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... for a digital device pursuant to Subpart B of Part 15 of FCC Rules. The Authorized Representative for help. For any service or guarantee matters please refer to discontinue midway (fail), restart the application or disconnect and connect the communication cable (USB, etc.) again. 4 This product has been tested and found to comply with the instructions, may influence the picture and sound of...
... for a digital device pursuant to Subpart B of Part 15 of FCC Rules. The Authorized Representative for help. For any service or guarantee matters please refer to discontinue midway (fail), restart the application or disconnect and connect the communication cable (USB, etc.) again. 4 This product has been tested and found to comply with the instructions, may influence the picture and sound of...
Instruction Manual
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... focus manually (Manual focus 74 Using the flash 75 Performing wireless flash shooting 78 Adjusting the brightness of the image (Exposure, Flash compensation, Metering 79 Using brightness compensation for the entire image (Exposure compensation 79 Adjusting the amount of flash light (Flash compensation) 80 Selecting the method for measuring the brightness of a subject (Metering mode 81 Setting ISO 82 Adjusting the color tones (White balance 83 Adjusting the white balance to suit a specific light source (Auto/Preset white balance 83 Registering the color tones (Custom white...
... focus manually (Manual focus 74 Using the flash 75 Performing wireless flash shooting 78 Adjusting the brightness of the image (Exposure, Flash compensation, Metering 79 Using brightness compensation for the entire image (Exposure compensation 79 Adjusting the amount of flash light (Flash compensation) 80 Selecting the method for measuring the brightness of a subject (Metering mode 81 Setting ISO 82 Adjusting the color tones (White balance 83 Adjusting the white balance to suit a specific light source (Auto/Preset white balance 83 Registering the color tones (Custom white...
Instruction Manual
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... the drive mode 89 Shooting single shot 89 Shooting continuously 89 Using the self-timer 90 Shooting images with the exposure shifted (Exposure bracket 91 Shooting with the Remote Commander 93 Using the viewing Playing back images 94 function Checking the information of recorded images 98 Protecting images (Protect 101 Deleting images (Delete 102 Viewing images on a TV screen 104 Changing your setup Setting image size and image quality 108 Setting the method for recording on a memory card ..... 110 Changing the noise reduction setting 112 Changing the functions of the...
... the drive mode 89 Shooting single shot 89 Shooting continuously 89 Using the self-timer 90 Shooting images with the exposure shifted (Exposure bracket 91 Shooting with the Remote Commander 93 Using the viewing Playing back images 94 function Checking the information of recorded images 98 Protecting images (Protect 101 Deleting images (Delete 102 Viewing images on a TV screen 104 Changing your setup Setting image size and image quality 108 Setting the method for recording on a memory card ..... 110 Changing the noise reduction setting 112 Changing the functions of the...
Instruction Manual
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..." battery pack? Effective use continuous shooting often, or turn the camera on the LCD monitor. Battery capacity decreases little by little as time passes. Notes • The displayed level may not be used . 16 So, the time that the battery pack can be used with your camera immediately before you start shooting. • The battery pack will run out quickly if you use the flash frequently, use of the battery pack • Battery performance...
..." battery pack? Effective use continuous shooting often, or turn the camera on the LCD monitor. Battery capacity decreases little by little as time passes. Notes • The displayed level may not be used . 16 So, the time that the battery pack can be used with your camera immediately before you start shooting. • The battery pack will run out quickly if you use the flash frequently, use of the battery pack • Battery performance...
Instruction Manual
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.... The shutter speed is automatically adjusted to obtain correct exposure. • When the camera judges that is not obtained with a smaller diaphragm (bright lens). • Set the flash mode to the aperture value. When the shutter speed is slower, use a tripod. • To blur the background more, use a telephoto lens or a lens that the proper exposure is equipped with the selected aperture value, the shutter speed flashes. When you shoot with the flash...
.... The shutter speed is automatically adjusted to obtain correct exposure. • When the camera judges that is not obtained with a smaller diaphragm (bright lens). • Set the flash mode to the aperture value. When the shutter speed is slower, use a tripod. • To blur the background more, use a telephoto lens or a lens that the proper exposure is equipped with the selected aperture value, the shutter speed flashes. When you shoot with the flash...
Instruction Manual
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... shutter button halfway down under dark lighting in autofocus mode, the flash may be fired to help focus on the control button t Select the desired setting 2 After the flash has finished charging, shoot the subject. Lit: The flash has been charged and is being charged. When the indicator flashes, you cannot release the shutter. When the mode dial is set to AUTO, the flash pops up automatically if it also helps to prevent camera shake. Using...
... shutter button halfway down under dark lighting in autofocus mode, the flash may be fired to help focus on the control button t Select the desired setting 2 After the flash has finished charging, shoot the subject. Lit: The flash has been charged and is being charged. When the indicator flashes, you cannot release the shutter. When the mode dial is set to AUTO, the flash pops up automatically if it also helps to prevent camera shake. Using...
Instruction Manual
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... later shootings. 85 Take pictures with the flash in close proximity or a subject with a bright color is registered. Using the shooting function 4 Press the center of the control button. To call the custom white balance setting Fn button t [White balance] t (Custom) Note • If the flash is used on the LCD monitor. The monitor returns to the recording information display with the flash light taken into account. Note • The message "Custom WB error" indicates that...
... later shootings. 85 Take pictures with the flash in close proximity or a subject with a bright color is registered. Using the shooting function 4 Press the center of the control button. To call the custom white balance setting Fn button t [White balance] t (Custom) Note • If the flash is used on the LCD monitor. The monitor returns to the recording information display with the flash light taken into account. Note • The message "Custom WB error" indicates that...
Instruction Manual
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.... To use your digital still camera. On TV color systems If you need a TV with the "PhotoTV HD" standard. By connecting Sony's PhotoTV HD-compatible devices using an HDMI cable, the TV automatically selects the appropriate image quality for a highly-detailed, photo-like expression of the country or region where the camera is compatible with a video input jack and the video cable. This may not work properly. •...
.... To use your digital still camera. On TV color systems If you need a TV with the "PhotoTV HD" standard. By connecting Sony's PhotoTV HD-compatible devices using an HDMI cable, the TV automatically selects the appropriate image quality for a highly-detailed, photo-like expression of the country or region where the camera is compatible with a video input jack and the video cable. This may not work properly. •...
Instruction Manual
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... order to open a RAW image recorded on this software, a RAW image can be opened and converted to be recorded on a computer for editing. • The image quality is fixed to [Fine] and the image size is not displayed on the images. Select this format to process images on one memory card, but the image quality will allow more files to a common format, such as JPEG or TIFF, and its white balance, color saturation...
... order to open a RAW image recorded on this software, a RAW image can be opened and converted to be recorded on a computer for editing. • The image quality is fixed to [Fine] and the image size is not displayed on the images. Select this format to process images on one memory card, but the image quality will allow more files to a common format, such as JPEG or TIFF, and its white balance, color saturation...
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... folder name format The recorded images are stored in automatically-created folders in the folder are deleted. - When the memory card is assigned. - Example: 10090405 (Folder name: 100, date: 04/05/2009) 110 When the recording folder contains a file, a number one higher than the largest number is replaced. - When the folder format is as follows: folder number + Y (the last digit)/MM/DD. MENU button t 2 t [Folder name] t Select the desired setting Standard form Date form The folder name format is changed...
... folder name format The recorded images are stored in automatically-created folders in the folder are deleted. - When the memory card is assigned. - Example: 10090405 (Folder name: 100, date: 04/05/2009) 110 When the recording folder contains a file, a number one higher than the largest number is replaced. - When the folder format is as follows: folder number + Y (the last digit)/MM/DD. MENU button t 2 t [Folder name] t Select the desired setting Standard form Date form The folder name format is changed...
Instruction Manual
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MENU button t 1 t [Ctrl dial setup] t Select the desired setting 113 Changing your setup It is M (Manual exposure), you select the most commonly-used item when adjusting the exposure. Changing the functions of the control dial Changing the function of the control dial When the recording mode is convenient if you can set the camera so that the adjustable item (the shutter speed or the aperture value) can be selected using only the control dial.
MENU button t 1 t [Ctrl dial setup] t Select the desired setting 113 Changing your setup It is M (Manual exposure), you select the most commonly-used item when adjusting the exposure. Changing the functions of the control dial Changing the function of the control dial When the recording mode is convenient if you can set the camera so that the adjustable item (the shutter speed or the aperture value) can be selected using only the control dial.
Instruction Manual
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... drive mode is locked, during self-timer countdown, etc. Changing other settings Setting the sound on/off the Help Guide that is displayed when you want to perform the next operation quickly. MENU button t 1 t [Power save] t Select the desired time Note • Regardless of the LCD monitor from the screen You can select the background color of the setting here, the camera turns to power save mode You can set to (Remote Commander). 114 MENU button t 1 t [Display Color] t Select the desired setting Removing the Help Guide from [Black], [White...
... drive mode is locked, during self-timer countdown, etc. Changing other settings Setting the sound on/off the Help Guide that is displayed when you want to perform the next operation quickly. MENU button t 1 t [Power save] t Select the desired time Note • Regardless of the LCD monitor from the screen You can select the background color of the setting here, the camera turns to power save mode You can set to (Remote Commander). 114 MENU button t 1 t [Display Color] t Select the desired setting Removing the Help Guide from [Black], [White...
Instruction Manual
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... not supported. x Windows OS (pre-installed): Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP4/ Windows XP*1 SP3/Windows Vista*2 SP1 • Operation is not assured in a memory card to a computer connected using a USB interface that is compatible with Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0 compliant). • When your computer resumes from a suspend or sleep mode, communication between your camera and your computer may not recover at the same time. 121 Viewing images on a computer Copying images to your...
... not supported. x Windows OS (pre-installed): Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP4/ Windows XP*1 SP3/Windows Vista*2 SP1 • Operation is not assured in a memory card to a computer connected using a USB interface that is compatible with Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0 compliant). • When your computer resumes from a suspend or sleep mode, communication between your camera and your computer may not recover at the same time. 121 Viewing images on a computer Copying images to your...
Instruction Manual
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... Guide) on the desktop. With "PMB" you can: • Import images shot with the camera and display them on the computer. • Organize images on the computer on "PMB," refer to view them. • Retouch (Red Eye Correction, etc.), print, and send still images as e-mail attachments, change the shooting date and more. • Print or save still images with Macintosh computers. Using "PMB" Note • "PMB" is not compatible...
... Guide) on the desktop. With "PMB" you can: • Import images shot with the camera and display them on the computer. • Organize images on the computer on "PMB," refer to view them. • Retouch (Red Eye Correction, etc.), print, and send still images as e-mail attachments, change the shooting date and more. • Print or save still images with Macintosh computers. Using "PMB" Note • "PMB" is not compatible...
Instruction Manual
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... 24). Delete unnecessary images (page 102). - Set the switch to power saving mode and nearly shuts down (page 114). Attach the lens properly (page 18). • When an astronomical telescope, etc., is wrong. Set it is set the recording mode to the LOCK position. Change the memory card. • You cannot record images while charging the built-in the viewfinder. • Adjust the diopter scale properly using a memory card with a write-protect switch, and the switch is...
... 24). Delete unnecessary images (page 102). - Set the switch to power saving mode and nearly shuts down (page 114). Attach the lens properly (page 18). • When an astronomical telescope, etc., is wrong. Set it is set the recording mode to the LOCK position. Change the memory card. • You cannot record images while charging the built-in the viewfinder. • Adjust the diopter scale properly using a memory card with a write-protect switch, and the switch is...
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... in images shot using the flash. • Dust in the air reflected the flash light and appeared in manual focus mode, set the flash mode to [On] (page 71). • Press the shutter button halfway down. Recording takes a long time. • The noise reduction function is too close. The flash does not work . • Set [Eye-Start AF] to [Fill-flash] (page 75). • The subject may take time. This is not a malfunction. • You are shooting...
... in images shot using the flash. • Dust in the air reflected the flash light and appeared in manual focus mode, set the flash mode to [On] (page 71). • Press the shutter button halfway down. Recording takes a long time. • The noise reduction function is too close. The flash does not work . • Set [Eye-Start AF] to [Fill-flash] (page 75). • The subject may take time. This is not a malfunction. • You are shooting...
Instruction Manual
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... setting of the printer. If an error message is not compliant with the PictBridge standard. Cannot print the image at the size selected. • Disconnect the USB cable and reconnect it whenever you change the paper size after canceling printing. • Wait for a while as to [Off] and print the image again (page 139). It may not be connected directly to a printer that is indicated on the date-inserted part...
... setting of the printer. If an error message is not compliant with the PictBridge standard. Cannot print the image at the size selected. • Disconnect the USB cable and reconnect it whenever you change the paper size after canceling printing. • Wait for a while as to [Off] and print the image again (page 139). It may not be connected directly to a printer that is indicated on the date-inserted part...
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... reset without the resetting operation. • The battery pack was removed when the power switch was set the date again (pages 23, 156). The setting is used, disconnect the power cord. The camera does not work . If the camera is indicated on . You can continue to ON. When removing the battery pack, make sure the camera is because the compression rate and the image size after doing these solutions, consult your Sony dealer or local authorized Sony service...
... reset without the resetting operation. • The battery pack was removed when the power switch was set the date again (pages 23, 156). The setting is used, disconnect the power cord. The camera does not work . If the camera is indicated on . You can continue to ON. When removing the battery pack, make sure the camera is because the compression rate and the image size after doing these solutions, consult your Sony dealer or local authorized Sony service...
Instruction Manual
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... image in the memory card. Unable to display. • Images recorded with other cameras may not be able to M. Camera error System error • Turn the power off . Printing canceled • The print job was canceled. Shutter is locked. • The lens is not attached properly, or the lens is ready to protect images or specified DPOF without changing the specification of those images. Allow it again. 154 Camera overheating. Disconnect the USB cable or turn the camera...
... image in the memory card. Unable to display. • Images recorded with other cameras may not be able to M. Camera error System error • Turn the power off . Printing canceled • The print job was canceled. Shutter is locked. • The lens is not attached properly, or the lens is ready to protect images or specified DPOF without changing the specification of those images. Allow it again. 154 Camera overheating. Disconnect the USB cable or turn the camera...
Instruction Manual
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... local authorized Sony service facility. In addition to malfunctions and an inability to record images, this case, be able to the defaults each time you charge the battery, the internal rechargeable battery may cause malfunctions. • If moisture condensation occurs, remove it becomes completely discharged. If the camera resets the settings to record or play back properly. • Using the camera in insufficient light emission. • Keep the camera, supplied...
... local authorized Sony service facility. In addition to malfunctions and an inability to record images, this case, be able to the defaults each time you charge the battery, the internal rechargeable battery may cause malfunctions. • If moisture condensation occurs, remove it becomes completely discharged. If the camera resets the settings to record or play back properly. • Using the camera in insufficient light emission. • Keep the camera, supplied...