The pictures used in this manual

The photographs used as examples of pictures in this manual are reproduced images, and are not actual images shot using this camera.

Trademarks

“Memory Stick,” and “MagicGate Memory Stick” are trademarks of Sony Corporation.

“Memory Stick Duo” and are trademarks of Sony Corporation.

“Memory Stick PRO” and are trademarks of Sony Corporation.

“MagicGate” and are trademarks of Sony Corporation.

“InfoLITHIUM” is a trademark of Sony Corporation.

Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of the U.S. Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries.

Macintosh, Mac OS, QuickTime, iBook and Power Mac are trademarks or registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.

Pentium is a trademark or a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.

In addition, system and product names used in this manual are, in general, trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective developers or manufacturers. However, the or ® marks are not used in all cases in this manual.

About the Carl Zeiss lens

This camera is equipped with a Carl Zeiss lens which is capable of reproducing fine images. The lens for this camera uses the MTF* measurement system for cameras developed jointly by Carl Zeiss, in Germany, and Sony Corporation, and offers the same quality as other Carl Zeiss lenses.

MTF is an abbreviation of Modulation Transfer Function, a numeric value indicating the amount of light from a specific part of the subject gathered at the corresponding position in the image.

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