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...-P31/P71 © 2002 Sony Corporation 3-074-351-11(1) Getting started Shooting still images Viewing still images Deleting still images Copying still images to these numbers whenever you call upon your computer _________ Before advanced operations Advanced still image shooting Advanced still image viewing Still image editting Enjoying movies Troubleshooting Additional information Index Digital Still Camera Operating Instructions Before operating the...
...-P31/P71 © 2002 Sony Corporation 3-074-351-11(1) Getting started Shooting still images Viewing still images Deleting still images Copying still images to these numbers whenever you call upon your computer _________ Before advanced operations Advanced still image shooting Advanced still image viewing Still image editting Enjoying movies Troubleshooting Additional information Index Digital Still Camera Operating Instructions Before operating the...
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Attention The electromagnetic fields at the specific frequencies may influence the picture and sound of this camera. and Canada THIS CLASS B DIGITAL DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES AND THE CANADIAN ICES-003 OPERATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS: (1) THIS DEVICE MAY ...
Attention The electromagnetic fields at the specific frequencies may influence the picture and sound of this camera. and Canada THIS CLASS B DIGITAL DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES AND THE CANADIAN ICES-003 OPERATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS: (1) THIS DEVICE MAY ...
Operating Instructions
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.... • When you have chosen a date format, you can start shooting again (page 26). • When the LCD screen display is turned off, the digital zoom does not function (page 28). • When the LCD screen display is turned off, if you want to save battery power, or when it... is displayed. • When images are shot with the date and time inserted, the date and time cannot be removed later. • When shooting images with the date and time inserted CAMERA MOVING IMAGE : DATE/TIME : DIGITAL ZOOM : RED EYE REDUCTION : AF ILLUMINATOR : MPEG MOVIE OFF ON...
.... • When you have chosen a date format, you can start shooting again (page 26). • When the LCD screen display is turned off, the digital zoom does not function (page 28). • When the LCD screen display is turned off, if you want to save battery power, or when it... is displayed. • When images are shot with the date and time inserted, the date and time cannot be removed later. • When shooting images with the date and time inserted CAMERA MOVING IMAGE : DATE/TIME : DIGITAL ZOOM : RED EYE REDUCTION : AF ILLUMINATOR : MPEG MOVIE OFF ON...
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... saved even when the power is turned off. 33 CAMERA MOVING IMAGE : DATE/TIME : DIGITAL ZOOM : RED EYE REDUCTION : AF ILLUMINATOR : DAY&TIME DATE OFF OK CAMERA MOVING IMAGE : DATE/TIME : DIGITAL ZOOM : RED EYE REDUCTION : AF ILLUMINATOR : MPEG MOVIE Y/M/D ON OFF OFF SELECT Shooting still images 2 , Select (CAMERA) using v/V on the control button and press B.
... saved even when the power is turned off. 33 CAMERA MOVING IMAGE : DATE/TIME : DIGITAL ZOOM : RED EYE REDUCTION : AF ILLUMINATOR : DAY&TIME DATE OFF OK CAMERA MOVING IMAGE : DATE/TIME : DIGITAL ZOOM : RED EYE REDUCTION : AF ILLUMINATOR : MPEG MOVIE Y/M/D ON OFF OFF SELECT Shooting still images 2 , Select (CAMERA) using v/V on the control button and press B.
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...New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, etc. The color system of your digital still camera. Check the following list: NTSC system Bahama Islands, Bolivia, Canada, Central America, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, ...Surinam, Taiwan, the Philippines, the U.S.A., Venezuela, etc. Deleting images Deleting still images Deleting still images Watching the playback picture on TV If you want to and turn on the camera. PAL-M system Brazil PAL-N system Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay SECAM system Bulgaria,...
...New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, etc. The color system of your digital still camera. Check the following list: NTSC system Bahama Islands, Bolivia, Canada, Central America, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, ...Surinam, Taiwan, the Philippines, the U.S.A., Venezuela, etc. Deleting images Deleting still images Deleting still images Watching the playback picture on TV If you want to and turn on the camera. PAL-M system Brazil PAL-N system Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay SECAM system Bulgaria,...
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... v/V on the control button. Changing items in the SET UP screen a Turn the Mode dial to enter the setting. • On the DSC-P31, the "DIGITAL ZOOM" (page 28) and "POWER SAVE" (page 16) items are not displayed. SETUP 2 LCD BRIGHTNESS : LCD BACKLIGHT : BEEP : VIDEO OUT : USB CONNECT : POWER ... z on the menu of the item you select will explain the most commonly used menus and the SET UP screen. To turn yellow. CAMERA MOVING IMAGE : DATE/TIME : DIGITAL ZOOM : RED EYE REDUCTION : AF ILLUMINATOR : MPEG MOVIE OFF ON OFF ON SELECT Before advanced operations b Select the setting item you...
... v/V on the control button. Changing items in the SET UP screen a Turn the Mode dial to enter the setting. • On the DSC-P31, the "DIGITAL ZOOM" (page 28) and "POWER SAVE" (page 16) items are not displayed. SETUP 2 LCD BRIGHTNESS : LCD BACKLIGHT : BEEP : VIDEO OUT : USB CONNECT : POWER ... z on the menu of the item you select will explain the most commonly used menus and the SET UP screen. To turn yellow. CAMERA MOVING IMAGE : DATE/TIME : DIGITAL ZOOM : RED EYE REDUCTION : AF ILLUMINATOR : MPEG MOVIE OFF ON OFF ON SELECT Before advanced operations b Select the setting item you...
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...lights that flicker, even if you choose Fluorescent, you may feel that you can adjust and recognize the correct color almost instantly. Advanced still image shooting 57 Fluorescent ( ) Used when shooting under a cloudy sky. c Select WB using b/B, then select the desired setting ... to the lighting conditions. Cloudy ( ) Used when shooting under fluorescent lights. b Push the menu button. The menu appears. However, digital still cameras are greatly influenced by light. WHITE BALANCE Mode dial setting: /SCN/ When shooting images using v/V. AUTO (no display) The white balance...
...lights that flicker, even if you choose Fluorescent, you may feel that you can adjust and recognize the correct color almost instantly. Advanced still image shooting 57 Fluorescent ( ) Used when shooting under a cloudy sky. c Select WB using b/B, then select the desired setting ... to the lighting conditions. Cloudy ( ) Used when shooting under fluorescent lights. b Push the menu button. The menu appears. However, digital still cameras are greatly influenced by light. WHITE BALANCE Mode dial setting: /SCN/ When shooting images using v/V. AUTO (no display) The white balance...
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... LCD is too bright. p Set it to zoom. p Turn it to OFF the last time the camera was turned off with the LCD screen light when the power is not set to or SCN, or ....• The brightness of the LCD screen in the SET UP settings (pages 55, 98). turned on. Digital zoom does not function. p Change it ON (page 32). p Adjust the "LCD BACKLIGHT" in the ...is set to "B & W" mode. p Cancel the setting (page 34). p Adjust the exposure (page 56). Taking Still / Moving images Symptom Cause The LCD screen does not • The power was used. The subject is not visible •...
... LCD is too bright. p Set it to zoom. p Turn it to OFF the last time the camera was turned off with the LCD screen light when the power is not set to or SCN, or ....• The brightness of the LCD screen in the SET UP settings (pages 55, 98). turned on. Digital zoom does not function. p Change it ON (page 32). p Adjust the "LCD BACKLIGHT" in the ...is set to "B & W" mode. p Cancel the setting (page 34). p Adjust the exposure (page 56). Taking Still / Moving images Symptom Cause The LCD screen does not • The power was used. The subject is not visible •...
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... not still functioning well after trying the countermeasure a couple of the camera. The camera cannot read or write • Re-insert the "Memory Stick" several data on the state of times, contact your camera, or the data is trouble with your camera's hardware, or with a letter of a letter and four numerical digits. Self-Diagnostics Display - The...
... not still functioning well after trying the countermeasure a couple of the camera. The camera cannot read or write • Re-insert the "Memory Stick" several data on the state of times, contact your camera, or the data is trouble with your camera's hardware, or with a letter of a letter and four numerical digits. Self-Diagnostics Display - The...
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Additional information CAMERA Item Setting Description MOVING IMAGE xMPEG MOVIE / CLIP MOTION Selects the shooting mode (pages 55, 74). / MULTI BURST DATE/TIME DAY & TIME / DATE / xOFF Selects whether to use the digital zoom (page 28). xON / OFF P71) Selects whether to insert the date and ...AF assist light in the dark. Resets the file numbering and starts from 0001 each time the "Memory Stick" is changed . - DIGITAL ZOOM (DSC- AF ILLUMINATOR xAUTO / OFF Selects whether to files in the image. Please note that formatting erases all the information recorded...
Additional information CAMERA Item Setting Description MOVING IMAGE xMPEG MOVIE / CLIP MOTION Selects the shooting mode (pages 55, 74). / MULTI BURST DATE/TIME DAY & TIME / DATE / xOFF Selects whether to use the digital zoom (page 28). xON / OFF P71) Selects whether to insert the date and ...AF assist light in the dark. Resets the file numbering and starts from 0001 each time the "Memory Stick" is changed . - DIGITAL ZOOM (DSC- AF ILLUMINATOR xAUTO / OFF Selects whether to files in the image. Please note that formatting erases all the information recorded...
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...adjustment mode) ..... 26 Shooting in Multi Burst mode 64 Shooting with the date and time inserted ........ 32 Still image playback Index (9 images) screen 37 Quick Review 27 ROTATE 68 Slide show 67 Using the zoom ... TV screen 38 Viewing single images 36 Viewing the images on your computer . 53, 54 Still image shooting AE/AF lock lamp 11 AF mode 26 EV adjustment 56 Image quality 24 Image ... 61 The number of images that can be saved .... 91 The number of images that can be shot ...... 18 Using auto adjustment mode 26 Using the self-timer 29 WHITE BALANCE 57 Zoom 28 T Trimming...
...adjustment mode) ..... 26 Shooting in Multi Burst mode 64 Shooting with the date and time inserted ........ 32 Still image playback Index (9 images) screen 37 Quick Review 27 ROTATE 68 Slide show 67 Using the zoom ... TV screen 38 Viewing single images 36 Viewing the images on your computer . 53, 54 Still image shooting AE/AF lock lamp 11 AF mode 26 EV adjustment 56 Image quality 24 Image ... 61 The number of images that can be saved .... 91 The number of images that can be shot ...... 18 Using auto adjustment mode 26 Using the self-timer 29 WHITE BALANCE 57 Zoom 28 T Trimming...