Sanyo VPC-CA9 инструкция обслуживания

VPC-CA9EX VPC-CA9 VPC-CA9GX INSTRUC TION MANUAL Dual Camera Please r ead these instru ctions caref ully before usi ng the ca mera. Make sure to read a nd under stand th e separate booklet “SAFET Y MANUAL ”. K eep this manual i n a safe pla ce for later referen ce. Important note This m anual explains how to safely opera te the VP C-CA9E X, VPC-[...]

i English War n i ng TO PREVENT THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NO T EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE T O RAIN OR MOISTURE. FOR AMERICAN USE RS The following advisor y is included in accordance with th e laws of the State of California (USA): W ARNING : This product con tains ch emicals, in cluding le ad, known to the Sta te of Californ ia to cau se ca[...]

English ii FOR CANADIAN USERS i This Class B digital app aratus complies with Canadian ICES-003. FOR EU USERS The sym bol mar k and recycli ng system s describe d below ap ply to EU countr ies and do not ap ply to co untri es in other areas of the wor ld. Y our SA NY O product is desi gned and manufactured with high quality mater ials and com ponen[...]

iii English HO W T O READ THIS M ANU A L For f irst -time users Please read the s ections on “ SETUP” and “SIMPLE” in this manual, as well as the included “QUICK G UIDE” to familiarize you r self with your camera’s operation. ↓ T o use the var ious cam era feat ures Please read the s ections on “ NORMAL ” and “OPTION SE TTINGS[...]

English iv SHOO T , PLA Y B A CK A ND SA VE Install the batt ery pack and card 1 Insert the battery pack . 2 Insert the SD Memor y Card. h An SD Memor y Car d is not included with your cam era. Please purchase a commercially s old card. h In this manual, the SD Memo ry Car d is referred to as the “card”. Le ver 1 Press the latch Batter y pack s[...]

v English SHOO T , PLA Y B A C K AND SA VE Shooting k Video clip recording 1 Open t he monitor u nit, and press the ON /OFF bu tton for at least 1 sec ond. h The cam era tur ns on. h If the scr een to s et t he date and ti me appea rs, press the MENU button 2 time s to ca ncel it. For ho w to set the date and tim e, see page 32 . 2 Reco rd. T o rec[...]

English vi Before capturing t hose impor tant s hots, be sure to first take a test shot to c onfir m that your camera i s set up and r eady to go i Sanyo declines any claim for com pensation for recor ded conten ts etc. in case of pho tographing or record ing failure d ue to a chanc e camera or card flaw . Pl ayb ack 1 Press the REC /PLAY butto n. [...]

vii English SHOO T , PLA Y B A C K AND SA VE 3 Press the SET button. <Video clip playback> h Playback begins. <T o retu rn to the reco rdin g mode> h Press t he REC/P LA Y button. When you are finished usin g the camer a... Press the ON/OFF button for at le ast 1 seco nd to t urn the camera of f. T o contin ue to the next operation... P[...]

English viii Burn your recorded video c lips onto a D VD (Wind ows Vi sta) Using t he supplie d CD-ROM (Xac ti Softwa re CD), you can s tore your captu red image s on a DVD. Detailed informa tion abou t the Xact i Softw are CD can be found on pag e 4 in t he Xacti S oftwar e CD INSTRUCTION MANU AL. Install application program 1 Set the supplie d CD[...]

ix English SHOO T , PLA Y B A C K AND SA VE Copy data fr om your camera to the computer Conn ect your camera to a compu ter, and copy the desire d data to t he compute r . 1 Turn on the com puter , and use th e supplie d dedica ted US B interfac e cabl e to co nnect y our cam era to the com puter . h Conn ect the cable be tween the camera’s USB/A[...]

English x 3 Sel ect “COMPUTE R”, and pre s s th e SET butt on. h The sc reen to sele ct the co mputer connecti on mode appears. 4 Select “CARD READER”, and press the SET button. 5 C opy data from your c amera to a comp uter. USB CONNECTION MTP CARD READER SCREEN CAPTURE PC CAMERA CANCEL OK[...]

xi English SHOO T , PLA Y B A C K AND SA VE Burn video clips ont o a D VD (For Windo ws Vista users) Here ’ s how to write your recor ded data onto a DVD in the mpe g2 format. For informati on on o ther opera tions, please see the Help file for T otalMed ia Extreme. T o acce ss the T ota lMedia Extreme Help file, click the [?] Help button on the [...]

English xii 3 Click the [ Create vi deo] icon. h The “C reate D VD” w indow appe ars. 4 Click the [V ideo] butt on in the “Insert” field. h The screen to s elect the video clip file to write to a D VD appears. h Click the file you wish to write to a D VD . h T o select multiple files, keep the [Ctrl] key pressed while selectin g files. [Vid[...]

xiii English SHOO T , PLA Y B A C K AND SA VE 5 Clic k on t he [Op en] button . h The file(s) select ed in step 4 and the DVD file capacity appea r in the “Create D VD” window . [Design] t ab[...]

English xiv 6 Click the [ Design ] tab. h The wi ndow appear s to desig n the title menu f or when t he D VD is played back. h Select th e desired design. [Preview/Produce] tab[...]

xv English SHOO T , PLA Y B A C K AND SA VE 7 Click the [Pre view/Pr oduce] ta b. h A war ning re gardin g the imag e qualit y of the preview image a ppears. 8 Click the [OK] button. h The scr een to beg in burni ng to disk a ppears. 9 Double -click the [Bu rn] bu tton. h The “save project ” confir mati on window appears. [Bur n] button[...]

English xvi 10 Click the [Y es] but ton. h Enter a name for t he project file. 11 Click the [Save] bu tton. h The “B urn disk” wi ndow ap pears. 12 Click the [OK ] butt on. h Bur ning beg ins. h Depen ding on your c omputer’s capacity , it may take some time t o burn a lar ge fil e. h When burning i s comp leted, the D VD i s ejected from the[...]

xvii Engl ish SHOO T , PLA Y B A C K AND SA VE 13 Click the [OK] but ton. 14 Click the [×] butt on to clos e the “Creat e DVD” win dow. h The T otalMedi a Extrem e top page appears. 15 Click the [×] butt on to c lose the startu p pag e. h T ot alMedia Extreme is e xited.[...]

English xviii CA UTIO N Does t he windo w reques ting conf irmatio n to en able the M PEG-2 Code c appear ? When usin g T otal Media Ext reme for the first time, a w indow reques ting you to confir m activati on of the M PEG-2 C odec app ears dur ing th e procedu re. The MPEG-2 Codec must be activated in o rder to bur n files to a DVD . Complete th[...]

xix English SHOO T , PLA Y B A C K AND SA VE Europ e T el : +353 (0) 61-7 02087 Web: http://www.arcsoft.com/en/su ppor t Email S uppor t: eurosuppo rt @arcsoft .com Hours: M-Th fr om 8:30a m - 5:30pm G MT (excluding holidays o b served by ArcSofts Affilitate) F from 8:30am - 5:00pm GMT (excluding holidays o b served by ArcSoft’ s Affilitate) (Adj[...]

English xx How was that? T he convenient accessor ies n ot only let you immediat ely view image s captured with the camera, but you can also up load images to your compute r and c reate your or iginal D VDs. Re ad the f ol lowing explanati ons to find out ho w yo u can fu lly enj oy y our cam era’ s digi tal vid eo f eature .[...]

xxi English This c amera c omplie s with JIS I PX8 (forme rly JIS p rotection gr ade 8) waterp roof standard a nd can be used in water . Note, h owever , that failing to heed the followin g precautio ns may result in dam age or injur y that is not cover ed by the war ranty . P lease ta ke th e time t o carefully read and hee d the followin g cauti [...]

English xxii NO TE k Storing and maintaining y our camera i Do not leave the camera unwa shed after it has b een immersed in s alt water or if salt water is ad hering to it. Doing so may cause corros ion and disc oloration of the pl ating, as we ll as dete riorati on of the camera’s waterp roof capability . i After th e camera h as been used in w[...]

1 English CON TENTS QUICK SE ARCH BY OPER ATION ........... ........... ................ ............... ... 6 CHECKI NG THE INCLUDED ACCESSORIES .... ................ .......... ...... 11 How to use th e accessorie s .......... ................ .......... ................ ...... 13 Media card s that ca n be used with this came ra . ........... ...[...]

English 2  SIMPLE SHOOTING BEFORE T AKING PICTURE S ... .......... ................ ................ .......... ......53 For be st results ......... ........... ................ .......... ................ ............... .53 Using the aut ofocus .. ........... ................ .......... ................ .......... ......54 Select the rec ordin[...]

3 English CONTENTS  NORMAL SHOOTING RECORDING MENU 1 ............... .......... ................ ................ .......... ...... 80 Video sett ing ............ ................ .......... ................ ........... ............... . 80 Still image setting ................ ............... ........... ................ .......... ...... 83 Sce[...]

English 4  OPTION SETTINGS DISPLAY THE OPTION SETTING ME NU ........... ........... ............... ....116 INTRODUCTIO N TO THE OPTI ON SETTING MENU .... ............... ....117 Setting up the sh ortcuts ....... ................ .......... ................ .......... ....123 TV outpu t setting . ................ .......... ................ ....[...]

5 English CONTENTS  APPENDICES COMMONLY ASKED QUESTION S .......... ................ ........... .............. 143 TROUBL ESHOOTING .... ................ ................ .......... ................ ......... 150 Camera .... ................ ........... ............... ........... ................ .......... .... 150 Notes regar ding the S cene[...]

English 6 QUICK SEARCH BY OPERA TION Y our ca mera has a n abundance o f conv enient features and f unctions. From creating precisel y the pho to you want, to viewing image s using var ious techni ques, you can locate the exact ope ration for your pur po ses in the follo wing t able . Shoo ting/ recordin g Basi c operati on Convenient func tion s A[...]

7 English QUICK SEARCH BY OPE RA TION Shoo t in dark cond ition s • “Ex posure compen satio n” on pa ge 94 • “U sing the fl ash” on pages 4 2, 46 a nd 62 • “Sc ene sel ect s etting ” (ni ght vi ew por trai t mode /fir eworks mo de/la mp mode) on page s 46 and 84 Increas e the ca mera’s sensitivit y • “ISO se nsitiv ity setti[...]

English 8 Playback Basi c operati on Convenient func tion s Add itional f unctions Getti ng started viewing im ages • “PLA YING BACK VIDEO CLIPS AND S TILL IMAGE S” on page 69 Adjust th e speak er vo l u me • “PLA YBACK V OLUME” pages 44 and 73 Search for imag e/ audio f iles • “Multi-image d i spla y” on page 77 • “ Sele cti [...]

9 English QUICK SEARCH BY OPE RA TION File managin g/processing Basic o peration Conv enient func tions Ad ditional funct ions Search for imag e/audio file s • “Multi-image display” on page 77 • “Selecting the pl ay back f older” on pages 52 and 78 Delete f iles • “DELETING FI LES” on pages 4 4 and 74 Protect file s from acc ident[...]

English 10 Using wi th a comp uter Basi c operati on Convenient func tion s Add itional f unctions Use t he came ra as a c ard reader • “SETTING THE CONNECTI ON MODE” on page 9 in th e Xacti Software CD INSTRU CTION MANUAL • “US ING AS A CARD READER” on page 11 in the Xacti Software CD INSTR UCTION MANU AL Use your com puter to organize[...]

11 English CHECKING THE INCLUDED A CCESSORIES i Hand strap a nd sof t case (page s 13 and 14): 1 set i Xacti Software CD (CD-ROM) (page 4 in the Xac ti Soft ware CD INSTRUCTION MANU AL): 1 i Li-i on batt ery pa ck (pag es 23 and 25) : 1 i Lit hium-i on batte ry pa ck charger (page 23): 1 i Dedicated USB in terface cable (page 140, page 9 in the Xac[...]

English 12 i QUICK GUIDE i SAFETY MANU AL (safety pr ecautio ns bookle t) Please read t his bookle t carefu lly before usin g the camera.[...]

13 English CHECKING THE INCLUDE D A CCESSORIES How to use the access ories k Handstrap[...]

English 14 k Soft cas e[...]

15 English CHECKING THE INCLUDE D A CCESSORIES Media cards that can be u sed with th is camera The typ es of card that can be inser ted into and used wit h this cam era are: i SD Memo r y Car d i SDHC Memory Card What “ card” means in this ma nual i In this ma nual, SD Memor y Cards and SDHC Me mor y Cards that can be used in this dig ital came[...]

English 16 SPECIAL FEA TURES Y our dual camera can not only record video clips, you can also ta ke still photos and make audio recordings. For e xamp le, you can snap a still image while re cording a video cl ip, or make just an audio r ecording. W aterproof capabil ity The cam era is eq uipped to sa fely be used in water at a temperatur e of less [...]

17 English SPECIA L FEA T U RES Movable mo nito r for a ny sh oot ing ang le The movable moni tor lets you shoot from any angle. Ho ld the ca mera high t o get a gre at view of a p arade, or swivel the m onitor aro und to snap a ph oto of you rs elf. If you s wi vel the monitor u nit to its farthe st position , the image on the mo nitor will be inv[...]

English 18 Capture still shots while recording a video c lip (page 64) Suppo se that wh ile you’ re record ing a vide o clip, there’ s a scene you’ d l ike to keep as a still photo. Y our camera makes it possible to recor d the still photo wit hout i nterrup ting the video cl ip recor ding. 1031 00:55:58 9 M - S HD-SHQ[...]

19 English SPECIA L FEA T U RES Lots of accessories f or optimal use of your captu red images ( page 20) Use th e accessor y cables to v iew images on a TV or computer. Or connect the cam era direct ly to a p rinte r to make pr ints of your photos. An d with th e software in th e supp lied CD-ROM (Xa cti Software CD) , you can create your original [...]

English 20 SYSTEM MAP Y ou can conne ct the camera to v a rious devices to expand its capabilitie s. Dedicated USB interface ca ble Dedicated A V interface ca ble Com puter Printer TV DC adaptor (Optio nal) Commercially av ailable SD Memo r y Car d Int ernet AC adaptor (Opt ional) i Card reader i DPOF -com patib le pri nter i Photo sh op[...]

21 English SETUP SETUP P ARTS NAMES Front There are pla ces in the ca mera whe re water migh t accumula te, but this w ill not affect it s waterpr oof prop er ties. Conce rning the dra inage hol es, see page 67. To o p e n Lens Flas h Stereo m icropho ne Speake r Strap hold er ON/OFF button REC/PLA Y button Monit or unit[...]

English 22 SETUP Rear Multi-indicator [ ] button [ ] button MENU button Monito r SET button Batter y/card compar tm ent cov er T r ipod sta nd hole [W/ P ] button [ G ] button [T/ ] ] button [ H ] button i When th e camera is se t to the HD mode, black bars a ppear along the top and botto m borders of the monitor, and the screen display changes to [...]

23 English CHARGING THE BA TTER Y P A CK Please charge the supplied batter y pa ck before using it. 1 Inse rt the ba ttery pa ck in the batter y charg e r. h Inse r t it in the dir ection indicat ed by the [ o ] mark on the battery pa ck . 2 Conne ct the s upplied power cord to the socket o n the batte ry pa ck char ger. h Inser t th e connector st[...]

English 24 SETUP Recharging the batter y pack Be sur e to fully char ge the sup plied or se parately sold b atter y pack before using it in your cam era. For charging the b atter y pack, use t he supp lied charger. Charg e the batt ery pack if it is being us ed for the fir st time, and re charge it whenev er the remaining charge is low (see “CHEC[...]

25 English INST A LLING THE B A TTER Y P A CK AND CARD Make sure th at the batter y pack and the card orie ntation are corre ct. Install t he batter y pack 1 Open th e batter y/card compar tment cove r. h While g ently pre ssing th e lev e r , open th e batter y/ca rd compar tm ent cover . 2 Inse rt th e battery pack. h Press t he latch, inse rt th[...]

English 26 SETUP <T o re move th e battery p ack. . .> h Press th e latch secur ing the ba tter y pack, and remove the batter y pack. 3 Close the batt ery/car d compar tment cove r. h Press the P USH LOCK p ar t to close the c over securely . h At the time of purchase th e batt ery pack is not c harged. Be sur e to fully charge the bat ter y [...]

27 English INST ALLING THE BA TTER Y P A CK AND CARD CAUT IO N Clos e the ba tter y/card co mpar tment cover secu rely i If the ba tter y/card c ompar tm ent cover is not closed or is not clo sed completely , the camera will no lon ger be waterp roof. When closing the batter y/ca rd compar tm ent cover , make sure that no foreign ob ject such a s s[...]

English 28 SETUP Install the c ard The car d can be u sed afte r it has be en formatte d with th e came ra (page 1 31). 1 Op en the bat tery/ca rd compa rtment cover. 2 Insert the card. h Fir mly inser t the card un til it clicks into place. 3 Close the batte ry/card c ompar tment c over. <When rem oving the card...> h T o r emove the card, p[...]

29 English INST ALLING THE BA TTER Y P A CK AND CARD CAUT IO N Do not attemp t to forcibly remove the card i Nev er r emov e t he card when the multi-indi cator is flashing red. In doing so , you risk losing the d ata stored in the card . HINT Shooti ng witho ut a card in stalled i When a card is insta lled, imag es are re corded to a nd played bac[...]

English 30 SETUP TURNING THE CAMERA ON AND OFF T urning on the camera 1 Open the monit or unit, a nd pre ss the ON/O FF butt on for at leas t 1 second. h If you press the R EC/PLA Y button for at le ast 1 sec ond, the c amera t urns on in the playback mode. h If you pre ss the ON/O FF button once, the camera will switch to the power save mode. T ur[...]

31 English TURNING THE CAMERA ON A ND OFF T urning off the camera 1 Press t he ON/O FF button f or at le ast 1 sec ond. h The ca mera turns o ff . h T o turn off the camera while it is in the reco rding mod e or power save mode, pre ss the ON /OFF button for at least 1 se cond. HINT T o imm ediately ac tivate th e power save f uncti on i Press the [...]

English 32 SETUP D A T E AND TIME SETTING The camera will record the date and time an image or audio r ecording is taken so t hat you can disp lay them dur ing playback. The refore, before captur ing images, m ake sure the co rrect d ate and tim e are set. * T o correct the date and t ime sett ing, plea se see u nder HINT on page 34. Example : T o [...]

33 English D A TE AND TIME SETTING 2 Set t he da te. 1 Select “DA TE”. 2 Press the SET button. h The Se t Date Sc reen appears. 3 Set the date to “2 009/12 /24”. h The date is set in the following order : Set the year → Set th e month → Set the day . h Press the [ G ] or [ H ] button to select year, month or day . Press the [T/ ] ] or [[...]

English 34 SETUP 4 Set the ord er in which the dat e is displa yed dur ing pla yback. 1 Select “DISP”. 2 Press the SET button. h The Set Date Form at Scree n appears. 3 Press the [T/ ] ] or [W/ P ] but to n . h Press the [T/ ] ] button to change the displayed date order as follo ws: Press the [W/ P ] button t o change it in the r e vers e order[...]

35 English SWIT CHING BE TWEEN T HE REC ORDING MODE AN D PLA Y B A CK M ODE Switch between the recor ding mod e (f o r shooting ) and the playback mode (for viewing your recorded images ). 1 Turn on the came ra (page 30 ). 1031 00:55:58 9 M - S HD-SHQ 100-0006 10.2MB 00:00:08 HD-SHQ OK 2 Pr e ss th e REC/PLAY button . h The mode chang es. h The mod[...]

English 36 SETUP SWITCHING THE OPERA TING MODE The “S IMPLE mode ” comprise s only tho se funct ions that are mos t often used and nece ssar y to ope rate the camera, whi le the “N ORMAL mode” en ables full use of all th e camera’s many function s. Select th e mode th at is suita ble for your purp oses. Switching betwe en the SIMPLE and N[...]

37 English SWITCHING THE OPERA T I NG MODE Acces sing/exiting the SIMPLE /NORMAL Mode Men u Screen 1 Set t he came ra to t he reco rding or playbac k mode (page 3 5). 2 Select the desi red operat ing mode (p age 36). 3 If the M enu Screen is not displa yed, press the MEN U but ton. h The Me nu Screen appea rs. h T o cancel th e Menu Scr een, pres s[...]

English 38 SETUP Using the SIMPLE Mode Menu 4 Press the [T/ ] ] or [W / P ] butt on to s elect the item you wish to chang e, and p ress th e SET button. h The S etting Scr een for the s elected item appea rs. S N 9 HD 2 Select video and photo size EXIT OK To keep in HDTV size HDTV size 9M [4:3] EXIT OK Select an item to chan ge Description of selec[...]

39 English SWITCHING THE OPERA T I NG MODE Using the NORMAL Mode M enu 4 Pres s the [T/ ] ] o r [W/ P ] butto n to select a ta b. h The Me nu Screen for the select ed tab appears. 5 Pres s the [ H ] butt on. 3 2 1 2 3 1 HD-SHQ 9 M - S S S N N RECORDING MENU1 VIDEO PHOTO SCENE SELECT FIL TER FLASH SELF-TIMER EXIT OK Ta b Press Press 3 2 1 2 3 1 HD-S[...]

English 40 SETUP 6 Press the [T/ ] ] or [W / P ] butt on to s elect the item you wish to chang e, and p ress th e SET button. h The S etting Scr een for the s elected item appea rs. h T o r etur n to the M enu Screen , press the MENU button. HINT About the app licable mode ind icator i This indicato r shows the shooting mo de(s) for which the selec[...]

41 English SWITCHING THE OPERA T I NG MODE Overview of the SIMPLE M ode Setting Screen SIMPLE Mode Recording Me nu S N 1 5 2 3 4 Select video and photo size EXIT OK[...]

English 42 SETUP 1 Reco rding s ize (pa g e 5 6) h Select the vid eo clip size to record, and th e still image size to shoot. 2 Focus r ange (page 5 7) h Select th e focus range t hat correspo nds to t he distance to the subject . 3 Flash ( page 62 ) h Specify how the flash will operat e. 4 (page 36) h Set to the NORM AL mode. 5 Remaining batter y [...]

43 English SWITCHING THE OPERA T I NG MODE SIMPLE Mode Playba ck Menu 3 5 2 1 4 Start slideshow OK[...]

English 44 SETUP 1 Slidesh ow (page 72) h Spec ify the s lidesh ow set t ing s and pl a y the sli deshow . 2 Playback volume (pag e 73) h Adjust th e volume for video clip and audio f ile playback. 3 Delete (page 7 4) h Delete files. 4 (page 3 6) h Set to the NORM AL mode. 5 Remaining batter y power indicat ion ( page 134 ) S N[...]

45 English SWITCHING THE OPERA T I NG MODE Over view of the N ORMAL Mode Setting S creen NORMAL Mode Recording Menu <T ab 1> 3 2 1 2 3 1 HD-SHQ 9 M - S 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 RECORDING MENU1 VIDEO PHOTO SCENE SELECT FIL TER FLASH SELF-TIMER EXIT OK[...]

English 46 SETUP 1 Video clip setti ngs (pag e 80) <HD mode> <SD mode> 2 Still im age settin gs (pag e 83) 3 Scene select (p age 84) 4 Filt er (pa ge 84) 5 Flash 6 Self-t imer (pag e 85) 7 Remaining batter y power (page 1 34) & : R ecord at 12 80 × 720 pixels, 30 fps (3 0p). ( : R ecord at 640 × 480 pixels, 60 fps ( 60p). ) : R ec[...]

47 English SWITCHING THE OPERA T I NG MODE <T ab 2> 3 1 2 3 1 2 6 5 4 3 2 1 RECORDING MENU2 VIDEO ST ABILIZER FOCUS FOCUS MODE EXP MEASURE ISO EXIT OK[...]

English 48 SETUP 1 Video s tabil izer (p age 86) h Compensa te f o r camera shake duri ng video cl ip record ing. 2 Focus r ange (page 8 7) h Select th e focus range t hat correspo nds to t he distance to the subject . 3 Focus m ode (p age 8 8) 4 Light-m easu ring m ode (page 8 8) 5 ISO sen sitivity (page 89 ) * The indica ted ISO valu e is the sta[...]

49 English SWITCHING THE OPERA T I NG MODE <T ab 3> 2 1 2 3 1 3 P 6 5 4 3 2 1 RECORDING MENU3 WHITE BALANCE EXPOSURE F ACE CHASER HIGH SENSITIVITY DIGIT AL ZOOM EXIT OK[...]

English 50 SETUP 1 White bal ance (page 90 ) 2 Exposur e (page 91) 3 Face chaser (page 9 2) 4 High sensit ivity mod e (page 9 3) 5 Digital zoom 6 Remaining batter y power indicat ion ( page 134 ) > : White b alan ce is automa tically adjusted depend ing on the ambien t lightin g (auto ). r : For shooting in sunny cond itions (fair) o : For shoot[...]

51 English SWITCHING THE OPERA T I NG MODE NORMAL Mode Play back Men u <T ab 1> 1 Slideshow ( page 96 ) h Specify th e slideshow sett ings and pl a y the sli deshow . 2 Playback volume (page 73 ) h Adjust th e volume for video clip and audio fil es pla yback. 3 Protect (pag e 97) h File prote ct settin g (dele te prohi bited) 4 Delete (page 7[...]

English 52 SETUP <T ab 2> 1 Edit ph oto (page 100) h Repair the “red- eye” caused by the flash , reduce th e blur from cam era shake, or enhance the contrast (still imag es only) . 2 Video clip ed it (pag e 101) h Edit video clips . 3 Printing instru ctions (page 1 12) h Spec ify the pri nting instruct ions (DPOF settings). 4 Select folde[...]

53 English SIMPL E SHOO TING SIMPLE/SHOOT ING BEFORE T A KING PICTURES For best results Hold th e camera se curely , keeping your elbows clo se to your body and making sure the camera is sta ble . Make sure th at the lens and fl ash are not blocked by your finger s or the hands trap . Correct hold Incorrect hol d A finger is blocking the lens or fl[...]

English 54 SIMPLE /SHOO TING Using the autof ocus The autofocus will work in alm ost all situations; howev er, there are cer tain conditi ons that may cause the autofocus fu nction to not wor k pro perly . If the autofocus functio n is not working proper ly , set the f oc us range to capture image s (page 5 7). k Cond itio ns that m ay c ause inc o[...]

55 English BEFORE T AKING PICTURES The following exampl es are so me of the situati ons where t he aut ofocus funct ion may wo rk, but not as desired. i When both nea r and f ar obje cts are pres ent Use the focus-lock func tion to lo ck the focus on an ob ject at the sa me dist ance as the de sired su bject, th en repositi on the came ra to compo [...]

English 56 SIMPLE /SHOO TING Select the reco rd ing size The larger the image size (number of pixels), the better th e image quality will be, but the file size will also be larger. Select the image quality that is c orrect for the inte nded pur pose. 1 Display th e SIMPLE Mode Recordin g Menu (page 3 7), se lect the recordi ng size se tting, and pr[...]

57 English BEFORE T AKING PICTURES Select the focus settin g Selec t the f ocus r ange corr espond ing to th e distan ce betw een the ca mera and th e subjec t. 1 Disp lay the S IMPLE M ode R ecording Menu (p age 37) , selec t the focu s setti ng, and pr ess the SET but ton. 2 Selec t the de sired f ocus ra nge, an d press the SE T but ton. h This [...]

English 58 SIMPLE /SHOO TING Hints for ta king pictures Mutin g the oper ation soun ds i The aud io guida nce that so unds wh en you operate t he camera c an be muted (pa ge 118). Wher e are th e image and au dio files saved? i All the i mage an d sound fil es are r ecorded o n the card installed in the camera or in the c amera’s inter nal m emor[...]

59 English VIDEO CLIP RECORDING 1 Turn on the came ra (pag e 3 0), and se t it to the recordin g mode (page 35 ). 2 Press th e [ ] butt on. h Recordi ng begins. h It is not n ecessar y to keep the [ ] button pressed while recording. h When the remaining recording time available for the curr ently re cording clip becomes litt le, a countdow n of the[...]

English 60 SIMPLE /SHOO TING SHOO TING SINGLE SHO TS Capture a still image (single-sh ot). 1 Tur n on the cam era (page 30 ), and se t it to t he reco rding mode (page 3 5). 2 Press the [ ] butt on. 1 Press the [ ] but ton halfw ay . h The auto focus operates, and the i mage is focused (focus lock). 2 Cont i nu e to gen tly press the [ ] but ton al[...]

61 English SHOO TING SIN GLE SHO TS HINT Adjust ing the monitor brig htness i While the Re cording Screen is active, yo u can qu ic kly acce ss the screen for adjusting the br ightness of the monitor (page 1 20) by pressi ng the MENU b utto n for at least 1 s econd. What i s the came ra focu sing on? i A targ et mar k & on the m onitor shows th[...]

English 62 SIMPLE /SHOO TING Using the flash The flash is not o nly used for photographin g under d ark condition s, but is also convenient for e xam ple when the subject is in shad ow or lit fro m behind. T he flash is availab l e only w hen shoo ting single -shot sti ll images. 1 Display th e SIMPLE Mode Recordin g Menu (page 3 7), se lect the fl[...]

63 English SHOO TING SIN GLE SHO TS CAUT IO N Do not touch th e fla sh unit when shoo ting i The fl ash unit becomes v er y hot and m ay ca use a bu r n. A voi d touchi ng the flas h unit whe n shoot ing. HINT i The flash works only when shooting sin gle-shot still images. i The fl ash cann ot be used during vi deo cl ip re cording . i By assign in[...]

English 64 SIMPLE /SHOO TING SHOO T A STILL IMA GE WHILE RECORDING A VIDEO CLIP Y ou can capture a still im age (a single-shot) while recording a video clip. 1 Tur n on the cam era (pag e 3 0), and set it to th e recordin g mode (page 35 ). 2 Press the [ ] but ton. 3 When you se e a sce ne you’d l ike to capt ure as a still im age. pr ess the [ ][...]

65 English SHOO T A STILL IM A GE WHILE RECORDING A VIDEO CLIP HINT i When shooting a still image while recording a video clip, the flash does not operat e. i When the rem aining video recording tim e becomes approximately 50 seconds, it will no longer be possible to capture a still image wh ile recording a video clip. The exact remaining recording[...]

English 66 SIMPLE /SHOO TING MA CRO- PHO T OGRAPHY (ZOOM) Y our ca mera has two zoom functions: optical zoom and dig ital zoom. 1 Point the camera lens at the subje ct. 2 Press the [T/ ] ] or [W/ P ] butto n to co mpos e the d esire d imag e. [T/ ] ]: Zoom i n on the su bject. [W/ P ]: Zoom out. h When the zoom switch is pushed, the zoom bar appear[...]

67 English AFTER USING THE CAMERA IN W A TER After usi ng the cam era in w ater , wash it wi th fresh wate r and dry it complete ly . 1 Turn off the ca mera, an d close th e batt ery/car d compart ment co ver secu rel y. 2 Wash the cam era wit h fresh water. h Fill a shal l ow basin with f resh water , and i mme rse the c losed camer a for about 5 [...]

English 68 SIMPLE /SHOO TING 4 Dry the camera. h Use a dry cloth to wipe off an y drops adhering to the cam era, and lea ve it to dry compl etely in a well-v entilated pl ace awa y from di rect sunlight. h W ater ma y seep out fro m the draina ge holes if th e camera is not comp letely dry in side. T ake sp ecial care no t to let w ater get ins ide[...]

69 English PLA YBACK SIMPL E/PLA YBAC K PLA YING B A CK VIDEO CLIPS AND STILL IMA G ES 1 Set th e camera t o the play back mode (pa ge 35) . 2 Pres s the [ G ] or [ H ] butto n to dis play the image you wish to play back. 100-0006 10.2MB 00:00:08 HD-SHQ OK SET button REC /PLA Y button Arrow but tons Orange fram e 3 Press the SET button. h The image[...]

English 70 SIMPLE/P LA YB AC K HINT If the a icon appea rs on the Playback Screen... i The a icon appears whe n playing back a file that was sav e d in segmen ts (page 8 1). Al though playback of these mul tiple files i s conti nuous, there is a slight pause at the poin t where the files are join ed. T o do th is... Do this Nor mal forward playback[...]

71 English PLA YING B ACK VIDEO CLIPS AND STILL IMA GES How to save one f rame from a vid eo clip as a still image 1 Play b ack the vi deo cli p. Pause the playb ack at th e point you wish to “snap” a photo. 2 Pres s the [ ] button . h The currently d isplay ed frame is sav e d as a still image. HINT The si ze of a video clip file is very large[...]

English 72 SIMPLE/P LA YB AC K SLIDESHO W PLA Y B A CK Y ou can play back files in s uccession wi th the “sli deshow playback” feature. 1 Display th e SIMPLE Mode Play back Me nu (page 3 7), selec t the sli deshow setting , and pr ess the SET butt on. 2 Select the type o f file to play b ack, and p ress th e SET button . h Slide show playback b[...]

73 English PLA YB A CK V OLUME Adjust t he playback volume for video clips and audio fi les. 1 Disp lay the S IMPLE M ode Playb ack Men u (page 37 ), sele ct the p layba ck volu me set ting, an d press t he SET bu tton. h The volum e control b ar appea rs. 2 Pres s the [ G ] or [ H ] button to se t the vo lume, a nd press the SET button. h The play[...]

English 74 SIMPLE/P LA YB AC K DELETING FILES Y ou can delete fi les if you no l onger ne ed them. Y ou can delete single file s, selected files or all t he files at one time. Delete single/delete all 1 Display th e SIMPLE Mode Play back Me nu (page 3 7), selec t the de lete s etting, and pr ess the SET button . DELETE SINGLE: Delete s one file at [...]

75 English DELETING FILES 3 Select “DELET E”, and press the SET bu tton. <DELETE SINGLE> h The cu rrently displa yed file is delete d. h T o delete o ther file s, select the fi les, select “D ELETE” and press the SET bu t ton. <DELETE ALL> h The Del ete Co nfirm ation Sc reen ag ain app ears. T o delete t he files, select “YES[...]

English 76 SIMPLE/P LA YB AC K 4 Pre ss the SET bu tton. h The sele cted fil e is mar ked with t he dele te icon [ ]. h Up to 100 files can be selected. h T o ca ncel a d elete selecti on and remove the delete icon fro m a file, move the orange frame to the mar ked file and press the SET button . 5 Press the [ / ] button. h The Co nfirm Delet e Scr[...]

77 English PLA YB A CK MOD ES Multi-im age display 1 Displ ay the im age you wish to play ba ck. 2 Pres s the [W / P ] button . h The 21 -image display appear s. 3 Select the image to play ba ck. h Press the [ G ] or [ H ] b u ttons t o move the orange frame to the desired im age, and press the SET button to switch to nor mal (full- screen) playba [...]

English 78 SIMPLE/P LA YB AC K Selecting the playbac k folder If the car d conta ins multiple folders, you can select from whi ch folder you would li ke to play back. 1 Display th e Playback Scree n. 2 Press the [W/ P ] bu tton 2 times . h The sc reen to sele ct the pl aybac k folder appe ars. h If t he [T/ ] ] button is pre ssed, the camer a chan [...]

79 English PLA YB ACK MODES Magnifying (zooming in) the image 1 Disp lay the i mage th at you want to magnif y. 2 Push the [T / ] ] button . h Magnification is enabled. h The i mage is ma gnifi ed, and th e cent ral portion of image i s displayed. T o magnif y: Magni ficatio n incre ases each tim e the [T/ ] ] button is presse d. T o retu rn to n o[...]

English 80 NORM AL/S HOO TIN G NORMAL SHOO TING NORMAL/SHOOTING RECORDING MENU 1 Video setting Y ou can record vid eo clips in either the HD m ode (16:9 hori zontal to ver tical aspec t ratio) or th e SD mode ( 4:3 aspe ct ratio). In addition , the highe r the frame rate number, the smoother playback will be. How ev er , as with the recordin g size[...]

81 English RECORDING MENU 1 2 Press th e [ ] butt on. h Audio rec ording beg ins. Dur ing recording, < appe ars in th e monitor. It is not ne cessar y to continue pr essing t he [ ] button while recording. 3 End the recording. h Press t he [ ] button agai n to stop reco rding. HINT Y ou can captur e a still i mage during a n audio rec or ding i [...]

English 82 NORM AL/S HOO TIN G A udio playbac k 1 Display th e desire d audio file. 2 P lay back th e record ing. CA UTIO N If no a udio is he ard... i The aud io is not played back when th e audio recordi ng is played back in the fast playbac k or fast re verse mode. T o do th is... Do this Nor mal pla ybac k Start playback Press the SET b utton. [...]

83 English RECORDING MENU 1 Still im age setting For still images, you can select either the 4:3 or 16:9 hor izontal to vertical aspe ct ratio. This menu is also used for shooting sequenti al shot s. Sequential shots 1 Select v or t , and pr ess t he SET b utton. h The cam era change s to the seq uential shot s mode. 2 Pres s the [] button . h Shoo[...]

English 84 NORM AL/S HOO TIN G Scene select se tting Y ou can se lect from variou s preset setti ngs (aper tu re, shutter spee d, etc.) for specific shoo ting conditio ns. HINT i T o r eturn to nor mal photograp hy , select = fr om the sce ne select menu, and pre ss the SET button. i When capturin g images u sing t he lam p Q , fir ew orks + or nig[...]

85 English RECORDING MENU 1 Self-time r setting By assign ing an operatio n shor tcut to an arr ow button (pages 120 and 1 23), you can set th e self-t imer from the Reco rding Scr een. HINT T o pau se or canc el the se lf-time r function... i If the [ ] butto n or [ ] button is p ressed aga in before the sh utter is released , the self-tim er coun[...]

English 86 NORM AL/S HOO TIN G RECORDING MENU 2 Vide o stabil izer set tin g Y our ca mera can m inimize a ji ttery picture by compensati ng for unintent ional hand mo tion du ring video clip recordi ng. HINT If the moti on compensat ion does not s eem to be w orking ... i Due to the mechanica l character istics of this fun ction, it may not b e po[...]

87 English RECORDING MENU 2 Focus range setting How to use the manual f ocu s 1 Select - , and pr ess the S ET button. h The focus distance adjustment bar app ears. 2 Pres s the [ G ] or [ H ] button to adjus t the fo cus dist ance , and press t he SET bu tton. h The focus distance is set, an d you are ret ur ned to the Recording Screen. HINT Abo u[...]

English 88 NORM AL/S HOO TIN G Focus mode setting When the spot fo cus setting is selecte d, the focus mar k + app ears in the center of the m onitor. Light-measuring mode setting When spot light -measur ing is se lected, the lig ht-measur ing spot mar k appear s in the c enter of the mon itor. 1006 00:54:35 Focus mark 1006 00:54:35 Light-m easurin[...]

89 English RECORDING MENU 2 ISO sensit ivity setting With th e initial setting s, the ISO sensit ivity is automatica lly set acco rding to the br ightne ss of the su bject. Howev e r , the ISO se nsitivity can be set to a fixed setting. HINT i At the = setting, the ISO se nsitivity is set au tomatically (v ideo clip recording: I SO 200 to 1600 ; st[...]

English 90 NORM AL/S HOO TIN G RECORDING MENU 3 White bal ance set ting This c amera auto matically adjusts th e white b alance u nder most lighti ng condit ions. Howev er, if you want to speci fy the lighti ng conditio ns or c hange the overall tone of the image, the w hite bal ance can b e manual ly set. How to use the one push setting 1 Select t[...]

91 English RECORDING MENU 3 Exposure setting The shu tter speed and a per ture size can be set in dividual ly . 1 Select the desir ed icon f rom the exposu re menu, and pr ess the SET butto n. <If T , g or , was select ed> 1 Press the [W / P ] or [T/ ] ] bu tto n to sele ct aperture v alue or shutte r speed. 2 Press the [ G ] o r [ H ] button[...]

English 92 NORM AL/S HOO TIN G Face chaser setting As you record, the face chaser d etects the s ubject’s f ace, a nd adjusts th e bright ness and focus in a wa y that produc es a cl ear an d bright photo of the subject’s face. HINT When th e face ch aser is s et to ON.. . i Each face in th e Recor ding Scre en is ma rked with a green frame. i [...]

93 English RECORDING MENU 3 High sen sitivity mod e setting When you shoot in the high se nsitivity mode, the ca ptured image app ears even brighte r than tha t specified by the ISO se nsitivity and exposure compen sation setting s. CAUT IO N Limit a tions of the high s ensitivity mode i When the shutter speed i s reduced to create a br ight image,[...]

English 94 NORM AL/S HOO TIN G Exposure compensation By assigning the exposure compensation oper ati on shor tcut to an arrow button (pages 120 an d 123) , you can mak e the i mage lighter or darker when capturing images. 1 A ssign the op eration shor tcut t o the SET button (page s 120 and 123) . 2 Press the arrow bu tton to which the op erati on [...]

95 English RECORDING MENU 3 HINT The exp osure c ompen sation s etting i s can celed in the followi ng cases : i When the pointer is set to the center position. i When the camera is set to the playbac k mode. i After the power is turned off. i When the camera is set to the standby mode .[...]

English 96 NORMAL/PLA YB ACK PLA YBA CK NORMAL/PLA YBACK PLA YB A CK M ENU 1 Slideshow s ettings Specify the setting s for playing back files continuousl y in a “s lideshow” forma t. In a slideshow of still images, you can set th e transition time, transition e ff e cts and BGM. Changing a setting 1 Select the item yo u wish to chang e, and p r[...]

97 English PLA YB ACK MENU 1 File protect s etting Prevent accidental erasure o f image an d audio files. Pr otec t files on e by on e 1 Disp lay the file that you want to prot ect fro m accid ental er asure, and displa y the NORMA L Mode Playba ck Me nu (pag e 37). 2 Sele ct “PR OTECT ” and press t he S ET butto n. 3 Select “PROTECT SINGL E?[...]

English 98 NORMAL/PLA YB ACK HINT T o selec t a di fferent i mage in st ep 3... i Press the [ G ] or [ H ] button. T o canc el the protect mo de for a f ile... i Displ ay the de sired fi le and r epeat steps 1 to 4 . The protec t mark B will disapp ear and t he pro tect mode is canc eled.[...]

99 English PLA YB ACK MENU 1 Protect select ed files Select multiple files to p rotect. 1 Displ ay the NORMAL Mo de Playback Menu (pag e 37). 2 Sele ct “PR OTECT ” and press t he S ET butto n. 3 Select “PROTECT SELECTE D” and pr ess the SET b utton. h Press t he [ G ] or [ H ] button t o move the orange fra me to th e file you wish to prote[...]

English 100 NORMAL/PLA YB ACK PLA YB A CK M ENU 2 Cor rec tin g the i mage Repair the re d-ey e effect in still images to ma ke the ey es a ppear more natural, enh ance the contrast, or co rrect a blurr y image du e to camera shake. HINT If the “Contras t corr ection n ot succ essful”, “Red-eye co rrecti on not succes sful” or “Blur co rr[...]

101 English PLA YB ACK MENU 2 Editing video c li ps Y ou ca n trim away unwanted por tions from a video clip and sav e it as a new video clip ( video clip cutt ing [extract ing]). Y ou can also join video clips togethe r and sav e them as o ne sep arate clip (“j oining ”). Proce dure to cut (extract) a portion of a video c lip J Extrac t the sp[...]

English 102 NORMAL/PLA YB ACK Pro c edure to join video c lips Specif y the vi deo clip that will co me first. J J Join th e vide o clips. Specify t he video clip that you wis h to appe nd (joi n). i The vide o clips ar e joined . i The original video c l ips ar e not affected. (Y ou can also ch oose to erase the original video clips when t he new [...]

103 English PLA YB ACK MENU 2 CAUT IO N Caution w hen editing v ideo clips i When editin g video clips, do not press the REC/ PLA Y b u tton. If you press the REC/PLA Y button while editing video clips, not only will the ed iting not be prop erly completed, but the ori ginal video clip m ay also be eras ed. i As the number or size of th e video cli[...]

English 104 NORMAL/PLA YB ACK Video clip c utting (extra cting) 1 Display the v ideo clip from wh ich you wish to ext ract a s egment . 2 Display the NORMAL Mode Play back Me nu (page 3 7), selec t “EDIT V IDEO”, and press th e SET butto n. 3 S e le ct “CU T” and pres s the SET butto n. h The Cutt ing Scr een appe ars. EDIT VIDEO CUT JOIN O[...]

105 English PLA YB ACK MENU 2 4 Speci fy the st art p oint of th e extract . h Use th e procedu re below to specify th e frame fro m which the vide o clip extract wil l star t. h Play the video clip until approximately th e desire d point, pa use the video cl ip, then play the video clip one f rame at a tim e, stopping at the star t point of the ex[...]

English 106 NORMAL/PLA YB ACK 5 Press the [T/ ] ] butt on. h The star t point of the vide o clip extract is set, a nd the scre en to specify the end p oint appear s. h Specify t he end point of th e extract by following the sam e procedu re as in step 4 . <When jo ining the fi rst and lat ter portions > 1 Press the [W/ P ] button. h Each time[...]

107 English PLA YB ACK MENU 2 6 Pres s the [ O / ] bu tton. h A scree n appear s for you to select eith er to save the edited video clip as a new (separate) file, or to de lete the or iginal vi deo clip and replace it with the edited vide o clip . SA VE AS NEW: The edited video clip will be saved as a new file. The or iginal vide o clip rema ins un[...]

English 108 NORMAL/PLA YB ACK 7 Select the desired opti on, and press the SET button . h Editin g star ts. h When e diting en ds, you are retur ned t o the NORM AL Mod e Playback Menu. HINT i Y ou will not be able to overwrite the file if the original file is protected. i If the “Insuff icient memor y remaining” m essage appears, you will need [...]

109 English PLA YB ACK MENU 2 Joining video clips CAUT IO N i Video cli ps that wer e photograph ed in dif ferent modes can not be joined. 1 Display the NO RMAL Mode Playb ack Men u (page 37 ), sele ct “EDI T VIDEO”, and pres s the SE T button. 2 Select “JO IN” and pres s the SET button. h The 8-im age playback display for vide o clips ap p[...]

English 110 NORMAL/PLA YB ACK 4 Press the [ O / ] button . h A scree n appear s for you to select eithe r to save the joined video clip as a n ew (separate) file, or to de lete the or iginal video clips an d repla ce them wi th the joined video clip. SA VE AS NEW: The joined video clip will be saved as a new file. The or iginal video clips remain u[...]

111 English PLA YB ACK MENU 2 HINT i If the file size of the video clip afte r editing exceeds 4 G B, it is not possible to either “SA VE AS NEW” or “O V ERWRITE”. i Y ou will not be able to ov erwrite th e file if the o riginal file is p rotected. If you want it to be erased , you will need to firs t remove the protect ion (pages 51 and 97[...]

English 112 NORMAL/PLA YB ACK NORMAL/PLA YBACK Printing instructions In addition to using your printer to print out still im ages captured with your camer a, as w ith conv enti onal fi lm, yo u can ha ve prin ts made at shops offeri ng digital print ser vices. Mo reover , this camera is DPOF-c ompatible, so you ca n use th e camera to specify t he [...]

113 English PLA YB A CK M ENU 2 Specifying date imprinting and print quantities Y ou ca n specify pr inting instructi ons for each ind ividual ima ge (EACH IMAGE), or ap ply the printi ng instr uctions to all the images (A LL IMAGES). 1 Displ ay the Pri nting In structi ons Screen (p age 112). 2 Select “ALL IMA GES” or “EACH IMAGE ”. ALL IM[...]

English 114 NORMAL/PLA YB ACK 4 Specify wh ether the date is displa yed on the pri nt, and the number of prints. <Spec ify th e numbe r of prin ts> h Press the [ T/ ] ] or [W/ P ] button. h The quanti ty indicat ion changes. h Display the d esired numbe r of prin ts. h Press the SET b utton. h The numbe r of pr ints is set. <Speci fy dated[...]

115 English FILE INFO D ISPLA Y On the I nformati on Scree n you can check wh at the sett ings were w hen a f ile was recorded with your came ra. 1 Disp lay the d esired file on the came ra moni tor. 2 Pres s the MEN U button for at lea st 1 secon d. h The Infor matio n Screen appear s. h If the M ENU button is pressed again, the Infor mation Scree[...]

English 116 OPTION SETTI NGS OPTION SETTINGS OPTION SETTINGS DISPLA Y THE OPTION SETTING MENU The cam era settings a re executed via the Option Se tting Menu. 1 Set the op erating mode to the NORMAL mode (page 3 6). 2 Press the MENU bu tton to disp lay the M enu Sc reen. 3 Select an O ption tab (1, 2 o r 3), and press the SET button . h The Opt ion[...]

117 English INTRODUCTION T O THE OPTION SETTING MENU Ta b 1 3 2 1 2 3 1 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 OPTION MENU1 CLOCK SET INFO DISPLA Y ST ARTUP DISPLA Y OPERA TION BEEP POST VIEW REC FOLDER EXIT OK[...]

OPTION SETTI NGS English 118 1 CLOCK SET setting (page 32) h Set the camera’ s clock. 2 INFO DISPL A Y s etting h Specify the information to display on the playback screen. SHO W ALL: Display the captu re date and pla ybac k time (v ideo cl ips). DA TE & TI ME: Displ ay the ca pture da te. COUNTER: Display the playback time when playing back [...]

119 English INTRODUCTION T O THE OPTION SETTING MENU Ta b 2 3 2 1 2 3 1 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 OPTION MENU2 SHORTCUTS NOISE REDUCTION IMAGE SETTINGS BRIGHTNESS LANGUAGE TV OUTPUT EXIT OK[...]

OPTION SETTI NGS English 120 1 SHORT CUTS setting (page 1 23) 2 NOISE REDUCTION setting h Compa red to nor mal shoot ing, when the PHOTO NR function is ON, th e image processing time after sho oting a still image is slightly longer. VIDEO NR: T ur n ON/OF F the image noise red uction funct ion during video cli p record ing. PHO TO NR: T ur n ON/OF [...]

121 English INTRODUCTION T O THE OPTION SETTING MENU Ta b 3 3 2 1 2 3 1 5 4 3 2 1 OPTION MENU3 POWER SA VE FILE NO. CONT'D FORMA T RESET SETTINGS EXIT OK[...]

OPTION SETTI NGS English 122 1 PO WER SA VE setting (page 3 0) h Spec ify the el apsed pe riod of inactivity before th e power save mode (to conserve batter y power) is acti v ated. 2 FILE NO. CONT’D setting (page 1 29) 3 FORMA T (page 1 31) 4 RESET SET TINGS h Reset the c amera se ttings to the factor y-preset se ttings. h The following settings[...]

123 English INTRODUCTION T O THE OPTION SETTING MENU Setting up the shortcuts Assign f unctions (operation s hor tcuts) to the [ G ] an d [ H ] bu ttons when t hey are pre ssed whe n the R ecording S creen i s displayed. 1 Disp lay the O ption Settin g Menu [2] (pa ge 11 6). 2 Select “SHORTCUTS”, and p ress the SET but ton. h The Shor tcuts Scr[...]

OPTION SETTI NGS English 124 4 Press the [T/ ] ] or [W/ P ] bu tton. h Select th e funct ion you wish to assign t o the button. 5 Pre ss the SET bu tton. h The sele cted functi on is assi gned to the button, a nd you are retur ned to the Sh or tcuts Scre en. h T o a ssign function s to the ot her button, repe at steps 3 thr ough 5 . 6 Pre ss the ME[...]

125 English INTRODUCTION T O THE OPTION SETTING MENU TV output setting Specify the type of image s ignal tha t is outp ut from your c amera’s USB/A V termi nal. 1 Selec t “TV OUTPUT” , and pres s the SET but ton. TV SYSTEM: Set th e type of T V signal th at is output from the US B/A V te rmina l. TV TYPE: Set th e TV’s aspect ratio . COM PO[...]

OPTION SETTI NGS English 126 2 Select the desired sett ing, and press the SET button . h The scre en to c hange the parameter for the select ed settin g appear s. <If “TV SYSTEM” is selected> NTSC: Outputs NT SC video sig nals. PA L : O utput s P AL vi deo si gnals . <If “TV TYPE” is selected> 4:3: Use this setting when a TV hav[...]

127 English INTRODUCTION T O THE OPTION SETTING MENU Relation between “TV TYPE ” setting and TV display The tables b elow show the vi deo signa l that is output when the “T V TYPE” sett ing is ch anged. H owe ver , no te that f or s ome TV s that have an aut o-detect funct ion, the ou tput may not confor m to the table, or the T V display m[...]

OPTION SETTI NGS English 128 CA UTIO N If the TV display is not cor rect… i If the ap pearance of the i mage on the TV m onitor i s not corre ct, you can either change th e camera’s “TV TYPE” set ting, or change th e screen size setting on your TV . T o cha nge the scr een size se tting on your T V , plea se refer to the i nstr uction manua[...]

129 English INTRODUCTION T O THE OPTION SETTING MENU File No. continued setting If a newly formatte d card is us ed, the file nam e (image nu mber) of the capture d image au tomatically be gins from 0 001. If the card is sub sequently reforma tted, or i f a dif f er ent re f orm atted card is u sed, the fil e names again begin from 000 1. This is b[...]

OPTION SETTI NGS English 130 i If Card B already h as files in it when it replaces Card A, file names ar e assigne d as follows. When the hig hest fil e numbe r on Card B (before rep lacing) is lower tha n the h ighes t file number on Ca rd A: the file name o f the next recorde d imag e continues fr om last f ile name recorded on Card A . When the [...]

131 English INTRODUCTION T O THE OPTION SETTING MENU Formatting (initializing) A card must be f or m atted wi th this ca mera: i After p urchas ing, when used for the fir st time, or i If it was for matted usin g a pe rsonal c omputer o r another digital ca mera. The car d cannot b e formatted if the lock switch is set to the “LO CK” position .[...]

OPTION SETTI NGS English 132 CHECKING THE REMAINING C ARD MEMOR Y Y ou can check how many ima ges can be captured and how muc h recordin g time is available on the car d. For a table showing the m aximum numbe r of images a nd record ing time for specific card s, please see “ P ossi ble No . of Images/Possible Shoo ting Tim e/P o ssible Recording[...]

133 English CHECKING THE REM AINING CARD MEMOR Y For audio recordings 1 Set t he ca mera to t he au dio recordin g mode (page 80 ). h The re maining audio r ecordin g time is shown. HINT i When the remai ning numb er of im ages or th e remai ning vid eo record ing time is “0”, you ca nnot cap ture an y more i mages . T o capt ure more imag es, [...]

OPTION SETTI NGS English 134 CHECKING THE REMAINING B A TTER Y P A CK CHAR GE When using the ba tter y pack, the r emainin g batter y p ack charge can be checked on the mo nitor. Make sure to check this indicator before captur ing an image. For an ind ication o f the possi ble length of t ime for batte ry pa ck operati on, see pa ge 164 . 1 Display[...]

135 English CHECKING THE REMAI NING B A TTER Y P ACK CHARGE HINT i If any file is pre sent, you can a lso check the remai ning batte ry pack charge on the I nformat ion Scree n (pag e 115). i Batter y li f e may differ ev e n among b atter y packs of th e same typ e. i Depen ding on th e usage of the cam era (su ch as the num ber o f times the flas[...]

English 136 CONNECTING T O A TV OTHER DEVICES AND CONNECTIONS CONNECTING TO A TV CONNECTING TO A TV CONNECTING T O A TV CA UTIO N Inser t and pull out t he cable c arefully i When c onnecting th e cables, make sure that the c able plugs ar e correctly orient ed and that they matc h the shap es of th e ter minal sockets on the devices. Push the pl u[...]

137 English CONNECTING T O A TV Connecting to a standar d video input terminal HINT Copyin g (dub bing ) image s to a DVD recorder i Please r efer to the section on “ Dubbing” i n the i nstruc tion manu al for your D VD recorder. Y ellow plug: T o th e VIDEO inpu t term inal Suppli ed dedic ated A V i nterface cable White p lug: T o t he AUDIO [...]

CONNECTING T O A TV English 138 Connect to the 480p/720p terminal If your TV has a 480 p/720p inpu t ter minal, you ca n enjoy the hig h video quality of com ponent ou tput fro m your camera. CA UTIO N If your T V does not have 4 80p/720 p vide o inp ut cap ability i The i mages wi ll not app ear on th e TV . Dedicat ed compon ent cable ( optiona l[...]

139 English PLA YING B A CK ON A TV i After c onnecting th e camera to the television, switch the TV in put to the ter minal to which the camera is connected . i The playback me thod is the same a s when viewi ng images o n the camera’s monitor (use the TV to adjust th e volume). i The sam e playback procedu re as when playing ba ck with the cam [...]

English 140 CONNECTING T O A PRINTER CONNECTING TO A PRINTER CONNECTING TO A PRINTER PRINTING Y our came ra suppor t s the PictBr idge function. By conne cting the ca mera direct ly to a Pi ctBrid ge-enabled pr inte r , the camera’s monitor can be use d to select images a nd initiate printing ( PictBridge pr inting). Use the de dicated US B inter[...]

141 English PRINTING 3 Select “PRINTE R”, and pr ess the SET b utton. 4 The Pi ctBridge p rinting m ode is activ ated. h The cam era switches to the PictBr idge pr inting mode, an d the PictBr idge Me nu appears. 5 Select the desire d type of pr i ntin g, and pres s the SET but t on. PRINT 1 IMA GE : Sele ct the still images you wis h to pr int[...]

English 142 CONNECTING T O A PRINTER HINT T o canc el print ing 1 Duri ng printing , press the [ W/ P ] but ton. h The conf irm ation scree n to ca ncel pri nting app ears. 2 Select “CANCEL ” and press the SET button. h If “EXIT” is selected a nd the S ET button is pressed , pr inting resum es. About prin ting all the images i Prin ting is [...]

143 English APPENDICES APPENDICES COMMONL Y ASKED QUESTIONS If you have a question a bout th e camera opera tion, you migh t find the a nswer in this compilatio n of comm only asked qu estions. Questio n Answer Action Po w e r Why doesn’t th e power tur n on? Due to cold temperatu res, the batter y pa ck temporarily lost its power . Plac e the ca[...]

APPENDICES English 144 Shooti ng Are th e settings retained ev e n after th e camera is turne d off? — All settings except the s elf-timer and the exposure compens ation ar e retained ev e n after the camera is tur ned off . Which r esolution setting sh ould I use? — Sel ect the reso lution setting ac cording to the in tended us e. I , J , K , [...]

145 English COMMONL Y ASKED QUESTIONS Shoo ting What is the diff eren ce betwee n the digi tal zo om and the opt ical zoom? — Becau se shooti ng with the optica l zoom uses t he optics of a physical lens, you can shoot withou t losing minute details in the imag e. The digital zoom, on th e othe r hand, works b y magni fying a portion of the i mag[...]

APPENDICES English 146 Moni tor When used in cold weather , why does the image seem to leave trac es as it mov es? Condition due to the monito r char acteris tics. Not a malfunc tion. Spots th at appear in the mon itor on ly appear in the monitor and will no t be rec orded wi th the imag es. Why does the displayed image contai n some re d, bl ue an[...]

147 English COMMONL Y ASKED QUESTIONS Viewing image s Wh y is ther e no imag e ( z is sho wn)? This may happe n when tr ying to play back images stored on a card from a different digital came ra. Play back images that were reco rded on a ca rd using t his came ra. Why is the pla ybac k ima ge distor te d? If the subject moves or the camera is moved[...]

APPENDICES English 148 Printing Why does a message appear during PictBridg e print ing? There i s a problem with the prin ter . Please refer to the instru ction manual for your pri nter . Misc. The “C annot edi t video clips with unli ke se tti ngs” message appear s. Yo u h a v e attempted to join video clips having different resolut ions or fr[...]

149 English COMMONL Y ASKED QUESTIONS Misc. A problem such as inability to record or pl ay back occurs. The card contain s files that were save d usin g a device other than this cam era. After saving your files to a different medium , format the car d. Can I use my came ra abroad? — Whe n the cam era is conn ected to a TV , you can switch the cam[...]

APPENDICES English 150 TR OUBLESHOO TING Before taking your camera to the repai r shop, check the following table for a possible solu tion to the problem. Camera Pr oblem Cause Acti on Referen ce page Po w e r No power. The batter y pack is dea d. Rechar ge the batter y pa ck, or repla ce with a fully charged batter y pack. Or conne ct the A C adap[...]

151 English TROUBLESHOO TING Shoo ting An im age is not capt ured when th e [ ] button or [ ] button is pressed. The po wer is not t urned on . If the powe r save function was activated, tur n on the came ra before shooti ng. If the cam era was tur ned off, press the ON/ OFF button to tur n it on. 30 The ma ximum number o f imag es that can be capt[...]

APPENDICES English 152 Shoo ting The di gital zoom does no t work. The still imag e is s et to I . The di gital zoom setting is set to “O FF”. Set the still image to J or lo wer . Set t he digit al zoom setting to “ON” . 46, 50 A warni ng tone (beep- beep- beep) soun ds, and it is not possible to take a picture usin g the sel f - time r. Th[...]

153 English TROUBLESHOO TING Viewing image s The im age is too dar k. The flas h was blo cke d by a finge r or ot her object. Hold the camera correctly , an d mak e sure the flash is not obstr ucted. 53 The su bject was too far awa y . Captu re the image in the rang e of operat ion of the flash. 163 The su bject was lit from behin d. Use t he for c[...]

APPENDICES English 154 Viewing images The image is not in focus . The subject is too close to the camera. Capture the image with the subject within the photographab le range. Select the correct f o cus setting for y our needs. 57, 88 The focus setting is not correct. The camera moved w h en the [ ] button was pressed. (camera shake) Hold the camera[...]

155 English TROUBLESHOO TING Viewing image s The col ors of the i mages captured indoors are not correct. This is due to ambie nt lighting. Captu re the image using the forced flash mode . 46, 62 The white bala nce setting is incorrect. Set the white bala nce set ting correctly . 90 A par t of the image is missing. The st rap or a finge r was block[...]

APPENDICES English 156 Connecting to a TV No im age or soun d. The camera is not corr ectly connecte d to the TV . Follo w the in stru ction s to mak e the connection correctly . 120, 136 The TV input is not set correctly . Set t he input on the T V to “VID EO” . The ed ge of the imag e is cut off . This i s a character istic of the T V . Not a[...]

157 English TROUBLESHOO TING Misc. The a udio guide d oes not sound. The audio guide setti ng is set to “OFF” . Set the a udio guide setting to “ON”. 118 The re cording capaci ty is less than tha t indica ted in the secti on “Possible N o . of Im ages/ Po s s i b l e Shoot ing Time/ Po s s i b l e Recordin g Tim e” (page 165) . The reco[...]

APPENDICES English 158 Notes re garding the Sce ne Selec t feature an d filters Scene Select Settin g Remarks Spor ts a F o cus range : Fixed at * . Ex posur e: Fix ed at @ . Po r t r a i t > Landscap e + F o cus range : Fixed at * . F ace cha ser: Fixe d at “OFF”. Ex posur e: Fix ed at @ . Night view por trait / F o cus range : Fixed at * .[...]

159 English TROUBLESHOO TING * The shutt er speed d ecreases to 1/15 sec. Filter About the scene select function and f o cus range sett ings i The scen e select fun ction change s to = when t he focus range is set to + or - . i Even if you set the focus range to + or - , it c hanges t o * wh en the scene sele ct function is set to any settin g othe[...]

APPENDICES English 160 SPECIFICA TIONS Camera Recorded image file format Still images: JPEG format (DCF , DPOF , Exif 2.2 comp liant) Note: Designe d mainly by the Japan Electr onics and Infor mation T echnology Indust ries Association (JEIT A), DCF (Design r ule fo r Camera File system) is standard for digital still camera image files to provide i[...]

161 English SPECIFICA T IONS Still image shooting mode (recor ding resolutio n) I : 4000 × 3000 pixels (approx. 12 million pixe ls) J : 3456 × 25 92 pix els (approx. 9 million pixels, low compression) K : 3456 × 25 92 pix els (approx. 9 million pixels, nor mal compression) Q : 3456 × 1944 pixels (approx. 6.7 million pix els, 16:9 asp ect ratio)[...]

APPENDICES English 162 Range N orma l mode: 50 cm ( 19.69 in.) to infinity Super m acro mode : 1c m ( 0 . 3 9i n . ) t o 80 c m (31.50 in .) (Wide en d only) Digital zoom For shooting: 1 × to approx. 12 × F or pla ybac k: 1 × to 62.5 × ( varies with resolution ) Shutter spee d Still imag e shooting mo de: 1/2 to 1/1,500 sec. (Maxi mum approx. 2[...]

163 English SPECIFICA T IONS Monitor 2.5" (6.4 cm) low-temp erature polys ilicon T FT color liquid cr ystal, approx. 150,000 pixels Flash w orkin g range GN = 3.0 Approx. 10 cm ( 3.94 in.) t o 1.7 m (5 .58 ft. ) (Wide) Approx. 80 cm ( 31.50 in.) to 1.3 m ( 4.27 ft.) (T el e) Flas h modes A uto-fl ash, f orced fl ash, fl ash of f Focus TTL-type[...]

APPENDICES English 164 Camera connectors Batter y life i Until ba tter y pack run s out wh en using a fully ch arged ba tter y pack at a 25 °C (77 ° F) ambien t temper ature . i The ope ration tim e may vary d ependin g on the c ondition s of the batter y pack and t he condit ions of use. E specially when use d at te mperatures below 10 ° C (50 [...]

165 English SPECIFICA T IONS P ossible No. of Images/Possible S hooting T ime/ P ossible Recording Time i If the continuou s recordi ng time of a voice memo exceeds abo ut 13 h ours, the rec orded file is saved once, an d then r ecordin g continu es in a n ew file. In the vi deo clip recording mode, wh en the size of t he fil e being re corded exce[...]

APPENDICES English 166 Concerning the mult i -indicator The camera’ s multi-indicator will light or flash depending on the different camera op erations. Color Multi-indicator status Ca mera sta tus Gree n Lit Conne cted to compu ter or p r int er (USB ) Flashi ng P ower save mode activated Red Flashing Slow During self-timer operat ion Fa st A cc[...]

167 English SPECIFICA T IONS Supplied battery pack cha rger i The V PC-CA9GX model is supplied with a power cord tha t is appr opri ate for the regi on of dest inatio n. i When u sing the supp lied batt er y pack charger abroad, th e power cord m ay need to be re placed in accordanc e with l ocal requ iremen ts. Please con tact your local deal er f[...]

APPENDICES English 168 Other s Mac OS and QuickTim e are trad emarks of Apple I nc., regi stered in th e U.S. and other c ountrie s. Micro soft and Windows are registere d trademar ks of Microso ft Corp oration in the USA and oth er countr ies. Intel a nd Pentium are re gistered tra demar ks of Inte l Cor porati on (USA). In this manual, the Micros[...]

169 English SPECIFICA T IONS Before capturing tho s e import ant shots, be sure to first t ake a test shot to confir m that yo ur camer a is set up and r eady to go i Sanyo Electr ic shall not be h eld re sponsible for any problems res ulting from the use of this cam era. i Sanyo Ele ctric declines all responsibility for d amages due to improper us[...]

APPENDICES English 170 HINTS FOR T AKING PICT URES T akin g great pictures in d ifficult surroundin gs is eas ier than you might t hink. By keeping a few points in mind a nd cho osing the co rrect setti ngs, you can create phot os that you’ll be proud to dis play and share. If images a re blurred even when the au tofocus is used Y our camer a emp[...]

171 English HINTS FOR T AKING PICTURE S Photographing a mo ving subject Situ ati on: Y ou woul d like to snap an action s hot of a moving child or pet. The autofocus is acti vated, but because the subject is moving, th e imag e may be blurred. In par ticular, when the di stance bet ween the camera and the su bject is cha nging, i t is difficu lt to[...]

APPENDICES English 172 Shooting portraits (portrait mode > ) Poi n ts : i Choose a background th at doesn’ t detract fr om your subjec t. i Move in close to your su bject. i Pa y atte ntion to lighting and how it a ff e cts your sub ject. NO T E i If the ba ckg r ound is distracting , it will not show your subject to h is best advantage. Move [...]

173 English HINTS FOR T AKING PICTURE S Night photograph y (night view portrait mode / ) Poi n t s: i Av oid ca mera shake. i Increase the ISO sensit ivity . NO T E i Came ra shutter spee d duri ng night pho tography is conside rable slower , so there is a much gre ater chance that your photographe d images will be blurry . Stabilize the camera whe[...]

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