Sony DSC-M2 manual

2-638-430- 12 (1) © 2005 Sony Cor poration Additional information on this produc t and answer s to frequen tly asked questions can be found at our Custome r Support W ebsite. Printed in Japan Printed on 100% recycled paper using VOC (V olatile Organic Compound)-free vegetable oil based ink. Digital Still Camera User’ s Guide/ T r ouble shooting [...]

2 T o prevent fire or sho ck hazar d, do not e xpose the un it to r ain or moisture. RECYCLIN G LITHIUM-ION BA TTERIES Lithium-I on batteries are recy clab le. Y ou can help preserve our environment b y returning your used rechargeabl e batteries to the collectio n and recycling location n earest you. For more information regarding recycling of rec[...]

3 Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply wi th the limits for a Cla ss B digital device, pursuant to P art 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are de signed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential i nstallation. Th is equipment generates, uses, and can radiate r adio frequency energy and, if no[...]

4 Notes on using yo ur camera “Mem ory St ick Duo” is not suppli ed with this c amera. For shooting ima ges with this camera , you need to purchase a “Memor y Stick Duo”. T ype s of “Memo ry Stick ” that can be used (not supp lied) The IC recor ding medium used by this camera is a “ Memory Stick Duo”. T h er e are two types o f “M[...]

5 • 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, r emov e it before using the camera (page 100). • Do not shake or strike th[...]

6 How to han dle the camera • When opening the LCD panel, rotate the pane l to the left as illustrated. • The LCD panel rotates 90 de grees and 180 degrees to each side as illu strated. Y ou can adjust the angle of the LCD s creen to suit your situation. Adjust the LCD sc reen with the LCD panel open at 90 degrees. • When carrying the camera,[...]

7 For f ull us e of t he digi tal st ill ca mera Prepare the cam era and shoot images easi l y “Read Th i s Fi rst” (sepa rate volum e) 1 Prepare the battery pack 2 T urn the camera on/set the cloc k 3 Insert a “Memory Stick Duo” (not supplied) 4 Select the image size for use 5 Shoot images easily (Auto ad justment mode) Enjoy images and mo[...]

8 T a ble of co ntents Notes on using your came ra ......... ............. ......... .......... ....... ......... .......... .. 4 Basic techniques fo r better ima ges ......... ............ .......... .......... ...... .......... 11 Focus – Focus ing on a subject s uccessfully ..... ........ ...... ........ ...... ........ ...... .... 11 Expos ur[...]

9 Viewing menu ..... ................ ............. .......... ......... ................ ................. .... 4 5 (Folder) - (Protec t) DPOF (Print) (Resi ze) (Rot ate) (Setup) Trimming Using Setup ite ms ...... ............. ......... .......... ...... .......... .......... ...... ........ 50 Camera ...... ......... .......... ...... ..........[...]

10 Enjoy ing your Windo ws computer . .......... ......... ................ ............. .......... 60 Copy ing images to your computer ...... ................ ............. .......... .......... ... 62 Viewing image file s stored on a c omputer with your camera ........ .......... 69 Using the supp lied software .......... .......... ......... ..[...]

11 Enjoyin g the camera Enj oying the camer a Basic techni ques f or bet ter i mages When yo u press PHO TO hal fway do wn, the ca mera adju sts the f ocus auto matica lly (Auto Focus). Remember to press PHO TO only ha lfway do wn. T o shoot a stil l image dif ficult to focu s on t [ Focus] (page 3 8) If th e imag e look s blur red e ven af ter foc[...]

12 Y ou c an create various images by a djusting the exposure and the IS O sensitivity . Ex posure is the amoun t of light that the camera w ill receive when you rele ase the shutter . Adjusti ng the I SO sensiti vity ISO is unit of m easuremen t (sensitivity), estimating how muc h light an image pic kup device (equ i vale nt to pho to films) re ce[...]

13 Enjoyin g the camera The appare nt color of the subject is affected by the light ing conditi ons. Examp le: The colo r of an ima ge affect ed by light so urces The color tones are ad justed automati cally in the auto adju stment mod e. Howev e r , you c an adjust color tones m anually with [Whi te Bal] (page 40). A digital ima ge is made up of a[...]

14 Sele cting the image si ze for use ( t step 4 in “Read This First” ) The de fault s e ttin gs are marked with . * Images are recorded in the same 3:2 aspect ra tio as photograph printing paper or postcards, etc. • “fps” i ndicates the number of f rames per seco nd (Frame Per Second). T he actual number of image recordable may differ de[...]

15 Enjoyin g the camera Ide ntify ing part s See the page s in parentheses for details of operati on. A (Index) button (75, t step 6 in “Read Th is F irst” ) B LCD sc reen (23) C For sh ootin g: PHOTO butto n ( t step 5 in “Read This F irst” ) For viewing: button (28) D (D ispla y/LCD bac kligh t on/o ff) button (23) E For shooting: MOVIE b[...]

16 S DC IN conne ctor When using t he A C-LS5 A C Adapto r (supplied ) T DC IN conne ctor cover U Hook for wris t strap ( t “Read This Fi r s t ” ) V Access lamp ( t step 4 in “Read This Fi r s t ” ) A Flash ( t step 5 in “Read Th is F irst” ) B Lens C Self-t imer lamp ( t st ep 5 in “Re ad This F irst” ) / AF il lumina tor (5 3) D [...]

17 Enjoyin g the camera Cyber-shot St ation This is used whe n char ging the ba ttery pack or connec ting the cam era to a TV or a compute r, etc. . A Camera conne ctor B A/V OUT (STEREO) jack (81) C (USB) jack (63) D DC I N j ac k ( t step 1 in “Read This Fi rs t ” ) How to atta ch Attach the ca mera as il lustrated. • Make sure to slide the[...]

18 Indica tors on the s creen See the pages in pare ntheses for details of oper ation. Whe n in REC mode In sho oting st andby When pr essing PH OTO halfw ay down When r ecord ing mo vies A 60 min +2.0EV 101 [ 400 ] VGA [00:2 8 :25] C:32:00 640 30 f 1 2 3 4 5 F3.5 2” +2.0EV 6 +2.0EV 640 30 f 7 Displ ay Indication Batter y remaining ( t step 1 in [...]

19 Enjoyin g the camera B C D E Displ ay Indication Red-eye reducti on (52) Flash mode ( t st ep 5 in “Read T his First” ) Image size ( t ste p 4 in “Read T his First” ) FINE STD Image quali ty (41) AF illumin ator (53) BRK Recordin g mode (41, t step 5 in “ Read This First” ) 400 R emain ing nu mber of recordab le images (24) (not disp[...]

20 F G Displ ay Indication z AE/AF lock ( t step 5 i n “Read This First” ) +2.0 EV Exposure V alue (37) NR slow shutter • If the shutter speed is slower than or equal to1/6 second (when set to ISO64/ 100/200) or 1/25 second (when set to ISO400), the NR slow shutter function activ ates automatically to reduce the pictur e noise. 2” Shutter s[...]

21 Enjoyin g the camera When playing b ack still images When pl aying back mo vies • T o chec k the play back dis play on A lbum, see page 30. A B 60 min C:32:00 101 F4.5 500 ISO 100 +2.0EV 12/12 VGA 101 9:30AM 1 1 2005 101-0012 PLA Y 1.3 1 2 3 4 5 60 min VO L. C:32:00 00:00:00 101 12/12 3 640 30 f 1 2 4 DPOF Displ ay Indication Batter y remainin[...]

22 C D E Displ ay Indication Change fol der (45) • This does not appear when using Album. - Prot ect (46) PictBridge connecting (76) Print order (DPOF) mark (79) Recording mode (41 , t step 5 in “Read This F irst” ) Displ ay Indication Do not disconnec t the USB cable (77) Histogram (23, 37) • appears when histogram display is disabled. Fla[...]

23 Enjoyin g the camera Changi ng the scree n disp lay Each time you pre ss the (Displ ay/LCD backli ght on/off) button, the display chang es as fol lows. • When you set the histogr am display to on, image information is displayed du ring playback. • The histogram does not appear in the following situations: While shooting – The menu is displ[...]

24 Numb er of still ima ges and r ecording ti me of movies The tab les sho w the ap proxim ate number of still images an d the lengt h of ti me for movies that can be recorded o n a “Mem ory Stick D uo” fo rmatte d wit h this camera. The val ues ma y va ry depend ing on the shooting c onditions. The nu mber o f still imag es (The image q uality[...]

25 Enjoyin g the camera The rec ordin g time of mo vies (Un its: hou r : min ute : sec ond) • For image size and image quality, see page 13. • The maximu m recording time is two hours per one recor ding. • Playback of movies not recorded with this camera cannot be guar anteed. • When images recorded usi ng earlier Sony m odels are played ba[...]

26 Batte r y li fe an d numb er of im ages that can be recorded /viewed The tabl es show the approxim ate number of images t hat can be r ecorded /viewed and the batt ery l ife whe n you shoot images in [Norm al] mode with th e battery pac k (supp lied) at ful l capa city an d at an am bient tempe rature of 25°C (77°F). Th e number s of imag es t[...]

27 Enjoyin g the camera Using the bu ttons for r ecordi ng/pl ayback Y ou can use the buttons and Shuttle for re cording/pl ayback accord ing to the desired setting. PHO TO MO VIE MODE Shuttle During pl ay back, yo u can fast forw ard or rewind by rotating Sh uttle . The larger the i nclination o f Shut tle is, the f aster the speed grows (at three[...]

28 Using Sl ide Sh ow Y ou onl y need to press to vi ew a series o f imag es with music ( Slid e Sho w). During Slide S how , y ou can disp lay the pre vious/nex t image with b / B on the control button . • When pressing during regular playback, you can vie w the saved image on “Memor y Stick Duo” and during Album playback, you can view the s[...]

29 Enjoyin g the camera The available setting it ems ar e shown below . The defau lt se ttings are marked wit h . Image Music T ransition z On add/ch ange Music f iles Y ou can transfer the desired music from your CDs or MP3 files to the camera to pl ayback duri ng Slid e Sho w . Y ou ca n transf er th e music after co nnect ing th e camera and a c[...]

30 Using Al bum When sho oting images during displayed on th e screen, those m inimized cop ies of the origina l images can be saved o n Album (p age 56). Even if im ages are deleted f rom the “Memory St ick Duo, ” you can still view and store the mini mized images in Album. • When shooti ng still images, their image-size recorded on Al bum i[...]

31 Enjoyin g the camera 4 Select the image you want to play back with v / V / b / B or with Shuttle, then press z . The sele cted imag e appear . • T o return to the index screen in “This Date”, press (Index). T o delete im ages f rom Al bum T o delete im ages i n singl e-image mode 1 Displa y the im age you want to dele te, th en pre ss (Del[...]

32 Using t he menu Using menu it ems 1 T urn on the power a nd set the mo de with MODE. Different items ar e av ailable depending on the (Camera) menu settings. 2 Press MENU to display the men u. 3 Select the desired menu item with b / B on t he co ntrol butt on. • In REC mod e, [PHOTO/MO VIE] is indicate d. Y ou cannot set an item with [PHOT O/M[...]

33 For de tails on the o peration t page 32 Using the menu Menu ite ms The av ailable men u items va ry dependin g on the mode settin g. ( : av ailable) Menu for shooting (page 35) PHOTO PHOTO/MOVIE MOVIE Auto Program Scene (Camer a) — (EV) — 9 (Focus) — WB (White Bal ) — ISO — — (P .Quali ty) — — Mode (R EC Mode) 1) — BRK (Brack [...]

34 For deta ils o n th e oper ation t page 32 4) A vailable only during playback zoom. Menu for viewing ( page 4 5) Regular playback Album playback (Fold er) — - (Protect) DPOF — (Prin t) — (Res ize) — (Rotate) (Setup ) — Tr i m m i n g 4) —[...]

35 For de tails on the o peration t page 32 Using the menu Shooti ng me nu The defau lt se ttings are marked wit h . When t he mode ha s been set to PL A Y , switch it to RE C with MODE. The f ollo w in g mode s are predete rmined to ma tch th e scene condi tions. * The shutter speed bec omes slower , so using a tripod is recommended . (Ca mera) Sc[...]

36 For deta ils o n th e oper ation t page 32 On the Magnify ing glass • The focal distance to a s ubject is approx. 1 cm to 20 cm (13/32 inch to 7 7/8 inches). • The optical zoom is locked to the W side and cannot be used. • When you press the Zoom button, the image is enlarg ed using the digital zoom. When using the digital zoom, set [Digit[...]

37 Using the menu For de tails on the o peration t page 32 Manually adjusts the exposure. T o ward – T ow ard + • For details on the exposure t page 12 • The compensation value can be set in 1/3EV increments. • Y ou can also adjust EV with Shut tle without using the Setup menu. • If a subject is being shot in extremely bright or dark cond[...]

38 For deta ils o n th e oper ation t page 32 Y ou ca n change the focu s metho d. Use the men u when it is dif ficult to get the proper focu s in auto fo cus mod e. 9 (Focus ) (unlimited d istance) Foc uses on the subje ct using a previously set dist ance to the subject. (Focus preset) • When shooting a subject through a net or through window gl[...]

39 Using the menu For de tails on the o peration t page 32 • AF s tands for A uto Focus. • Distance setting info rmation in [Focus] is approx imate. If you point the lens up or down, the error increas es. • When you are shooting movie s, [Multi AF] is recommended as the AF w orks even with a certain amount of vibration. • When you use Digit[...]

40 For deta ils o n th e oper ation t page 32 Adjusts the col or tones acco rding to the lightin g condition in a situa tion, for example, when the co lors o f an ima g e lo ok str ange. • For details on the w hite balance t page 13 • Under fluorescent li ghts that flicker, the white ba lance f unction may not work correctly even though you sel[...]

41 Using the menu For de tails on the o peration t page 32 Selects th e still imag e quality . • For details on the ima ge quality t page 13 Selects w hether the cam era perfo rms continu ous shooting or not wh en you press PHO TO. (P .Quality) Fine (FINE ) Records with high qua lity (low com pression ). Standard (STD) Records with standard quali[...]

42 For deta ils o n th e oper ation t page 32 On the [M ult i Burs t] • Y ou can successi vely play back images shot i n the Multi Burst mode using the following proc edures: – T o pause/resume: Pr ess z on t he control button. – T o p lay ba ck fram e-by-fram e: P ress b / B i n pause mode. Press z t o resume playback in series. • Y ou can[...]

43 Using the menu For de tails on the o peration t page 32 Record s a ser ies of thre e image s with th e ex posure values a utomat ically shifte d. • BRK (Brac ket Step) is not displayed in some Sc ene modes. Selec ts th e fra me inte rv al in t he [Multi B urst] mode ( page 41). • (Interval) is not displayed in some Scene modes. Adjusts the a[...]

44 For deta ils o n th e oper ation t page 32 Adjusts th e saturat ion of th e image. Adjusts the contrast of the image. Adjusts the sharpness of the image. See page 50. (Saturat ion) + ( ) T owa rd +: Br ightens th e color . Normal – ( ) T oward – : Darkens the colo r . (Contras t) + ( ) T oward + : Enhances the cont rast. Normal – ( ) T owa[...]

45 For de tails on the o peration t page 32 Using the menu Viewin g me nu The defau lt se ttings are marked wit h . Whe n the mod e has be en set to REC, sw itch it to PLA Y with MODE. Selec ts the fold er con tainin g the image you want to play bac k when usin g the camer a with “Memo ry Stick Duo”. 1 Select t he desired folder with b / B on t[...]

46 For deta ils o n th e oper ation t page 32 Prot ects i mages ag ains t acci dental erasure . Y ou can pre vent del eteing imag es au tomatic ally i n Alb um by prot ecting the i mages. T o protect images i n single-im age m ode 1 Display the image you want to protect. 2 Press MENU to display the menu. 3 Sel ect [ - ] (Protect) with b / B on the [...]

47 Using the menu For de tails on the o peration t page 32 T o cancel the protect ion In single -image mode Press z in step 3 or 4 of “T o protect im ages in single-imag e mode. ” In inde x mode 1 Selec t the image for which you wan t to remove protectio n in step 5 of “ To prot ect im ages in index mo de.” 2 Press z to turn the - indica to[...]

48 For deta ils o n th e oper ation t page 32 • For details on [ Image Size] t step 4 in “Read This First” • Y o u cannot resize movies, Multi Burst image s or the images saved on Alb um. • When you change from a small si ze to a large size, the image quality deteriorates. • Y ou cannot resize to an image size of 3:2. • When you resiz[...]

49 Using the menu For de tails on the o peration t page 32 Recor ds an e nlarg ed ima ge ( t s tep 6 in “Rea d This F irst” ) as a ne w f ile . 1 Press MENU during playback z oom to disp lay the m enu. 2 Sele ct [Trimming ] with B on the cont rol button, the n press z . 3 Select t he image s ize wit h v / V , then press z . The imag e is r ecor[...]

50 Using the Setup s creen Using S etup items Y ou can ch ange t he def ault se ttin gs usi ng the Se tup sc reen. 1 T urn on the power a nd set the mo de with MODE. 2 Press MENU to display the men u. 3 Press B on the control button to select (Setup). 4 Press v / V / b / B on the control bu tton to select the item you want to set. The fram e of th [...]

51 Using the Setup screen For de tails on the o peration t page 50 Camera The defau lt se ttings are marked wit h . During Hybrid shooting, you can select whe ther to record either a pre movie or pre/post movies in Hybr id. Selects th e digital zo om mode. When set to [On ], the camera adju sts the zoom scali ng up to a maximum 3 ×. The Optical zo[...]

52 For deta ils o n th e oper ation t page 50 Selects ho w to sup erimpose the da te or time onto the imag e. Select th is before shoot ing. • The date and tim e do not appear duri ng shooting, in stead, th e indicator appears. The date and time appear in red on the lower -right corner of the screen during playback only . • Y ou cannot insert t[...]

53 Using the Setup screen For de tails on the o peration t page 50 The AF il luminato r supplie s fill li ght to focus more easily o n a subje ct in da rk surroun dings. The AF il luminato r emit s red ligh t allo wing the camera t o focus eas ily when PHO TO is pressed half way , until th e focus is locked . The indica tor appears at thi s time. ?[...]

54 For deta ils o n th e oper ation t page 50 Memor y S tick T o ol This it em appear s only when a “Memory Stick Duo ” is inser ted in t he came ra. The de fault s e ttin gs are marked with . Formats the “Memory Stick Duo” . A commerci ally av a ilable “Mem ory Stick Duo” is al ready format ted, and ca n be used imm ediatel y . • Not[...]

55 Using the Setup screen For de tails on the o peration t page 50 Change s the fo lder curre ntly used for record ing imag es. 1 Select [ OK] with v on the control button , then press z . The folder sel ection screen appears. 2 Select t he desired folder with b / B , and [OK] with v , th en pre ss z . • Y ou cannot select the “100” folder as[...]

56 For deta ils o n th e oper ation t page 50 Albu m tool The de fault s e ttin gs are marked with . When sho oting images, you can choose to sa ve t he minimize d copies of the ori ginal image s. • For more details in Album, see “Using Album” (page 30). For mat s A lbum . • Note that forma tting irrev ocably erases all da ta in Alb um, inc[...]

57 Using the Setup screen For de tails on the o peration t page 50 Setup 1 1 The defau lt se ttings are marked wit h . Selects t he sound p roduced when you operate t he camera. If you canno t playback Mu sic with Slide Sh o w, the M usic f ile may be da maged. In this ca se, format the write -in-ar ea for Music fi les firs t. Remo ve the “Memo r[...]

58 For deta ils o n th e oper ation t page 50 Setup 2 2 The de fault s e ttin gs are marked with . Selects t he method used to assign fi le numbe rs to imag es. Select s the U SB mod e to be used wh en co nnecti ng th e camer a to a comput er or a PictBridge com pliant printe r using th e USB c able. File Numb er Series Assigns number s to fil es i[...]

59 Using the Setup screen For de tails on the o peration t page 50 Sets th e video signal out put accor ding to t he TV co lor system of the c onnected vi deo equipm ent. Different count ries and regions us e dif ferent TV color system s. If you want to view images on a TV scr een, check pag e 82 for the TV col or system of the co untry or region w[...]

60 Using your computer Enjoy ing your Windows co mputer For details on using a Macintosh com puter , refer to “Using you r Macin tosh compute r” (pag e 72). Copying images to y our computer (page 62) Prepar ation Viewing images on your computer Insta lling th e USB driver . • Installation o f the USB dr i ver is not needed when using W i ndow[...]

61 Using y our compute r The fol lo wing en viron ment is recomm ended for a co mputer c onnected to the ca mera. Recomme nded e nvironme nt for copyin g images OS (pre-installed ): Micro soft W i ndows 98, Windo ws 98SE, Windows 2000 Profe ssional, Windows Mille nnium Edition, W in dows XP Home Edition, or Windo w s XP Profess ional • Operation [...]

62 Copyin g images t o your comput er This sect ion descri bes the proc ess using a W indows computer as an exampl e. Y ou can copy images fr om the camera to your com puter as follows. For a compute r with a “Memory Stick ” slot Remove th e “Memo ry Stick Du o” from the camera and inse rt it in the Memor y Stick Du o Adapto r . Inser t the[...]

63 Using y our compute r 1 Insert a “Memory S tic k Duo” wit h the recorded images in the camera. • Y ou cannot copy th e images in Al bum directly to a computer . Copy (page 55) the images in Album to “M emory Stick Duo” first, then follow step 1. 2 Connect the Cyber-shot Station (supplie d) with the A C Adaptor (supplie d), then pl ug t[...]

64 “USB Mode Ma ss Stora ge” appe ars on the screen of the camera. When a USB co nnecti on is es tablis hed for the f irst time , your co mputer a u tom aticall y runs a program to reco gnize th e camer a. W ait for a while. * During communication, the a ccess indicators turn red . Do not opera te the compu ter until the indicators turn white. [...]

65 Using y our compute r 4 Select a name and destination for the images, then click [ N ext]. Image copying sta rts. When the copying is complet ed, the “ Other Options” scree n appear s. • This section describes an example of copying images t o the “My Documents” folder. 5 Clic k the radio b utton ne xt to [Nothing . I’m finished w ork[...]

66 2 Double-clic k the f older 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]. 3 Double-clic k the [My Documents] folder . Then, right-clic k on the “My Documents” window to display the men u and clic k [P aste]. The im age fil es ar e copi ed to the “My Document s”[...]

67 Using y our compute r 2 Double-click the desired image file. The imag e is disp layed. • T o playback movie f iles (MPEG-4) recorded by the camera, you need to install the software compatible with MPEG-4 or “PicturePackage” on your computer . (Wh en using W indows XP/2000, you can use “PicturePackage” t o playback movie files (MPE G-4)[...]

68 another cam era equipped with the folde r creati ng func tion. When not cr eating a ny folders , ther e is only the “1 01MSDCF” folder . C Fol der containing movie data that were recorded usi ng your camera (except for movie data r ecorded in Hybrid). Whe n not creati ng an y folder , the re is on ly the “101MNV01” folde r . D Fol der co[...]

69 Using y our compute r Viewin g image files st ored on a comput er with your cam era This sectio n describes the proc ess using a W indows co mputer as an e xam ple. When a n image f ile copie d to a co mpute r no long er remains on a “ Memory St ick Duo”, you can view that image again on the came ra by copying the image f ile on t he comput [...]

70 Using th e supplied softwar e This sect ion descri bes the proc ess using a W indows computer as an exampl e. The supp lied CD-R OM contains one soft ware a p pl icati on: “Pi cturePack age”. Picture Pa ckage What you can do: A Sav e the imag es on CD- R B Automa tic Slid eshow Producer C V iewing vi deo and pi ctures on PC D T ransfer S lid[...]

71 Using y our compute r 5 Remove the CD -RO M as the shortcut i cons of “P ict ure Packag e M enu” and “PicturePacka ge d estination Folder” are d isplay ed after the installatio n. T o start up th e soft ware Double -click th e “Pic tureP ackag e Menu” icon on th e desktop. For in forma tion on the use of the software Click [?] at the[...]

72 Using your Ma cinto sh comp uter Y ou can copy images to your Ma cintosh compu ter and ch ange you r desired music in Slide Show using “Music Transfer”. Recomm ended en vironm ent for copy ing ima ges OS (pre-installed): M ac OS 9.1, 9.2, or Mac OS X (v10.0 or later) USB connector: Pro vided as standard • W e recommend that you have Qui ck[...]

73 Using y our compute r Perform t he procedu res listed be low beforeha nd when : • Disconnecting the USB cable • Removing a “Memory S tick Duo” • T urning off the camera Drag and drop the drive icon or the icon of the “Memory Stick Duo” to the “T rash” icon. The camer a is disconnect e d from the comput er . • If using Mac OS [...]

74 Printi ng still ima ges How to print st ill images Printing directly usi ng a PictBridge c ompliant printer (pag e 75) Y ou can prin t images by conne cting th e camer a dire ctly to a Pict Bridge co mpli ant pri nter . Printing directly using a “Memory Stick” compliant p rinter Y ou can pr int images with a “Mem ory Stick” compli ant pr[...]

75 Printi ng still ima ges Printin g images di rectly us ing a Pic tBridge compl iant prin ter Even if you do not have a com puter , you can p rint s hot ima ges u sing yo ur ca mera by connec ting the cam era direct ly to a Pict Bridge co mplian t printer. • “PictBridge” is based on the CIP A standard. (CIP A: Camera & Imaging Products A[...]

76 1 Attach the camera on the Cyber- shot Station, then connect between the US B jack of the Cyber-shot Station and th at of the printer using the suppli ed USB cable. 2 Turn on your c amera and the prin ter. After t he con nection is made , the i ndicator appears . The came ra is s et to PLA Y mode, then an image an d the print me nu appear on the[...]

77 Printi ng still ima ges 2 Select print settings with v / V / b / B . [Index] Select [On] to print as an ind ex i mage. [Siz e] Select th e size of the p rintin g sheet. [Date] Select [Day&T ime] or [Date] to ins ert the da te and ti me on images . • When you choose [Date], the date will be inserted in the order you s elect ( t step 2 in ?[...]

78 [Select] Sele cts images and print s all the sele cted imag es. Select the image you want to print wi th v / V / b / B or w ith Shut tle, the n press z to display the ma rk. (Rep eat this procedur e to select other im ages.) Then, press MENU. [DPOF image] Prints a ll the im ages with a (P rint order) mark r e gardle ss of the displaye d imag e. [...]

79 Printi ng still ima ges Printi ng at a shop Y ou can take a “ Memory St ick Duo” contai ning images shot with your cam era to a photo print ing service shop. As long as the shop suppo rts photo printing services confor ming to the DP OF, you ca n make a (Print order) ma rk on images in adv ance so that you do no t need to re select them wh e[...]

80 1 Display the index screen ( t step 6 in “Read This First” ). 2 Press MENU to display the menu. 3 Select DP OF with b / B , then press z . 4 Select [Select] with b / B , then press z . • Y ou cannot add a mark in [All In This Folder]. 5 Select the i mage you want t o mark with v / V / b / B or with Shuttle, the n press z . A gr een mark ap[...]

81 Connecting yo ur camera to your TV Connecting yo ur camera to your TV Viewin g image s on a TV scree n Y ou can view i mages on a T V screen by connec ting the c amera to a T V . T urn off both your ca mera and th e TV before co nnecting th e camera a nd the TV . 1 Connect the supplied A/V connecting ca ble to the A/V O UT (STEREO) jac k of the [...]

82 On TV color syste ms If you want to view image s on a TV screen, you need a TV with a video input ja ck and the USB cable ( supplied ). The color s ystem of the TV must match tha t of your digit al stil l camer a. Chec k the fol lowing li sts for the TV color system of the co untry or region wh ere the camera is used. NTSC syste m Baha ma Isl an[...]

83 T roubles hooting T roubleshoo ting T ro ublesho oting If you experience tr ouble with y our came ra or acce ssory , try t he following solutio ns. Please un derstand that you give your consent that the image dat a in Album or the Music files may be checke d when you se nd your cam era to be repa ire d. 1 Check the it ems on pages 84 to 93. If a[...]

84 Y o u cannot char ge the battery pack. • The camera is turned on. T urn the camera of f ( t step 2 in “Read This F irst” ). The bat tery pac k cannot be install ed. • Inst all the bat tery pack corr ectly ( t ste p 1 in “Read This F irst” ). The /CHG lamp flashes when charg ing a battery pack. • Inst all the bat tery pack corr ectl[...]

85 T roubles hooting Cannot turn on the camera. • Insta ll the batt ery pack cor rectly ( t st ep 1 in “Read Th is F irst” ). • The AC Adaptor is disconn ected. Properly connect the A C Adapto r (page 16, t step 1 in “Read Thi s F irst” ). • The AC Adaptor has malfu nctioned. Consul t your Sony dealer or local au thorized Sony serv ic[...]

86 The image is out of focu s. • The sub ject is too clos e. Reco rd in the close-up (Macro) reco rding mo de. Mak e sure t o position the lens farther away from the subj ect than the shor test shooting dis tance, approxima tely 8 cm (3 1/4 inches) (W)/2 5 cm (9 7/8 inche s) (T), when shooting. O r , selec t (Magni fying glas s mode) and focus fr[...]

87 T roubles hooting The image is t oo dark. • Y ou are shooting a subjec t with a light source be hind the subjec t. Select the meteri ng mode ( t step 5 in “Read Thi s Fi rst” ) or adjust the exposure (pa ge 37). • The brig htness of the screen is to o lo w . Adju st the brightne ss of the LCD backli ght (page 57). • Turn on the LCD bac[...]

88 Refer to “Computers” (page 89) in conj unction wit h the following items. Y our camera cannot play back ima ges. • The mode is se t to REC. Se t the mode to PLA Y with MOD E. • The folde r/f ile n ame has bee n changed on your com puter (page 69) . • When an image f ile has been pr ocessed b y a computer o r when t he image f ile was r[...]

89 T roubles hooting Y ou cannot display a DPOF (Print or der) mark. • Y ou cannot display DPO F (Print order) mar ks on movies or the images saved on Album. Y ou do not know if the OS of y our computer is compatible with the camera. • Check “R ecommended c omputer environment” on p age 61 for W indows, and pag e 72 for Macintos h. Y ou can[...]

90 Y ou cannot co p y images. • Connect the ca mera and your compute r correctly using the supplied USB cable (page 63). • Follow the designated copy procedure for your OS (pages 64, 72). • When you shoot image s with a “Memory Sti ck Duo” formatted by a compute r , you ma y not be able to copy the image s to a computer. Shoot using a “[...]

91 T roubles hooting Cannot inser t a “Memory Stick Duo”. • Insert it in the correc t direction ( t step 3 i n “Rea d This Fi rst ” ). Cannot record on a “Memory St ick Duo”. • Y ou are using the “Mem ory Stick Duo” with th e write-protect swi tch, and the switch is se t to the LOC K positi on. Set the switch t o the rec ording [...]

92 Y ou cannot record images on Album. • Set [Wr ite in Album] to [O n] in the (Se tup) menu (pa ge 56). • The capa city of Album b ecomes ful l by saving prote cted images. Remove the prot ection of unw anted imag es (page 47). A connection cannot be established. • The camera cannot be conn ected dire ctly to a prin ter that is not compli an[...]

93 T roubles hooting Cannot pr int the image at the size s elected. • Disconnect the USB cable an d reconnec t it when ev er you change the paper size af ter the printe r has been connect ed to the came ra. • The pr int settin g of the cam era differs from th at of the print er . C hange the sett ing of either the camera (page 77) or the printe[...]

94 Warning ind icators a nd mess ages If a c ode st arting with a l etter of th e alphab et appe ars, yo ur camera ha s a se lf- diagnosis display . The last two digits (indic ated by ss ) will differ de pending on the state of the cam era. If y ou ar e un able t o so lve the prob lem even after t rying th e following correct iv e acti ons a few ti[...]

95 T roubles hooting Memory Sti ck type error • The inse rted “Memory Stick Duo” cannot b e used in your ca mera (page 97). Format error • Forma t the media agai n (page 54). Memory Stic k loc ked • Y ou are using the “Mem ory Stick D uo” with th e write-p rotect swi tch, and th e switc h is s et to th e LOCK position. Set the switc h[...]

96 Enable printer to connect • [USB Co nnect] is s et to [Pic tBrid ge], howev er the c amera is conn ected to a non-PictBr idge compliant device. Check t he de vice. • The conn ection is no t establi shed. Disconnect and c onnect the USB cable agai n. If an error messag e is indica t ed on the printer, refer to the opera ting instruc tions sup[...]

97 Others Others On th e “Memory Stic k” A “Memor y Stick” i s a compact, portable IC rec ording medi um. The t ypes of “Memo ry Stick” that can be used wi th this camera are li sted in t he tab le belo w . Howev er, proper operat ion cannot be guar anteed for al l “Memory Stick” func tions. *1 “Memory Stick Duo”, “MagicGate M[...]

98 • Do not use or store the “Memory S tick Duo” under the following conditions: – High temperature locations such as t he hot interior of a car parked in direct sunlight – Locations exposed to direct sunlight – Humid locatio ns or locations with corrosive substances present Notes o n using the Memo r y Stick Duo Adapto r (not su pplied[...]

99 Others On the “I nfoLITH IUM” b atter y pack This ca mera requir es an “I nfoL ITHIUM” battery pa ck (T type) . What i s an “Inf oLITHI UM” batt ery pack? An “ InfoLITHI UM” bat tery pack is a lithi um-ion ba ttery pa ck that has functi ons for ex changin g informa tion rela ted to operati ng condit ions with yo ur cam era. The ?[...]

100 Precau tions x Do not leave the ca mera in the following place s • In an e xtremely hot place In places such as in a car parked in the sun, the camera body m ay become deformed and th is may cause a malfunction. • Under direct sunligh t or near a heater The camera body m ay become discolored or deformed, and this may cause a malfunction. ?[...]

101 Others x On the in ternal re chargeab le battery This camera has an internal rechargeable battery for mainta ining the date and time a nd other settings regardless of whether the po wer is on or off. This rechargeable battery is continu ally charged as long as you are using the camera. Howe ver, if you use the camera for only short periods, it [...]

102 Specif ications Camera [Syst em] Image device 7.17 mm (1 /2.5 type) color CC D, Pr imar y col or filt er T otal pixel number of camera Approx. 5 255 000 pixels Effecti ve pixel number of camera Approx. 5 090 000 pixels Lens Carl Zeiss V ario- T essar 3× zoom lens f = 6.33 – 19.0 mm (38 – 114 mm when converted to a 35 mm still camera) F3.5 [...]

103 Others AC Adaptor AC-LS5 Input rating 100 V to 240 V A C , 50/60 Hz, 1 1 W Output rating 4.2 V DC* * See the label on the A C Adapt or for oth er specifi cations. Operating temperature 0°C to +40°C (+32°F to +104°F) Storage temperature –20°C to +60°C (–4°F to +140°F) Dime nsio ns Approx. 48×29 ×81 mm (1 15/16×1 3 /16×3 1/4 inche[...]

104 Index Inde x Nume rics 5SEC Recording t step 5 in “Read This F i rst” A A C Adaptor ..... ..... ....... ...... .... 16 t step 1 in “Read This F i rst” Accessories supplied t in “Read T his F irst” AE/AF l ock ind icator ..... ...... 39 t step 5 in “Read This F i rst” AF Illum inator ....... ....... ....... . 53 AF lock .... ....[...]

105 Index Flash mode t step 5 in “Read This Fi r st ” Fluoresce n t....... ....... ....... .......40 Foc us ......... ....... ..... ...... ....11, 38 Foc us preset ............ ........... ...38 Fold er . ....... ....... ........... ..........45 Changing .. ....... ....... .......55 Creat ing ...... ....... ........... . 54 Forced flash t step [...]

106 Print o rder mark. ...... ......... .... 79 Printin g at a shop ........ ...... .... 79 Printi ng directl y . ...... ....... ...... 75 Program auto s hooting.......... 35 Protect.... ....... ........... ............ . 46 PTP .... ......... ....... ...... ............ . 58 R REC Mode ...... ....... ....... ....... . 41 Red Eye Re d uctio n .....[...]

107 T rademar ks • and Cyber-shot Station are trademarks of Sony Corporation. • “Memory S tick”, , “Memor y Stick PRO”, , “Memory S tick Duo”, , “Memory Stick PR O Duo”, , “MagicGate”, and are trademarks of Sony Corporation. • “InfoLITHIUM” is a trademark of Sony Corporation. • PicturePackage is a trademark of Sony C[...]