Using the Setup screen
Using Setup items
You can change the default settings using the Setup screen.
v/V/b/B button
Control button
MENU button
PHOTO
MODE
MOVIE z button
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Turn on the power and set the mode with MODE.
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Press MENU to display the menu.
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Press B on the control button to select (Setup).
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Press v/V/b/B on the control button to select the item you want to set.
The frame of the selected item turns yellow.
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Press z to enter the setting.
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To turn off the (Setup) screen, press MENU.
To return to the menu from the (Setup) screen, press b on the control button repeatedly.
To cancel the (Setup) setting
Select [Cancel] if it appears, then press z on the control button. If it does not appear, select the previous setting again.
• This setting is maintained even when the power is turned off.
Camera
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The default settings are marked with .
Hybrid Rec
During Hybrid shooting, you can select whether to record either a pre movie or pre/post movies in Hybrid.
Normal
Pre Rec
Records a five-second-movie before a still image shooting and a three-second-movie after the shooting.
Records a five-second movie before shooting a still image.
Digital Zoom
Selects the digital zoom mode. When set to [On], the camera adjusts the zoom scaling up to a maximum 3×. The Optical zoom starts to operate automatically when an image needs further enlargement.
On ( )
Off ( )
Enlarges all image sizes up to a maximum of 6×, but the image quality deteriorates.
Does not use the digital zoom.
• When you press the zoom button, the zoom scaling indicator appears as follows.
The W side of this line is the optical zoom area, and the T side is the digital zoom area
Zoom scaling indicator
• The maximum zoom scale of digital zoom includes the scale of the optical zoom.
• The AF range finder frame does not appear when using the digital zoom. The , or indicator flashes, and AF operates with priority on subjects located near the center of the frame.
• The zoom may stop momentarily on the boundary between the optical zoom and the digital zoom.
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Date/Time
Selects how to superimpose the date or time onto the image. Select this before shooting.
• The date and time do not appear during shooting, instead, the indicator appears. The date and time appear in red on the lower-right corner of the screen during playback only.
Day&Time
Date
Superimposes the date, hour, and minute.
Off
Superimposes the year, month and day.
• The date is inserted in the order you select. ( t step 2 in “Read
This First”)
Does not superimpose the date and time.
• You cannot insert the date and time into movies or images in the Multi Burst mode.
• The date and time superimposed cannot be removed later.
Red Eye Reduction
Reduces the red-eye phenomenon when using the flash. Select this before shooting.
On ( ) Reduces the red-eye phenomenon.
• The flash pre-strobes twice or more before shooting.
Does not use Red Eye Reduction.
Off
• Because it takes about a second until the shutter clicks, hold the camera firmly to prevent the effects of vibration. Also, do not let the subject move.
• Red-eye reduction may not produce the desired effects depending on individual differences, the distance to the subject, if the subject does not see the pre-strobe, or other conditions.
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AF Illuminator
The AF illuminator supplies fill light to focus more easily on a subject in dark surroundings.
The AF illuminator emits red light allowing the camera to focus easily when PHOTO is pressed halfway, until the focus is locked. The
ON
indicator appears at this time.
Auto
Off
Uses the AF illuminator.
Does not use AF illuminator.
• If the AF illuminator light does not reach the subject sufficiently or the subject has no contrast, focus will not be achieved. (A distance of up to approximately 1.8 m (5 feet 10 7/8 inches) (W)/2.1 m (6 feet 10 11/16 inches) (T) is recommended.)
• Focus is achieved as long as the AF illuminator light reaches the subject, even if the light is slightly off the center of the subject.
• When Focus preset is set (page 38), AF Illuminator does not work.
• The AF range finder frame does not appear. The , or indicator flashes, and AF operates with priority on subjects located near the center of the frame.
• The AF illuminator does not operate when (Twilight mode), (Landscape mode), (High-speed shutter mode) or (Fireworks mode) is selected in the Scene mode.
• The AF illuminator emits very bright light. Although there are no problems with safety, do not look directly into the AF illuminator emitter at close range.
Auto Review
Displays the recorded image on the screen for approximately two seconds immediately after shooting a still image. (When [Hybrid Rec] is set to [Normal], the recorded image cannot be displayed.)
On
Off
Use the Auto Review.
Does not use Auto Review.
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Memory Stick Tool
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This item appears only when a “Memory Stick Duo” is inserted in the camera.
The default settings are marked with .
Format
Formats the “Memory Stick Duo”. A commercially available “Memory Stick Duo” is already formatted, and can be used immediately.
• Note that formatting irrevocably erases all data on a “Memory Stick Duo,” including even protected images.
OK
Cancel
See the following procedure.
Cancels the formatting.
1 Select [OK] with v on the control button, then press z.
The message “All data in Memory Stick will be erased Ready?” appears.
2 Select [OK] with v, then press z.
The format is complete.
Create REC.Folder
Creates a folder in a “Memory Stick Duo” for recording images.
OK
Cancel
See the following procedure.
Cancels folder creation.
1 Select [OK] with v on the control button, then press z.
The folder creation screen appears.
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Create REC. Folder
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Ready?
OK
Cancel
2 Select [OK] with v, then press z.
A new folder is created with a number incremented one higher than the largest number, and the folder becomes the current recording folder.
• For details on the folder, see page 45.
• When not creating a new folder, the “101” folder is selected as the recording folder.
• You can create folders designated up to “999”.
• Images are recorded in the newly created folder until a different folder is created or selected.
• You cannot delete a folder with the camera. To delete a folder, use your computer, etc.
• Up to 4,000 images can be stored in one folder. When the folder capacity is exceeded, a new folder is automatically created.
• For more information, see “Image file storage destinations and file names” (page 67).
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Change REC.Folder
Changes the folder currently used for recording images.
OK
Cancel
See the following procedure.
Cancels changing the recording folder.
1 Select [OK] with v on the control button, then press z.
The folder selection screen appears.
Select REC. Folder
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Folder Name:
No. Of Files:
102
0
Created:
2005 1 1 1:05:34
AM
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OK
Cancel
BACK/NEXT
2 Select the desired folder with b/B, and [OK] with v, then press z.
• You cannot select the “100” folder as a recording folder.
• You cannot move recorded images to a different folder.
Copy
Copies all images in Album to a “Memory Stick Duo”. When using the battery pack, this menu is not displayed. When you want to copy images, use the AC Adaptor (supplied).
OK
Cancel
See the following procedure.
Cancels the copying.
1 Insert a “Memory Stick Duo” having 64 MB or larger capacity.
2 Select [OK] with v on the control button, then press z.
The message “All data in album will be copied Ready?” appears.
3 Select [OK] with v, then press z.
Copying starts.
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Copying
• You cannot copy individual images.
• You cannot select a folder copied on a “Memory Stick Duo”.
• You can copy the images saved on Album to the “Memory Stick Duo” without deleting the images saved on Album.
• After shooting images, you cannot copy the images in the recording folder/playback folder to Album.
• When playing back images in Album, the order of images displayed on the screen may be different from that of images copied on the “Memory Stick Duo”.
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Album tool
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The default settings are marked with .
Write in Album
When shooting images, you can choose to save the minimized copies of the original images.
On When shooting images, save the minimized copies of the original images in Album.
Off Does not save the minimized copies of the original images in
Album.
• For more details in Album, see “Using Album” (page 30).
Format
Formats Album.
• Note that formatting irrevocably erases all data in Album, including even protected images.
OK
Cancel
See the following procedure.
Cancels the formatting.
1 Select [OK] with v on the control button, then press z.
The message “All data in album will be erased Ready?” appears.
2 Select [OK] with v, then press z.
The format is complete.
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The default settings are marked with .
Beep
Selects the sound produced when you operate the camera.
Shutter
On
Off
Turns on the shutter sound when you press PHOTO.
Turns on the beep/shutter sound when you press the control button/press PHOTO.
Turns off the beep/shutter sound.
Format Music
If you cannot playback Music with Slide Show, the Music file may be damaged. In this case, format the write-in-area for Music files first. Remove the “Memory Stick Duo,” then connect the camera to your computer through the USB connection. Then transfer the desired music using the supplied application, “Music Transfer” again.
• Once you format the write-in-area of Music files, all data in the area will be erased, and you cannot get it back.
OK
Cancel
See the following procedure.
Cancels the formatting.
1 Select [OK] with v on the control button, then press z.
The message “All data will be erased Ready?” appears.
2 Select [OK] with v, then press z.
The format is complete.
LCD Backlight
Selects the brightness of the LCD backlight when using the camera with battery pack.
Bright
Normal
Brightens.
• Selecting [Bright] exhausts the battery pack charge faster.
Language
Selects the language to be used to display the menu items, warnings, and messages.
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Setup 2
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The default settings are marked with .
File Number
Selects the method used to assign file numbers to images.
Series
Reset
Assigns numbers to files in sequence even if the recording folder or the “Memory Stick Duo” is changed. (When the replaced “Memory Stick Duo” contains a file with a number higher than the last assigned number, a number one higher than the largest number is assigned.)
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 assigned.)
USB Connect
Selects the USB mode to be used when connecting the camera to a computer or a PictBridge compliant printer using the USB cable.
PictBridge
PTP
Mass Storage
Auto
Connects the camera to a PictBridge compliant printer
(page 75).
When [PTP] (Picture Transfer Protocol) is set and the camera is connected to a computer, the images in the recording folder on the camera are copied to the computer. (Compatible with
Windows XP and Mac OS X.)
Establishes a Mass Storage connection between the camera
and a computer or other USB device (page 63).
• When a “Memory Stick Duo” is in the camera, you can see the images from the “Memory Stick Duo” on the computer. When there is no “Memory Stick Duo” inserted in your camera, the write-in-area of Music files appears.
Connects the camera to a computer or a PictBridge auto
compliant printer (pages 63 and 76).
• If the camera and a PictBridge compliant printer cannot be connected when set to [Auto], change the setting to
[PictBridge].
• If the camera and a computer or other USB device cannot be connected when set to [Auto], change the setting to [Mass
Storage].
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Video Out
Sets the video signal output according to the TV color system of the connected video equipment. Different countries and regions use different TV color systems. If you want to
view images on a TV screen, check page 82 for the TV color system of the country or region
where the camera is used.
NTSC
PAL
Sets the video output signal to NTSC mode (e.g., for the
USA, Japan).
Sets the video output signal to PAL mode (e.g., for Europe).
Clock Set
Sets the date and time.
OK
Cancel
Select [OK] with v on the control button, and press z. Then, perform the procedure explained in “Set the clock” ( t step 2
in “Read This First”).
Cancels setting the clock.
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