SET UP items

Set the mode dial to SET UP. The setup screen appears.

Factory settings are indicated with x.

When shooting movies/Clip Motion/Multi Burst, the date and time cannot be inserted in the image. Also, the date and time will not be displayed when shooting. The date and time will be displayed when the image is played back.

CAMERA

Item

Setting

Description

MOVING IMAGE

xMPEG MOVIE / CLIP MOTION

Selects the shooting mode (pages 55, 62, 64, 74).

 

/ MULTI BURST

 

 

 

 

DATE/TIME

DAY & TIME / DATE / xOFF

Selects whether to insert the date and time into the image (page 32).

 

 

 

DIGITAL ZOOM (DSC-

xON / OFF

Selects whether to use the digital zoom (page 28).

P71/P51)

 

 

 

 

 

RED EYE REDUCTION

ON / xOFF

Reduces the red-eye phenomenon when using a flash (page 31).

 

 

 

AF ILLUMINATOR

xAUTO / OFF

Selects whether to emit an AF assist light in the dark. Helps when it is hard to focus

 

 

on the subject under dark lighting (page 31).

 

 

 

SETUP 1

Item

Setting

Description

FORMAT

OK / CANCEL

Formats the “Memory Stick”. Please note that formatting erases all the information recorded on a

 

 

“Memory Stick”, including even erasure protected images (page 43).

 

 

 

FILE NUMBER

x SERIES

– Assigns numbers to files in sequence even if the “Memory Stick” is changed.

 

RESET

– Resets the file numbering and starts from 0001 each time the “Memory Stick” is changed.

 

 

 

/ LANGUAGE

x ENGLISH

– Displays the menu items, warnings and messages in English.

 

/ JPN

– Displays the menu items, warnings and messages in Japanese.

 

 

 

CLOCK SET

OK / CANCEL

Sets the date and time (page 21).

 

 

 

Additional information

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Sony DSC-P51, DSC-P31, DSC-P71 operating instructions SET UP items