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...Setup screen Using your computer Printing still images Connecting your camera to frequently asked questions can be found at our Customer Support Website. Record the serial number in China 2-586-568-12(1) Digital Still Camera User's Guide/ Troubleshooting Operating Instructions Before operating the unit...and retain it for shooting/playback with your camera. Printed on the bottom. Additional information on this product and answers to your TV Troubleshooting Others Index © 2005 Sony Corporation Model No. DSC-W5/W7/W15/W17 Serial No DSC-W5/W7/ W15/W17 "Read This First" (separate ...
...Setup screen Using your computer Printing still images Connecting your camera to frequently asked questions can be found at our Customer Support Website. Record the serial number in China 2-586-568-12(1) Digital Still Camera User's Guide/ Troubleshooting Operating Instructions Before operating the unit...and retain it for shooting/playback with your camera. Printed on the bottom. Additional information on this product and answers to your TV Troubleshooting Others Index © 2005 Sony Corporation Model No. DSC-W5/W7/W15/W17 Serial No DSC-W5/W7/ W15/W17 "Read This First" (separate ...
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...influence the picture and sound of this equipment has a detachable fuse cover, be used with the equipment in order to comply with this camera. However, there is encouraged to try to the collection and recycling location nearest you. Connect the equipment into an outlet on , the ... or relocate the receiving antenna. - If the plug supplied with the limits for a digital device pursuant to attach the fuse cover after you should lose the fuse cover, please contact your nearest Sony service station. These limits are recyclable. and Canada RECYCLING NICKEL METAL HYDRIDE BATTERIES Nickel Metal...
...influence the picture and sound of this equipment has a detachable fuse cover, be used with the equipment in order to comply with this camera. However, there is encouraged to try to the collection and recycling location nearest you. Connect the equipment into an outlet on , the ... or relocate the receiving antenna. - If the plug supplied with the limits for a digital device pursuant to attach the fuse cover after you should lose the fuse cover, please contact your nearest Sony service station. These limits are recyclable. and Canada RECYCLING NICKEL METAL HYDRIDE BATTERIES Nickel Metal...
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For full use of the digital still camera Prepare the camera and shoot in auto adjustment mode "Read This First" (separate volume) 1 Prepare the battery 2 Turn the camera on/set the clock 3 Insert a "Memory Stick" (not supplied) 4 Select the image size for use 5 Shoot images easily (Auto ...adjustment mode) Shoot still images (Scene Selection) 6 View images/Delete images Get more friendly with your camera This manual • Shoot with your favorite settings (Program auto shooting/ Manual shooting) t page 25 • Enjoy various shooting/playback using the...
For full use of the digital still camera Prepare the camera and shoot in auto adjustment mode "Read This First" (separate volume) 1 Prepare the battery 2 Turn the camera on/set the clock 3 Insert a "Memory Stick" (not supplied) 4 Select the image size for use 5 Shoot images easily (Auto ...adjustment mode) Shoot still images (Scene Selection) 6 View images/Delete images Get more friendly with your camera This manual • Shoot with your favorite settings (Program auto shooting/ Manual shooting) t page 25 • Enjoy various shooting/playback using the...
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Folder Change REC. Viewing menu 37 (Folder) - (Protect) DPOF (Print) (Slide) (Resize) (Rotate) (Divide) (Setup) Trimming Using the Setup screen Using Setup items 44 Camera 1 45 1 AF Mode Digital Zoom Date/Time Red Eye Reduction AF Illuminator Auto Review Camera 2 48 2 Enlarged Icon Internal Memory Tool 49 Format Memory Stick Tool 50 Format Create REC. Folder Copy Setup 1 52 1 LCD Backlight Beep Language Initialize Setup 2 53 2 File Number USB Connect Video Out Clock Set 8
Folder Change REC. Viewing menu 37 (Folder) - (Protect) DPOF (Print) (Slide) (Resize) (Rotate) (Divide) (Setup) Trimming Using the Setup screen Using Setup items 44 Camera 1 45 1 AF Mode Digital Zoom Date/Time Red Eye Reduction AF Illuminator Auto Review Camera 2 48 2 Enlarged Icon Internal Memory Tool 49 Format Memory Stick Tool 50 Format Create REC. Folder Copy Setup 1 52 1 LCD Backlight Beep Language Initialize Setup 2 53 2 File Number USB Connect Video Out Clock Set 8
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...shown by the number of small dots called pixels. Enjoying the camera 2304 1944 480 Quality On "image quality" and "image size" A digital image is made up more memory, and the image is displayed in fine detail. Description of the camera, the fine detail and data processing time differ when the ...image is printed or displayed on the screen of the pixels and the image size 3072 2592 640 1 Image size: 7M (DSC-W7/W17...
...shown by the number of small dots called pixels. Enjoying the camera 2304 1944 480 Quality On "image quality" and "image size" A digital image is made up more memory, and the image is displayed in fine detail. Description of the camera, the fine detail and data processing time differ when the ...image is printed or displayed on the screen of the pixels and the image size 3072 2592 640 1 Image size: 7M (DSC-W7/W17...
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...)/ (macro), the image is displayed for images recorded using playback zoom. - The menu is displayed. - The menu is displayed. - You are using other cameras. • When you press the (Display/LCD on VGA 96 - Playback of movies. • A large difference in the following situations - The flash strobes...The shutter speed is slow or high. • The histogram may occur when: 21 Enjoying the camera Changing the screen display Each time you set the LCD screen to Off, the digital zoom does not function (page 45) and [AF Mode] is set the histogram display to [Single...
...)/ (macro), the image is displayed for images recorded using playback zoom. - The menu is displayed. - The menu is displayed. - You are using other cameras. • When you press the (Display/LCD on VGA 96 - Playback of movies. • A large difference in the following situations - The flash strobes...The shutter speed is slow or high. • The histogram may occur when: 21 Enjoying the camera Changing the screen display Each time you set the LCD screen to Off, the digital zoom does not function (page 45) and [AF Mode] is set the histogram display to [Single...
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... mode. Smart (Smart zoom) ( ) Enlarges the image digitally with the LCD screen off, the camera operates in the [Single] mode. Precision (Precision zoom) ( Enlarges all image sizes up to [7M] (DSC-W7/ W17), [5M] (DSC-W5/W15), or [3:2]. • The maximum zoom scale of 6×, but the ...) image quality deteriorates. Off ( ) Does not use the digital zoom. When the zoom scale exceeds 3×, the camera uses either smart or precision digital zoom. This mode shortens...
... mode. Smart (Smart zoom) ( ) Enlarges the image digitally with the LCD screen off, the camera operates in the [Single] mode. Precision (Precision zoom) ( Enlarges all image sizes up to [7M] (DSC-W7/ W17), [5M] (DSC-W5/W15), or [3:2]. • The maximum zoom scale of 6×, but the ...) image quality deteriorates. Off ( ) Does not use the digital zoom. When the zoom scale exceeds 3×, the camera uses either smart or precision digital zoom. This mode shortens...
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... the effects of the screen during shooting, instead, the indicator appears. Date Superimposes the year, month and day. • The date is the digital zoom area Zoom scaling indicator • The maximum zoom scale of smart zoom/precision zoom includes the scale of the optical zoom. • The ... of this before shooting. Does not use Red Eye Reduction. • Because it takes about a second until the shutter clicks, hold the camera firmly to superimpose the date or time onto the image. The or indicator flashes, and AF operates with priority on the lower-right corner of...
... the effects of the screen during shooting, instead, the indicator appears. Date Superimposes the year, month and day. • The date is the digital zoom area Zoom scaling indicator • The maximum zoom scale of smart zoom/precision zoom includes the scale of the optical zoom. • The ... of this before shooting. Does not use Red Eye Reduction. • Because it takes about a second until the shutter clicks, hold the camera firmly to superimpose the date or time onto the image. The or indicator flashes, and AF operates with priority on the lower-right corner of...
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...images you want to print. 2 Press MENU to display the menu. 3 Select DPOF with your camera to what types of prints. As long as to a photo printing service shop. To remove the...in step 3 or 4. 72 A (Print order) mark is a function allowing you take a "Memory Stick" containing images shot with b/B, then press z. VGA 101 2/9 DPOF Exit BACK/NEXT 4 To mark other medium such as a CD-R and ...to the DPOF, you can make a (Print order) mark on images that conforms to the DPOF (Digital Print Order Format) standard or using a PictBridge compliant printer. • You cannot mark movies. ...
...images you want to print. 2 Press MENU to display the menu. 3 Select DPOF with your camera to what types of prints. As long as to a photo printing service shop. To remove the...in step 3 or 4. 72 A (Print order) mark is a function allowing you take a "Memory Stick" containing images shot with b/B, then press z. VGA 101 2/9 DPOF Exit BACK/NEXT 4 To mark other medium such as a CD-R and ...to the DPOF, you can make a (Print order) mark on images that conforms to the DPOF (Digital Print Order Format) standard or using a PictBridge compliant printer. • You cannot mark movies. ...
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PAL-M system Brazil PAL-N system Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay SECAM system Bulgaria, France, Guiana, Iran, Iraq, Monaco, Russia, Ukraine, etc. 75 Connecting your camera to view images on a TV screen, you need a TV with a video input jack and the A/V cable (supplied). Check the following lists: NTSC system Bahama Islands, ..., Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, etc. On TV color systems If you want to your digital still camera.
PAL-M system Brazil PAL-N system Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay SECAM system Bulgaria, France, Guiana, Iran, Iraq, Monaco, Russia, Ukraine, etc. 75 Connecting your camera to view images on a TV screen, you need a TV with a video input jack and the A/V cable (supplied). Check the following lists: NTSC system Bahama Islands, ..., Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, etc. On TV color systems If you want to your digital still camera.
Operating Instructions
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...new "Memory Stick" (page 89). E:61: ss E:91: ss E:92: ss • A camera malfunction has occurred. Messages If the following corrective actions a few times, contact your Sony dealer or local authorized Sony service facility. Memory Stick error • Insert the "Memory Stick" correctly. • The inserted "... level is inserted. Depending on again • A problem with your camera (page 89). • The "Memory Stick" is damaged. Format error • Format the media again (pages 49, 50). 86 The last two digits (indicated by ss) will differ depending on again (t step 2 "Read...
...new "Memory Stick" (page 89). E:61: ss E:91: ss E:92: ss • A camera malfunction has occurred. Messages If the following corrective actions a few times, contact your Sony dealer or local authorized Sony service facility. Memory Stick error • Insert the "Memory Stick" correctly. • The inserted "... level is inserted. Depending on again • A problem with your camera (page 89). • The "Memory Stick" is damaged. Format error • Format the media again (pages 49, 50). 86 The last two digits (indicated by ss) will differ depending on again (t step 2 "Read...
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...No images have been recorded in the selected folder. Cannot create more folders • The folder with a name beginning with the same first three digit number already exists on equipment other than this "Memory Stick". Select a different folder (page 51). Invalid operation • You are playing back ... locked • Set the write-protect switch on your computer (page 63). Read only memory • Your camera cannot record or delete images on a tripod, or otherwise secure the camera in place. 640(Fine) is not a movie. No file in this folder • No images have been...
...No images have been recorded in the selected folder. Cannot create more folders • The folder with a name beginning with the same first three digit number already exists on equipment other than this "Memory Stick". Select a different folder (page 51). Invalid operation • You are playing back ... locked • Set the write-protect switch on your computer (page 63). Read only memory • Your camera cannot record or delete images on a tripod, or otherwise secure the camera in place. 640(Fine) is not a movie. No file in this folder • No images have been...
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...49, 50 H Histogram 21, 30 Folder 50 D Date 46 Date&Time 46 Date/Time 46 Daylight 33 Delete t step 6 in "Read This First" Digital Zoom 45 DirectX 56 Divide 41 DPOF 72 E Effective pixels 94 Electronic transformer t step 1 in "Read This First" Enlarged Icon 48 Enlarging an image t... 12 Compression ratio 14 Computer Copying images 57 Macintosh 66 Recommended environment 56, 66 Software 64 Viewing image stored on a computer with your camera 63 Windows 55 Connecting Computer 58 Printer 70 TV 74 Contrast 36 Copy 51 Copying images to your computer 57 Create REC. IInndedx ex ...
...49, 50 H Histogram 21, 30 Folder 50 D Date 46 Date&Time 46 Date/Time 46 Daylight 33 Delete t step 6 in "Read This First" Digital Zoom 45 DirectX 56 Divide 41 DPOF 72 E Effective pixels 94 Electronic transformer t step 1 in "Read This First" Enlarged Icon 48 Enlarging an image t... 12 Compression ratio 14 Computer Copying images 57 Macintosh 66 Recommended environment 56, 66 Software 64 Viewing image stored on a computer with your camera 63 Windows 55 Connecting Computer 58 Printer 70 TV 74 Contrast 36 Copy 51 Copying images to your computer 57 Create REC. IInndedx ex ...