Sony DSC-F77 The POWER SAVE function

Charging the battery pack (continued)

Shooting still images

In normal shooting1)

	NP-FC10 (supplied)
Image size	No. of	Battery life
	images	(min.)
2272×1704	Approx. 140	Approx. 70

1)Shooting at 30-second intervals with [P. QUALITY] set to [FINE], LCD screen turned on, flashed every two shootings and turned on/ off every ten shootings.

Viewing still images2)

	NP-FC10 (supplied)
	No. of	Battery life
Image size	images	(min.)
2272×1704	Approx. 3 200	Approx. 160
640×480	Approx. 3 200	Approx. 160

2)Playing back images in order at about 3-second intervals on the single-image screen with the LCD screen turned on.

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Shooting movies3)
NP-FC10 (supplied)
LCD screen ON	LCD screen OFF
(min.)	(min.)
Approx. 70 min	Approx. 100 min

3)Continuous shooting with an image size of 160×112

•The battery life and the number of images recordable or playable are decreased under the following conditions:

–At low temperature.

–Using the flash.

–Turning on and off frequently.

–When [LCD BACKLIGHT] is set to [BRIGHT]

–When [POWER SAVE] is set to [OFF].

–Using the battery pack that was used repeatedly or the battery capacity decreases as time passed (page 105).

The POWER SAVE function

When the POWER SAVE function is activated, you can shoot for a longer period of time.

Set the MODE dial to SET UP, and set

[POWER SAVE] in (SETUP 1) to

[ON]. The factory setting is [ON] (page 102).

•The [POWER SAVE] item is only shown when using the battery pack.

When the POWER SAVE function is activated

•The LCD screen will be darker than it is when [POWER SAVE] is set to [OFF]. You cannot change the settings for [LCD BACKLIGHT] at this time (page 102).

•When shooting sill images, the focus works only while the shutter button is pressed down halfway.