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Digital Still Camera Operating Instructions Before operating the unit, please read this product. Owner's Record The model and serial numbers are located on the bottom. Model No. Refer to your Sony dealer regarding this manual thoroughly, and retain it for future reference. DSC-P31/P71 Serial No. Record the serial number in the space provided below...
Digital Still Camera Operating Instructions Before operating the unit, please read this product. Owner's Record The model and serial numbers are located on the bottom. Model No. Refer to your Sony dealer regarding this manual thoroughly, and retain it for future reference. DSC-P31/P71 Serial No. Record the serial number in the space provided below...
Operating Instructions
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...-6972 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. CAUTION You are cautioned that may call: Sony Customer Information Services Center 1-800-222-SONY (7669) The number below is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" ... any interference received, including interference that any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. For the Customers in this manual could void your authority to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this equipment. ...
...-6972 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. CAUTION You are cautioned that may call: Sony Customer Information Services Center 1-800-222-SONY (7669) The number below is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" ... any interference received, including interference that any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. For the Customers in this manual could void your authority to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this equipment. ...
Operating Instructions
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...or registered trademarks of their respective developers or manufacturers. However, the ™ or ® marks not used in this manual are , in this camera. Be careful not to bump the lens, and be careful not to apply force to it. On illustrations Illustrations used ... are not actual images shot using this manual. 7 Trademarks • "Memory Stick," , "MagicGate Memory Stick," and , are trademarks of Sony Corporation. • is equipped with an auto zoom lens. The auto zoom lens (for the DSC-P71 only) This camera is a trademark of Sony Corporation. • Microsoft...
...or registered trademarks of their respective developers or manufacturers. However, the ™ or ® marks not used in this manual are , in this camera. Be careful not to bump the lens, and be careful not to apply force to it. On illustrations Illustrations used ... are not actual images shot using this manual. 7 Trademarks • "Memory Stick," , "MagicGate Memory Stick," and , are trademarks of Sony Corporation. • is equipped with an auto zoom lens. The auto zoom lens (for the DSC-P71 only) This camera is a trademark of Sony Corporation. • Microsoft...
Operating Instructions
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...DSCP31, or the subject has weak contrast, the camera may not focus properly. • The light from the AF illuminator may also reduce the effectiveness of the red-eye reduction process. • When the AF illuminator flashes, but as long as it reaches the subject, the camera...reduced. Shooting still images To reduce "red-eye" when recording live subjects When the flash begins to strobe before the image is shot, the red-...not reach the subject (the maximum recommended distance for this feature is adjusted manually, the AF illuminator doesn't function. • Under the following conditions, ...
...DSCP31, or the subject has weak contrast, the camera may not focus properly. • The light from the AF illuminator may also reduce the effectiveness of the red-eye reduction process. • When the AF illuminator flashes, but as long as it reaches the subject, the camera...reduced. Shooting still images To reduce "red-eye" when recording live subjects When the flash begins to strobe before the image is shot, the red-...not reach the subject (the maximum recommended distance for this feature is adjusted manually, the AF illuminator doesn't function. • Under the following conditions, ...
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...Check the image to be set may not actually be used. 56 Advanced still image shooting Shooting techniques In normal shooting, the camera makes automatic exposure adjustments. direction should make your adjustments in the + ... 2048 4 0EV 0EV EV WB ISO d Select the exposure adjustment value. The value can be shot, if it looks like the image below, you are using the flash, the adjustment value set ...the range, or when you are shooting a back-lit person or a snowy scene, make manual adjustments. if you want to change the automatic exposure to -2.0EV, in the - If ...
...Check the image to be set may not actually be used. 56 Advanced still image shooting Shooting techniques In normal shooting, the camera makes automatic exposure adjustments. direction should make your adjustments in the + ... 2048 4 0EV 0EV EV WB ISO d Select the exposure adjustment value. The value can be shot, if it looks like the image below, you are using the flash, the adjustment value set ...the range, or when you are shooting a back-lit person or a snowy scene, make manual adjustments. if you want to change the automatic exposure to -2.0EV, in the - If ...
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...image on the LCD screen, it is recommended that you may show differences from the actual color. • When the flash is triggered, the manual setting is cancelled, and the shooting of the entire image seems to be captured according to automatic settings In Step 3, select "AUTO". •... a Turn the mode dial to the condition of the image may feel that you can adjust and recognize the correct color almost instantly. However, digital still cameras are greatly influenced by light. When you want to adjust. b Push the menu button. AUTO (no display) The white balance is captured, ...
...image on the LCD screen, it is recommended that you may show differences from the actual color. • When the flash is triggered, the manual setting is cancelled, and the shooting of the entire image seems to be captured according to automatic settings In Step 3, select "AUTO". •... a Turn the mode dial to the condition of the image may feel that you can adjust and recognize the correct color almost instantly. However, digital still cameras are greatly influenced by light. When you want to adjust. b Push the menu button. AUTO (no display) The white balance is captured, ...
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...The LCD is too bright. EFFECT is set to OFF the last time the camera was turned off with the LCD screen light when the power is set to ... Movie). • You cannot zoom while shooting a movie (MPEG MOVIE). • DIGITAL ZOOM is set to "OFF" in SET UP (DSC-P71 only). • The... from the subject than the shortest shooting distance when shooting (page 28). Taking Still / Moving images Symptom Cause The LCD screen does not • The power ...(pages 26, 74). turned on. Unable to the Landscape mode. • Manual focus is selected. • Center AF is out of the LCD screen in...
...The LCD is too bright. EFFECT is set to OFF the last time the camera was turned off with the LCD screen light when the power is set to ... Movie). • You cannot zoom while shooting a movie (MPEG MOVIE). • DIGITAL ZOOM is set to "OFF" in SET UP (DSC-P71 only). • The... from the subject than the shortest shooting distance when shooting (page 28). Taking Still / Moving images Symptom Cause The LCD screen does not • The power ...(pages 26, 74). turned on. Unable to the Landscape mode. • Manual focus is selected. • Center AF is out of the LCD screen in...