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... operations for future reference. Printed on the bottom. Model No. Printed in the space provided below. Additional information on this manual and "Read This First" (separate volume) thoroughly, and retain it for shooting/playback with your TV Troubleshooting Others Index 2-673-239-11(1) DSC-W30/W40/W50/W70 Serial No © 2006 Sony Corporation Using the menu Using the Setup screen Using your computer Printing still images Connecting your camera to these numbers...
... operations for future reference. Printed on the bottom. Model No. Printed in the space provided below. Additional information on this manual and "Read This First" (separate volume) thoroughly, and retain it for shooting/playback with your TV Troubleshooting Others Index 2-673-239-11(1) DSC-W30/W40/W50/W70 Serial No © 2006 Sony Corporation Using the menu Using the Setup screen Using your computer Printing still images Connecting your camera to these numbers...
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..., be sure the service technician has used replacement parts specified by being dropped, or the cabinet has been damaged. - Lightning For added protection for this indicates a need for long periods of time, unplug it is in the operating instructions. If the set due to qualified service personnel under the following the operating instructions. Adjust only those controls that have fallen into the set is left unattended and...
..., be sure the service technician has used replacement parts specified by being dropped, or the cabinet has been damaged. - Lightning For added protection for this indicates a need for long periods of time, unplug it is in the operating instructions. If the set due to qualified service personnel under the following the operating instructions. Adjust only those controls that have fallen into the set is left unattended and...
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... reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. By ensuring this product. The recycling of electrical and electronic equipment. Should the fuse in the plug supplied need to be handed over to Part 15 of the following measures: - These limits are designed to discontinue midway (fail), restart the application or disconnect and connect the communication cable (USB, etc...
... reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. By ensuring this product. The recycling of electrical and electronic equipment. Should the fuse in the plug supplied need to be handed over to Part 15 of the following measures: - These limits are designed to discontinue midway (fail), restart the application or disconnect and connect the communication cable (USB, etc...
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... record one-time events, make a trial recording to a malfunction of your camera or recording media, etc. Carl Zeiss lens This camera is equipped with excellent contrast. Water entering the inside of the camera may be destroyed. Other memory cards cannot be repairable. • Do not aim the camera at the sun or other bright light. Memory Stick Duo Adaptor Notes on the battery pack • Charge the battery...
... record one-time events, make a trial recording to a malfunction of your camera or recording media, etc. Carl Zeiss lens This camera is equipped with excellent contrast. Water entering the inside of the camera may be destroyed. Other memory cards cannot be repairable. • Do not aim the camera at the sun or other bright light. Memory Stick Duo Adaptor Notes on the battery pack • Charge the battery...
User Guide
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... to the provisions of the DSC-W70 unless noted otherwise. The heat of pictures in this may trail across on your camera are operational for effective use . Notes on the LCD screen and lens • The LCD screen is equipped with other materials may be some tiny black points and/or bright points (white, red, blue or green in insufficient light emission. Warning on copyright Television...
... to the provisions of the DSC-W70 unless noted otherwise. The heat of pictures in this may trail across on your camera are operational for effective use . Notes on the LCD screen and lens • The LCD screen is equipped with other materials may be some tiny black points and/or bright points (white, red, blue or green in insufficient light emission. Warning on copyright Television...
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Folder Change REC. Folder Copy Setup 1 53 1 LCD Backlight (DSC-W50/W70 only) Beep Language Initialize Setup 2 54 2 File Number USB Connect Video Out Clock Set 11 Viewing menu 39 (Folder) - (Protect) DPOF (Print) (Slide) (Resize) (Rotate) (Divide) (Setup) Trimming Using the Setup screen Using Setup items 46 Camera 47 AF Mode Digital Zoom Function Guide Red Eye Reduction AF Illuminator Auto Review Internal Memory Tool 50 Format Memory Stick Tool 51 Format Create REC.
Folder Change REC. Folder Copy Setup 1 53 1 LCD Backlight (DSC-W50/W70 only) Beep Language Initialize Setup 2 54 2 File Number USB Connect Video Out Clock Set 11 Viewing menu 39 (Folder) - (Protect) DPOF (Print) (Slide) (Resize) (Rotate) (Divide) (Setup) Trimming Using the Setup screen Using Setup items 46 Camera 47 AF Mode Digital Zoom Function Guide Red Eye Reduction AF Illuminator Auto Review Internal Memory Tool 50 Format Memory Stick Tool 51 Format Create REC.
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... with your camera (using a "Memory Stick Duo 65 Using the "Cyber-shot Viewer" (supplied 66 Using your Macintosh computer 70 Printing still images How to print still images 72 Printing images directly using a PictBridge compliant printer 73 Printing at a shop 76 Connecting your camera to your TV Viewing images on a TV screen 78 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting 80 Warning indicators and messages 92 Others On the "Memory Stick 95 On the battery pack 97 On the battery charger 98 Precautions 99 Specifications 101...
... with your camera (using a "Memory Stick Duo 65 Using the "Cyber-shot Viewer" (supplied 66 Using your Macintosh computer 70 Printing still images How to print still images 72 Printing images directly using a PictBridge compliant printer 73 Printing at a shop 76 Connecting your camera to your TV Viewing images on a TV screen 78 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting 80 Warning indicators and messages 92 Others On the "Memory Stick 95 On the battery pack 97 On the battery charger 98 Precautions 99 Specifications 101...
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Reddish Quality On "image quality" and "image size" A digital image is made up more memory, and the image is printed or displayed on the screen of the camera, the fine detail and data processing time differ when the image is displayed in the auto adjustment mode. Example: The color of an image affected by light sources Weather/lighting Daylight Cloudy Fluorescent Incandescent Characteristics of light White (standard) Bluish Blue-tinged The color tones are adjusted automatically in...
Reddish Quality On "image quality" and "image size" A digital image is made up more memory, and the image is printed or displayed on the screen of the camera, the fine detail and data processing time differ when the image is displayed in the auto adjustment mode. Example: The color of an image affected by light sources Weather/lighting Daylight Cloudy Fluorescent Incandescent Characteristics of light White (standard) Bluish Blue-tinged The color tones are adjusted automatically in...
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...) (640×480) Approx. 17 Display on TV (standard) 160 (160×112) Approx. 8 For E-mail • The larger the image size, the higher the quality is. • The more frames per second you played back, the smoother playback can be cut off when printing (page 89). 3) By using a Memory Stick slot or USB connection, you select a high compression ratio...
...) (640×480) Approx. 17 Display on TV (standard) 160 (160×112) Approx. 8 For E-mail • The larger the image size, the higher the quality is. • The more frames per second you played back, the smoother playback can be cut off when printing (page 89). 3) By using a Memory Stick slot or USB connection, you select a high compression ratio...
User Guide
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... using other cameras. • When you select (flash mode) / (self-timer) / (macro), the image is a graph showing the brightness of an image. The graph display indicates a bright image when skewed to the right side, and a dark image when skewed to display the histogram inside the screen. Enjoying the camera Changing the screen display Each time you cannot adjust the exposure. 23 When the menu is displayed. - When you set the LCD screen to off, the digital zoom does not function...
... using other cameras. • When you select (flash mode) / (self-timer) / (macro), the image is a graph showing the brightness of an image. The graph display indicates a bright image when skewed to the right side, and a dark image when skewed to display the histogram inside the screen. Enjoying the camera Changing the screen display Each time you cannot adjust the exposure. 23 When the menu is displayed. - When you set the LCD screen to off, the digital zoom does not function...
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....) Reset Starts from 0001 each time the folder is changed. (When the recording folder contains a file, a number one higher than the largest number is changed. (When the replaced "Memory Stick Duo" contains a file with Windows XP and Mac OS X.) Mass Storage Establishes a Mass Storage connection between the camera and a computer or other USB device cannot be used to assign file numbers to a PictBridge compliant printer (page 73). PTP When [PTP] (Picture Transfer Protocol) is set to [Auto], change...
....) Reset Starts from 0001 each time the folder is changed. (When the recording folder contains a file, a number one higher than the largest number is changed. (When the replaced "Memory Stick Duo" contains a file with Windows XP and Mac OS X.) Mass Storage Establishes a Mass Storage connection between the camera and a computer or other USB device cannot be used to assign file numbers to a PictBridge compliant printer (page 73). PTP When [PTP] (Picture Transfer Protocol) is set to [Auto], change...
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... not connect the camera to the computer before installation. • In Windows 2000/XP, log on as Administrator. • When the supplied software is installed, the USB driver is complete. • If it does not appear, double-click (My Computer) t (CYBERSHOTSOFT). 2 Click [Install]. When the restarting confirmation message appears, restart the computer following procedure. • When using the following the instructions on the screen. 5 Remove the...
... not connect the camera to the computer before installation. • In Windows 2000/XP, log on as Administrator. • When the supplied software is installed, the USB driver is complete. • If it does not appear, double-click (My Computer) t (CYBERSHOTSOFT). 2 Click [Install]. When the restarting confirmation message appears, restart the computer following procedure. • When using the following the instructions on the screen. 5 Remove the...
User Guide
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... camera has not been changed. • You may be unable to play back some images depending on the image size. • When an image file has been processed by copying the image file on the computer to a "Memory Stick Duo". • Step 1 is not necessary if the file name set with your camera (using a "Memory Stick Duo") This section describes the process using a model other than that of your camera, playback...
... camera has not been changed. • You may be unable to play back some images depending on the image size. • When an image file has been processed by copying the image file on the computer to a "Memory Stick Duo". • Step 1 is not necessary if the file name set with your camera (using a "Memory Stick Duo") This section describes the process using a model other than that of your camera, playback...
User Guide
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... [Import Images] screen is connected. This section summarizes the "Cyber-shot Viewer" and gives basic instructions. To access the Help, click [Start] t [Programs] (in the top right corner of the software. Or, from the camera. Exiting the "Cyber-shot Viewer" Click button in Windows XP, [All Programs]) t [Sony Picture Utility] t [Help] t [Cyber-shot Viewer]. "Cyber-shot Viewer" overview With the "Cyber-shot Viewer" you will use still images and movies from the camera more than ever by shooting date to view...
... [Import Images] screen is connected. This section summarizes the "Cyber-shot Viewer" and gives basic instructions. To access the Help, click [Start] t [Programs] (in the top right corner of the software. Or, from the camera. Exiting the "Cyber-shot Viewer" Click button in Windows XP, [All Programs]) t [Sony Picture Utility] t [Help] t [Cyber-shot Viewer]. "Cyber-shot Viewer" overview With the "Cyber-shot Viewer" you will use still images and movies from the camera more than ever by shooting date to view...
User Guide
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... the screen (page 23). Precision digital zoom does not function. • Set [Digital Zoom] to the recording mode (t step Recording takes a long time. • The NR slow shutter function is activated (page 20). Do one of focus. • The subject is too close -up (Macro) recording mode. Press 6 in the close . Optical zoom does not work. • You cannot change to [Precision] (page 47). • This function cannot be used while shooting movies. 82 Delete unnecessary images...
... the screen (page 23). Precision digital zoom does not function. • Set [Digital Zoom] to the recording mode (t step Recording takes a long time. • The NR slow shutter function is activated (page 20). Do one of focus. • The subject is too close -up (Macro) recording mode. Press 6 in the close . Optical zoom does not work. • You cannot change to [Precision] (page 47). • This function cannot be used while shooting movies. 82 Delete unnecessary images...
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... the screen is too low, adjust the brightness of the LCD backlight (DSC-W50/W70 only) (page 23, t step5 in "Read This First"). Smart zoom does not function. • Set [Digital Zoom] to (Flash forced on the screen (page 23). 83 Troubleshooting The date and time are not displayed. • While shooting, the date and time are displayed. The date and time are shooting a subject with a light source behind the subject. Shooting movies. When the mode dial...
... the screen is too low, adjust the brightness of the LCD backlight (DSC-W50/W70 only) (page 23, t step5 in "Read This First"). Smart zoom does not function. • Set [Digital Zoom] to (Flash forced on the screen (page 23). 83 Troubleshooting The date and time are not displayed. • While shooting, the date and time are displayed. The date and time are shooting a subject with a light source behind the subject. Shooting movies. When the mode dial...
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... (Setup) menu (page 54). • Disconnect all equipment other than about two seconds). • Cancel the protection (page 41). • Still images cannot be cut. Make sure that "USB Mode Mass Storage" is displayed (page 60). • Set [USB Connect] to install the USB driver again. The "Removable disk" icon does not appear on page 57 for Windows, and page 70 for multi-use terminal (DSC-W50/W70) or the USB cable (DSC-W30...
... (Setup) menu (page 54). • Disconnect all equipment other than about two seconds). • Cancel the protection (page 41). • Still images cannot be cut. Make sure that "USB Mode Mass Storage" is displayed (page 60). • Set [USB Connect] to install the USB driver again. The "Removable disk" icon does not appear on page 57 for Windows, and page 70 for multi-use terminal (DSC-W50/W70) or the USB cable (DSC-W30...
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...; Operate correctly (page 65). Shoot using a "Memory Stick Duo" formatted by your computer, then play back the movie from the internal memory or the "Memory Stick Duo". Images are not displayed even if the folder is turned on the camera. • Copy them to the Help. • Consult the computer or software manufacturer. The "Device Manager" appears. 3 Right-click [ Sony DSC], then click [Uninstall] t [OK]. The device is registered in "Viewed folders", update...
...; Operate correctly (page 65). Shoot using a "Memory Stick Duo" formatted by your computer, then play back the movie from the internal memory or the "Memory Stick Duo". Images are not displayed even if the folder is turned on the camera. • Copy them to the Help. • Consult the computer or software manufacturer. The "Device Manager" appears. 3 Right-click [ Sony DSC], then click [Uninstall] t [OK]. The device is registered in "Viewed folders", update...
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... error message is printed on the printer, refer to whether the printer provides these functions or not. • The date may not be printed. • Images shot using cameras other than this camera or images modified with the date inserted. If you select [Exit] during printing, images may take some time depending on the printer. Printing is connected correctly. • Turn on the printer. 90 For further information, refer to the operating instructions supplied with the printer. Set [Date...
... error message is printed on the printer, refer to whether the printer provides these functions or not. • The date may not be printed. • Images shot using cameras other than this camera or images modified with the date inserted. If you select [Exit] during printing, images may take some time depending on the printer. Printing is connected correctly. • Turn on the printer. 90 For further information, refer to the operating instructions supplied with the printer. Set [Date...
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... Format 50, 51 Function Guide 48 H High sensitivity t step 5 in "Read This First" Histogram 23 Holding the camera t step 5 in "Read This First" I Identifying parts 17 Image file storage destinations and file names 64 Image quality 15, 36 Image size 15 t step 4 in "Read This First" Incandescent 35 Index mode printing 73 Index screen t step 6 in "Read This First" Indicator see "Screen" Initialize 53 Install 58 Internal memory 26 Internal Memory...
... Format 50, 51 Function Guide 48 H High sensitivity t step 5 in "Read This First" Histogram 23 Holding the camera t step 5 in "Read This First" I Identifying parts 17 Image file storage destinations and file names 64 Image quality 15, 36 Image size 15 t step 4 in "Read This First" Incandescent 35 Index mode printing 73 Index screen t step 6 in "Read This First" Indicator see "Screen" Initialize 53 Install 58 Internal memory 26 Internal Memory...