Sony DSC-P7 - Cyber-shot Digital Still Camera Operating Instructions Manual Download

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Page 2: ...constimtearisk of electric shockto persons This symbol is intended10 XT the use to the presence of important operatingand maintenance servicing insrmctions in the literature accompanyingrhhc appliancs Neverexposethebattery packto temperature above60 C f14Q F suchasin acarparkedin the sunor underdirect sunlight If yoke haveanyquestionsaboutthis product V mav mu Sony stomer I n on ServicesCenter 1 S...

Page 3: ...r a digital device pursuantto SubpartI3 of Part 15of FCC Rules Lithium Ion batteriesare recvclable Uoi canhelp preserveour enviromnentby returning your usedrechargeable batteriesto the collection andrecycling location nearestyou For moreinformation regardingrecycling of rech argeable batteries call toll free I 800 822 8837 or visit http fwww rbrc orgl cm Do not handledamagedor leaking m Ion batter...

Page 4: ...d G are trademarks of Sony Corporation a Ma i ate and D AGKGATE a trademarks of Sony Corporation InfoLITHIUM is a trademuk of Sony Corporation Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of the U S Microsoft Corporation in the United Statesand other countries e Macintosh Mac OS and QuickTime are trademarks or registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc e In addition system and product mamesuse...

Page 5: ...precision technology soover 99 99 of the pixels areoperationalfor effective use However theremay be sometiny black points and orbright points white red blue or greenin color that constantlyappearon the LCD screenandthe LCD finder These points arenormal in themanufacturing processanddo not affect the recording in anyway Be careful whenplacing the cameraneara window or outdoors Exposing the LCD scre...

Page 6: ...images display 33 Viewing images on a TV screen 34 Deleting images 36 Deleting on the Index nine images screen 37 Deleting on the Index three images screen 38 Formatting a Memory Sticlc 40 _ Copying still images to your computer 41 Installing the USB driver 42 Preparing your camera 43 Connecting your camera to your computer _ 44 Copying images __ _ __ 45 Viewing the images on your computer 48 For ...

Page 7: ...ges screen 70 Shooting movies 7 1 Viewing movies cn the LCD screen 72 Deleting movies __ _ 73 For the single screen 73 For the Index nina images screen 73 For the Index three images screen 74 Editing movies 75 Cutting movies 75 Deleting unnecessaryportions of movies 76 Copying movies to your computer 77 For Windows 98 98SB 2000 Me users 77 For Windows XP users 77 For Macintosh users 78 Troubleshoo...

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Page 12: ... Standard whenyoushootin Flashmode f andwhenyou shootin Noacnnal With LCD screenon viewing single imagesio order oneapproximately cvcry three seconds modein aaenvironmentwhere he ambienttemperature is 25 C 7 793 and thesuppliedbatterypacki J Theguidelinesfor thenw thatcanberecordedor viewedallow for changingthe Memory Stick as necessary Actuairesultsmaydiffer slightfyfrom these depec u conditionso...

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Page 14: ...our camera in any country or areawith the supplied AC power adaptor within 100V to 240 V AC 50 60Hz Usea commerciaily avaiiable AC plug adqtor a ifnecessary depending on the design oI the wail outlet wail socket ...

Page 15: ...s eveaif thebatterypack crcumslirnces eveaif thebatterypack is bejngusedto powerthecamera the is bejngusedto powerthecamera the Auto PowerOff In on w i notwork Auto PowerOff In on w i notwork e Moviesarebeingplayedback e Moviesarebeingplayedback a A slideshowis beingplayedback a A slideshowis beingplayedback e e A cableisconnected PO sheUSBjack A cableisconnected PO sheUSBjack or theA V OUT MObIO ...

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Page 17: ...shown below the item currently selecled IO he set After the dareand time are set rhe dock will start to keep lime ...

Page 18: ...Insert the Memory Stick all the way in ...

Page 19: ...The menu appears ...

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Page 23: ...mpleted and rhe still image is savedin the Memory Stick When rhe Recording lamp goes out you can shoot the next imaga 03 I To rettm to shooting mode ssthe shutter bum3 lightly or pres 0 on the control button again The image will be Meted ...

Page 24: ...the Macro feature You can usethis feature for close ups of subjects up to the distances specified below e approximarely IO cm 3 Is 16inches from the end of the lens When the ZOOrn Is se all the WE to Phe T side approximately 60 cm 23 j s inches from the end of the lens ...

Page 25: ... Mana will appearoI1the LCD screen ...

Page 26: ... to 3 8 m 19 6inches lo 1 2feet 5 inchaL When the zoom is stt ll the way to the T sidy 0 6 to 2 4 m 23 is inches to 5 feet LO 2 inches 0 If the menti is currently displayed pressMENU first to make tire menu disappear e You canchangethe brightnessof the Rashosing FLASH LEVEL in the menusettings pqe 91 In he Auto or Forced flash mode you look at the LCD screenin Bdark place you may notice some v c i...

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Page 28: ... ON OFF the display changesin the following order Fordetailsontheitemsdisplayed seepage39 0 st aswith theAWAF lock iodicatwonthe LCD screez whentheAE AF lock imp of the findersectionstopsflashingandrmains on youcanstwt shooting page22 WhentheLCD screenisturnedoff thedigital zoomdoesnotfunction page24 0 WhenIheLCD screen is iurnedoff if youprcsh MZLCKJ ...

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Page 30: ...is mode when shooting people ir the foreground a nighf Becausethe shutter speedis siow it is recommended that you USC a tripod Under dark lightiq conditions you can shoot using the Twilight made and siiii get good images I Eowever because the shutter speed is slower under these conditkns we recommend you use a tripod 0 The flash caimot he used ...

Page 31: ...Set the mode dial to something o r than SCN ...

Page 32: ...ages You can view one image at a time occupying the entire screen Nine images cviii be dispiayed simultaneously in separatepaneIs on rhe SClZCi7 lnder hree images e8isplay Three images will be displayed simultaneously in separatepanels on Ihe screen Various items of image information will also be displayed The last image ycl shot will be dispiayed ...

Page 33: ... Displays the previous image Displays the next image on the control button ihe remaining image information is displayed reviokas next index ofi the contr51 button ...

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Page 35: ...ur digital still camera etc Checkthefollowing list system aIslltnds Bolivia Canada CentralAmerica Chile Colombia Ecuador Jarntic Sapan Korea Mexico I eru Surinam Taiwan thePhiLippines theU S A Venezuela etc Australia Austria Belgium China CzechRepublics Denmark Finkmd Gemmy HOllalld HongKong Italy Kuwait Malaysia NewZealand Norwrry Portugal Singapore Slovak Republic Spain Sweden Swirzcr aiici Thai...

Page 36: ... image has not yet been deleted at this point MEMORY STICK ACCESS appearson the screen When this messagedisappears the image hasbeen deleted To cancel ths deietkm Select CAiSCEL usin buaon then press chcc ...

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Page 38: ...When MEMORY STICK ACCESS disappears the knages have been delakd At this poiilt the image has noi yet been de eted ...

Page 39: ...Wim MEMC3R f STICK ACCESS disappears the image has been deieted ...

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Page 41: ... to Mac OS 9 0 or 9 1 iMac with Mac OS 8 6 instalicd at 11xfacrory and aslot loading type CD ROM drive Provided asstandard equipment There aretwo modesfor aUS3 connection NORMAL and PTP modes The factory setting is the NORMAL mode This section describes the USB connection using the NORMAL mode cover your compoter from the suspendor sleep mode communication between your camera and your computer may...

Page 42: ... not appear double click a My Cr x purerj Tj JmageMixer in order Click here The InstalIShield wizard window appears The USB driver insraliation stmis When the insiallaiion is completed the window informs you of completion Ejcct the CD ROM ...

Page 43: ...Your computei resiaits Then you can establish the 1JSBconnection POWER ON OFF CHG ...

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Page 45: ... try to copy an image io a folder in v i BIIimage wirh the same file name is stored the overwrite confirmarion message appears Whenyou mm to overwi ire the cxisring image with the new one click Yes When you do nor WB Iio ovenvriic it click No then change the fiic name ...

Page 46: ...vices Devices 3 3 If you find eitherof thedevices If you find eitherof thedevices above follow thestepsbelowto above follow thestepsbelowto deletethem deletethem Cj Click SonyDSC or Cj Click SonyDSC or Sony CM Sony CM Click Delete Click Delete The Devicede ion The Devicede ion conk mation window appears conk mation window appears 0 Click lOK1 0 Click lOK1 Thedeviceis deleted Thedeviceis deleted Tr...

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Page 48: ...The wizard window closes ...

Page 49: ... Theimagefiles recordedwith your camera aregroupedasfoldersin the Memory Stick dependingoil therecordingmodes ...

Page 50: ...mes are asabove EOLIU stands for any wmber within the range from OciOl109999 0 The nu mericaI ortio ns or ihe foliowing i iles are the same A smaI sizeknage fiie shoi in E MAIL mode and its correspondir gimage f iie An audio file shot ii2VOICE mode and its corresponding image 5ie An image i iie shot with Clip Motion and its corresponding index image liie ...

Page 51: ... he System Folder icon in ihc wLndow opened in Siep4 6 When the messagefor confirmation is shown click OK 7 Restart your computer Drag and drop the drive icon of the Memory Stick to the Trash icon then remove tile USB cable or Memory Stick iryou arc imiilg Mac OS X rtinovc ihc USB cable etc afteryouhwc iurnedyourconqxxer off 1 Dou 3ia click the newly recognized icon on ihe ciesktop 4 Drag anddrop ...

Page 52: ...tkm The menu appears n Thelcreers andsymbois of hC m you s x wiil turn yeliow ram of the selected setting will turn yellow and the setting will be made T PressMENU Tile SET UP screen appears The frame of the item you select will turn yellow Set the mode dial to anything oiher ihen SET UP ...

Page 53: ...movie andyouchoose Multipoint AF thedistanceto thecenterof thescreen is estimated asan avereyc soiheAF worksevenwith acertain amrxmtof vibration TheCenteiAF automaticallyfocusesonly onthecenteror the image SO it isconvenient whenyouwantto locusonly onwhatyouaimat Whenyoii useDigital ZOOIX cr AF illuminator priority AF tnovement isgivento subjects in or nearthecenterortherrame Inthiscase theAF rang...

Page 54: ...aphe ween them the camera may focus on the background visible in the gap In a caseiike this use AIi Iock to ensurethe subjects are in carrect focus First the focus for the subject you are aiming at will be adjusted When the AE AF lock indicator stops flashing and remains on and there is a beeping sound focus adjustment is completed The shutter clicks the image will be recorded with the proper focu...

Page 55: ... when use of the Focus preset is convenient You can select from the following distance settings OSm l Om 3 01x1 7 01x1 m unlimited distancel Toreturnto autofocusmo PressMENU again select 6 cFoCUSj then select MULTI AF or CENTER AF automatic exposure lo one of pour own choice The value can be set over a range from 2 OEV to IZ OEV in l XV increments The value of the expost e adjustment is displayed ...

Page 56: ...the imageII beshot if it lookslike theimage below youshouldmakemanualadjustments If youareshootingaback lit personor a snowyscene makeyouradjustments in the plusdirection if youareshootingadark subjectthatfills thescreen makingyour adjustments in the direction shouldgivethe bestresuits When there is backlight or fix background oftbe subject provides avery high contrasi you can adjust the focus to ...

Page 57: ...cordingly When you want to fix the conditions under which the image is captured or when shooting under special iighting conditions you can select the settings manually The white baiance is adjusted automatically Used when shooting outdoors and for shooting at night under neon lights fo fireworks sunrises and sunsets 5 S S 0 Used when shooting for example at a party where the lighting conditions ch...

Page 58: ...y to adjust Evenwheii liyhringconditionschange theeyecafi adjustandrecognize thecorrectcoloralmost i stantly However digital 31Camerons a ie greatlyinfiucncedbylight Nonnai IIy this cameraad justs automatically butif you mxicethatthecolorof iheentireimage seems to beabii unnaturalwheni replaying animageontheLCD screen it is recommended thatyouadjust hewhite balance Set MOVING IMAGE to CLIP MOTION ...

Page 59: ...k stops when the last image is Isached 2 PressMENU and select either then press the center 3 Seiect OK then pr you chose DELETE LAST in Step 2 reepeat Steps 1 to 3 io delete the images ii3 order from the latest me shot Pressing the shutter button once eco 16 frames irk a row This is conveliient for checking your form in sports for example You can set the interval between Frames using the menu ...

Page 60: ...NTX I 7 5 ser 105 sec 3G sec FM U6 3 sec M2 5 sec I 25 sec or informat tjonon N KK PAL see page 92 16 frames will be recorded as one image image size 1280x960 When using this mode you cannot delete only certain frames Whe1 iyou dciele images all 16 of the frames are deleted at the sametime 1 Set ille mode dial to m3 All of the hmes are deleted ...

Page 61: ... smallenoughto attachto ane mailmessage Thenormalmodeimagethat wasselected usingthe IMAGE SIZE e 19 is alsorecorded Themenuappears nnageswith audiofiles for five seconds releasetheshutterbuttonfor up to40 seconds ...

Page 62: ...cial effects to bring out he contrast in your images Like an illustration In black and white with clearly delineated bright and dark poi ioins Colored to look like an Made to look like a old photograph negative image ...

Page 63: ... original image You can also record ihe enlarged image asa new file Control bumm Press A Press V To vieyl a poriion of the bottom of the image TO view a porticn of the left side of ti re image 8 To view a poeion ci the right side of the image Pressthe center ...

Page 64: ...rded images in succession one after another This is usefui for checking your images or for giving a presentation Control bLmM Select an interval from those listed below lNTERVAh settings 3 seci 5sec lO sed30 secll min REPEAT ON PIays the images back repeatedly OFFPlays through ihe images one time and then stops ...

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