Sony Cybershot DSC-W35 manual

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    © 2007 Sony Corporation 2-319-003- 11 (1) Instruction Manual DSC-W35/W55 Digital Stil l Camera Operating Inst ructions Before operating the unit, please read this manual thoroughly, and retain it for future reference. For details on the ad vanced o perati ons, please access “Cyber-shot Handbook” conta ined o n the su pplied CD- ROM via a compu[...]

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    2 Own er’s R ecord The model and ser ial numbers are lo cated on the bottom. Record th e serial number in t he space provided below. Refer to thes e numbers whenever you call upon your S ony dealer regarding this product. Model No. DSC-W35/W55 Serial No. _____________________ ______ To reduce f ire or shock ha zard, do not ex pose the unit to rai[...]

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    3 [ Cleaning Unplug the set from the wall outlet befor e cleaning or polishing it . Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaner s. Use a cl oth lightly dampened with water for c leaning t he exteri or of the set. [ Wa ter a nd Mo is ture Do not use power-line operated sets near wa ter – for example, near a bathtub, was hbowl, kitchen sink, or l[...]

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    4 Read this first Rep lace the batt ery with the sp ecif ie d typ e only. Ot herwise, fi re or inj ury ma y result. [ RECYCLING LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES Lithium-I on batteries are recyclable. You can help pr eserve our environment by r eturning your used rechargeable batter ies to the collectio n and recycling location n earest you. For more informati[...]

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    5 [ CAUTION You are cautioned t hat any changes or modifications not expre ssly approved in this manual could void your aut hority to oper ate this equipment. [ Not e: This equipment has been tested and found to comply wi th the lim its for a Clas s B digita l device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are desig ned to provide reaso[...]

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    6 A moulded plug comply ing with BS 1363 is fitted to this equipment for your safety and convenience. Should the fuse in the plug supplied need to be replaced, a fuse of the same rating as the supplied one and ap proved by AST A or BSI t o BS 1362, (i.e ., m ark ed w ith an or mark) m ust b e used. If the pl ug supplied with t his equipment has a d[...]

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    7 Tabl e of cont ents IMPORTA NT SAFEGUARDS ...... .... ...... ....... ...... .... ....... ...... ...... ...... ..... ..... 2 Read t his fir st ..... ...... ...... ....... .... ...... ...... ....... ...... .... ....... ...... ...... .... ....... ..... 4 Notes on usin g your camera ...... .... ...... ....... ...... ...... ..... ...... ...... ...... [...]

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    8 Notes on using your camera [ I ntern al memor y and “Memory Stick Duo” back up Do not turn off the camera or remove the battery pack or “Memory Stic k Duo” while the access lamp is lighted, as the internal memory da ta or “Memory Stick Duo” data may be destroyed. Always protect your data by making a back up copy. [ Notes on recor ding[...]

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    9 Gettin g star ted Checking the accessorie s supplied • Battery ch arger BC-CSG/BC- CSGB/BC- CSG C ( 1) • Pow er cord (m ains lea d) (1) (not supplied in the USA and Canada) • Rechargeable battery pack NP-BG1 (1)/ Batt er y cas e (1 ) • US B, A/V cable for multi-us e terminal (1) (DSC-W55) • US B cable (1) (DSC -W35) • A/V cable (1) (D[...]

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    10 1 Preparing the bat tery pack 1 Insert the battery pack into th e battery ch arger. 2 Connect th e battery charger to the wall outlet (wall socket). The CHARGE lamp lights on, and charging starts. When the CHARGE lamp turns off, charging is finished (Practical charge). If you contin ue charging the battery pack for about one more hour (until it [...]

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    11 2 Inserting the bat tery pack/a “Memory Stick Duo” (not supplied) 1 Open the battery/“Mem ory Stick Duo” cover. 2 Insert the “Memory Stick Duo” (not supplied) all the way in until it cli cks. 3 Insert the battery pack. 4 Close the battery/“Memory St ick Duo” cover. [ When th ere is no “Me mory Stick Duo” inserted The camer a [...]

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    12 [ To remove the battery pack/“Mem ory Sti ck Duo” Open the b attery/ “Mem ory Sti ck Du o” cove r. • Never remove t he battery pack/“Me mory Stick Duo” when the access lamp is l it, otherwise the da ta may be destroyed. Slide t he battery eject l ever . • Be sure not to drop t he battery pack . Make sure that the acc ess lamp is [...]

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    13 3 Turning the camera on/set ting the clock 1 Select with the mode d ial, then press the POWE R button . 2 Set th e clock wit h the con trol button. 1 Sele ct th e date disp lay form at wi th v / V , then press z . 2 Select each ite m with b / B a nd set the nume ric value wit h v / V , then press z . 3 Select [OK] wit h B , then press z . [ To c[...]

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    14 Shootin g image s easily 1 Select a mode wi th the mo de dial. Still image (auto adjust ment mode): Select . Movie: Sel ect . 2 Hold the camera steady, keeping your arm at your side. 3 Sho ot with the shutter button. Movie: Press the shutter bu tton fully down . To stop reco rding, pre ss the sh utter b utton f ully do wn ag ain. Microphone Mode[...]

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    15 [ Selecting the m ode dial Set the mode dial to the desire d function. : Auto Adjustment Allows ea sy shooting with the s ettings adjusted automatic ally. : Progra m Auto Allows yo u to shoot with the exposure adjusted automatically (both the shutter speed and the aperture value). Also you can select various settings using the menu. : Mov ie Rec[...]

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    16 [ EV (Adjusting the expo sure) Press b ( ) on t he con trol bu tton, then press v / V to adjust the ex posure. Toward +: Bright ens an image. Toward –: Darkens an image. To turn off the E V adjust ment bar, pre ss the b button ag ain. [ DISP Changing the sc reen display Each time y ou press t he D ISP (Scree n display switch) button, the displ[...]

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    17 Viewin g/delet ing imag es 1 Press (Playback) button. • If you press (Playback) button when the camera is powered off, the camera is turned on in the playback mode. If you press again, switches to recording mode. 2 Select an image with b / B on the control but ton. Movie : Press z to play back a movie. (Pre ss z again to stop playback.) Press [...]

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    18 [ To delete images in index mo de 1 While an in dex scr een i s displa yed, p ress (D elete) and se lect [S elect] with v / V on the con trol butto n, then press z . 2 Select the image you want to delet e with v / V / b / B , then press z to d isp lay the (Del ete ) indica tor on the selec ted ima ge. 3 Press (Del ete) . 4 Select [ OK] with B , [...]

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    19 Indi cators o n the scre en Everytime you press the DISP (Scr een display sw itch) but ton, th e displa y data and indica tor is turne d on and off (p age 16). [ When sh ooting st ill images [ When sh ooting m ovies [ When play ing back A Batte ry rema ining z AE/AF lock Record ing mode White balance STBY REC Standby/R ecord ing a m ovie Mode di[...]

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    20 B C D E Macro AF mode AF range finder frame indicato r 1.0m Foc us pr eset dis tan ce EV ad justment bar V Darker v B right er Adjus ting EV 101-001 2 Folder- file numbe r Playback bar PictBridge connecting Image si ze FINE STD Imag e quality Recordin g fold er C hange fol der Playback folder Remaini ng interna l memor y capa city Remaini ng “[...]

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    21 Changi ng t he set tin gs – Me nu/S etup 1 Recording: Turn on the camera, then set th e mode dial. Playback: Pre ss (P layback) button. Different items are available depending on the positi on of the mode dial and Recording/Playback mod e. 2 Press MEN U to display the menu. 3 Select the desired me nu item with b / B on the control b utton. •[...]

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    22 For det ails on the oper ati on 1 pa ge 21 Menu items The avai lable menu items vary dep ending on the m ode dial position and m enu settings. Only the av ailabl e ite ms are d isplay ed on t he scr een. Menu for shooting COLO R (Co lor Mo de) Chang es th e vivi dness of th e imag e or add ing speci al eff ects . 9 (Foc us) Chang es th e focu s [...]

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    23 For de tails on t he operat ion 1 page 21 Setup items Camera AF Mod e Selects t he auto focus operat ion mo de. Digi tal Zoom Selects the digi tal z oom mode. Functi on Guide Displays the de scriptio n of fu nctions w hen you operate the came ra. Red Ey e Reduc tion Reduc es the red-eye p heno menon whe n usi ng the flash . AF Illuminator Suppli[...]

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    24 For det ails on the oper ati on 1 pa ge 21 Setup 1 LCD Backlight (DSC -W55 on ly) Selects the br ightne ss of the LCD ba cklight wh en using the camer a with b atter y pack . Beep Sele cts the sou nd pr oduced when yo u oper ate th e camera . Lang uage Selec ts th e langu age t o be us ed to di splay the me nu it ems, warn ings, an d mes sages. [...]

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    25 Enjoy ing your computer You can dis play imag es sh ot with the ca mera o n the co mputer . Also , you ca n use still i mages and movies fro m the came ra more th an ever by taki ng advant age of the software. For det ails, refer t o “Cyb er-shot Hand book.” Supporte d Operatin g Systems fo r USB connecti on and ap plication software (suppli[...]

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    26 Battery life an d memory c apacity Battery life and number of images that can be recorded/vie wed The tabl es show the appr oximat e number of images t hat can be r ecorde d/viewed and the batt ery li fe whe n you s hoot images in [Norm al] mode w ith the ba ttery pack (supp lied ) at ful l capaci ty and a t an ambi ent tempe rature of 25°C (77[...]

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    27 Number of still images and recording time of movies The numbe r of still images an d the length of t ime for movi es may vary depending on th e shooting conditio ns and record ing medi um. • For details on the image size, see page 16. [ The ap proximat e number of still images (The image qua lity is [Fine] on the upper line and [Standard ] on [...]

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    28 [ The approximat e reco rding ti me of m ovies (Units: ho ur : minute : secon d) • Movies with the size set to [6 40(Fine)] can on ly be recorded on a “ Memory Stick PRO Duo”. • Recordable movie file size is up t o approx. 2 GB for each f ile. If the size reaches approx. 2 GB, t he camera stops recording automa tically. • When images r[...]

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    29 Troubl esho oting If you exper ience tr ouble with your camera, tr y the following solutions. Please u nderstand that you give you r conse nt that the cont ents o f the int ernal m emory m ay be checke d when yo u send your cam era to be repaired. The battery pack cannot be installed. • Ins tall th e batt ery pack correct ly using the tip of t[...]

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    30 The bat tery rem aining i ndicato r is i ncorrect . • This phenome non occurs when you use the came ra in an extremely hot or cold locati on. • The displa yed batte ry remai ning diffe rs from t he current one. Fu lly discha rge and t hen charge the batt ery pack to correct the display. • The ba ttery p ack is d ischarge d. Instal l the ch[...]

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    31 Precau tion s [ Do not u se/store th e camer a in the following places • In an extremely hot, cold or humid place In places such as in a car parked in th e sun, the camera body may become deformed and this may c ause a malf unc tion . • Under direct sunlight or near a heater The camera body may become disc olored or deform ed, and this may c[...]

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    32 Specifi cations Camera [Syst em] Image device: 7.20 mm (1/2.5 type) color CCD, Primary color filter Total pixel number of camera: Approx. 7 4 10 000 pixels Effective pixel number of camera: Approx. 7 2 01 000 pixels Lens: Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar 3× zoom lens f = 6.3 – 1 8.9 mm (38 – 1 14 mm when converted to a 35 mm still camera) F2.8 – 5[...]

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    33 Tradem arks • is a trademar k of Sony Corporation. • “Memory S tick”, , “M emory S tick PRO”, , “Memory S tick Duo”, , “Memory Stick PRO Duo”, , “Memory Stick Micro”, “MagicGate”, and are trademar ks of Sony Corporation. • Microsoft, Wi ndows and DirectX are e ither registered tr ademarks or trademarks of Microsoft [...]

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