Table of contents

 

Introduction ........................................

6

Getting started

 

Identifying the parts ............................

7

Preparing the power supply ................

9

Setting the date and time ..................

14

Inserting a disc ..................................

16

Basic operations

 

B Recording

 

Initializing a disc (INITIALIZE) ......

18

Recording still images ......................

20

Recording moving images ................

26

B Playback

 

Playing back still images ..................

28

Playing back moving images ............

29

Preparation for viewing images using a

computer ....................................

31

Viewing images using a computer ...

35

Image file storage destinations and

 

image file names ........................

43

Advanced operations

 

Before performing

 

advanced operations

 

How to use the mode dial .................

45

How to use the control button ..........

46

How to use the jog dial .....................

48

Menu settings ....................................

49

Setting the image size

 

(IMAGE SIZE) ..........................

53

B Various recording

 

Recording with the exposure fixed

 

(AE LOCK) ...............................

55

Recording with the manual adjustments

....................................................

56

Recording images according to shooting

conditions

 

(SCENE SELECTION) .............

58

Recording three images continuously

 

(BURST)

 

(only for MVC-CD300) .............

59

Recording still images for e-mail

 

(E-MAIL) ...................................

59

Adding audio files to still images

 

(VOICE) ....................................

60

Recording text documents (TEXT) ...

61

Recording still images as uncompressed

files (TIFF) .................................

62

Recording three images with the

 

exposure shifted (only for MVC-

CD300) (EXP BRKTG)

.............

63

Creating Clip Motion Files ................

64

Setting the distance to the subject .....

66

Recording images in macro ...............

66

Adjusting the exposure

 

 

(EXPOSURE) .............................

67

Adjusting the white balance

 

 

(WHITE BALANCE) .................

68

Enjoying picture effects

 

 

(P. EFFECT) ...............................

69

Recording the date and time on the still

image (DATE/TIME) .................

70

Using the Spot light-metering function 71

B Various playback

 

 

Playing back three or nine images at

 

once ............................................

72

Enlarging a part of the still image

 

(Zoom and trimming) .................

73

Playing back the still images in order

(SLIDE) ......................................

74

Rotating a still image (ROTATE) .....

75

Viewing images on a TV screen .......

76

B Editing

 

 

Deleting images (DELETE)

..............

77

Preventing accidental erasure

 

(PROTECT) ................................

78

Changing the recorded still image size

(RESIZE) ....................................

80

Selecting still images to print

 

(PRINT) ......................................

81

Formatting a CD-RW ........................

82

Changing the setup settings

 

 

(SET UP) ....................................

84

Additional information

 

 

Precautions ........................................

87

On discs .............................................

89

Using your camera abroad ................

90

About “InfoLITHIUM” battery pack 91

Troubleshooting ................................

93

Warning and notice messages .........

100

Self-diagnosis display .....................

102

Specifications ..................................

103

LCD screen indicators .....................

105

Index ...................................

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