi on from the mode dial. When shooti ng still images (Auto A djustment mode) : Select . When sh ooting movies : Select . 2 Hold the camera steady , keeping your arm at your side. 3 Shoot w ith the shutter button. When shoot ing st ill ima ges: 1 Pre[...]

28 Shooti ng im ages ea sily (A uto Adju stmen t mode ) 2 Pres s the shutte r bu tton f ully do wn. When shooting m ovies: Press the shutter button fully down. T o stop recording, press the shutt er button fully down again. If you shoot a still image of a subject that is difficult to focus on • The shortest shooting distance is approx. 50 cm (19 [...]

29 Bas ic Oper ati ons Shoo ting ima ges ea sily (A uto Adju stmen t mode) Flas h (Sel ecting a flash mo de for still i mages ) Press B ( ) on the cont rol bu tton re peatedly until th e desired m ode is select ed. (No indicator): Fl ash Auto Strobes when there is i nsuff icient light or ba cklight (default se tting). : Flash forced on : Slow synch[...]

30 Shooti ng im ages ea sily (A uto Adju stmen t mode ) To can cel, pr ess V ( ) agai n. • Use the 2- second delay self-ti mer to prevent blur of an i mage made by the shaking of t he camera whe n pressing the shut ter button. Adjus ting the an gle of th e LCD scree n Y ou ca n adjust th e angle of the LCD scr een. • Forcing the LCD screen to m[...]

31 Bas ic Oper ati ons Shoot ing still ima ges (S cene Sel ectio n) The Scene Se lectio n mode has two ways to be selec ted, mode s selected from the mode di al and mo des sele cted from t h e menu screen , and the a vailabl e modes dif fer . Selecting from the mode d ial 1 Select the des ired mode of Scene Selection ( / / / / ) with the mode dial.[...]

32 Shoot ing sti ll i mages (Scen e Select ion) Scene Se lecti on mode s The fol lowing modes are predet ermine d to match th e scene con diti ons. * When yo u shoot images using (Twilight Por trait), (Twili ght) or (Firewor ks) mode, the shutter speed is slower. To prevent a blurring, use of a tripod is recommended. Modes select ed from the mode d[...]

33 Bas ic Oper ati ons Shooting still images (Sce ne Selection) Function s you ca n use i n Scene Sel ectio n For sh ootin g an image appr opriat ely accordin g to the sce ne conditi on, a combinat ion of func tions i s determi ned by the ca mera. Som e functi ons are not av ailable, dependin g on the Scen e Selec tion mode. ( : you can select the [...]

34 Shootin g in the da rk (Night Shot) (DSC- H9 only) The Night Shot function lets you shoo t subjects in the dark pla ces without usi ng the flash suc h as cam p scene s at n ight or noct urnal p lants a nd anima ls. Note th at imag es reco rded u sing th e Night Shot function will become greenish. 1 Set NIGHTSHO T switch to ON. and “Night Sh ot[...]

35 Bas ic Oper ati ons Using the whee l di al The whee l dial is used to change the set ting v alues when sh ooting with the ma nual ad justmen t modes (shutte r speed priorit y mode, apertu re priorit y mode, manua l exposure mod e), ISO sen sitivity adju stm ent, the f ocus met hod adju stme nt o r the EV adj ustm ent . By turni ng the wheel di a[...]

36 Shootin g with manu al adj ustmen t The came ra au tomatic ally ad justs t h e fo cus and the e xposure, h owe ver , you ca n manu ally adjust th ese sett ings. The functi on in shooti ng mode are de scribed be low . Y ou ca n change the ape rture value and shutte r spee d combi nation wh ile keep ing th e brightn ess fixe d . 1 Sel ect P with t[...]

37 Bas ic Oper ati ons Shoo ting w ith manua l ad justme nt 3 Sh oot the imag e. T o can cel Pr ogram Sh ift, t urn the wheel dial t o retu rn the indica tion from P * to P . • Y ou cannot shift the aperture value and shutter speed combination when the shutter button is pressed halfway down. • When the brightness changes, the apert ure value an[...]

38 Shooti ng wi th manu al adjus tment • If the shutter speed is set at 1/3 second or slower , the NR slow shutter function acti vates automatically to reduce the picture noise and appears. • If the proper exposu re is not obtained after making t he settings, th e setting value indicators on the s creen flash when the shutter button is press ed[...]

39 Bas ic Oper ati ons Shoo ting w ith manua l ad justme nt Selects a lumi nous sensitivity wit h units of ISO. Th e larger the numb er, the higher the sens itivity. 1 Select an ISO item with the wh eel d ial (page 3 5). 2 Pr ess z on the control button. ISO valu e turn s yellow . 3 Se lect an ISO value w ith t he w hee l di al. 4 Pr ess z . • Fo[...]

40 Shooti ng wi th manu al adjus tment 1 Sele ct an EV item with the whe el dial (page 35 ). 2 Pres s z on the contro l button. The ex posure v alue turns yell ow . 3 Select an exposu re val ue with the wheel dial. T owar d +: Bri ghtens an image. 0EV : Th e exposure is determ ined auto mati cally by the camera . T oward –: Dar ken s an im ag e. [...]

41 Bas ic Oper ati ons Shoo ting w ith manua l ad justme nt 3 Select the des ired f ocus metho d with th e wheel dial . 4 Pr ess z . • AF s tands for Auto Focus. • When you use Digit al Zoom or AF Illumin ator, the normal AF range finder frame is disable and a new AF range finder f rame is displayed by a dotted line. In this case, the priority [...]

42 Shooti ng wi th manu al adjus tment T o set the Flexible S pot AF 1 Select the AF range finder frame indicator, then select (Flexible Spot AF). The co lor of t he AF rang e fi nder frame changes from white to yell ow . 2 Move the AF range f inder frame to the point you want to focus on with v / V / b / B on the cont rol bu tton, then press z . T[...]

43 Bas ic Oper ati ons Viewin g images 1 Press (Playback) b utton. • If you press (Playback) when the camera is powered off, the camera is turned on automatically and set to playback mode. T o switch to the shooting mode, press (P layback) again. 2 Select an image with b / B on the contr ol but ton. Movie : Press z to play back a movie . (Press z[...]

44 Viewi ng imag es View ing an i ndex scr een Pre ss (I ndex ) to dis pla y the index scr een wh ile a st ill ima ge i s d isp laye d. Select a n image with v / V / b / B . T o return to the si ngle image screen, press z . When us ing the “Memory Stick D uo”, if there are number o f fold ers, s elect t he fold er selectio n bar with b , th en [...]

45 Bas ic Oper ati ons Delet ing i mages 1 Press (Playbac k) button. 2 Press MENU while display in single-image mode or in index mo de . 3 Select [Delete] w ith v on the contro l button . 4 Select t he desired de letion meth od with b / B from among [This Image], [Multiple Im ages] and [A ll In T his Folder], then press z . Con trol butto n v / V /[...]

46 Deleting ima ges When y ou sele ct [This Im age] Deletes t he selecte d image. Select [OK] with v , then press z . When y ou sel ect [Multip le Ima ges] Selects a n d delet es multiple im ages at once. 1 Select the im ages you want to delete, the n press z . mark is checked in th e checkbox o f the image. 2 Pre ss MENU . 3 Select [OK] with v , t[...]

47 Bas ic Oper ati ons Learn ing th e vari ous func tio ns – HOME/ Menu The HOM E screen is the ba sic scree n used for acce ssing the various function s you can access the HO ME screen regardless of the sh ooting/ viewing mod e. 1 Press HOME to display the HOME screen. 2 Select a category with b / B on the control button. 3 Select an item with v[...]

48 Lea rning th e vari ous func tion s – HOM E/Me nu Pressing HOME button displays the following items. Detail s on the items are displayed on the screen b y the guide. *Shooting mode selected in the mode dial will be ap plied. HOME items Category Items Shooting * Shootin g (page 26) V iew Images Single Image (page 62) Index Display (page 62 ) Sl[...]

49 Bas ic Oper ati ons Learni ng the variou s func tions – HO ME/M enu 1 Press MENU to display the menu. • The menu will be displayed only during shooting and playback mode. • D if ferent item s will beco me visi ble depending on the s elected mode. 2 Select the desired menu it em with v / V on the control butt on. • If the desired item is [...]

50 Menu i tems The available menu i tems vary de pending on t he ca mera mode. The shootin g menu is available only in the shooting mode , and the viewing m enu is av aila ble only in the pl ayba ck mod e. Also, t he me nu ite ms available vary de pending on t he mo de d ial positi on. O nly th e available items ar e displa yed on the scr een. * Th[...]

51 Using funct ions for shooti ng Using func tions for shoot ing Shooti ng m enu The defau lt sett ing s ar e marked w ith . Selects a Scene Select ion mode within the me nu. Image s can be shot with s ettin gs adjus ted fo r each s ituat ion (p age 32) . For still images For mo vie Scene Selectio n: Selecting the Scene Select ion mode Image Size: [...]

52 Shoot ing menu For det ails on the oper ation 1 pa ge 49 Select s whet her t o use the F ace Detect func tion or not. • When you se lect Portrai t, the defaul t setting wi ll be [On]. • Up to 8 faces of your sub jects can be detected. H owe ver, only up to 2 faces of your subj ects can be detec ted wh en you shoot ima ges with Portrait. • [...]

53 Using funct ions for shooti ng Shoo ting m enu For detail s on the opera tion 1 pa ge 49 Select s whethe r the cam era per forms cont inuous s hooting or not when you press the shut ter bu tton. DSC-H9 on ly REC Mo de: Se lecting t he conti nuous sh ooting metho d (Norma l) Does not shoot c ontinuousl y . (Bur st) Records up to 1 00 im ages in s[...]

54 Shoot ing menu For det ails on the oper ation 1 pa ge 49 On the Bu rst • When reco rding wit h the s elf timer, a series of a m aximum of five image s is re corded. • Y ou cannot select when the shutter speed is set a t 1/3 second or slower . • The recording interval is approx imately 0.5 s econd. The recordin g inte rval becomes longer, d[...]

55 Using funct ions for shooti ng Shoo ting m enu For detail s on the opera tion 1 pa ge 49 Y ou can cha nge the bright ness of the imag e, accom panied by effects. • Y ou can select only [Normal], [Sepia] or [B & W] when shooting movies. Color Mode: Changing the vivi dnes s of the im age or ad ding sp ecial e ffects (Norma l) (Viv id) Sets t[...]

56 Shoot ing menu For det ails on the oper ation 1 pa ge 49 Selects t he metering mode that se ts which p art of the subj ect to mea sure to dete rmine the exposure. DSC-H9 only • For details on the Exposure, see page 10. • When using spot me tering o r center-weight ed metering, setting the AF range finder f rame to ( Ce nter AF) is recommende[...]

57 Using funct ions for shooti ng Shoo ting m enu For detail s on the opera tion 1 pa ge 49 Adju sts the col or ton es a ccor din g to t he l ighti ng con dit ion in a si tuat ion , fo r ex ampl e, whe n the colo rs of an imag e look strang e. White Bal: Adjusting the color tones (Auto) Adjusts the White Bal ance autom aticall y . (Day light) Adjus[...]

58 Shoot ing menu For det ails on the oper ation 1 pa ge 49 • For details on the w hite balance, see page 12. • Under fluorescent li ghts that f licker , the whit e ba lance function may not work correctly even though you select [Fluorescent Light 1], [Fluorescent Light 2], [Fluorescent Light 3]. • Except in [Flash] modes, [White Bal] is set [...]

59 Using funct ions for shooti ng Shoo ting m enu For detail s on the opera tion 1 pa ge 49 Adjusts the amo unt of flash light . • The flash le vel can be set in 1/ 3 EV increments. • The value is not displayed on the screen. It is indicated as or . • T o change flash mode, see page 29. • If the subject is too bright or dark, this adjustmen[...]

60 Shoot ing menu For det ails on the oper ation 1 pa ge 49 Adjust the co ntrast of the image. Adjust the sh arpness of the image. Select s the a nti-blu r mode. • In Auto Adjustment mode, the anti-bl ur mode will be set to [Shooting] . • For movies, the options are limited to [Continuous ] and [Off]. The default setting is set to [Continuous].[...]

61 Using funct ions for shooti ng Shoo ting m enu For detail s on the opera tion 1 pa ge 49 Select th e settings fo r the shooting fu nction. T hese ite ms appe aring in this men u are sam e ones as those in [ Shoo ting Setting s] on the HOM E screen. See page 48. SET UP: Sele cting the s hootin g setti ngs[...]

62 Using f unctions f or vie wing Play ing back images f rom the H OME scre en Y ou can sel ect the w ays t o play back i mages. 1 Press HOME. 2 Select (V iew Images ) with b / B o n the c ontrol button. 3 Select the desir ed viewing method wit h v / V . Displays the image shot last. Th is is the same as pressing the (Playb ack) (page 43). Displa y[...]

63 Using f unctions f or vie wing Playi ng back ima ges fr om the HOME scre en For detail s on the opera tion 1 pa ge 49 T o display the prev ious/n ext imag e Press b / B while the sli de sho w is p aused. T o a djust the volume of the music Press V to disp lay the volu me control screen, the pre ss b / B to adjust t he vo lume. T o end the sli de[...]

64 Play ing ba ck images from the HO ME screen For det ails on the oper ation 1 pa ge 49 z T o add / change Music file s Y ou can transfer a desired music file from your CDs or MP3 files to the camera to pl ayback during Slide show . Y ou can t ransfer music using [ M usic T ool] in (Printi ng, Other) on the HOM E screen and the “Music Transfer?[...]

65 For detail s on the opera tion 1 pa ge 49 Using f unctions f or vie wing Viewin g menu This secti on ex plai ns the menu it ems a vaila ble whe n you press M ENU b utton in playba ck mode. For detail s on how to use the menu, see p age 49 . Sele cts and de lete s imag es on the s ingl e-image s creen or t he i nde x scre en. S ee pag e 45. This [...]

66 Viewi ng menu For det ails on the oper ation 1 pa ge 49 (Par ti al C olo r) Surro unds a chosen poi nt in m onochr ome to s ignalize a subject. 1 Set the cent er point of the des ired image to ret ouch with v / V / b / B , t hen pres s MENU button. 2 Adjus t the desire d range to retouc h with W/T button . 3 Select [ OK] with v / V , th en press[...]

67 Using f unctions f or vie wing Viewin g menu For details on the operatio n 1 page 49 When you select [ Trimming] • The image size that you can trim may v ary depending on the image. • The quality of tr immed images may det eriorate. Prot ects ima ges agai nst a cciden tal er asure. T o prot ect an im age 1 Se lect the images you want to p ro[...]

68 Viewi ng menu For det ails on the oper ation 1 pa ge 49 6 Select [OK] with v , then press z . In index mode: 3 Select the imag e you want to protect wit h v / V / b / B on the control bu tton, then press z . is attac hed to the se lected imag e. 4 T o protect ot her images , repeat s tep 3 . 5 T o selec t all the ima ges in a folder, select th e[...]

69 Using f unctions f or vie wing Viewin g menu For details on the operatio n 1 page 49 Rotate s a stil l image . 1 Displa y the image to be rota ted. 2 Pre ss ME NU to displa y the m enu. 3 Se lec t [R otat e] w ith v / V on th e contr ol button, t hen p ress z . 4 Select [ ] , then rota te the im ag e with b / B . 5 Select [OK] wi th v / V , then[...]

70 Customiz ing the set tings Custom izing th e Manag e Memory feature and the Settin gs Y ou can ch ange t he def ault s ett ings usin g ( Manage M emory) or (Se ttings ) on th e HOME screen. 1 Press HOME to display the HOME screen. 2 Select (Manage Memo ry) or (Settings) with b / B on the cont ro l bu tton. 3 Select the desired item with v / V , [...]

71 Customizi ng the settings Custom izin g the Man age M emor y feat ure and the Se ttin gs For detail s on the opera tion 1 pa ge 70 5 Select the desired setting with v / V , then press z . T o cance l the s ettin g chan ge Sele ct [C anc el] if it is o ne of the s etti ng ite m, t hen press z . If not, press b on the cont rol butt on. • This se[...]

72 For det ails on the oper ation 1 pa ge 70 Manage Memor y Memor y T ool — Memor y Stick T ool This it em appear s only when a “Memory St ick Duo” is in serted in t he came ra. Formats the “Memory Stick Duo”. A comm ercia lly av aila ble “Memory Stick Duo” is al ready format ted, an d can be used imme diatel y . • Note that formatt[...]

73 Customizi ng the settings Mana ge Me mory For detail s on the opera tion 1 pa ge 70 Change s the folder current ly u sed for record ing im ages. 1 Sele ct [Change RE C. Folder] with v / V / b / B on the control bu tton, then press z . The folder sel ection screen ap pears. 2 Select the des ired f older with b / B , and [OK ] with v , then pres s[...]

74 Mana ge Mem ory For deta ils on th e operat ion 1 page 70 Memor y T ool — Internal Memo r y T ool This item do es not appea r when a “Memor y Sti ck Duo” is ins erted in th e camer a. Forma ts the interna l memory . • Note that forma tting irrevocably erases all data in the internal me mory , including even protected images. 1 Selec t [F[...]

75 For detail s on the opera tion 1 pa ge 70 Customizi ng the settings Setti ngs Main settings — Main Settin gs 1 The defau lt sett ing s ar e marked w ith . Selects t he sound produ ced w hen yo u ope rate the camera . When you operate t he camera , the descr iption of fun ctions is di splayed. Initi alizes the sett ing to the de fault s etting.[...]

76 Sett ings For det ails on the oper ation 1 pa ge 70 Main settings — Main Settings 2 The de fault s etting s are mar ked with . Select s the U SB mod e to be used wh en conn ecting the c amera t o a co mputer o r a PictBr idge com plia nt pr inte r usin g th e cabl e fo r mult i-u se term in al. Selects the vi deo signal output type from SD and[...]

77 Customizi ng the settings Setti ngs For detail s on the opera tion 1 pa ge 70 Sets th e vide o sign al out put accor ding to the TV co lor sy stem of the c onnected video equipm ent. Differen t countri es and regions use di fferent TV colo r systems. If you want to view images on a TV screen, che ck page 87 for the TV col or system of th e count[...]

78 Sett ings For det ails on the oper ation 1 pa ge 70 Shooting Settings — Shoo ting Settings 1 The de fault s etting s are mar ked with . The A F illumi nator sup plies fill l ight to focus more easi ly on a subje ct in dark surr oundings. The AF ill umi nato r em its re d ligh t allowi ng th e cam era t o foc us ea sil y whe n the s hutte r but[...]

79 Customizi ng the settings Setti ngs For detail s on the opera tion 1 pa ge 70 Selec ts the auto focus oper ation mo de. • The AF mode is disabled when [Face Detection] is set to [On] or (Adv anced Sports Shooting mode) is se lected in the S cene Selection. Selec ts the di gital zo om mode. The camera enlar ges the im age usin g optica l zoom ([...]

80 Sett ings For det ails on the oper ation 1 pa ge 70 Sets for achi evi ng appr opriat e focus when att achi ng a con versi on lens (not supp lied) . Attach the supp lied ada ptor rin g, then at tach a con versi on lens ( page 19) . • When using the built-in flash, the flash light may be blocked, causing the shado w to appear . • The av ailabl[...]

81 Customizi ng the settings Setti ngs For detail s on the opera tion 1 pa ge 70 Shooting Setting s — Shooting Settings 2 The defau lt sett ing s ar e marked w ith . Sele ct the timi ng that th e fl ash st robe s. On the [Rear] • When the shutte r speed is too fast, the [Rear] setting effect may not be av a ilable. • When the red-eye reductio[...]

82 Sett ings For det ails on the oper ation 1 pa ge 70 Displa ys the record ed imag e on t he scr een for approx imately two s econds immed iately after shootin g a still image. • If you pr ess the shutter button halfway down during th is period, the recorded image display disappears and you can imm ediately shoot the next image. Expand s the cen[...]

83 Customizi ng the settings Setti ngs For detail s on the opera tion 1 pa ge 70 Clock Settings Sets the da te an d tim e. 1 Se lect [ Clock Settings] from (Settin gs) on the HO ME screen. 2 Se lect the da te di splay f ormat wi th v / V , then pres s z . 3 Select each item wit h b / B and set the nume ric value with v / V , then press z . 4 Select[...]

84 Sett ings For det ails on the oper ation 1 pa ge 70 Language Setting Sele cts the la ngu ag e to b e use d to d ispl ay th e me nu item s, war ning s, an d m ess age s. Language Se tting[...]

85 Viewing im ages on a TV Viewing i mages on a TV Viewin g images on a TV Y ou can vi ew images on a TV screen b y connecti ng the cam era to a TV . The c onnec tion varies accor ding to the typ e of T V the ca mera is co nnected to. T urn off both your ca mera an d the TV before c onnecti ng the came ra and the TV . 1 Connect the camera to the TV[...]

86 Viewi ng imag es on a TV Y ou can vi ew an ima ge rec orded on the ca mera b y connecti ng the came ra to an HD (H igh Def initi on) TV with the co mponent cable (n ot supp lied) . T urn of f both your camera and the TV befor e conne cting th e camera and th e TV . 1 Connect the camera to the TV . • The cable for video jacks ( Green/Blue/Red) [...]

87 Viewing im ages on a TV Viewin g imag es on a TV 3 Press (Pla yback) to turn on the camera. Image s shot with the cam era app ear on th e TV scre en. Press b / B on the control bu tton to sele ct the desire d image. • Set [COM PONENT] to [ HD(1080i)] in [ Main Sett ings 2] by selecting (Settings) on the HO ME scre en (pa ge 76). • When using[...]

88 Using y our c omputer Enjoy ing yo ur Win dows comp uter For details on us ing a Macinto sh comp uter, refer to “Using your Maci ntosh com puter” (pa ge 105 ). This sectio n describe s the English version of scre en conte nts. • Under Windows V ista, some nam es and opera tions may dif fer fr om t hose de scribe d belo w . • Viewing imag[...]

89 Using y our comp uter Enjoying your Wi ndows comput er The fol lo wing en vironm ent is recomm end ed for a comp uter conn ecte d to the ca mera. Recommended environme nt for copying images OS (p re -in sta ll ed): Mi crosoft Windows 2000 Profess ional, W indows XP* or Win d ow s Vist a * • Operatio n is not assured in an en vironment based on[...]

90 Installi ng the softwar e (suppl ied) Y ou can instal l the so ftware (suppli ed) usin g the fol lowi ng pro cedur e. • When using Windows 2000, do not connect the camera to the compu ter before insta llation. • In W i ndows 2000/XP , log on as Administrator . • When the supplied software is installed, the USB driver is installed automatic[...]

91 Using y our comp uter Copyi ng im ages t o yo ur co mputer This sectio n describe s the process using a W indows co mputer a s an exampl e. Y ou can copy images fr om t he came ra to your com puter as follows. For a computer with a Memory Stick slot Remove the “M emor y Stick Du o” from the cam era a nd in sert it in th e Me mory Stic k Duo [...]

92 Copyi ng imag es to your comput er • With W indows XP/Vista, the AutoPlay wizard appears on the desktop. “Conne cting to Ma ss Storage ... ” ap pears on the scr een of the camer a. When a USB co nnect ion is est ablis hed for the first tim e, your compu ter autom ati cally runs a program to reco gnize the ca mera. Wa i t f o r a w h i l e [...]

93 Using y our comp uter Copyin g imag es to your comput er 2 Click [Next]. The i mages s av ed on the “ Memory Stick Duo” of the camera ap pear . • If no “Memory Stick Duo” is inserted, images i n the inter nal me mory appea r . 3 Click the ch eck bo x of unwanted images to remove the checkmark so they are not copied, then cl ick [Next].[...]

94 Copyi ng imag es to your comput er 1 Double-c lick [My Computer] t [Remov able Disk] t [DCIM]. • If the “Removable Dis k” icon is not displayed, see page 119. 2 Double-c lick the f ol der where the image files y ou want to copy are stored. Then, right-click an image file to display the men u and clic k [Copy]. • On the storage destinatio[...]

95 Using y our comp uter Copyin g imag es to your comput er This sectio n describe s the proced ure for vie wing c opied i mages in the “My Documents ” folder . 1 Click [Start] t [My D ocuments]. Th e conte nts of the “M y Docu men ts” folde r are displ ayed. • If you are not using W indows XP , double-click [My Documents] on the desktop.[...]

96 Copyi ng imag es to your comput er The ima ge fi les rec orded with your came ra are gro uped as fo lders on the “Memor y Stick Duo”. Examp le: viewing folders on W indows XP A Fold er contain ing image d ata recorded using a camera not equi pped with the folder cr eating f unction B Fold er contain ing image d ata recorded using this camer [...]

97 Using y our comp uter Viewin g image files st ored on a compute r with your c amer a (u sing a “Memo r y Stic k Duo” ) This sectio n describe s the process using a W indows co mputer a s an exampl e. When a n image f ile copie d to a co mputer no long er rem ains on a “M emory Stick Duo”, you can vi ew that image agai n on the came ra by[...]

98 Using th e “Pic ture Motion Br owser” (supplie d) Y ou ca n use stil l images and mo vies from the camer a more than e ver by taking adv antag e of t he softw are. This sec tion summar izes the “ Picture Motion Browser” and gi ves the basic instructions. W ith the “Pictur e Motion Bro wser” you can: • Imp ort images shot with the c[...]

99 Using y our comp uter Using t he “Pict ure Mot ion Brow ser” (supp lied) 2 Connect the camera to your computer with the cable for multi- use terminal. Afte r th e cam era is auto mat ical ly detect ed, the [Im port Ima ges] screen is displayed. • If you use the Memory Stick s lot, refer to page 91. • In Windows XP/V ista, if the AutoPlay[...]

100 Usin g the “Pic ture Mot ion Brow ser” ( suppli e d) Y ear displa y screen Mont h disp lay scr een Hour display screen • T o list images from a particular year or month, click that period on the left of the screen. 3 Displa yi ng individual images On the h our display scr een, dou ble-cli ck a thum bn ail to displ ay th e ima ge by itsel [...]

101 Using y our comp uter Using t he “Pict ure Mot ion Brow ser” (supp lied) Images can be saved in CD o r DVD as a data disc. • CD burner drive or DVD burner drive requir ed. • Th e followin g disc can be used for creatin g a data di sc. –CD–R/RW (12 cm) –DVD±R/RW (12 cm) –DVD±R DL (12 cm) 1 Select imag es to save on the disc. ?[...]

102 Usin g the “Pic ture Mot ion Brow ser” ( suppli e d) Prepar ing i mages stor ed o n the comp uter f or view ing T o view them, re gister the folder th at conta ins the image s as one of th e “V i ewed folders” . 1 Clic k on the main screen, or choo se [Registe r Folder s to View] from the [File] menu. The settings screen for “V iewed [...]

103 Using y our comp uter Using t he “Pict ure Mot ion Brow ser” (supp lied) 1 Click [Start] t [Control Panel] (in Windo ws 2 000, [Sta rt] t [ Settings] t [Contro l Panel]), then d ouble-cli ck [Add/ Remove Progr ams]. 2 Se lect [Sony Picture Uti lity], then click [Remove] (in W indows 2000, [Change/ Remove]) to execu te the unins talla tion. [...]

104 Using th e “Music T ransfer ” (suppli ed) Y ou can ch ange t he Mus ic f iles that a re preset at th e factory with de sired Music files u sing “M usic Transfer ” in t he C D- R OM (suppl ied). Also, you can delete or add th ese f iles whene ver yo u want . The musi c forma ts you can tran sfer wi th “Music T ransfer ” are l isted b[...]

105 Using y our comp uter Using y our Macint osh com puter Y ou can copy ima ges to your M acintosh comput er . • “Picture M otion Browser” is not compatible with Macintosh computers. The fol lo wing en vironm ent is recomm end ed for a comp uter conn ecte d to the ca mera. Recommended environme nt for copying images OS (p re -in sta ll ed): [...]

106 Usin g your Ma cint osh com puter 4 View images on the computer . Dou ble-c lic k the har d disk icon t the des ired im age file in th e fo lder contai ning th e copi ed files to open th at image f ile. Perform th e procedures li sted belo w bef oreha nd wh en: • Disconnecting the cable for multi-us e terminal • Removing a “Memory Stick D[...]

107 Printin g still images Printing st ill images How to pri nt sti ll im ag es When you print images sho t in [16:9] mo de, both edges ma y be c ut off, so be sure to check before printing (pa ge 122). Y o u can print images b y conne cting th e camera d irec tly to a Pict Bridge co mplian t printer . Y o u can print images with a “Memory Stick?[...]

108 Print ing images directly using a PictBr idge compli ant print e r Even if you do no t have a computer, you can print i mages shot usin g your cam era by conne cting the cam era dir ectly to a Pict Bridg e co mpl iant pr inte r . • “PictBridge” is based on the CIP A standard. (CIP A: Camera & Imagi ng Prod uct s Association) • Y ou [...]

109 Printin g still images Prin ting i mages directly using a Pict Brid ge comp liant printer 1 Connect t he camera to the prin ter . 2 Press (Playback) and turn on your camera and the printer . After the connection is made, the indica tor a ppears. The cam era is se t to play ba ck m ode , th en a n image an d the pri nt menu appe ar on the screen[...]

110 Printi ng imag es direc tly usi ng a Pict Bridge c omplian t print er When the [Lay out ] is not set to [1-up/ Borderle ss] or [1 -up/Border]: Sele ct the nu mber of sets of images t hat you want t o pri nt as an inde x image . If you s elected [This I mage] in step 1 , select the n umber of t he same ima g e you want to print si de by side on [...]

111 Printin g still images Print ing at a s hop Y ou can take a “ Memory Stick Duo” contai ning image s shot wit h your cam era to a photo print ing service shop . As long as the shop suppo rts photo printi ng services confor ming to t he DPOF , you ca n make a (Print order) m ark on image s in adv ance so that you do not need to re selec t the[...]

112 Printi ng at a sh op 1 Press MENU while displayi ng images in single-image mode or in in dex mod e . 2 Select [DPOF] with v / V and sele ct [Multi ple Images] wit h b / B , t hen press z . 3 Select an image to mark with the contr ol but ton, then press z . mark is attached to the selected image. 4 Press MENU. 5 Sele c t [OK ] w ith v , then pre[...]

113 T roubles hooting T r oublesho oting T rou bles hoot ing If you experienc e trouble with your came ra, try the following sol utions. Please un dersta nd that you give your co nsent that the conte nts of the int ernal m emory , Music fi les may be che cked whe n you send your camera to be re paired . 1 C heck t he items on page s 114 to 124. If [...]

114 T r oubles hoot ing The bat tery pac k cannot be inserted. • Inser t the batter y pack cor rectly to pus h the batte ry eject le ver . Cannot turn on t he camera. • After in stall ing the batt ery pa ck into the came ra, it may ta ke a litt le while to get the ca mera powered. • Instal l the batter y pack correct ly . • The batter y pac[...]

115 T roubles hooting T r oubl eshoo ting • Y ou are u sing t he “Me mory Stick Duo” with a wri te-protec t swit ch, and t he s witch is set t o the LO CK positi on. Se t the switch to t he re cording po sition ( page 12 9). • Y ou ca nno t rec ord im ages wh ile ch argin g the fl ash . • Whe n shooti ng a still image , set the mode dia l[...]

116 T r oubles hoot ing The flash doe s not work . • The flas h is set to (Flash for ced of f) (page 29). • Y ou cannot use the flash when: – [R EC Mode ] is set to [Burst] or Exposure Bracket ( page 53). – (Hig h Sensitivity m ode), (Advanced Sports Sho oting m ode), (T wil ight m ode) or (Fire works mode ) is sel ected in t he Scene mode [...]

117 T roubles hooting T r oubl eshoo ting The image colors are n ot correct. • Se t [Color Mode ] to [Norma l] (page 55). • Th e camera is in Night Shot mode (DSC-H9 only ). Cancel Night Sho t mode (page 34). V er tical streaks ap pear when you are sh ooting a very bright subject. • Th e smear phenom enon is occurr ing and white, blac k, red,[...]

118 T r oubles hoot ing Y our camera cannot playback i mages. • Pre ss (Pla ybac k) b utton (pag e 4 3). • The folde r/file name has been changed on your computer (page 97) . • When an image f ile has b een pro cessed b y a compu ter or when the i mage fi le was re corded using a mode l other than that of your camera, pl ayback on you r camer[...]

119 T roubles hooting T r oubl eshoo ting Y ou do not know if the OS of y our comp uter is compatible with the camera. • Che ck “Re commended c omputer en vironm ent” on page 89 for Windo ws, and pag e 105 for Macintos h. “Memory Stick PRO Duo” is not recognized by a computer with a “Memory Stick” slot. • Che ck that the co mputer a[...]

120 T r oubles hoot ing Y ou cannot copy images. • Connect the camera and your comp uter corre ctly making a USB connection (p age 92). • Follow the designated copy procedure for your OS (pages 92 and 105). • When you shoot images with a “Memo ry Stick Duo” forma tted by a computer, you may not be able to copy the image s to a computer. S[...]

121 T roubles hooting T r oubl eshoo ting Y ou want t o chang e the “Fol de r to be im por t ed” . • Access the “ Import Se ttings” s creen t o change “Folde r to be imported”. Y ou ca n specif y a dif ferent folder aft er usin g “P icture Mot ion Bro wser” to re gister it in “ Vi ewed fo lders” (page 102) . The dat e of al l [...]

122 T r oubles hoot ing Also see “ PictBridge c ompliant p rinter” (as follo ws) in conju nction wit h the follow ing it ems. Images are p rinted with bot h edges cut off. • Depending on your printer, the left, right, top, and bot tom edges of the im age may be cut off. Especia lly when you print a n image shot with th e image size set to [16[...]

123 T roubles hooting T r oubl eshoo ting Printing is can celed. • Confirm that you have disconnected the cable for mul ti-use ter minal befo re the (PictB ridge Conne ctin g) mark disappe ars. Cannot inser t the date or p rint imag es in the i ndex mode . • Th e printer do es not provide thes e functions. Consult the printer manufac turer as t[...]

124 T r oubles hoot ing The camera does not functio n with the le ns portion ext ended. • Do not attem pt to force the lens that has stopped movin g. • Insert a charged batte ry , the n turn on the cam era again. The lens gets f ogged. • Moisture c ondensat ion has occur red. T urn off the camera and leave it for abo ut an hour bef ore using [...]

125 T roubles hooting Warning in dic ator s and mes sage s If a code st artin g with a lette r of the alpha bet ap pears, your camera has a self - diagnos is display . The last two digits (indica ted by ss ) will dif fer de pending on the st ate of t he came ra. If you ar e unable to solv e the prob lem ev en after tryi ng the fo llowing cor rectiv[...]

126 Warnin g indi cato rs a nd m essag es Memory Stick f ormatting error Internal memory formatting error • For mat the med ia agai n (pages 72 and 74). Memory Stick locked • Y ou are using the “Memory Stick Duo” with t he wr ite-pr otect switc h, and th e swi tch is set to th e LOCK positi on. S et the swit ch to the r ecording posit ion ([...]

127 T roubles hooting Warning i ndicat ors a nd m essage s Mac ro is invalid • Th e macro is unavailable under these settin gs (pag es 2 9, 33). Flash settings cannot be changed • Th e flash is unavailable during the se settin gs (pag es 2 9, 33). Maximum images selected • Y ou can select up to 100 images. Remov e the checkmark. No enough bat[...]

128 Others T o use you r camera abroad — Power sour ces Y ou c an us e yo ur cam era, th e bat tery c harger (s upplied) , and the AC-LS5K AC Adap tor ( not supplied) in any country or regio n where the power suppl y is with in 100 V to 240 V AC, 50/ 60 Hz . • Do not use an electr onic transformer (travel converter), as this may cause a malfunc[...]

129 Others On the “Mem or y Stick ” A “Memor y Stick” i s a comp act, p ortable IC rec ording m edium. The type s of “Memo ry Stick ” that ca n be used wi th this camera are li sted in t he table below . Howev er, proper operat ion canno t be guar anteed f or al l “Memory S tick” func tions. *1 “Memory Stick Duo”, “MagicGate M[...]

130 On th e “Mem ory Stick ” • Do not use or store the “Memor y Stick Duo” under the following conditions: – High temper ature locations such as the hot interior of a car parked in direct sunlight – Locations exposed to direct sunlight – Humid locations or loca tions with corros ive substances present Notes on usi ng the Memory Stic[...]

131 Others On the ba tter y pack On ch argi ng th e batt er y p ack W e recommend charging the battery pack in an ambient temperature of between 10°C to 30°C (50°F to 86°F ). Y ou may not be able to efficiently charge the bat tery pack outside of this tem perature range. Effectiv e use of the ba ttery pack • Battery performance decre ases in [...]

132 On th e bat ter y char ger On the ba tter y charg er • Do not charge any other battery pack other th an the NP-BG type battery pac ks in the battery charger supplied with your camera. Batteries other than the specif ied kind may leak, overheat, or explode if you attem pt to charge them, posing a risk of inj ury from electrocutio n and burns. [...]

133 Index Index Index A Adapto r ring ....... ....... ........... .18 Adjust ing EV ........ ...... ....... ...24 Advanced Sports Shooting mode .... ....... ....... ........... .32 AE/AF l ock indi cator........... .27 AF Illu minator ...... ........... .....78 AF Mod e ..... ....... ....... ......... ...79 AF ra nge f inder frame ... ...... .41 Ap[...]

134 Index Image file storage destinations and f i le name s ......... ......96 Image qua lity ....... ....... ....12, 14 Image Size ......... ...... ............ . 51 Image size ....... ............ .......... 12 Incandes cent ...... ...... ....... ...... 57 Inde x Displ ay..... ...... ....... ......62 Inde x screen......... ....... ...... .... 44 [...]

135 Index Index Smart zo om .... ....... ...... ....... ...79 Sno w mode ...... ....... ....... .......32 Soft F ocus ........ ....... ....... ...... . 65 Softw are ......... ....... ..90, 98, 10 4 Spot mete ring ..... ............ .......56 Spot metering cross hairs ......56 Stead yShot ....... ......... ....... .....6 0 T Tr imming ......... ....[...]

136 Notes o n the Lice nse “C Libr ary”, “Expat ” and “z lib” s oftware are pr ovid ed in your ca mera. W e pro vide this software based on licen se agre ements with their owners of copyrig ht. Based on request s by the owners of copyright of these software applic ations, we hav e an obligati on to inform you of the foll owing. Please r[...]

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