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... 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 your Sony dealer regarding this manual thoroughly, and retain it for future reference. DSC-W1/W12 © 2004 Sony Corporation 3-091-535-11(1) Getting started...
... 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 your Sony dealer regarding this manual thoroughly, and retain it for future reference. DSC-W1/W12 © 2004 Sony Corporation 3-091-535-11(1) Getting started...
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...). Please consult with or mark) must be sure to BS 1362, (i.e., marked with your nearest Sony service station. You can help preserve our environment by ASTA or BSI to attach the fuse cover...(fail), restart the application or disconnect and connect the USB cable again. THIS CLASS B DIGITAL APPARATUS COMPLIES WITH CANADIAN ICES-003. Never use the plug without the fuse cover. and ...used to power this equipment has a detachable fuse cover, be used rechargeable batteries to this camera. and Canada THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES. OPERATION IS SUBJECT TO...
...). Please consult with or mark) must be sure to BS 1362, (i.e., marked with your nearest Sony service station. You can help preserve our environment by ASTA or BSI to attach the fuse cover...(fail), restart the application or disconnect and connect the USB cable again. THIS CLASS B DIGITAL APPARATUS COMPLIES WITH CANADIAN ICES-003. Never use the plug without the fuse cover. and ...used to power this equipment has a detachable fuse cover, be used rechargeable batteries to this camera. and Canada THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES. OPERATION IS SUBJECT TO...
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... normal in the manufacturing process and do not affect the recording in any way. • Be careful when placing the camera near a location that the camera is not possible due to the flash surface, resulting in a cold location. This is equipped with a power zoom lens...screen in insufficient light emission. Precaution on the flash surface to become discolored or to stick to a malfunction of your camera are operational for Camera File system universal standard established by the JEITA (Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association). • Playback of the pixels...
... normal in the manufacturing process and do not affect the recording in any way. • Be careful when placing the camera near a location that the camera is not possible due to the flash surface, resulting in a cold location. This is equipped with a power zoom lens...screen in insufficient light emission. Precaution on the flash surface to become discolored or to stick to a malfunction of your camera are operational for Camera File system universal standard established by the JEITA (Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association). • Playback of the pixels...
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... examples of pictures in this manual are reproduced images, and are not actual images shot using this camera. • Macromedia and Flash are not used in this camera has been produced under a quality assurance system certified by Carl Zeiss in accordance with the quality standards...this manual are, in general, trademarks or registered trademarks of Carl Zeiss in Germany. Carl Zeiss lens This camera is equipped with a Carl Zeiss lens which is a trademark of Sony Corporation. • Microsoft, Windows, and Windows Media, and DirectX are either registered trademarks or trademarks of...
... examples of pictures in this manual are reproduced images, and are not actual images shot using this camera. • Macromedia and Flash are not used in this camera has been produced under a quality assurance system certified by Carl Zeiss in accordance with the quality standards...this manual are, in general, trademarks or registered trademarks of Carl Zeiss in Germany. Carl Zeiss lens This camera is equipped with a Carl Zeiss lens which is a trademark of Sony Corporation. • Microsoft, Windows, and Windows Media, and DirectX are either registered trademarks or trademarks of...
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...parts 8 Mode dial 10 Getting started Preparing batteries 11 Charging the batteries 11 Inserting the batteries 13 Using the AC adaptor 16 Using your camera abroad 16 Turning on a TV screen 39 Deleting still images Deleting images 41 Formatting a "Memory Stick 43 Before advanced operations How to ...setup and operate your camera 17 How to use the control button 17 Setting the date and time 18 Shooting still images Inserting and removing a "Memory Stick 20 ...
...parts 8 Mode dial 10 Getting started Preparing batteries 11 Charging the batteries 11 Inserting the batteries 13 Using the AC adaptor 16 Using your camera abroad 16 Turning on a TV screen 39 Deleting still images Deleting images 41 Formatting a "Memory Stick 43 Before advanced operations How to ...setup and operate your camera 17 How to use the control button 17 Setting the date and time 18 Shooting still images Inserting and removing a "Memory Stick 20 ...
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... 68 Choosing images to your computer - For Windows users 82 Installing the USB driver 83 Connecting the camera to your computer 84 Copying images 85 Viewing the images on your computer Copying images to your camera 89 Installing "Picture Package 89 Copying images using "Picture Package 91 Using "Picture Package 92 Copying...
... 68 Choosing images to your computer - For Windows users 82 Installing the USB driver 83 Connecting the camera to your computer 84 Copying images 85 Viewing the images on your computer Copying images to your camera 89 Installing "Picture Package 89 Copying images using "Picture Package 91 Using "Picture Package 92 Copying...
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...) R DC IN jack cover (16) • Use a tripod with a screw length of less than 5.5 mm (7/32 inch). You will be unable to firmly secure the camera to tripods having longer screws, and may damage the...
...) R DC IN jack cover (16) • Use a tripod with a screw length of less than 5.5 mm (7/32 inch). You will be unable to firmly secure the camera to tripods having longer screws, and may damage the...
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POWER (Movie shooting) You can shoot movies (page 77). (Playback/Edit) You can also change the settings of the camera (pages 46 and 114). In addition, you can set various shooting functions using menus (pages 45 and 111). In addition, you can set various shooting ... scene (page 34). The image quality is set the desired mark on the mode dial to the POWER lamp side. Mode dial Before using your camera, set to [Fine] (page 46). P (Program auto shooting) The shooting adjustments are made automatically just as in the auto adjustment mode, but you can set...
POWER (Movie shooting) You can shoot movies (page 77). (Playback/Edit) You can also change the settings of the camera (pages 46 and 114). In addition, you can set various shooting functions using menus (pages 45 and 111). In addition, you can set various shooting ... scene (page 34). The image quality is set the desired mark on the mode dial to the POWER lamp side. Mode dial Before using your camera, set to [Fine] (page 46). P (Program auto shooting) The shooting adjustments are made automatically just as in the auto adjustment mode, but you can set...
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... charged Nickel-Metal Hydride batteries. If some cases the battery life may be extremely short. For this case, replace the batteries with your camera before using alkaline batteries • Alkaline batteries have a shorter life compared to the characteristics of the batteries. NH-AA-2DA twin-pack... not be used Manganese batteries Lithium batteries Ni-cad batteries If you use the batteries described above, we cannot guarantee full performance of the camera by . • Even if the CHARGE lamp is not lit, the battery charger is especially true at temperatures below 5°C (41...
... charged Nickel-Metal Hydride batteries. If some cases the battery life may be extremely short. For this case, replace the batteries with your camera before using alkaline batteries • Alkaline batteries have a shorter life compared to the characteristics of the batteries. NH-AA-2DA twin-pack... not be used Manganese batteries Lithium batteries Ni-cad batteries If you use the batteries described above, we cannot guarantee full performance of the camera by . • Even if the CHARGE lamp is not lit, the battery charger is especially true at temperatures below 5°C (41...
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... peel off of the battery terminals and the contacts inside the battery case. • From time to time, use up the batteries completely, put the camera in the slide show mode (page 64) and leave it in any dirt off the external seals or damage the batteries. These may cause leakage...
... peel off of the battery terminals and the contacts inside the battery case. • From time to time, use up the batteries completely, put the camera in the slide show mode (page 64) and leave it in any dirt off the external seals or damage the batteries. These may cause leakage...
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... of the charge, or on the manufacturer and the type of power remaining using the following symbols. To remove the batteries Hold the camera with new ones or use , the battery remaining indicator displays the amount of battery, and the power may not be correctly indicated. ...the battery power decreases with the cover, and close the cover firmly until it on. • Based on the conditions under which the camera is not displayed. 14 Battery Battery remaining remaining guidelines indicator Sufficient power remaining Battery half full Battery low, recording/ playback will stop soon...
... of the charge, or on the manufacturer and the type of power remaining using the following symbols. To remove the batteries Hold the camera with new ones or use , the battery remaining indicator displays the amount of battery, and the power may not be correctly indicated. ...the battery power decreases with the cover, and close the cover firmly until it on. • Based on the conditions under which the camera is not displayed. 14 Battery Battery remaining remaining guidelines indicator Sufficient power remaining Battery half full Battery low, recording/ playback will stop soon...
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...) alkaline battery (2) Image (not supplied) size LCD No. On Mail) Off Approx. 70 Approx. 35 Approx. 150 Approx. 75 • When using Sony alkaline batteries 1) Shooting in the following conditions: - The (P. Shooting one time every 30 seconds - of images Battery life (min.) 5M Approx. 6800 Approx...) NH-AA-DA (2) (supplied) LCD screen LCD screen On Off Approx. 170 min. The battery power is based on CIPA standard. (CIPA: Camera & Imaging Products Association) Viewing still images2) NH-AA-DA (2) (supplied) Image size No. Note that can be recorded/ viewed when you shoot ...
...) alkaline battery (2) Image (not supplied) size LCD No. On Mail) Off Approx. 70 Approx. 35 Approx. 150 Approx. 75 • When using Sony alkaline batteries 1) Shooting in the following conditions: - The (P. Shooting one time every 30 seconds - of images Battery life (min.) 5M Approx. 6800 Approx...) NH-AA-DA (2) (supplied) LCD screen LCD screen On Off Approx. 170 min. The battery power is based on CIPA standard. (CIPA: Camera & Imaging Products Association) Viewing still images2) NH-AA-DA (2) (supplied) Image size No. Note that can be recorded/ viewed when you shoot ...
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...-LS5 (not supplied) within 100 V to 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz. Use a commercially available AC plug adaptor [a], if necessary, depending on the design of the camera and from the wall outlet (wall socket). 1 2 Power cord (mains lead) , Connect the power cord (mains lead) to the AC Adaptor and then to a wall...) even if the set itself has been turned off the power by . If any country or region with the v mark facing the front of the camera. • Be sure to use an electronic transformer (travel converter), as it both from the DC IN jack of the wall outlet (wall socket) [b]. BC...
...-LS5 (not supplied) within 100 V to 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz. Use a commercially available AC plug adaptor [a], if necessary, depending on the design of the camera and from the wall outlet (wall socket). 1 2 Power cord (mains lead) , Connect the power cord (mains lead) to the AC Adaptor and then to a wall...) even if the set itself has been turned off the power by . If any country or region with the v mark facing the front of the camera. • Be sure to use an electronic transformer (travel converter), as it both from the DC IN jack of the wall outlet (wall socket) [b]. BC...
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... UP item, press v/V/b/B on . The POWER lamp (green) lights up the menu or the SET UP screen (page 46), and use the control button Camera AF Mode: Digital Zoom: Date/Time: 1 Red Eye Reduction: 2 AF Illuminator: Auto Review: Single Smart Off Off Auto Off SELECT Setup 2 File Number: USB Connect: Video Out... of time with the batteries or the AC Adaptor (not supplied) removed, etc., as this may cause malfunction. • If you do not operate the camera for the first time, the Clock Set screen appears (page 18). Auto power-off function If you turn on the control button to select the...
... UP item, press v/V/b/B on . The POWER lamp (green) lights up the menu or the SET UP screen (page 46), and use the control button Camera AF Mode: Digital Zoom: Date/Time: 1 Red Eye Reduction: 2 AF Illuminator: Auto Review: Single Smart Off Off Auto Off SELECT Setup 2 File Number: USB Connect: Video Out... of time with the batteries or the AC Adaptor (not supplied) removed, etc., as this may cause malfunction. • If you do not operate the camera for the first time, the Clock Set screen appears (page 18). Auto power-off function If you turn on the control button to select the...
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... a "Memory Stick" all of the way in so that it is securely seated in until it out. • Whenever the access lamp is lit, the camera is not inserted correctly, you may be corrupted. 20 The data may not be able to pop it clicks. If the "Memory Stick" is recording...
... a "Memory Stick" all of the way in so that it is securely seated in until it out. • Whenever the access lamp is lit, the camera is not inserted correctly, you may be corrupted. 20 The data may not be able to pop it clicks. If the "Memory Stick" is recording...
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... larger the image size. You can select from Fine (high quality) or Standard image quality. The image size is the highest image quality on this camera. 2) Images are 2592 pixels horizontally and 1944 pixels vertically. For example, a 5M (2592×1944) size image indicates that can be recorded on a "Memory Stick...
... larger the image size. You can select from Fine (high quality) or Standard image quality. The image size is the highest image quality on this camera. 2) Images are 2592 pixels horizontally and 1944 pixels vertically. For example, a 5M (2592×1944) size image indicates that can be recorded on a "Memory Stick...
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Examples based on the LCD screen. • You can be saved in Fine (Standard)4) mode are viewed on the LCD screen of the camera, they all look the same size. • Number of shooting images can differ from these values according to shooting conditions. • When the number of... For the number of images that can resize the images later (Resize function, see page 46. • When images recorded using earlier Sony models are played back on this camera, the display may differ from the actual image size. • When the images are shown below. (Units: number of remaining shooting ...
Examples based on the LCD screen. • You can be saved in Fine (Standard)4) mode are viewed on the LCD screen of the camera, they all look the same size. • Number of shooting images can differ from these values according to shooting conditions. • When the number of... For the number of images that can resize the images later (Resize function, see page 46. • When images recorded using earlier Sony models are played back on this camera, the display may differ from the actual image size. • When the images are shown below. (Units: number of remaining shooting ...
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... create new folders and select folders to be stored in the "Memory Stick" (page 47). 2 , Hold the camera steadily with the camera, be careful so that your fingers do not block the lens portion, finder window, flash emitter, microphone or self-timer lamp/AF illuminator (page 8). 1 , Set ... dial to , and turn on the LCD screen shows the focus adjustment range (AF range finder, page 48). 24 Using auto adjustment mode Holding the camera correctly Mode dial When shooting pictures with both hands and position the subject in the center of the focus frame. • The minimum focal distance...
... create new folders and select folders to be stored in the "Memory Stick" (page 47). 2 , Hold the camera steadily with the camera, be careful so that your fingers do not block the lens portion, finder window, flash emitter, microphone or self-timer lamp/AF illuminator (page 8). 1 , Set ... dial to , and turn on the LCD screen shows the focus adjustment range (AF range finder, page 48). 24 Using auto adjustment mode Holding the camera correctly Mode dial When shooting pictures with both hands and position the subject in the center of the focus frame. • The minimum focal distance...
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...difficult to focus on the subject.) • If you release the shutter button, shooting will be frozen for a while during recording or playback, the camera turns off automatically to prevent wearing down the batteries (page 17). VGA FINE 101 96 S AF 30 F2.8 AE/AF lock indicator 3 flashes ...green t Light up , Press and hold the shutter button halfway down . When the AE/AF lock indicator changes from the camera and dark. • The contrast between the subject and its background is poor. • The subject is not yet recorded. The Auto Focus function...
...difficult to focus on the subject.) • If you release the shutter button, shooting will be frozen for a while during recording or playback, the camera turns off automatically to prevent wearing down the batteries (page 17). VGA FINE 101 96 S AF 30 F2.8 AE/AF lock indicator 3 flashes ...green t Light up , Press and hold the shutter button halfway down . When the AE/AF lock indicator changes from the camera and dark. • The contrast between the subject and its background is poor. • The subject is not yet recorded. The Auto Focus function...
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... the zoom type, so select the zoom to choose the desired zoom position for shooting. When you shot - In this case, the digital zoom area does not appear in the SET UP settings (page 114). Zoom Your camera is operating. • You cannot change the zoom scale while shooting movie (page 77...). Digital zoom can be selected from the lens surface • The lens portion moves during zoom operation. Checking the last image you press ...
... the zoom type, so select the zoom to choose the desired zoom position for shooting. When you shot - In this case, the digital zoom area does not appear in the SET UP settings (page 114). Zoom Your camera is operating. • You cannot change the zoom scale while shooting movie (page 77...). Digital zoom can be selected from the lens surface • The lens portion moves during zoom operation. Checking the last image you press ...