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Sanyo VPC-AZ1 User's Manual

1. English 54 SETTING THE RESOLUTION If the resolution is increased the image quality will improve but the remaining number of images that can be taken will decrease In the video clip shooting mode if the resolution is decreased the length of time possible for the video clip will increase It is therefore important to select the resolution according to the desired image quality and purpose Resolution units pixels Icon displayed on LCD monitor 3 264 x 2 880 x 2 288x 1 600x 640x 320x 160x 2 448 2 160 1 712 1 200 480 240 120 3264 2880 2288 1600 640 320 160 Not Not available available Not Not available available Still image Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not Not available available Not Not Not Not Not available available available available available Sequential shot Yes Yes Yes Video clip Yes Yes 1 Display the Shooting Setting Screen see page 31 RESOLUTION C 12 2 Select the desired resolution from the resolution menu 3264 For 3 264 x 2 448 resolution 880116001640 2880 For 2 880 x 2 160 resolution 2288 For 2 288 x 1 712 resolution 1600 For 1 600 x 1 200 resolution 640 For 640 x 480 resolution At 264 and 2880 resolutions the camera 320 For 320 x 240 resolution processes the image internally t
2. 4 Set the date ONCLOCK SET Press v to select the DAY icon l DISP gt DISP OFF Turn the jog dial and press the arrow button to set the date DAY 2002 08 0 to 2002 8 28 TIME 00 00 Year setting gt Month setting gt Day setting ee Turn clockwise to increase the number SETTING Turn counterclockwise to decrease the number 5 Set the clock FOUcLOcK SET Press v to select the TIME icon l l DISP gt DISP OFF Turn the jog dial and press the arrow button to set the time DAY gt 2002 08 28 to 19 30 TME 19 6 Hour setting gt Minute setting Sx A 24 hour clock is used for the time display SETTING 6 Select the EXIT icon and press the SET button AUDIO REC The date and time setting is completed and you return to the Option Setting screen 4 BEEP 5D SCHARGE abc LANGUAGE TV SYSTEM m REFORMAT m Turn off the digital camera see page 30 NOTE if the date and time are not set October 1 2001 midnight is recorded as the date and time Consequently 2001 10 01 00 00 appears during playback Under normal conditions while the batteries are replaced an internal battery will maintain the date and time settings However there is a small chance the settings may be lost The backup will last for approx 30 minutes It is recommended to check that the date and time settings are still correct after re
3. Screen 2 Press the SET button OBAUDIO REC Re The Audio Recording Screen appears 32 48 EXIT Audio Recording Screen 79 English 3 Press a or v on the arrow button to select and Recording time press the SET button Remaining recording min sec Recording begins Point the microphone toward the time sec sound you wish o record l Ea 08 1 For more information on the maximum recording time 7 see page 136 RECORDING and appears during recording i F RECORDING To stop the sound recording press the SET button again pend When the recording time available for sound is approximately less than 30 seconds the remaining ESTP recording time is shown Recording screen To return to the Shooting Option Setting Screen press the MODE button or select the EXIT icon and press the Microphone SET button E When you have finish making the audio recording turn off the digital camera HINT To perform audio recording even after you exit the Audio Recording Screen After displaying the Audio Recording Screen perform steps 1 and 2 on page 79 and Le is selected you can set the main switch to MONITOR OFF and put the digital camera into the audio recording stand by state In this state just press the SET button to start recording English 80 EXPOSURE CORRECTION Use the exposure correction function when shooting to make the entire ima
4. 85 English SETTING THE WHITE BALANCE With the normal settings this digital camera automatically adjusts the white balance under most lighting conditions However if you want to specify the lighting conditions or change the overall tone of the image the white balance can be manually set L 1 Display the Shooting Setting Screen see page 31 WHITE BALANCE oy rm 2 Select a white balance setting from the white balance setting menu and press the SET button AWE The digital camera will make the white balance adjustment automatically based on the natural and artificial light conditions This is the setting used in the auto mode For shooting outside on a sunny day For shooting outside on a cloudy day For shooting inside under fluorescent lighting For shooting inside under incandescent lighting For more accurate adjustment or when the light source cannot be specified Setting procedure Select the icon and press the SET button The Z icon moves to the left Nome Fill the entire screen with plain white card or piece of paper etc Press the SET button The white balance setting programmed with the 4 icon is retained even if another white balance setting AWB Ce LG ER amp I or 4 is set By selecting the 2 icon and pressing the SET button these same settings can be u
5. 0 00 00 cece ee 90 SETTING THE LIGHT MEASURING METHOD 0 0 00 00 e cece eee 91 SETTING THE FOCUS METHOD 0 0 0 eee 92 SCENE SELEGCT FUNCTION ids erita i EATE EEE RE EE E he Geir as 93 1 English PLAYBACK DATA SETTING THE PLAYBACK MODE 0 00 c cee 96 PLAYING BACK STILL IMAGES o irea ao e o e eee 98 PLAYING BACK SEQUENTIAL SHOTS 0 0 00 00 ccc c eee 102 PLAYING BACK VIDEO CLIPS 0 cee 103 ENLARGING ZOOMING IN THE IMAGE 0 00 00 c eee 105 PLAYING BACK IMAGES ON ATV SET 0 0 00 cece eee 106 LISTENING TO AUDIO RECORDINGS 0 00 00 107 OTHER FUNCTIONS ADDING A VOICE MEMO ADD AUDIO FUNCTION 0 0 0 00000 c eee 109 ENTERING TEXT megi unta cd sumac a a a e pillage She ia aged les 111 RESIZING IMAGES rrain an A E E E EE N ee E EA 114 IMAGE PROTECT MODE PREVENTING ACCIDENTAL ERASURE 115 ERASING DATA an Gok n a EAE ER EEEN N T OROEN ERE TEETE ele a A gi 116 COPYINGIIMAGE S n a aiaa oe tied eo tstiee acted aati aa aa AAA a PAA 118 AUTO ROTATE PLAYBACK SETT ING 00 0 0000 c ccc eee 119 REQUESTING PRINTING sesia raae e e aa i Ee ina a e da EER a e 120 REFORMATTING THE CARD 0 000 0 c cece 124 SETTING THE OPERATIONAL SOUNDS BEEPS 0 0 00 00 c eee euee 125 DISCHARGING THE BATTERIES 0 0 00 126 CHANGING THE DISPLAY LANGUAGE 0 0 00 00 ccc cee ee eee ee 127 SETTING THE TV SYSTEM 2 rA ee 128 USING
6. b LANGUAGE O TV SYSTEM m REFORMAT Ae Playback of audio recordings pages 97 107 Auto rotate playback page 119 Date and time setting page 46 DON Operational sound beep setting page 125 NOTE 0900 Battery discharge function page 126 Language selection page 127 TV system selection page 128 Card reformatting page 124 You can set the LCD monitor of your digital camera to display messages in English or Japanese See CHANGING THE LANGUAGE DISPLAY on page 127 41 English INFORMATION DISPLAY The Information Screen allows you to check the current settings while shooting Also during playback you can check what the settings were during shooting Information Screen during shooting 1 Put the digital camera in the shooting recording status When shooting turn on the LCD monitor For still image shooting see page 61 For sequential shot shooting see page 64 For video clip shooting see page 69 2 Press the MODE button for at least 2 seconds The Information Screen appears All the icons never appear at the same time Currently selected settings page 93 Compression ratio setting page 57 In the video clip shooting mode the shutter operation setting is shown Resolution setting page 55 ISO setting page 85 In the video clip shooting mode the white balance setting is shown White bala
7. 640 99 images 99 images 99 images 63 English Standard sequential shot 1 2 Display the Sequential Shot Shooting Setting Screen see page 31 Select standard sequential shot STD from the sequential shot method menu and press the SET button This sets the standard sequential shot method Select the desired shutter operation from the shutter operation menu and press the SET button Images are captured only while the shutter release button is pressed 2 Capturing of the images starts when the shutter release button is pressed and stops when it is pressed again This completes the shutter operation setting The sequential shot method and shutter operation settings are retained even if the main switch is set to MONITOR OFF or or the digital camera is turned off You can set the main switch to MONITOR OFF and take pictures using the viewfinder To exit the Shooting Setting Screen press the MODE button METHOD FINE 1600 BEST Du NY L P SHUTTER 1600 L KP English 64 SEQUENTIAL SHOT 4 Press the shutter release button to capture the REC recording indicator sequential shot if J is selected for the shutter operation sequential shot images are captured while the shutter release button is pressed If the shutter relea
8. Leave your digital camera until the power turns off Once discharge of the batteries is complete your digital D SCHARGE camera will turn off Place the discharged batteries in the supplied battery charger and charge them until the recharge indicator turns off see page 23 f you press the MODE button while the batteries are being discharged battery discharge stops and you return to the Shooting Option Setting Screen or Playback Option Setting Screen WL NOTE When discharging the batteries make sure an AC adapter is not connected to your digital camera If an AC adapter is connected the battery discharge function will not operate f an AC adapter is connected to your digital camera PLEASE USE BATTERIES will appear Insert the batteries to be discharged Batteries cannot be charged by your digital camera Remove the batteries and charge them in the battery charger supplied with your digital camera English 126 CHANGING THE DISPLAY LANGUAGE You can set the LCD monitor of your digital camera to display messages in Japanese or English 1 Display the Shooting Option Setting Screen or 3 i AUDIO REC Playback Option Setting Screen see page 31 CLOCK SET 4 BEEP cD SCHARGE abc EAT CTV SYSTEM m REFORMAT 2 Select LANGUAGE and press the SET button abe The Language Screen appears AAG Select for Japanese display ENGLISH S
9. television to VIDEO or external input The playback method is the same as when viewing images on the CaIROTATE LCD monitor on PROTECT When an AV cable is connected the LCD monitor display HAAA appears smaller than usual D PRINT SETTING The same playback procedure as when playing back with the meer a camera is used to play back voice memos and audio Decreases Increases recordings as well the volume the volume Volume bar Voice memo playback page 98 Audio recording playback page 107 NOTE f the TV system setting is not correct for the connected TV you will not be able to view the images on the TV see page 128 Some televisions may not display the entire screen as displayed on the digital camera LCD monitor This is a characteristic of the television and does not indicate a malfunction English 106 LISTENING TO AUDIO RECORDINGS Follow the procedure below to listen to audio recordings taken with the digital camera from the speaker of the digital camera 1 Turn the selector dial to ec Selector dial 2 Set the main switch to gt Dn The Playback Option Setting Screen appears AQIAUTO ROTATE PLAY e AUDIO is highlighted E SET DISCHARGE abcILANGUAGE ITV SYSTEM m REFORMAT 3 Press the SET button Selected audio file The Audio Recording Selection Screen
10. For details refer to step 1 on next page 3 Press the shutter release button The image is captured in the desired flash mode 73 English Shooting using the LCD monitor 1 Press the flash button to set the flash mode Each time the flash button is pressed the flash mode changes as follows This completes the flash setting L gt No icon automatic flash gt L4 forced flash gt F J flash off gt Ge red eye reduction The flash setting is retained even if the main switch is set to MONITOR OFF or or the digital camera is turned off 2 Press the shutter release button The image is captured in the desired flash mode E When you have finished capturing images turn off the digital camera HINT In the automatic flash mode using the LCD monitor at the time of the flash when you depress A icon appears in the upper right area of the LCD the shutter release button halfway the monitor to let you know NOTE The flash cannot be used in the sequential shot shooting see page 63 video clip shooting see page 69 and audio recording see page 79 modes HELP While the flash is being charged the stand by indicator in the viewfinder will flash red During this time an image cannot be captured even if the shutter release button is pressed Wait until the stand by indicator lights green to capture the next image Stand by
11. gt La amp distant subject For photography using the viewfinder press the MACRO button The LCD monitor will turn on briefly and the current focus mode is shown Press the MACRO button within 5 seconds to select the focus mode This completes the macro photography setting 3 Compose the image Viewfinder You can set the main switch to MONITOR OFF and MACRO button take pictures using the viewfinder However it is Shutter release recommended to compose the image while viewing it on the LCD monitor Due to the unavoidable misalignment between the viewfinder and camera lens as the digital camera gets closer and closer to the subject the image that is actually captured is seen lower and lower in the viewfinder 4 Press the shutter release button The image is captured in the macro photography mode LCD monitor Zoom switch m When you have finished capturing images turn off the digital camera HINT The shortest distance for taking macro photography is 10cm if the zoom switch is pressed to M4 Wide and 25cm if it is pressed to 4 Tele English 72 USING THE VARIOUS SHOOTING FUNCTIONS Using the flash The flash is used not only for taking pictures where there is insufficient light but also when the subject is in shade or in backlight conditions Your camera has four modes of operation automatic flash mode forced flash mode flash off mode and red eye reduction mode The flash can be us
12. page 91 In the video clip shooting mode the White balance indicator page 86 remaining recording time is shown ISO sensitivity indicator page 85 Sequential shot method indicator Exposure control indicator page 82 page 63 In the video clip shooting mode the Voice memo indicator page 78 optical zoom setting indicator appears In the sequential shot shooting mode and page 88 video clip shooting mode the shutter ee operation setting indicator appears Aperture indicator page 82 pages 64 and 69 Shutter speed indicator page 82 Digital zoom indicator page 89 posit setting indicator Self timer indicator page 75 Snina y O e E a D Exposure control indicator page 81 page 94 are selected Remaining battery charge page 48 Focus indicator page 72 Noise reduction indicator page 90 Flash action mode indicator page 73 Quick Shot indicator page 84 In the video clip shooting mode the shooting time display is shown page 50 39 English PLAYBACK SETTING SCREEN Still Image Sequential Shot and Video Clip Playback Setting Screens Still Image Playback Setting Screen Sequential Shot Playback Setting Screen toe Clip Playback Setting Screen G2 IROTATE on 7 2 ROTATE 7 ERASE 9 PROTECT yim EDIT PHOTO W ERASE A PRINT SETTING m COPY 70 VOLUME Qi qu Ha PROTECT T ERASE D Hm
13. CD ROM is installed in your personal computer the data in the camera s card can be copied to the computer and processed For more information please read the Instruction Manual that accompanies the Sanyo Software Pack 1 Turn off your digital camera see page 30 2 Open the terminal cover on the side of the digital camera see page 21 3 Using the supplied dedicated USB interface cable connect the camera connector to the camera and the computer connector to the proper terminal on your computer To USB terminal lt _ L a E To USB port D Dedicated USB interface cable DIGITAL AV a nas supplied K terminal Please connect the dedicated USB interface cable to your computer s USB connector Do not connect it to the USB connector on your monitor or keyboard or to the USB hub Be especially careful when installing the driver software In some instances it may not be possible to correctly install the driver software 4 Set the selector dial to 7 When the camera is connected to a personal computer you can use the Sanyo Software Pack to copy the data in the camera s card to your computer download More information about these operations can be found in the instructions included with the Sanyo Software Pack Selector dial NOTE When your digital camera is connected to a computer there is no display on the LCD monitor 129 English Problem TROUBL
14. ERASE OTHERS e The selected image is saved in the still image folder lt gt and the other three images are deleted nothing is saved in the sequential shot folder Confirmation Screen for erasing the other images E When you have finished capturing images turn off the digital camera HELP If power is cut off during the sequential shot f the digital camera is left alone for approximately one minute at step 4 when using batteries the power save function activates see page 30 the power is turned off and all four images are saved as a sequential shot in the sequential shot folder If this occurs copy the desired image from the sequential shot folder see page 118 and then erase the sequential shot English 68 VIDEO CLIP This digital camera allows you to record video clips which are moving images with audio 1 Display the Video Clip Shooting Setting Screen see SHUTTER page 31 00 46 The remaining memory on the card is calculated and the AUTO remaining recording time available is displayed EXP Depending on the memory capacity of the card the A remaining time is shown as hr min sec Dug Remaining video recording time min sec 2 Select the desired shutter operation from the shutter operation menu and press the SET button 2 Recording of the video clip starts when the shutter release button is pressed and stops when it is press
15. Handling the battery charger with wet hands may cause an electric shock E Do not use during a storm Do not touch the battery charger or power cord while it is plugged into a power g ra outlet during a thunderstorm Doing so may cause an electric shock y X Eo S 9 English CAUTION E Unplug the power cord from the power outlet when finished f the battery charger is left plugged into the power outlet for a long period of time there is a risk of fire E Do not damage the power cord Do not place heavy objects on the power cord Do not place the power cord near a heat source Do not excessively bend the power cord modify it or secure it with staples Doing so may damage the power cord and cause a fire or electric shock f the power cord is damaged or if it does not plug properly into the battery charger or wall outlet contact the place of purchase E Do not place on an unstable surface it may fall down causing injury or damage f the battery falls down and the charger body is damaged remove the batteries and contact the place of purchase If used while damaged it may cause a fire electric shock or other damages a WW E Operating and storage conditions Do not use close to a heat source close to a stove or heater or exposed to direct sunlight Temperature 0 to 40 C charging Humidity 45 to 85 charging and 20 to 60 C storage storage English 10 Concerning the
16. images to separate media then erase all the images from the card The flash does not light The flash off mode is selected Set the flash to automatic flash mode or forced flash mode The digital camera has determined that the image is bright enough and the flash is not necessary Not a malfunction Capture the image the digital camera will determine when the flash is necessary The batteries are dead Change or recharge the batteries English 130 TROUBLESHOOTING Problem Cause Action Reference page LCD monitor When used in cold weather the image may seem to leave traces as it moves The image displayed contains some red blue and green dots or there are black spots visible Condition due to the liquid crystals Not a malfunction Spots that appear in the LCD monitor only appear in the monitor and will not be recorded with the images The area around the LCD monitor is warm This is due to the internal structure and is normal Not a malfunction When capturing an image no image is displayed on the LCD monitor The main switch is set to MONITOR OFF Set the main switch to IO No playback image appears The main switch is not set to gt Set the main switch to 131 English The focus does not work The subject is too close to the digital camera The focus is
17. or the repairing of a malfunction of the digital camera The images captured with this camera will differ in quality from pictures taken with a standard film camera English Symbols used in this manual NOTE Points giving some extended instructions or special points to pay attention to HINT Points that may prove useful when using the digital camera HELP In case of a problem this may help in certain situations page xx Refer to the page indicated in brackets for detailed information English iv CONTENTS USING YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA SAFELY AND CORRECTLY 0004 3 CHECKING THE INCLUDED ACCESSORIES 0 0 00 00 c eee ee eee 14 PREPARATION USING THE HAND STRAP AND SOFT CASE 0 0 0000 c cece eee eee 15 QUICK START FOR CAPTURING IMAGES 0 0 0 0 cece eee 17 PARTS NAMES isso sied Seater ed aa bain pene enn bomen eke Peart be atid eo 21 PREPARATION OF BATTERIES 0 00 00 c cece eee 23 INSTALLING AND REMOVING THE CARDS 0 0 000 c ese eee 27 TURNING THE POWER ON OFF 2 0 oe ee 29 DISPLAYING THE SETTING SCREEN AND OPTION SETTING SCREEN 31 SHOOTING SETTING SCREENS a kerisi i a ETE E eee 33 PLAYBACK SETTING SCREEN isere eri teirr neern ithir eee 40 OPTION SETTING SCREEN vries iesma du argua EE ea FEEN UAE EEE ESN 41 INFORMATION DISPLAY iania ie aaa ea eee 42 SETTING SCREEN BASIC OPERATIONS n ana anannannunu nrnna 45 SETTING THE DATE AND TIME 60 0 ee
18. page 55 Location of data folder number and file name page 53 Sequential shot method page 63 Protect setting page 115 Execute data save page 94 File size Shutter speed Aperture Exposure correction Focus distance Remaining battery charge page 48 Date and time of image page 46 For video clips SSSO OSVFOGHHOD OC Location of data folder number and file name page 53 Resolution page 55 Execute data save page 94 Length of recording min sec File size Protect setting page 115 Shutter speed Aperture Exposure correction Focus distance Remaining battery charge page 48 Date and time of image page 46 100 5001 BEST 1600 FINE B _ _ o i L H a SHUTTER gt 1 30 IRIS gt F2 8 EXPOSE VALUE 0 0EV FOCAL LENGTH 6 0 0 aS oo 900 a 15 36 O10 2 i I 00 21 949KB SHUTTER gt 1 30 IRIS gt F2 8 EXPOSE VALUE gt 0 0EV FOCAL LENGTH 6 0 EUOAONRA 15 36 0 0021 0 meN 00009 English 44 SETTING SCREEN BASIC OPERATIONS At the setting screens use the jog dial or arrow button and the SET button to perform the desired settings The selected menu or icon will turn orange in color or reverse video To enter or exit the setting screens see DISPLAYING THE SETTING SCREEN AND OPTION SETTI
19. 9 image display appears 5 Use the arrow button to move the mark to the desired video clip and press the SET button The selected video clip appears full screen Perform step 3 to view the video clip e You can also turn the jog dial to move the mark Instead of pressing the SET button you can also enlarge the image by moving the zoom switch to the CX position E When you have finished viewing the images turn off the digital camera 103 English HINT To pause playback of a video clip Press the SET button to pause the video clip while it is being played back While the video clip is paused press the SET button again or gt to restart the playback To play back the video clip one image at a time While the video clip playback is paused you can turn the jog dial clockwise to view the frames in order or counterclockwise to view them in reverse order To accelerate the playback of a video clip or to view reverse playback of a video clip During a video clip playback press gt to start 2x fast forward playback the audio will not be heard Press it one more time to start 20x fast forward playback Press it one more time to return to normal speed playback During a video clip playback press lt to start reverse playback the audio will not be heard Press lt one more time to start 2x fast reverse playback Press it one more time to start 20x fast reverse playback Press it one more
20. Cd batteries but they will not last as long as the AA nickel metal hydride rechargeable batteries However if you do not have access to these batteries you may use alkaline batteries and capture images Also note that the duration of operation provided by the alkaline batteries will be very short CAUTION Manganese batteries cannot be used as they have an extremely short battery life and may overheat and damage the digital camera For your safety read Concerning the batteries on page 5 and Concerning the supplied battery charger on page 8 before handling the batteries Recharging nickel metal hydride batteries Make sure to completely recharge the supplied nickel metal hydride batteries before use Use only the supplied battery charger to recharge the batteries This battery charger can be used for both nickel metal hydride batteries AA HR 3USV supplied with the camera or HR 3US AAA HR 4US and Ni Cd batteries AA N 3US or N 3U AAA N 4U Before using the batteries for the first time or when the batteries remaining charge is low see REMAINING BATTERY CHARGE INDICATION on page 48 follow the steps below to recharge them 1 Insert two batteries in the outside sockets of the battery charger Make sure the polarity of the batteries is as indicated on the charger 2 Insert the power cord into the socket on the battery To power outlet charger LR SS aN Recharge indicator Supplied power
21. Screen is not displayed you can press the arrow button to quickly display the icon for setting the exposure correction see page 81 NOTE In the sequential shot mode the flash and self timer cannot be used With AE shift sequential shots the exposure may not change depending on the ambient lighting English 66 SEQUENTIAL SHOT Best select shot The best select shot captures four sequential images so that you can choose which one to save 1 Set the shooting mode to the sequential shot shooting mode see page 31 2 Select best select shot BEST from the sequential shot METHOD method menu and press the SET button 1 This sets the best select shot method FINE For the best select shot you do not need to set the STDIAE shutter operation The shutter operation menu will not Dan appear ANS f the main switch is set to MONITOR OFF you can il gt take pictures using the viewfinder However if the main switch is set to MONITOR OFF the 4 image display step 4 will not appear and the four images will automatically be saved as a sequential shot in the sequential shot folder To exit the Shooting Setting Screen press the MODE button 3 Press the shutter release button to capture the REC recording indicator sequential shot rl For the best select shot it is not necessary to hold down the shutter release button During shooting
22. Shot Shooting Setting Sequential Shot Playback Setting Screen Screen EE Video Clip Shooting Setting Screen Video Clip Playback Setting Screen Ae Shooting Option Setting Screen Playback Option Setting Screen Audio recording Sound playback Date and time setting Auto rotate playback setting Operational sound setting Date and time setting Battery discharging Operational sound setting Language selection Battery discharging TV system selection Language selection Card initializing reformatting TV system selection Card initializing reformatting x7 PC connection mode PC connection mode the LCD monitor turns off the LCD monitor turns off NOTE If NO IMAGE appears This appears if there is no image for the playback mode you selected Turn the selector dial to a playback mode for which images exist 31 English 4 Press the MODE button if the selector dial is set to m or The setting screen selected in step 3 appears See pages 33 to 40 You can also access the shooting setting screen by turning the jog dial For how to operate the setting screens see SETTING SCREEN BASIC OPERATIONS on page 45 Exiting the Setting Screen MODE button Press the MODE button The Setting Screen disappears Exiting the Option Setting Screen Turn the selector dial to a mark other than e The Option Setting Screen is exited and ei
23. THE CAMERA WITH A COMPUTER 00 00 0c cece eee eee 129 APPENDICES TROUBLESHOOTING fn s ls ed ae et ts E eh a i hak eee Sak a 130 SPECIFICATIONS vice ceca eee eee eee ee eda eee eee 134 English 2 USING YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA SAFELY AND CORRECTLY CONCERNING THE DIGITAL CAMERA WARNING E if the digital camera makes a strange noise emits a strange odor or if smoke comes out from it immediately turn off the power and remove the batteries f the digital camera is used under these conditions it may cause a fire or electric shock Immediately turn off the digital camera remove the batteries and wait to make sure no more smoke comes from the digital camera Then take it to the dealer for service Do not try to repair or open the digital camera yourself E Do not modify or open the cabinet High voltage circuits are inside and there is a high risk of fire or electric shock if they are touched Any internal check setting or repair should be performed by the dealer E Do not use while driving Do not capture images play back images or watch the LCD monitor while driving a vehicle Doing so may cause an accident Be careful where you put down the digital camera inside an automobile During sudden stops or turns it may fall behind the brake pedal and prevent braking When using the digital camera while walking be very careful of your surroundings and especially the traffic to avoid accidents E Be aware of your
24. To use the exposure correction set the exposure control to a setting other than manual M HINT Shortcut for setting the exposure correction When the Shooting Setting Screen or Information Screen is not displayed you can press the arrow button to quickly display the exposure correction bar The exposure correction bar will not appear if exposure correction is not available Press lt or gt to set the exposure correction 81 English SETTING THE EXPOSURE CONTROL By setting the shutter speed and aperture size various exposure controls are possible By changing the settings in accordance with the scene to be photographed you can create the image that you want to express The exposure controls can be set in the still image shooting mode and sequential shot shooting mode 1 Display the Still Image Setting Screen or Sequential EXP CONTROL C Shot Setting Screen see page 31 12 AWB AUTO A S M EXP 9 2 8 1 30 2 Select an exposure control method from the exposure control menu and press the SET button P The optimum shutter speed and aperture size are set according to the brightness of the subject Aperture and shutter variable program AE Example For simple shooting with minimum setup using the camera s automatic settings This allows you to set a specific aperture size The camera automatically sets an appropriate shu
25. and compression settings When the remaining number of images or the remaining time of video clips that can be taken is 0 you cannot capture any more images To capture more images either install a new card or save the current images see page 52 and then erase them see page 116 from the card When the remaining number of images or the remaining time of video clips that can be taken is O it may be possible to capture a few more images by changing the shooting mode setting a lower resolution setting see page 55 or selecting a different compression setting see page 57 Remaining number of images possible MONITOR OFF gt O Main switch Power Selector dial 150 Remaining number of images possible Still Image Shooting Screen Remaining video recording time min sec m 13 BEST 3 1 1 50 ca 00 24 Sequential Shot Shooting Screen Depending on the memory capacity of the card the remaining time is shown as hr min sec Video Clip Shooting Screen English 50 CHECKING THE REMAINING NUMBER OF IMAGES VIDEO RECORDING TIME AND AUDIO RECORDING TIME Checking the remaining audio recording time 1 Display the Shooting Option Setting Screen see page 31 Set the selector dial to e AUDIO REC is highlighted 2 Press the SET button The Audio Recording Screen appears and the remain
26. appears File number Playback time D gt Mn gt MRT gt 0006 12 34 gt 0002 01 20 A 10007 05 06 D10003 03 45 D 10008 01 20 D 0004 16 01 0009 00 03 D10005 00 23 d 10010 04 50 SETTING PUSH MODE TO EXIT 107 English LISTENING TO AUDIO RECORDINGS 4 Turn the jog dial to select the desired audio recording L Ton 05 40683 and press the SET button 100 0001 2 5MB The Audio Recording Playback Screen for the selected 2002 01 23 audio recording appears SRO TECT m ERASE lt m VOLUME EXIT Audio Recording Playback Screen 5 Select gt and press the SET button gt A 05 40 Playback starts 100 0001 2 5MB To play back a different audio recording while no audio 2002 01 23 recording is being played back Audio Recording PLAYBACK Playback Screen select EXIT and press the SET button You return to the Audio Recording Selection Screen Repeat steps 4 and 5 m AA m When you have finished listening to audio recordings turn off the digital camera HINT To quickly change to a different audio recording Turn the jog dial at the Audio Recording Playback Screen in step 4 to change to a different audio recording To pause playback of an audio recording Press the SET button to pause the audio recording while it is being played back While the audio recording is paused press the SET button again to restart the playback To fast forwa
27. cCoPY VOLUME Image rotation page 98 Appears only when auto rotate playback is not set Protect icon page 115 Erase icon page 116 Edit still image icon pages 109 111 114 Print setting icon page 120 Volume icon pages 104 106 108 When selected the volume bar appears Appears only in the Still Image Playback Setting Screen when an image with a voice memo appears Copy icon page 118 Playback mode indicator page 96 mm aoe Still image playback icon Sequential shot playback icon Video clip playback icon Remaining battery charge page 48 Shows the remaining battery charge Not displayed when the remaining battery charge is near full or when the AC adapter sold separately is used English 40 OPTION SETTING SCREEN Shooting Option Setting Screen O Ae se O CLOCK SET 4 BEEP H DISCHARGE 2b LANGUAGE OV SYSTEM 7 REFORMAT Xe Audio recording page 79 Date and time setting page 46 Operational sound beep setting page 125 8090 Battery discharge function page 126 Language selection page 127 Tv system selection page 128 Card reformatting page 124 Playback Option Setting Screen oN HAQIAUTO ROTATE PLAY CLOCK SET A BEEP DISCHARGE
28. can display 9 still images at once on the LCD monitor 1 Select the still image playback mode see page 96 An image appears on the LCD monitor 2 Push the zoom switch towards E Image number The 9 image display appears Selecting mark The number displayed for each image is the number for that image 3 Use the arrow button to move the mark to the desired image and press the SET button The selected image is displayed full screen e You can also turn the jog dial to move the mark Instead of pressing the SET button you can also enlarge the image by moving the zoom switch to the CY position E When you have finished viewing the images turn off the digital camera HINT To jump forward or backward 100 images if more than 100 images exist Display the 9 image display playback screen Press the MACRO button The frame around the images turns dark blue Press either lt or gt Press lt to move back 100 images Press gt to move forward 100 images The frame around the images returns to black To jump another 100 images repeat steps and above Use the arrow button to move the mark to the desired image and press the SET button The selected image is displayed full screen HELP If Hi appears in the 9 image display ff may be displayed if the images were saved on the card using a different digital camera What if the image numbers are not consecutive The
29. compartment cover and slide it outward to open it 3 Insert two recharged nickel metal hydride batteries in the battery compartment Make sure the polarity of the batteries is as indicated in the battery compartment 4 Close the battery compartment cover Slide the compartment cover in the direction of the arrow until it clicks NOTE Battery power is still used even when the digital camera is turned off It is recommended that you remove the batteries from the digital camera when it is not being used However when the batteries are removed for a long period the date and time settings may be cleared When reinstalling recharged batteries recheck the date and time settings see page 46 English 26 INSTALLING AND REMOVING THE CARDS The images and audio recordings recorded by your digital camera are stored on the data storage card installed in the digital camera You must install a card before you can capture images For more information on handling the cards see Cautions when handling the CompactFlash or Microdrive on page 13 and Cautions when using the Microdrive on page 137 Before using a card for the first time format it using the digital camera see page 124 Installing a card 1 Confirm that the power is turned off Power button Press the power button to turn off the camera When the power is turned off the stand by indicator turns off In addition if the lens is protruding it
30. flash mode icon J Flash off mode icon 5e Red eye reduction mode icon Still image shooting mode icon Number of images that can be captured page 50 Remaining battery charge page 48 Not displayed when the remaining battery charge is near full or when the AC adapter sold separately is used English 34 SHOOTING SETTING SCREENS Sequential Shot Shooting Setting Screen All the icons never appear at the same time RESOLUTION mh 12 FINE Pezty1600 640 FINESFINENNORI J EXP P 35 English Resolution menu page 55 2288 2 288 x 1 712 pixel resolution icon 1600 1 600 x 1 200 pixel resolution icon 640 640 x 480 pixel resolution icon Compression menu page 57 SFE SFINE icon super low compression FINE FINE icon low compression NORM NORM icon moderate compression Shutter operation menu page 64 Only appears when the sequential shot method is set to STD Images are captured only while the shutter release button is pressed Capturing of the images starts when the shutter release button is pressed and stops when it is pressed again Exposure correction icon page 81 When selected the exposure correction bar appears Exposure control menu page 82 P Program AE icon A Aperture priority AE
31. hands to adhere to the terminals and oxidize increasing the contact resistance If the contact resistance increases the usable life of the batteries will diminish E Cautions when cleaning the lens If the lens gets dirty use a commercially available air blower or a cleaning cloth for photographic equipment to clean it E When not using the digital camera for a long period Remove the batteries However when the batteries are removed for a long time the digital camera functions may begin to not work properly Periodically reinstall the batteries and check the digital camera functions f the batteries are left in the digital camera a small amount of power is still used even if the digital camera is turned off If the nickel metal hydride batteries are left in the digital camera for a long period they may become completely discharged and lose their ability to be recharged again E Cautions concerning condensation Using the digital camera with condensation inside it may damage the digital camera Be careful of condensation under the following conditions When moving the digital camera suddenly from a cold place to a warm place When the ambient temperature changes drastically such as when a heater is turned on to quickly heat the room When the digital camera is placed in the path of cool air from an air conditioner When the digital camera is placed in a location of high humidity If condensation seems likely to f
32. icon LS Shutter speed priority AE icon M Manual exposure control icon ISO sensitivity menu page 85 AUTO Auto sensitivity icon ISO100 to 400 100 ISO100 icon 200 1S0200 icon 400 1S0400 icon White balance menu page 86 Auto white balance icon Fair icon Overcast icon Fluorescent lighting icon White incandescent light icon Color fill icon one NI f EE a Light measuring method menu page 91 a Center point light measuring icon EE Multi section light measuring icon EJ Spot light measuring icon Monochrome shooting menu page 77 BAW Monochrome shooting off icon B W Monochrome shooting on icon Spot focus menu page 92 AN Spot focus off icon AFS Spot focus on icon Digital zoom icon page 89 Cannot be selected when resolution is set to 2288 DA Digital zoom off icon DW Digital zoom on icon Sequential shot method menu page 63 Displays the selected sequential shot method even when Shooting Setting Screen is exited BEST Best select shot icon TD Standard sequential shot icon AE AE shift sequential shot icon Sequential shot shooting mode icon Number of images that can be captured page 50 Remaining battery charge page 48 Not displayed when the remaining battery charge is near full or when the AC adapter sold separately is used English 36 SHOOTING SETTING SCREENS Video Clip Sho
33. image see pages 96 98 Now let s take a look at the images you ve captured 1 1 Set the main switch to gt The image you captured shows up in the LCD monitor Press lt or gt on the arrow button to display the images stored before and after the current image 1 2 When finished press the power button to turn it off Your digital camera turns off MONITOR OFF gt IDD Hie Main switch How was it Did everything turn out fine Of course what you have performed here is just a fraction of the many functions your digital camera is loaded with But before you continue using your digital camera any further be sure to read this instruction manual carefully English 20 PARTS NAMES The page numbers listed next to the part names are the page numbers where that part is explained in detail Front Power button pages 26 to 30 Shutter release button pages 30 60 61 Battery compartment cover page 26 Tripod stand hole Self timer indicator page 75 Main switch Flash page 73 Viewfinder page 60 page 75 a oa 21 English j terminal AV output terminal Lens pages 29 30 Microphone pages 78 110 For listening to sound recordings e _ Terminal cover pages 106 129 DC IN external DC power input DIGITAL AV terminal pages 106 129 Used as both the USB connector and
34. image can be checked on the Information Screen 100 0021 i 2288 FINE e J M634KB Ex Two copies of a standard print amp gt 2 DATE INDEX with the date and one index print SHUTTER m 1 125 123 English REFORMATTING THE CARD The data for all images video clips and sound files taken by the digital camera are stored on the card installed inside the digital camera Therefore you must first install a card to enable the digital camera to be used see page 27 Before you first use a card with the digital camera or if a card you are using begins to operate incorrectly or becomes unreadable due to static electricity or some other cause it is necessary to reformat the card by following the procedure given below Also if you use a card from another manufacturer or use a card formatted with a personal computer it is also necessary to reformat the card with the digital camera If you reformat the card and it continues to operate improperly then the card may be damaged Replace it with a new one WARNING When you reformat a card remember that all data on the card is erased even data with the protect mode set see page 115 1 Display the Shooting Option Setting Screen or i AUDIO REC Playback Option Setting Screen see page 31 CLOCK SET 4 BEEP 2 Select REFORMAT and press the SET button ages The Reformat Screen appears TV SYSTEM DIR 3 Pr
35. in a fire e Do not allow metal objects to touch the terminals Do not carry loose with necklaces hairpins etc e Do not transform open or modify e Do not put in water or any liquid or get the terminals wet e Always stop the recharging after the prescribed recharge time even if the batteries are not fully charged Operating and storage conditions 0 to 40 C charged 0 to 50 C discharged Temperature 20 to 30 C storage Do not remove or puncture the external wrapping e Do not use if there is leaking swelling elevated temperature discoloration or any other abnormal condition Keep out of the reach of children e Do not drop hit or submit the batteries to strong shocks Do not use recharged batteries together with discharged batteries e Recharge and use two batteries at a time e Always recharge the batteries before using them for the first time or when using them after they have been kept in storage for a long time Humidity 45 to 85 5 English General precautions Use the nickel metal hydride batteries supplied with the digital camera Manganese batteries cannot be used as they have a short battery life and may overheat causing damage to the digital camera Do not use a recharged battery together with a discharged battery Do not use nickel metal hydride batteries together with Ni Cd batteries or batteries of different types or different brands at the same ti
36. indicator red green English 74 USING THE VARIOUS SHOOTING FUNCTIONS Using the self timer Use the self timer function to have the digital camera automatically capture the image for you 10 seconds after the shutter release button is pressed The self timer can only be used in the still image shooting mode 1 Display the Still Image Shooting Setting Screen see SELF TIMER i page 31 5 SFINE 2 Select the self timer on icon from the self timer menu and press the SET button LS For turning on the self timer function TSJ For turning off the self timer function This completes the self timer setting The self timer setting returns to off when the main switch is set to MONITOR OFF or gt or the digital camera is turned off 3 Press the shutter release button When the shutter release button is pressed the self timer indicator will light for about 7 seconds flash for about 3 seconds and then the image is captured At this time if the beep sound setting is ALL or SHUTTER a warning tone beep beep beep sounds When using the self timer function be sure to use a tripod or place the digital camera on a level stable surface After the image has been captured the self timer function is turned off f the shutter release button is pressed before the image 4 is captured the self timer mode is stopped temporarily Press t
37. number for each image is its specific file number For this reason even if you erase an image from the line up the numbers of the subsequent images do not change For example in the case above if you were to erase image number 0005 in step 3 image number 0005 is skipped and the displayed numbers will be in order 0001 to 0004 followed by 0006 to 0010 101 English PLAYING BACK SEQUENTIAL SHOTS Sequential shot images can be played back one image at a time 1 Select the sequential shot playback mode see page 96 If the 9 image display appears perform step 4 below and then come back to step 2 2 Press lt or gt on the arrow button To play back the previous image Press lt 4 To play back the next image Press gt lt To use the jog dial gt To play back the previous image Turn the jog dial counterclockwise To play back the next image Turn the jog dial clockwise Hold down the arrow button to display the images of the sequential shot one after another consecutively consecutive playback To stop the consecutive playback release the arrow button To change to a different sequential shot perform steps 3 and 4 below You can also rotate images for viewing see page 98 3 Push the zoom switch towards B Sequential shot folder number The 9 image display appears Selecting mark 4 Use the arrow button to move the mark to the desired sequential shot and press the SET button The se
38. other company and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners Regarding the data storage media This digital camera can use both CompactFlash and Microdrive cards for data storage This manual is written with the premise that CompactFlash cards are used In this manual CompactFlash and Microdrive cards are both referred to as card Caution It is forbidden to copy this manual whole or in part without prior written permission All images and illustrations given in this manual are for explanation purposes and may differ slightly from that of the actual product Also actual specifications are subject to change without prior notice and therefore may differ from the contents of this manual Sanyo Electric shall not be held responsible for any problems resulting from the use of this digital camera Sanyo Electric declines all responsibility for damages due to improper use of the camera failure to adhere to the instructions given in this manual or repairs or changes done by those other than a technician authorized by the manufacturer Sanyo Electric shall not be held responsible for any damage caused by optional devices or consumable items used with the digital camera other than those supplied with the digital camera or those specified by Sanyo Electric Sanyo Electric shall not be held responsible for any losses or loss of revenue resulting from the loss of data caused by the malfunction
39. out of the power outlet Pulling the cord portion may damage the power a cord and cause a fire or electric shock 1 E Cautions concerning the power cord Do not leave the power cord plugged into the power outlet while the other end is not plugged into the battery charger The loose end can cause electrocution if lt touched with wet hands or if handled by children FEN Only use the power cord supplied with the battery charger If a different power z cord is used it may be rated for a different current load and that may cause a A 6 fire IEN The supplied power cord is for exclusive use with the supplied battery charger Do not use it with other devices for it may cause a fire or electric shock E Keep the battery charger out of the reach of children Children may place the batteries or other small components in their mouth or aog perform some other such unforeseeable action If swallowed consult a ga physician immediately E if smoke or a strange odor is emitted or if strange noises are heard immediately unplug the power cord from the power outlet f the battery charger is used under these conditions it may cause a fire or electric shock f strange conditions such as these occur immediately unplug the battery charger remove the batteries and wait to make sure no more smoke is emitted Then contact the place of purchase Do not try to repair or open the battery charger yourself E Do not handle with wet hands
40. press the SET button ites The Beep Sound Setting Screen appears TV SYSTEM m REFORMAT 3 Select the desired setting and press the SET button 4 fey To cancel the setting press the MODE button You return to the screen in step 1 ALL ALL A beep is heard when any of the buttons is pressed SHUTTER A beep is heard when the shutter release OFF button is pressed OFF The beep sound is turned off This completes the beep sound setting The display returns to the Shooting Option Setting Screen or Playback Option Setting Screen NOTE The beep volume cannot be adjusted 125 English DISCHARGING THE BATTERIES Your digital camera is designed not to be affected by voltage fluctuations caused by the memory effect of nickel metal hydride batteries However there may be times when the remaining charge indicator for the batteries turns to or early If this happens discharge the batteries completely before charging them again 1 Display the Shooting Option Setting Screen or 5 AUDIO REC Playback Option Setting Screen see page 31 CLOCK SET A BEEP coy AR b LANGUAGE OITV SYSTEM m REFORMAT 2 Select DISCHARGE and press the SET button pam The Discharge Screen appears 3 Select START and press the SET button START Battery discharge begins The message DISCHARGING appears in the display while the batteries are being discharged
41. recorded are erased destroyed or damaged in any way due to a problem with the digital camera any of its accessories or its software E Cautions concerning copyrights The images you capture with your digital camera are for your own private use any other use may violate the rights of copyrights owners E Cautions when cleaning the digital camera Do not use benzene or thinner products to clean the digital camera Doing so may cause deformation discoloration or paint peeling When using a chemically treated cloth carefully read its instructions and warnings Do not spray insecticides or volatile sprays on the digital camera Do not leave rubber or vinyl objects against the digital camera for a long period They may cause deformation discoloration or paint peeling Cleaning procedure 1 Turn off the digital camera and remove the batteries 2 Remove the dirt with a soft cloth 3 Ifthe digital camera is extremely dirty wipe with a soft cloth moistened with a mild detergent diluted with water and wrung dry 11 English E Cautions concerning the nickel metal hydride batteries Periodically clean with a dry cloth the terminals of the nickel metal hydride batteries and and the terminals located in the battery compartment of the digital camera Do not touch the battery terminals or the terminals in the battery compartment of the digital camera with your bare hands Doing so will allow contaminants from your
42. sequence i e 102SANDS 103SANDS etc SANY1002 jpg SANY0004 tif Location 101SANDS Power jpg SANY0003 wav T SANY0998 jpg SANY1999 jpg SANY0999 jpg 102SANDS peau jpg H SEQTOo001 Poser jpg SANY2002 jpg SEQT0102 jpg SEQT0103 jpg VCLP T VCLP0001 mov T SUNDO0001 wav SUND0002 wav T File name pages 43 44 Do not modify the folders and file names in the card using your computer f the folders file names or their configuration is modified using a personal computer it will be impossible to play back the data using the digital camera and the digital camera may not operate properly Concerning the video clip data saved by the digital camera You can use QuickTime Ver 3 0 or later from Apple to play back the video clips QuickTime5 for Windows and Macintosh is supplied with the included CD ROM Sanyo Software Pack 53 English SETTING THE SHOOTING MODE Before using the digital camera you must set the desired shooting mode still image sequential shot video clip or audio recording The setting is performed with the selector dial 1 Turn the selector dial to the desired shooting mode Selector dial ma Still image shooting mode see pages 60 and 61 I Sequential shot shooting mode see page 63 EE Video clip shooting mode see page 69 Ace Option for audio recording see page 79 The shooting mode changes to that set by the selector dial
43. set the basic exposure Press lt or gt on the arrow button to set the base exposure setting For how to set the exposure see Exposure correction on page 81 Based on the set exposure setting 7 images are captured over a range of exposures from underexposed to overexposed The base exposure can be set anywhere from 0 9 EV to 0 9 EV Exposure correction bar EXPOSURE 16 For AE shift sequential shots the shutter operation Make darker Make brighter setting is not necessary The shutter operation menu is Pointer not available You can set the main switch to MONITOR OFF and take pictures using the viewfinder To exit the Shooting Setting Screen press the MODE button 4 Press the shutter release button to capture the REC recording indicator sequential shot For AE shift sequential shots the digital camera will capture all seven images it is not necessary to hold down the shutter release button During shooting using the LCD monitor will appear in the LCD monitor while images are being captured After taking the picture you can view the first captured image by setting the main switch to P see page 102 m When you have finished capturing images turn off the digital camera HINT Shortcut for setting the exposure correction f the Shooting Setting Screen or Information
44. surroundings when using the digital camera Pay close attention to your surroundings when using the digital camera Failure to do so may lead to an accident or injury Do not use the digital camera inside an airplane or elsewhere where its use may be restricted E Do not get the digital camera wet This digital camera is not water resistant Do not allow it to get wet for it may cause a fire or electric shock e Do not use the digital camera in a bathroom f the digital camera gets wet immediately turn it off and remove the batteries Then take it to the dealer for repair Using the digital camera after it has been become wet may cause a fire electric shock or other accident 3 English WARNING E Do not use during a storm To avoid the risk of being struck by lightning do not use the digital camera during a thunderstorm In particular if used in an open field you have an increased chance of being struck by lightning Quickly N seek refuge in a place that will protect you from lightning i fg fl E Do not place on an unstable surface The digital camera may fall resulting in damage to the digital camera or injury f the digital camera has fallen and its body is damaged turn off the digital camera remove the batteries and take it to the dealer for repair Using the digital camera after its body has been damaged may cause a fire or electric shock E Do not look through the digital camera into the sun
45. the quick shot function works to capture the image quickly It is possible to take sequential quick shots if it is within one second If the shutter release button is pressed after an interval of one second or more following the previous shot the digital camera performs the settings as for normal shooting English 84 SETTING THE ISO SENSITIVITY With the normal settings the ISO sensitivity is set automatically according to the brightness of the subject However in the special mode you can fix the ISO sensitivity to the equivalent of 100 200 or 400 1 Display the Shooting Setting Screen see page 31 2 Select an ISO sensitivity setting from the ISO eee 1S0 mm sensitivity menu and press the SET button 12 AUTO Sets the ISO sensitivity automatically equivalent to 1SO100 to 400 ANB i 100 Sets the sensitivity equivalent to ISO100 P 200 Sets the sensitivity equivalent to ISO200 twice the EXP sensitivity of 100 400 Sets the sensitivity equivalent to ISO400 four times the sensitivity of 100 This completes the ISO sensitivity setting NOTE By setting a higher ISO sensitivity you can set higher shutter speeds and capture images in darker locations but noise in the captured images may increase If the flicker reduction is set to FR see page 87 in the video clip shooting mode then the ISO sensitivity setting is fixed to AUTO
46. the supplied two nickel metal indicator Supplied hydride AA batteries HR 3USV is approx 115 minutes power cord Caution First recharge the supplied batteries Do not recharge other batteries with the supplied battery charger To ensure safety read Concerning the batteries on page 5 and Concerning the supplied battery charger on page 8 2 Remove the batteries from the battery charger When finished the recharge indicator turns off unplug the power cord from the power outlet and remove the A batteries Recharge indicator 17 English Installing the batteries and card see pages 26 27 3 Insert the batteries Use the batteries recharged in step 1 above Make sure the polarity and of the batteries is as indicated in the battery compartment 1 Open battery compartment cover on the digital camera bottom 2 Insert the batteries 3 Close the battery compartment cover 4 Push the cover in the direction shown by the arrow until it clicks 4 Insert the card Make sure not to insert the card with it facing the wrong direction 1 Open the card slot cover 2 Insert the card all the way 3 Fold down the eject button 4 Close the card slot cover After installing the card be sure to first format it with the digital camera see page 124 English 18 Capturing images see page 60 Now that preparation is completed your digital camera is ready to capture images Her
47. to the initialized settings Night scene 1 Set to a shooting mode and press the MODE button for at least 2 seconds to display the Information Screen see page 42 The current shooting settings are shown on the information screen 2 Turn the jog dial GIRS e The stored shooting settings will appear on the LCD SPORTS 2880 FINE 0 L monitor Turn the jog dial to display the desired shooting AUTO AWB ES BRU setting in the LCD monitor NR AFS Yo Dus a rye at AOO 3 Press the SET button The shooting settings shown in the LCD monitor are set An icon showing the shooting mode appears in the upper left corner of the LCD monitor FA Sports amp Night scene OQ Portrait AUTO No indication 1 to m3 are for your custom settings page 94 NOTE About the preset settings When selecting a stored shooting setting the Program AE mode is effective Consequently the following settings are fixed Exposure control P Suitable program AE for each preset setting ISO sensitivity AUTO Furthermore when sports is selected spot focus is on when night scene is selected the noise reduction on is set When capturing images using the night scene amp setting use a tripod or other method to stabilize the camera To return to normal shooting Display the Informa
48. using the LCD monitor will appear in the LCD monitor while images are being captured e After a few moments the 4 image display appears showing the images captured 13 BESTI 67 English 4 Select the image that you want to save Orange frame Press the arrow button to move the orange frame to the image you want to save Press the SET button e The Best Shot Confirmation Screen appears with the selected image displayed full screen You can press 0 a lt lt or gt to select a different image e To return to the 4 image display select EXIT and press the SET button 4 image display To save all four images At the 4 image display press the MODE button All four Folder number and name images are saved as a sequential shot in the 00 0101 sequential shot folder 5 Save the selected image and erase the others Make your final check of the image and select SAVE SAVE IMAGE IMAGE ERASE OTHERS lt ESS gt Press the SET button a e A screen confirming whether or not you want to save the selected image and erase the others appears e To return to the Best Shot Confirmation Screen select Best Shot Confirmation Screen NO and press the SET button 100 0101 Select YES and press the SET button K e PROCESSING appears for a few moments and then SAVE IMAGE you return to the sequential shot shooting mode
49. zoom icon becomes yellow Shutter release button Zoom switch 3 Press the shutter release button The image is captured with the subject zoomed up enlarged indicator m When you have finished capturing images turn off the digital camera NOTE When the digital zoom is used the image quality will deteriorate slightly f the optical zoom is operated during video clip photography the noise from the zoom movement may be picked up by the microphone In this case change the camera setting so that the optical zoom does not move see page 88 The digital zoom cannot be used when capturing images using the viewfinder f the main switch is set to MONITOR OFF while the digital zoom is active the digital zoom is canceled and only the optical zoom 2 8x will function English 76 MONOCHROME PHOTOGRAPHY You can take pictures as black and white images with this camera 1 Display the Shooting Settings Screen see page 31 MONOCHROME LI 2 Select the monochrome shooting on icon B W from the monochrome shooting menu and press the SET button B W For black and white photography BAW For color photography This completes the monochrome photography setting 3 Press the shutter release button The picture is captured as a black and white image m When you have finished capturing images turn off the digital camera NOTE During monochrom
50. 2 Select INDEX f BPRINT SETTING E STANDARD ALL CLEAR EXIT ty Print Setting Screen English 122 REQUESTING PRINTING 3 Press the SET button 5 The Index Print Screen appears YES To set the index print settings NO To clear the index settings EXIT To return to the Print Setting Screen 4 Select YES and press the SET button This completes the setting for the index print You return to the Print Setting Screen To return to the Playback Setting Screen press the MODE button or select EXIT and press the SET button Clearing the print settings L EXIT Index Print Screen cL 1 Display the Print Setting Screen see page 120 FEYPRINT SETTING 2 Select ALL CLEAR STANDARD j 3 Press the SET button p ALL CLEAR The All Clear Screen appears EXIT YES To clear the print settings for all images NO To not clear the print settings and return to the Print Setting Screen Print Setting Screen c ST Ci 4 Select YES and press the SET button d 2 DATE ME All the print settings are cleared and you return to the i Print Setting Screen s To return to the Playback Setting Screen press the a Cmo MODE button or select EXIT and press the SET button All Clear Screen NOTE The current print settings for each
51. A Aperture priority AE icon LS Shutter speed priority AE icon M Manual exposure control icon ISO sensitivity menu page 85 AUTO Auto sensitivity icon ISO100 to 400 100 1S0100 icon 200 1S0200 icon 400 1S0400 icon White balance menu page 86 During monochrome shooting the white balance menu cannot be selected WB Auto white balance icon Fair icon Overcast icon Fluorescent lighting icon White incandescent light icon Color fill icon MELEE 886 Light measuring method menu page 91 a Center point light measuring icon EE Multi section light measuring icon EJ Spot light measuring icon Monochrome shooting menu page 77 BAW Monochrome shooting off icon B W Monochrome shooting on icon Noise reduction menu page 90 NN Noise reduction off icon NR Noise reduction on icon Spot focus menu page 92 AN Spot focus off icon AFS Spot focus on icon Voice memo menu page 78 TLJ Voice memo off icon Le Voice memo on icon Digital zoom menu page 89 Cannot be selected when resolution is set to 3264 2880 or 2288 DAH Digital zoom off icon D Digital zoom on icon Self timer menu page 75 FSJ Self timer off icon LS Self timer on icon Flash operation mode icon page 73 When using flash indicates the flash operation mode No icon Automatic flash mode L4 Forced
52. ANY0000 tif The oooo represents a sequential number assigned automatically Voice memo data Data format WAVE format File name structure SANYoo000 wav The oooo represents the same sequential number as the image file to which the sound memo corresponds English 52 CONCERNING IMAGE AND AUDIO DATA STORAGE Sequential shots data Data format File name structure Video clip data Data format File name structure Audio recording data Data format File name structure JPEG format SEQTxxyy jpg The xx represents the folder number where the sequential shots are stored The yy represents a sequential number assigned automatically QuickTime Movie format VCLPoooo mov The oooo represents a sequential number assigned automatically WAVE format SUNDoooo0 wav The oooo represents a sequential number assigned automatically Configuration of directories for the stored data NOTE MISC Location of DPOF files ROOT DCIM 100SANDS SANY0001 jpg _ ______ File name Folder number SANY0002 jpg pages 43 44 pages 43 44 Sees SYSTEM SANY0003 jpg of card data Up to 999 still images 99 sequential shot folders 999 video clips and 999 audio recordings can be stored in folder VCLPO002 mov 100SANDS If more files are made a folder named 101SANDS SUND will be made and they will be stored in there New folders will then be named in
53. Approx 27 g each English 138 SANYO SANYO Electric Co Ltd
54. CompactFlash Microdrive There are special precautions that must be followed when using Microdrive cards Before using Microdrive cards carefully read Cautions when using the Microdrive see page 137 The use of card in this manual In this manual CompactFlash and Microdrive cards that can be used in this digital camera are referred to as card The cards in the illustrations in this manual are CompactFlash cards but all installation removal and formatting procedures are the same for both the CompactFlash and Microdrive cards English 16 QUICK START FOR CAPTURING IMAGES Now that you have purchased a new digital camera it is time to try and capture some images and then view them with the LCD monitor Although your digital camera is packed with many useful and convenient functions here is a simple explanation of how to capture and view images Afterward carefully read the rest of this manual to get the most out of your digital camera Recharging the batteries see page 23 Recharge the supplied batteries before use 1 Insert the two supplied batteries in the outside sockets To power outlet and recharge them amp Make sure the batteries are inserted with the polarity QR as indicated on the battery charger ce During recharge the recharge indicator on the battery charger will light When the batteries are recharged the indicator will go off Recharge The recharge time for
55. Do not look through the digital camera at the sun or any other strong source of light Doing so may seriously injure your eyes E Do not use the flash close to a person s face To prevent possible eye injury do not use the flash near a person s face especially young children or babies If the flash is used close to a person s opened eyes there is a risk that it may damage that person s eyesight E Do not use where there is risk of explosion Do not use the digital camera in a location where there is explosive gas or any other flammable material in the air Doing so may cause a fire or an explosion E Keep the digital camera out of the reach of children The following may happen if children play with the digital camera e They may wrap the strap around their neck and suffocate e They may swallow the batteries or other small parts In such a case consult a physician immediately e They may damage their eyesight if the flash goes off too close to their eyes They may get hurt by the digital camera English 4 WARNING E Concerning the Batteries Concerning the supplied nickel metal hydride batteries Follow all the warnings indicated below to prevent the batteries from leaking overheating exploding catching fire or becoming damaged e Use only the supplied battery charger for recharging e Do not install with the polarities and inverted Do not heat the batteries or throw them
56. E POWER ON OFF Turning the power on Follow the steps indicated below when capturing images or when playing back images on the LCD monitor To capture images 1 Set the main switch to MONITOR OFF or L Main switch MONITOR OFF 2 Press the power button The stand by indicator turns on and the lens extends If the main switch was set to IJ an image will appear on the LCD monitor To play back images 1 Set the main switch to gt ONITOR OFF gt Oo 2 Press the power button Main switch The power is turned on Power button An image appears on the LCD monitor HELP If NO CARD appears f no card is installed in the digital camera then NO CARD will appear on the LCD monitor Be sure to install a card before using the digital camera see page 27 29 English Turning the power off 1 Press the power button Stand by indicator The power turns off Power button During shooting e The lens automatically retracts and closes e The stand by indicator turns off e The LCD monitor turns off During playback e The LCD monitor turns off A Lens is automatically stowed Turning the power on when the power save function is active In order to save the battery power the power save function will automatically turn off the power after one minute of no use during shooting or five minutes of no use during playback 1 Shutter release bu
57. ESHOOTING Cause Action Reference page No power The batteries are dead Change or recharge the batteries The batteries have not been inserted correctly Reinsert the batteries making sure the polarity is as indicated The battery compartment cover is not fully closed Close battery compartment cover properly Due to cold temperatures the batteries temporarily lost their power Place the digital camera in your pocket to warm it up before using it An image is not captured when the shutter release button is pressed The power is not turned on If the power save function has turned the digital camera off then press the MODE button or press once on the shutter release button to turn the digital camera back on The stand by indicator is flashing red the digital camera is becoming ready to capture an image Wait until the stand by indicator lights green to capture the image Accessing indicator lights red Recorded data is being saved on the card Not a malfunction Wait until the stand by indicator lights green to capture the image An image is not captured when the shutter release button is pressed The memory is full the stand by indicator lights red the displayed remaining number of images that can be captured becomes 0 on the LCD monitor Install a new card Erase the images that are not necessary Save the
58. K VIDEO CLIPS on page 103 2 Press the MODE button to display the Playback Setting Screen 3 Select the COPY icon E and press the SET button gt PROTECT The Copy Screen appears with YES selected it ERASE YES Copies and saves the image displayed as a still copy image the original data is left untouched EXIT Cancels the copy and returns you to the Playback Ex Sequential Shot Setting Screen Playback Setting Screen To copy a different image press lt 4 or gt or turn the jog dial to display the desired image EA copy E lt YES gt EXIT Copy Screen 4 Press the SET button e PROCESSING appears and you return to the Copy Screen The image is copied and saved in the still image folder Press the MODE button to return to the Playback Setting Screen HELP If MEMORY FULL appears This indicates that there is not enough available memory to save the copied image The image copy will use up the same amount of memory as the original image If you wish to save the image you must first erase some data in order to free some of the memory see page 116 English 118 AUTO ROTATE PLAYBACK SETTING Images captured in the still image shooting mode or sequential shot shooting mode with the camera held vertically can be rotated automatically 90 degrees when they are played back 1 Display the Playback Optio
59. LIPS on page 103 Remaining recording time sec Shutter release button E When you have finished capturing images turn off the digital camera HINT Short cut for setting the exposure correction f the Shooting Setting Screen or Information Screen is not displayed you can press the arrow button to quickly display the icons for setting the exposure correction see page 81 NOTE In the video clip mode the flash and self timer cannot be used The data for a video clip is very large Therefore be aware that if the video clip is downloaded to a computer to be played back the computer may not be able to play back the video fast enough and the video may appear jerky The video will always be displayed properly on the LCD monitor or a television English 70 USING THE AUTOFOCUS The autofocus will work in almost all occasions however there are certain conditions that may cause the autofocus function not to work properly E Conditions that may cause incorrect focus The following examples are some of the situations where the autofocus function may not work Subjects with low contrast or very bright subjects at the center of the image Use the focus lock function see pages 60 and 61 to lock the focus on a subject with contrast at the same distance as the desired subject Subjects without vertical lines Use the focus lock function to lock the focus on the subject while holding
60. NG SCREEN on page 31 SET button Jog dial Arrow button Clockwise The value increases Lightly press lt gt V ora Counterclockwise The value decreases on the arrow button to On the Shooting Setting Screen you can move in the direction of that select a menu arrow Basic button operations To select a menu Press a to select the item above Press v to select the item below From the Shooting Setting Screens turn the jog dial To select a setting Press gt to select the next icon item to the right Press lt to select the next icon item to the left Press a to select the next icon item above Press Y to select the next icon item below To finalize the selected setting Press the SET button to set the selected menu item In the Shooting Setting Screens the selected icon moves to the far left In the Playback Setting Screens the screen corresponding to the selected icon appears To cancel the operation Press the MODE button Or select the EXIT icon or EXIT and press the SET button 45 English SETTING THE DATE AND TIME The digital camera will record the date and time an image or audio recording is taken so that you can display them during playback Therefore before capturing images make sure the correct date and time are set Main switch MODE button SET button LCD monitor Arrow button Jog dial Example To set the clock to A
61. Rear Flash button MACRO 4A button page 72 7 page 73 MODE button page 32 Stand by indicator pages 29 61 74 SET button Zoom switch pages 72 76 101 to 103 105 Selector dial page 31 Hand strap holder i page 15 Viewfinder page 61 Jog dial pages 45 98 105 Card slot cover pages 27 28 Arrow button page 45 LCD monitor E ERE pages 33 61 98 Accessing indicator page 28 During use the area around the LCD monitor may become warm This is normal and does not indicate a malfunction When viewing the LCD monitor you may see some missing pixels Seen as black and white dots This is normal and does not indicate a malfunction Indications in the viewfinder Stand by indicator red green pages 29 60 74 Red flashing When capturing an image recording sound charging the flash storing an image or sound recording image or sound cannot be recorded or recording using the self timer Red steady When the memory is full image or sound cannot be recorded page 130 Green flashing When using the exposure correction or digital zoom functions image and sound can be recorded pages 76 81 Green steady Image and sound can be recorded or when connected to a PC Autofocus mark page 60 English 22 PREPARATION OF BATTERIES Use the supplied or sold separately AA nickel metal hydride batteries to power the digital camera You can also use AA Ni
62. SANYO INSTRUCTION MANUAL VPC AZ1 EX VPC AZ1E VPC AZ1 Digital Camera Important note This manual explains how to safely operate the VPC AZ1EX VPC AZ1E and VPC AZ1 Any information regarding only one of these products will be labeled as such Please read these instructions carefully before using the digital camera Make sure to read and understand the section USING YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA SAFELY AND CORRECTLY on pages 3 to 13 Keep this manual in a safe place for later reference TO PREVENT THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE FOR AMERICAN USERS This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the
63. STENING TO AUDIO RECORDINGS on page 107 m EDT ROE DO RRONTESEIL NG 2 Press the MODE button to display the Playback Setting Screen Ex Still Image Playback Setting Screen 3 Select the PROTECT icon 2 and press the SET button mEPROTECT mm LOCK appears f the protect mode has already been set for the data then UNLOCK appears 4 Select YES and press the SET button J A EXIT The protect mode is set for the data The protect indicator is displayed for the data To set the protect mode for other data of the same type press lt 4 or gt to display the desired data and perform ES PROTECT this step again To return to the Playback Setting Screen press the MODE button or select EXIT and press the SET button Protect indicator a EXIT NOTE Even if the protect mode is set for certain data files they will be erased if the card is reformatted see page 124 To cancel the protect mode for an image e Display the desired data and repeat steps 2 to 4 above The protect indicator will disappear and the protect mode is cancelled 115 English ERASING DATA You can erase data that is stored on the card if you no longer need it You can erase the images video clips and sound recordings one at a time or all at once 1 Display the data that you want to erase See PLAYING BACK S
64. T Image Matching is a term for the print command that is embedded in the header file of the image created by digital camera It contains color setting and image parameter information SEIKO EPSON Corporation holds the copyright for PRINT Image Matching Version 1 0 Requires Commercially available printer and commercially available personal computer depending on the situation Caution When printing a single shot from a sequential shot or from a video clip you may not be able to print the shot if it has not first been copied as still image data see page 118 Print out in high quality with a digital print service For high quality print outs of your captured images you can take your image data to digital print service centers for digital cameras see page 120 Network print services are also available for access if necessary Advantages You can receive high quality printouts of the images you capture Caution To print out a single shot from a sequential shot or a single picture from a video clip you must first copy the data as a still image see page 118 If the image resolution is low depending on the print size the output image may not be high quality Data file formats The format of the files saved on the card and the method in which the file names are determined are explained below Still image data Data format JPEG or TIFF format Design rule for Camera File system compliant File name structure SANYoo00 jpg or S
65. TILL IMAGES on page 98 PLAYING BACK SEQUENTIAL SHOTS on page 102 PLAYING BACK VIDEO CLIPS on page 103 or LISTENING TO AUDIO RECORDINGS on page 107 2 Press the MODE button to display the Playback Setting i Screen S ROTATE 3 Select the ERASE icon il and press the SET CT button i EDIT PHOTO The Erase Screen appears PRINT SEETHING lt m WORUME 4 Press a or v on the arrow button to select the type fw Ges Cc of erase For still images ONE ERASE ONE ERASE Erases one still image at a time GROUP ERASE Erases all the still images EXIT Returns to the Playback Setting Screen For sequential shots ONE ERASE Erases the one still image displayed GROUP ERASE Erases the entire folder for the sequential shot displayed the data for other sequential shots remains EXIT Returns to the Playback Setting Screen For video clips ONE ERASE Erases the video clip displayed GROUP ERASE Erases all the video clips EXIT Returns to the Playback Setting Screen For audio recording ONE ERASE Erases one audio recording at a time GROUP ERASE Erases all the audio recordings EXIT Returns to the Playback Setting Screen English 116 ERASING DATA 5 Press the SET button The Erase Confirmation Screen appears If ONE ERASE has been selected you can press lt 4 or gt to select the data to era
66. The saved images can be magnified for viewing during playback 1 Display the image that you want to magnify See PLAYING BACK STILL IMAGES on page 98 PLAYING BACK SEQUENTIAL SHOTS on page 102 or PLAYING BACK VIDEO CLIPS on page 103 2 Press the zoom switch towards Cy The zoom mark CS appears on the LCD monitor and 3 To magnify the image turn the jog dial The image is magnified and the central portion of the You can use the arrow button to view different parts of The maximum degree of magnification will depend on enlargement is enabled image is displayed To magnify Turn clockwise To return to normal size Turn counterclockwise the enlarged image the resolution of the original image 3264 resolution up to 11 magnifications 2880 resolution up to 10 magnifications 2288 resolution up to 9 magnifications 1600 resolution up to 7 magnifications 640 resolution up to 4 magnifications 320 resolution up to 3 magnifications 160 resolution up to 2 magnifications You can press the shutter release button to save the magnified portion of the image being displayed as a separate still image To reset to the normal display size push the zoom switch towards B during the magnification display mode E When you have finished viewing the images turn off the digital camera NOTE As the image is enlarged the quality will b
67. accessories CAUTION E Cautions concerning the use of the AC adapter Use only the separately sold AC adapter model VAR G4EX for the VPC AZ1EX model VAR G4E for the VPC AZ1E and model VAR G4U for the VPC AZ1 with your digital camera Do not use an AC adapter other than the one indicated here designed for specific use with your digital camera f an AC adapter other than the specified one is used it may damage the digital camera and cause a fire or electric shock Normally when using an AC adapter remove the batteries Otherwise batteries may cause excess heat leakage injuries or damage to nearby objects For complete information on how to use the AC adapter refer to the instructions accompanying the AC adapter E Cautions concerning the CompactFlash and Microdrive Immediately after use the CompactFlash and Microdrive will be very hot Before removing the CompactFlash or Microdrive turn off the digital camera and wait for the temperature to cool down Keep out of the reach of children Young children may put the media in their mouth and choke or cause some other unexpected injury or accident For correct use of your digital camera E Cautions before capturing important images Before capturing important images make sure that the digital camera is operating properly and in condition to capture the image properly Sanyo Electric shall not be held responsible for any losses that result from images that could not be
68. age 31 EXP MEASURE Cc 12 2 Select a light measuring method from the light measuring method menu and press the SET button Center light measuring Multi section light measuring EI Spot measuring This completes the light measuring method setting When the spot measuring method is selected the spot mark __ appears in the center of the LCD monitor NOTE When the spot measuring method is selected To measure light at a specific spot point the camera so that the spot is in the center of the LCD monitor and press the shutter release button halfway The light at the center of the LCD monitor will be measured In this condition compose the picture and press the shutter release button all the way down to capture the image 91 English SETTING THE FOCUS METHOD You can choose from the following 2 types of autofocus Multi section focus Subject distance detected by sampling from multiple areas of the entire shooting screen This is the initial setting Spot focus The camera focuses on the subject in the center of the LCD monitor 1 Display the Shooting Setting Screen see page 31 SPOT FOCUS C 12 2 Select a focus method from the spot focus menu and C press the SET button 12 MN Multi section focus is used AFS Spot focus is used This completes the focus method setti
69. and is not a malfunction This wavering is not recorded and will not affect your images in any way To lock the focus on an object that is not in the center In step 3 point your digital camera at an object of the desired distance lock the focus and then compose the image see page 71 English 62 SEQUENTIAL SHOT This digital camera allows three types of sequential shots standard AE shift sequential shot and best select shots e Sequential shot methods Standard sequential shot STD A normal sequential shot For the number of images captured see Maximum number of sequential shots below SUUCCEUCCTE CUSSED ECCS AE shift sequential shot AE Seven sequential images are captured while the exposure or shutter speed is changed automatically Dark image under exposed gt Standard exposure gt Bright image over exposed 6 2 2 eh Best select shot BEST Four sequential images are captured for you to select which one to save Select your favorite one to save The other three are deleted e Maximum number of sequential shots The maximum possible number of sequential shots depends on the resolution and compression ratio settings which are shown in the table below Compression ratio Resolution p SFINE FINE NORM 2288 8 images 13 images 20 images 1600 18 images 27 images 40 images
70. arge them or place them into the digital camera before they are fully recharged then a memory effect may occur Your digital camera is designed to handle the effects from voltage fluctuations caused by the memory effect of nickel metal hydride batteries Nevertheless there are times when the remaining charge indicator may show or earlier than usual if any symptoms such as these occur first discharge the batteries completely see page 126 and then recharge them until they are fully charged again Memory effect Memory effect is a phenomenon where the battery performance temporarily lowers In general the battery voltage during use drops below its normal voltage until it is fully discharged and recharged again NOTE New batteries must be recharged before they are first used Even if recharged batteries are stored and not used they will slowly lose their charge They must be recharged before they are used again f the batteries are used for the first time or if they have not been used for a long time they may not be recharged completely even when the recharge indicator goes off The batteries will return to normal after they have been used and recharged two or three times The batteries may have reached the end of their service life if the recharge indicator keeps on flashing even if the batteries have been inserted correctly or if they overheat while being recharged However if the same c
71. at can be stored The maximum no of images shooting time recording time when the shutter release button is pressed once The maximum no of images shooting time recording time that can be stored Still image mode no voice memo 4 images 6 images 8 images 267 images 400 images 597 images 5 images 7 images 11 images 342 images 513 images 764 images 1 images 8 images 12 images 18 images 91 images 538 images 801 images 1 173 images 16 images 24 images 36 images 1 095 images 1 564 images 2 347 images 93 images 135 images S 187 images 5 476 images 8 215 images 10 953 images Sequential shot mode 8 images 8 images 12 images 12 images 18 images 18 images 8 images 13 images 20 images 538 images 801 images 1 173 images 16 images 16 images 24 images 24 images 36 images 36 images 18 images 27 images 40 images 1 095 images 1 564 images 2 347 images 93 images 93 images 99 images 135 images 99 images 187 images 99 images 99 images 99 images 5 476 images 8 215 images 10 953 images Video clip mode 46 sec 46 sec 70 sec 51 min 32 sec 3 min 04 sec 3 min 04 sec 5 mi
72. ata compression SFINE super compression for still images and sequential shots only FINE low compression for still images and sequential shots only NORM moderate compression for still images and sequential shots only TIFF no compression for still images only White balance Full auto TTL manual setting possible Lens Optical 2 8x zoom lens f 7 25mm 20 3mm 35mm film camera conversion f 35mm 98mm Auto focus auto iris 5 groups 7 elements Focus type Multi section focus spot focus Aperture Open F 2 8 Wide to 4 8 Tele Minimum F 8 0 Wide to 8 3 Tele Exposure control type Aperture and shutter programmable AE shutter speed priority AE aperture priority AE manual exposure control Exposure correction available from the Shooting Setting Screen 0 1 8EV in 0 3EV steps Light measuring method Multi section light measuring center light measuring spot measuring Range 50 cm to infinity normal photography 10 cm wide 25 cm tele to 50 cm macro photography Digital zoom For shooting Resolution 1600 For playback 1x to 51x varies with resolution 640 320 160 1x to 4x English 134 SPECIFICATIONS Shutter Still image shooting mode 16 to 1 1 000 sec Slow shutter 16 8 4 2 1 sec Flash 1 30 to 1 1 000 sec Sequential shot and video clip shooting modes 1 30 to 1 1 000 sec Sensitivity Auto equivalen
73. ation storage no condensation Operating voltage DC 3 3 V 5 V Dimensions 42 8 L x 36 4 W x 3 3 H mm Weight Supplied Battery Charger Power source Approx 9g AC 100 to 240 V 50 to 60 Hz 10 to 16 VA Rated output DC 1 2V 460 mA x 4 920 mA x 2 Compatible batteries Supplied or separately sold AA AAA size nickel metal hydride batteries HR 3USV HR 3US HR 4US Separately sold AA AAA size Ni Cd batteries N 3US N 3U N 4U Ambient Temperature 0 to 40 C recharge 20 to 60 C storage environment Humidity 10 to 90 no condensation Dimensions 65 W x 105 H x 26 D mm Weight without power cord Approx 90 g Power cord rated value VPC AZ1 AC 125V 3A VPC AZ1E AC 250 V 2 5 A VPC AZ1EX AC 250 V 2 5A When using the supplied battery charger abroad the power cord may need to be replaced in accordance with local requirements Please contact your local dealer for details Supplied Nickel Metal Hydride Batteries Model number HR 3USV AA nickel metal hydride batteries Voltage 1 2V Capacity Min 1 600 mAh Ambient Temperature environment 0 to 40 C recharged 0 to 50 C discharged 20 to 30 C storage Humidity 45 to 85 no condensation Weight Products are subject to change in design and specifications without notice and without incurring any obligation
74. automatically retracts and closes 2 Open the card slot cover 3 Insert the card Insert the card from the connector side in the direction shown by the arrow lt mark Be sure to insert the card all the way until it is fully inserted 4 Fold down the eject button and close the card slot cover When a card is inserted the eject button will protrude Fold down the eject button in the direction indicated by the arrow 27 English Removing a card 1 Confirm that the power is turned off Power button Press the power button to turn off the camera When the power is turned off the stand by indicator turns off In addition if the lens is protruding it automatically retracts and closes 2 Make sure the accessing indicator is not flashing then Accessing indicator open the card slot cover f the accessing indicator is lit or flashing then the digital camera is writing to the card Never remove the card at this time 3 Raise the eject button 4 Push in the eject button and remove the card 5 Close the card slot cover NOTE Regarding the number of images that can be stored on the card please refer to Possible No of images possible shooting time possible recording time see page 136 By using the card together with a commercially available PC card adapter for CompactFlash cards the card can be used as a PC card conforming to PC Card Standard ATA English 28 TURNING TH
75. available Not available Yes Yes Yes Not available Not available Not available Not available Yes Yes Yes Not available Not available 3 Display the Shooting Setting Screen see page 31 Select the desired compression ratio from the compression menu SFE Stores the data with an extremely low compression super high quality NORM Stores the data with moderate compression normal quality TIFF Stores the data in TIFF format no compression for highest quality The selected icon turns orange in color Some compression ratios cannot be selected depending on the shooting mode that is set see page 57 Press the SET button The selected compression ratio is set FINE Stores the data with a low compression high quality COMPRESS ON EXP 9 TANSSFNENORUITIFF izes WA SL E To exit the Shooting Setting Screen press the MODE button English 58 CAPTURING IMAGES NOTE When a picture is taken with the camera held vertically the image played back on the LCD monitor screen or on a TV set will be shown on the side However images captured in the still image shooting mode or sequential shot shooting mode can be rotated when they are played back see pages 98 and 102 In addition if images are played back with the auto rotate playback function se
76. compatible digital cameras to print out to DPOF compatible printers English 120 REQUESTING PRINTING Standard print Printing out one image on one sheet is called a standard print With the standard print you can specify how many copies you want to print out and whether you want the date printed out as well Setting the Number of Printouts 1 Display the Print Setting Screen see page 120 FENPRINT SETTING C 2 Select STANDARD STANDARD INDEX EXIT 3 Press the SET button FEPPRINT SETTING Cc The Standard Print Screen appears YES To set the standard print settings f NO To clear the number of printout and date settings made for the selected image This does not f appear if nothing has been specified lt gt EXIT To return to the Print Setting Screen EXIT Press lt or gt on the arrow button or turn the jog dial to specify a different image for the print settings 4 Select YES and press the SET button FERPRINT SETTING C The Copies Date Printout Screen appears DATE NUMBER The setting for the number of printouts is displayed in orange 5 Turn the jog dial to set the number of printouts SELECT The number of printouts can be set from 1 to 9 CO SETTING This completes the setting for the number of printouts Number of printouts To print out the date perform steps 6 and 7 after setting t
77. cord 23 English Plug the power cord into a power outlet AC 100 to 240 V Recharge will start automatically During recharge the recharge indicator on the battery charger will light When discharged batteries are inserted the indicator may flash When it changes to a continuously lit indicator battery recharge is proceeding normally When the batteries are fully recharged the recharge indicator goes out Recharge time of the supplied nickel metal hydride batteries approx 115 minutes for one or two batteries and approx 210 minutes for three or four batteries When finished the recharge indicator turns off unplug the power cord from the power outlet Remove the batteries from the battery charger Recharge indicator English 24 PREPARATION OF BATTERIES Using the nickel metal hydride batteries properly Periodically clean with a dry cloth the terminals of the nickel metal hydride batteries and and the terminals located in the battery compartment of the digital camera Do not touch the battery terminals or the terminals in the battery compartment of the digital camera with your bare hands Doing so will allow contaminants from your hands to adhere to the terminals and oxidize and increase the contact resistance If the contact resistance increases the usable life of the batteries will diminish f you repeatedly remove the nickel metal hydride batteries before they run out and rech
78. ction manuals that may come with the batteries you purchase before use English 6 Concerning the digital camera CAUTION E Cautions when carrying the digital camera Do not walk around holding the digital camera by the hand strap It may hit other objects and get damaged When walking around hold the digital camera in your hand or place it in a pocket Be careful not to drop the digital camera or subject it to strong shocks Make sure direct sunlight does not hit the digital camera lens as that may damage the internal parts When not using the digital camera be sure to always en turn it off and keep the lens cover closed E Cautions during use and storage This digital camera is a precision instrument When using or storing the digital oo camera make sure to avoid the following locations to avoid damage e Places in direct sunlight e Places where humidity and temperature are high e Places that may get wet e Places close to an air conditioner or heater e Inside a car e Places where there is dust and dirt e Places where there is a fire burning e Places where volatile products are stored e Places subject to vibrations Temperature O to 40 C operation Humidity 30 to 90 operation no condensation 20 to 60 C storage 10 to 90 storage no condensation E Cautions if the digital camera is not going to be used for a long period For safety remove the batteries The batteries may generate hea
79. digital camera to shops that handle the DPOF format you can set the number of printouts and the printing of the date at the digital camera If you want to print out a still image from sequential shots or a scene of a video clips at a digital print service shop you must first copy the image and save it as a still image see page 118 For more information regarding printing out your images consult your nearest digital print service Displaying the Print Setting Screen 1 Display the still image to be printed see page 98 2 Press the MODE button to display the Playback Setting Screen 3 Select the PRINT SETTING icon B and press the SET button fs The Print Setting Screen appears C2 ROTATE STANDARD For printing one image on one sheet et see page 121 a EDIT PHOTO INDEX For printing out a small copy of all the a images for indexing purposes see page lt m MOLUME 122 ALL CLEAR For clearing all print settings see page PRINT SETTING i 123 This does not appear when no STANDARD print settings have been made EXIT For returning to the Playback Setting J WE Screen To return to the Playback Setting Screen press the MODE button or pel EXIT ee press fe SET button NOTE About the DPOF format DPOF Digital Print Order Format is a print order format It enables highly efficient printing from digital cameras and allows DPOF
80. e 46 REMAINING BATTERY CHARGE INDICATION 0 0 00000 c eee 48 CHECKING THE REMAINING NUMBER OF IMAGES VIDEO RECORDING TIME AND AUDIO RECORDING TIME 0 00 00 cee ee 50 CONCERNING IMAGE AND AUDIO DATA STORAGE 0 0 0 00 00 cece 52 SHOOTING AND RECORDING SETTING THE SHOOTING MODE 0 0 00 cc cee 54 SETTING THE RESOLUTION prce raare y aaa a ce ee 55 SETTING THE COMPRESSION RATIO 1 0 0 cece 57 CAPTURING IMAGES iiei tote ravnini i eee ele at gic oe ae de ae eae 59 SEQUENTIAL SHO Tiree ctissictet aria E aa det E E haes tea eee ne wheel aa wa ence het 63 VIDEO CLIP fone beset Sea ete is Se eel el a a Sak ee te ek pee ee 69 USING THE AUTOFOCUS 3 civ tea tte ese weit ee deta D Gigat Geos Bane da 71 USING THE VARIOUS SHOOTING FUNCTIONS 0 00 00 c eee 72 MONOCHROME PHOTOGRAPHY 00 000 c cee 77 ADDING A VOICE MEMO ii seen Sis eae trae whe tela EAEE E at eee Re ee ee 78 PERFORMING AN AUDIO RECORDING 0 0000 c cece eee 79 EXPOSURE CORRECTION asanes eri i awl hed eh Bihan peepee oe Gace bee oo 81 SETTING THE EXPOSURE CONTROL 0 2 00 0 0 c cece 82 SETTING QUICK SHOT STILL IMAGE SHOOTING ONLY 0 0 00004 84 SETTING THE ISO SENSITIVITY 0 0 00 cee ee 85 SETTING THE WHITE BALANCE 0 0 0 00 ccc ccs 86 FLICKER REDUCTION SETTING VIDEO CLIP SHOOTING ONLY 0 05 87 SETTING THE ZOOM e240 s08 bees Sele ha eee GANS eae a eee tee 88 SETTING THE NOISE REDUCTION
81. e aperture size appears Turn the jog dial to set the desired aperture size lt If shutter speed priority AE LS is selected gt The display to set the shutter speed appears Turn the jog dial to set the desired shutter speed lt If manual exposure control M is selected gt The display to set the aperture size and shutter speed appears Press a or Y on the arrow button to select aperture size or shutter speed and turn the jog dial to change the setting 4 Press the SET button This completes the exposure control setting The display returns to the Shooting Setting Screen NOTE A TE 12 SETTING gt OFM s BAHN C 12 SETTING gt m m 12 SETTING gt EE Shi 250 A slow shutter speed makes shooting pictures in darker locations possible however image noise may increase To reduce the noise set the noise reduction to on When the manual exposure control mode is set the AE shift sequential shot method cannot be selected Also when the AE shift sequential shot method is set the manual exposure control mode cannot be selected When the manual exposure control mode is selected the exposure correction value becomes 0 Even when shutter speed priority AE LS or manual exposure control M is selected and the shutter speed is set to 1 1000 second in some cases
82. e captured is down to 0 then you may not be able to add text see page 50 HELP If the message CAN NOT ADD appears Text cannot be entered on the selected image Select another image Text cannot be entered on the image types given below e Still images that have been enlarged and saved text entry may be possible depending on their resolution e Still images that have been saved from a video clip or images that have been resized to 320 e Images captured with another camera English 112 ENTERING TEXT 8 Press lt or gt on the arrow button to select the SCROLL character to enter SELECT E Select when you want to choose the color OST G for a character color palette Blank space Select to enter a space I appears in the PH character position Select to move back one space delete one character Color palette End 6 Select after you finish entering the desired text Select to enter a space 9 Press the SET button Enters the selected character Repeat steps 7 to 9 to add more characters You can enter up to 13 characters provided that the first character entered in step 5 is set at the leftmost edge of the screen 1 0 Select amp once you have entered all the desired SCROLL characters and press the SET button SELECT This completes character entry E el PARADE 1 1 Press the arrow button to final
83. e is erased the attached voice memo is also erased f a voice memo is added to an image that already has a voice memo the new recording will replace the previous one HELP If MEMORY FULL appears This indicates that there is not enough available memory to add a voice memo If you wish to add a voice memo you must first erase some data in order to free some of the memory see page 116 English 110 ENTERING TEXT You can enter characters for titles and the like on still images 1 Display the still image to which you want to add text see page 98 e f there are a great number of still images it may be quicker to find it using the 9 image display playback see page 101 2 If the Still Image Playback Setting Screen does not i appear press the MODE button The Still Image Playback Setting Screen appears C2 ROTATE a o nPROTEGT 3 ERASE Select the EDIT PHOTO icon i and press the SET i EDIT PHOTO button PRINT SETTING The Edit Photo Screen appears 4 Select the ADD TEXT icon mn Te i e ADD TEXT turns orange OADD AUDIO Kd k1 RESI ZE EXIT Edit Photo Screen 5 Press the SET button You enter the preparation screen for text entry Press the arrow button to set the location where the first character is entered The character position can be changed again later
84. e shooting the white balance cannot be set 77 English ADDING A VOICE MEMO In the still image shooting mode you can record approximately 4 seconds of sound called a voice memo when capturing the image You can also add a voice memo to an image previously recorded see ADDING A VOICE MEMO ADD AUDIO FUNCTION on page 109 1 Display the Still Image Shooting Setting Screen see VOICE MEMO Cc page 31 12 2 Select the add voice memo icon from the voice memo menu and press the SET button Le For adding a voice memo TEJ For not adding a voice memo This completes the voice memo setting The voice memo setting returns to off when the main switch is set to MONITOR OFF or or the digital camera is turned off To exit the Shooting Setting Screen press the MODE button When the Shooting Setting Screen disappears the voice memo icon appears in the upper right area of the LCD monitor 3 Press the shutter release button to capture the image Shutter release button and then talk into the microphone Microphone About 4 seconds of sound are recorded During the recording appears in the upper right area of the LCD monitor When the voice memo is finished the setting returns to the no voice memo setting The voice memo can be played back in the still image playback mode see page 98 E When you have finished capturing images tur
85. e the settings for the displayed image as your original settings see page 94 Rotating an image Press the MODE button e The Playback Setting Screen appears Select the ROTATE icon lt 2 and press the SET button e The Rotate Screen appears Set which direction to rotate the image by selecting either RIGHT or LEFT and press the SET button e Each time the SET button is pressed the image is rotated 90 degrees in the direction selected e To return to the Playback Setting Screen press the MODE button mm G2QIROTATE a PROTECT T ERASE T EDIT PRINT SETT ING Decreases Increases the volume the volume Volume bar Playback Setting Screen 100 0024 i 288 FINE gt 50KB SHUTTER gt 1 30 IRIS gt F2 8 EXPOSE VALUE 0 0EV FOCAL LENGTH 6 0 2002 08 28 15 36 Information Screen LI EP ROTATE G LEFT EXIT Rotate Screen E When you have finished playing back images turn off the digital camera English 98 PLAYING BACK STILL IMAGES CAUTION When the auto rotate playback function see page 119 is set the image rotation icon does not appear NOTE For continuous playback In step 2 if you press and hold gt on the arrow button the images will be played back in succession If you press and hold lt 4 the images will be play
86. e we will capture still images but your digital camera can take sequential shots and even video clips 5 Set the main switch to L 6 Turn the selector dial to E 7 Press the power button The power turns on The lens extends When the stand by indicator lights green the camera is ready to capture an image 8 Point the camera lens at the subject Compose the desired image by looking at the LCD monitor 9 Press the shutter release button halfway focus lock The autofocus locks on the subject and the image in the LCD monitor appears clearly 1 0 Continue to gently press the shutter release button all the way The image is captured MONITOR OFF Selector dial Stand by indicator MODE LCD Shutter button monitor release button Push completely e In the still image shooting mode you can view the image captured on the LCD monitor by holding the shutter release button down The stand by indicator will flash red while the image is being written to the memory Another image can only be captured when the stand by indicator lights green again In the still image shooting mode the camera is ready for capturing the next image after about 1 second HELP What if the digital camera turns off by itself The power save function activated see page 30 To turn the power on press the MODE button once or press the shutter release button once 19 English Viewing the
87. ecome rougher One scene still image of a video clip can be enlarged however a video clip cannot be played while enlarged For 3264 resolution the maximum magnification is 51 times f the image has been rotated it will be returned to its original orientation and then enlarged HELP If MEMORY FULL appears when you try to save the magnified image This indicates that there is not enough available memory to save the image If you wish to save the image you must first erase some data in order to free some of the memory see page 116 105 English PLAYING BACK IMAGES ON A TV SET The images and audio recordings saved on the card in the digital camera can also be played back on a television set for viewing and listening When connected to a television set the speaker of the digital camera is muted Connections Connect the supplied AV cable from the DIGITAL AV terminal on the digital camera to the AUDIO and VIDEO input terminals on the TV To the VIDEO input terminal To the DIGITAL Yellow plug AV terminal AV cable supplied Plug p XN White plug To the AUDIO input terminal Switch to VIDEO or external input Do not use excessive force when connecting and disconnecting cables The sound output from the digital camera is monaural Playback After connecting the digital camera to the television set the
88. ed again Recording of the video clip occurs only while the shutter release button is pressed This completes the shutter operation setting The shutter operation setting is retained even if the main switch is set to MONITOR OFF or or the digital camera is turned off You can set the main switch to MONITOR OFF and record a video clip using the viewfinder To exit the Shooting Setting Screen press the MODE button 69 English 3 Press the shutter release button to record the video REC recording indicator clip Recording time o if is selected for the shutter operation recording of min sec the video clip continues while the shutter release button 00 09 is pressed If the shutter release button is released ih before the maximum recording time is reached the video clip will stop there f o if is selected for the shutter operation the video clip begins when the shutter release button is pressed and continues until the shutter release button is pressed again or the maximum recording time is reached f using the LCD monitor the recording indicator appears during recording When the remaining recording time available for the currently recording clip becomes less than about 30 seconds the remaining recording time available appears on the display e After recording you can view the first captured image by setting the main switch to See PLAYING BACK VIDEO C
89. ed back in the reverse order 99 English Automatic playback slide show You can play back the images automatically in a slide show fashion If voice memos are attached they can also be heard 1 2 Select the still image playback mode see page 96 An image appears on the LCD monitor If the Playback Setting Screen appears press the MODE button to exit it f the Information Screen appears press the MODE button to exit it Press and hold a or v on the arrow button until SLIDESHOW appears mf The Slideshow Screen appears Z Select TIME and turn the jog dial to select the time that wana ibe hud each image is shown Select 1 sec 4 sec 7 sec or 10 sec EFFECT OFF If 1 sec is selected any audio recording attached to the START image will not be played back Select EFFECT and turn the jog dial to select one of the wipe effects below OFF The images change without any wipe effect bai The new image replaces the previous image in a wipe from top to bottom E The image changes from bottom to top Em The image changes from the middle to the top and bottom EF The image changes in a mosaic pattern Select the START indicator and press the SET button Slideshow playback begins To stop the slide show press the MODE SET or arrow button e SLIDESHOW END appears and automatic playback stops English 100 9 image display playback You
90. ed image will be 640 x 480 pixels 320 The saved image will be 320 x 240 pixels EXIT Return to the Edit Photo Screen Press the SET button A screen confirming whether the size change is correct appears Select YES and press the SET button e PROCESSING appears on the screen and then you return to the Edit Photo Screen HELP If the message CAN NOT RESIZE appears The selected image cannot be resized Select an image with a resolution of 1600 or greater If an image with a resolution of 640 is selected select 320 in step 5 C C2 ROTATE a PROTECT ERASE im EDIT PHOTO O PRINT SETTING EDIT PHOTO m W ADD AUDIO ADD TEXT wl EXIT a R mm 640 320 EXIT rnb 40x480 Ci lt gt EXIT English 114 IMAGE PROTECT MODE PREVENTING ACCIDENTAL ERASURE By using the image protect mode you can prevent accidental erasure of the important data that you wish to keep The protect mode can be applied to a still image to single images of a sequential shot to a video clip or to an audio recording 1 Display the data that you want to protect See PLAYING BACK STILL IMAGES on page 98 PLAYING BACK SEQUENTIAL SHOTS on page 102 O PLAYING BACK VIDEO CLIPS on page 103 or Ti LI
91. ed only in the still image shooting mode The effective flash range is Normal focus 0 5 to 3 9 meters widest lens setting and 0 5 to 2 3 meters telephoto lens setting Macro focus 0 15 to 0 5 meters wide lens setting and 0 25 to 0 5 meters telephoto lens setting Shooting using the viewfinder 1 Press the flash button Shutter release button The current flash mode is shown on the LCD monitor Flash bulb To change the flash mode proceed to step 2 within five seconds To keep the same flash mode proceed to step 3 No icon The digital camera will detect the subject brightness and use the flash only when required In a backlight situation if only the center of the image is very dark the flash will operate to compensate L4 The flash will operate with every image captured regardless of the conditions Use this setting under m backlight conditions when the subject is in the shade 12 under fluorescent lighting conditions etc J The flash will not operate even in dark situations Use this setting when capturing an image in a location where flashes are forbidden or when shooting a night landscape scene 1 30 The digital camera will detect the subject brightness Flash mode and use the flash only when required At this time the flash will operate in a way that reduces the red reflection red eye in the subject s eyes 2 Press the flash button to set the flash mode
92. elect for English display ENGLISH 3 Select the desired language and press the SET button e You return to the Shooting Option Setting Screen or Playback Option Setting Screen 127 English SETTING THE TV SYSTEM This setting is to specify the type of image signal that is output from the camera s DIGITAL AV terminal 1 Display the Shooting Option Setting Screen or A AUDIO REC Playback Option Setting Screen see page 31 CLOCK SET e A BEEP 2 Select TV SYSTEM and press the SET button ths The TV System Setting Screen appears m m REFORMAT 3 Press a or v on the arrow button to select the pea a Pee and press the SET button CUES NTSC To output NTSC video signals PAL To output PAL video signals This completes the TV system setting PAL The display returns to the Shooting Option Setting Screen or Playback Option Setting Screen The TV system setting is retained even if the main switch is set to gt or MONITOR OFF or if the camera is turned off NOTE f the TV system setting is not correct for the connected TV you will not be able to view the images on the TV When PAL is the selected setting if the AV cable is connected to the camera s DIGITAL AV terminal no indication appears on the LCD monitor screen English 128 USING THE CAMERA WITH A COMPUTER When the supplied Sanyo Software Pack
93. en the digital zoom is used the image may not be as sharp The digital zoom does not work at resolutions of 2288 or above 89 English SETTING THE NOISE REDUCTION Noise which occurs in captured images when the shutter button is pressed during still image shooting is reduced The initial setting for noise reduction is off 1 Display the Still Image Shooting Setting Screen see page 31 2 Select the noise reduction on icon NR SET button NR Noise is reduced NN Noise is not reduced This completes the noise reduction setting NOTE NOISE REDUCT e ISNR L N The noise reduction function works when the shutter speed is 1 4 second or more The time it takes to record the shooting data after the shutter release button is pressed is longer when the noise reduction function is used than when it is not used from the noise reduction menu and press the English 90 SETTING THE LIGHT MEASURING METHOD You can select from 3 types of light measuring methods Center light measuring Light is measured only in the central portion of the shooting screen This is the initial setting Multi section light measuring Light is measured by sampling from multiple areas of the entire shooting screen Spot measuring Light is measured only in the central portion of the LCD monitor 1 Display the Shooting Setting Screen see p
94. eriorate slightly If the flicker reduction is set to 87 English FR then the ISO sensitivity setting see page 85 is fixed to AUT SETTING THE ZOOM Setting the optical zoom video clip shooting only If the optical zoom is operated during video clip photography the noise from the zoom movement may be picked up by the microphone In this case change the camera setting so that the optical zoom does not move 1 Display the Video Clip Shooting Setting Screen see page 31 OPTICAL ZOOM AWB pa 00 46 2 Select an optical zoom shooting setting from the optical zoom setting menu and press the SET button This completes the optical zoom setting 44 Optical zoom moves during the video clip shooting M4 Optical zoom does not move during the video clip shooting English 88 SETTING THE ZOOM Setting the digital zoom This setting allows you to set whether or not the digital zoom becomes active during magnified shooting at a resolution of 1600 or less 1 Display the Shooting Setting Screen see page 31 DIGITAL ZOOM 2 Select a digital zoom setting from the digital zoom menu and press the SET button DM Digital zoom cannot be used DW Digital zoom can be used This completes the digital zoom setting NOTE The maximum digital zoom magnification ratio is 4x Wh
95. ess a on the arrow button to select YES 4 Press the SET button Reformatting begins Do not turn off the digital camera while it is reformatting the card When reformatting is completed you return to the NO Shooting Option Setting Screen or Playback Option Setting Screen om rS eformat Screen E When you have finished reformatting the card turn off the digital camera NOTE The cards installed in the digital camera will become inoperable through time and eventually the recording and replaying of data will become impossible At this time it will become necessary to replace the card with a new one Do not remove the card while the digital camera is accessing data on the card or while the accessing indicator is flashing see page 28 Doing so may corrupt the data on the card Sanyo Electric shall not be held responsible for any data that is damaged For more details regarding the handling of the CompactFlash or Microdrive cards see page 13 When not using the card put it back into its protective cover English 124 SETTING THE OPERATIONAL SOUNDS BEEPS This setting allows you to set whether or not a beep sound is heard when the shutter release button SET button or MODE button is pressed 1 Display the Shooting Option Setting Screen or A AUDIO REC Playback Option Setting Screen see page 31 CLOCK SET PMBEEP 2 Select BEEP and
96. ethod setting is shown In the video clip shooting mode the digital zoom setting is shown Self timer setting page 75 Aperture setting page 82 Remaining battery charge indication page 48 Shutter speed setting page 82 English 42 INFORMATION DISPLAY E To exit the Information Screen press the MODE button again Displaying the shooting settings during playback This screen displays the shooting settings during playback The Information Screen appears when the MODE button is pressed for at least 2 seconds during playback see pages 98 to 104 To exit the Information Screen press the MODE button again Information Screen in the still image sequential image and video clip playback modes For still images Location of data folder number and file name page 53 Compression rate page 57 Resolution page 55 ILENE Print setting page 120 O71 a ZE Protect setting page 115 IE E R 450KB Voice memo indicator page 98 T SHUTTER gt 1 30 Execute data save page 95 IRIS gt F2 8 File size EXPOSE VALUE 0 0EV Shutter speed FOCAL LENGTH gt 6 0 Ape it r 2002 01 23 15 36 C d7 a Exposure correction 2 Focus distance Remaining battery charge page 48 Date and time of image page 46 43 English For sequential shots SSSSOQO QR92GO8 ONO Compression rate page 57 Resolution
97. ge that you capture darker underexposed or lighter overexposed as desired 1 Display the Shooting Setting Screen see page 31 Exposure correction bar 2 hae EXPOSURE m Select the exposure correction icon EXP 12 AUTO 3 Press lt or gt on the arrow button to adjust the BP 0 exposure Press lt or gt to move the pointer on the exposure FINE correction bar to the left or right and correct the exposure accordingly Exposure correction The exposure setting numerical value is shown at the left end of the exposure bar The exposure can be set within the range shown below Still inage normal sequential shot best shot video clip Make darker Make brighter Pointer Stand by indicator shooting MODE button 1 8EV to 1 8EV Shutter release Auto bracket shooting AE shift sequential 0 9EV to 0 9EV While the exposure is corrected the stand by indicator will flash green Exposure correction is cancelled when the main switch is set to MONITOR OFF or the camera is turned off or the pointer is returned to the center position 4 Press the shutter release button Jog dial The image is captured with exposure correction E When you have finished capturing images turn off the digital camera NOTE When the exposure control setting page 82 is set to manual M exposure correction is not possible
98. hat specified it may cause a fire or electric shock E Do not disassemble or modify the battery charger It is dangerous to touch the inside of the battery charger Doing so may cause a fire or electric shock Do not use the battery charger as a direct current generator E Do not get the battery charger wet Make sure the battery charger does not get wet for it may cause a fire or Ba electric shock Do not use the battery charger in a bathroom ZB If the battery charger gets wet immediately unplug it from the power outlet and C4 yw remove the batteries Then contact the place of purchase If used while wet it may cause a fire electric shock or an accident English 8 WARNING Cautions when plugging in the battery charger Securely plug the power cord all the way in the power outlet when using the battery charger If the battery charger is used with the power cord not fully plugged in it may generate heat and cause a fire f the power cord is damaged or cannot be correctly plugged into the power outlet do not use the battery charger Using the battery charger in this condition may cause a fire or electric shock Do not allow dust etc to build up on the power cord or power outlet A build up of dust may cause a short circuit or generate heat and cause a fire E Do not pull on the power cord to unplug it When unplugging the power cord be sure to hold the power plug and slowly wer pull it
99. he desired number of printouts To not print out the date skip to step 7 NOTE The quality of the print output will differ depending on the print service and printer used Images that have been rotated will be printed out in their original orientation 121 English Specifying the Printout of the Date 6 Press lt on the arrow button to select the date printout command field and then turn the jog dial to specify the desired setting YES To print out the date NO To not print out the date 7 Press the SET button This completes the setting of the number of printouts and the date printout You return to the Standard Print Screen To continue and set the print settings for another image turn the jog dial to display the desired image and repeat steps 4 to 7 To return to the Playback Setting Screen press the MODE button or select EXIT and press the SET button DATE NUMBER Al SELECT SETTING L Specifying the Printout of the Date EEJPRINT SETTING DATE NUMBER CANCEL gt EXIT i m When you have finished making the settings turn off the digital camera Index print Printing out many images in a very small size on one sheet is called an index print This is convenient for use as a list of the images you have captured 1 Display the Print Setting Screen see page 120
100. he shutter release button one more time to restart the self timer To cancel the self timer mode select the self timer off icon and press the SET button Shutter release button __ Self timer indicator ca z ee Sa Tripod stand hole E When you have finished capturing images turn off the digital camera 75 English Using the zoom There are two zoom functions optical zoom and digital zoom When you first zoom in on the subject it is magnified with the optical zoom When the limit of the optical zoom has been reached zooming in further will then magnify the image using the digital zoom You can set whether or not the digital zoom becomes active when shooting see page 89 The digital zoom can be used when the resolution is set to 1600 or less 1 Set the digital zoom to on see page 89 and point the i camera lens at the subject 04 When the digital zoom is set to on the digital zoom icon will appear on the LCD monitor am 2 Press 4 or 44 on the zoom switch to compose the 3 1 desired image 1 50 4 Zoom in on the subject Digital zoom icon 44 Zoom out When the optical zoom factor becomes 2 8x zooming stops temporarily When the zoom switch is again pressed to 4 it changes to the digital zoom mode and zooming continues if digital zooming is available While the digital zoom is active the stand by indicator flashes green and the digital
101. in this procedure see page 113 SETTING POINT f the image has been rotated it will be returned to its original orientation 6 Press the SET button SCROLL You enter the text entry mode and a SELECT row of characters appears Color palette AB CDE To return to the screen in step 3 press Character row the MODE button 111 English T Turn the jog dial and select the desired character row Character row chart ABCDE 01234 lt gt FGHI J 56789 amp KLMNO 2 aVv PQRST _ 1 UVWXYZ HINT You can change the color of the text Before entering text press lt to select the color palette located to the left of the characters on the character row Turn the jog dial to select the color for the text Turning it clockwise cycles through the available colors as shown below m White gt Yellow gt Orange gt Red gt Purple gt Green gt Blue gt Dark blue gt Gray gt Black Turn it counterclockwise to change colors in the reverse order This completes the text color selection Press gt and enter the desired text By selecting the color palette and pressing the SET button you can change the color of all the characters you have entered at one time NOTE Once you have entered text onto an image it is not possible to delete only the characters from that image f the remaining number of images that can b
102. ing recording time appears in the upper right of the LCD monitor 51 English WHAUDIO_REC CLOCK SET BEEP DISCHARGE LANGUAGE TV SYSTEM T0 gt e REFORMAT Remaining recording time min sec Oe e EXIT Xe 32 48 Depending on the memory capacity of the card the remaining time is shown as hr min sec CONCERNING IMAGE AND AUDIO DATA STORAGE Saving the images captured with your digital camera Saving the images to a computer Requires Included CD ROM Sanyo Software Pack page 129 commercially available personal computer Advantages The images are saved as data on the computer hard disk They can then be processed or edited sent over a network or the Internet etc e Printing on paper The images captured with your digital camera can be printed using a commercially available printer This unit supports PRINT Image Matching feature When shooting print commands are added to the picture data and the printer prints the pictures in accordance with these commands If used in combination with a printer supporting PRINT Image Matching feature it is possible to print with optimal colors as purported by the digital camera when taking the pictures For more information regarding the PRINT Image Matching feature and printing method etc please read the instruction manuals that were included with your printer and personal computer PRIN
103. ion Screen 4 gt YE 100 0001 2002 01 23 gt ENI a PROTECT t ERASE VOLUME EXIT 05 40k 2 5MB Audio Recording Playback Screen There is no image or audio file for the playback mode that you have selected Turn the selector dial to a playback mode for which files exist see page 96 97 English PLAYING BACK STILL IMAGES Use the still image playback mode to play back still images Playing back the still images one by one Follow this procedure to view the images one by one 1 2 Select the still image playback mode see page 96 An image appears on the LCD monitor Press lt or gt on the arrow button To play back the previous image Press lt To play back the next image Press gt lt To use the jog dial gt To play back the previous image Turn the jog dial counterclockwise To play back the next image Turn the jog dial clockwise f an image has a voice memo attached to it the volume icon M appears on the Playback Setting Screen To listen to the voice memo first exit the Playback Setting Screen or Information Screen and then press the SET button To adjust the volume of the voice memo first select the volume icon on the Playback Setting Screen to display the volume bar Then press lt or gt or turn the jog dial to adjust the volume as desired When you display the Information Screen and press the SET button you can stor
104. ires approximately 30 seconds to store the data after the shutter release button is pressed and approximately 10 seconds to display the image in the playback mode when using the supplied 16MB CompactFlash card When capturing images at 3264 2880 resolution it takes 5 seconds after the shutter release button is pressed before the data is recorded English 56 SETTING THE COMPRESSION RATIO Use the procedure given below to set the compression ratio Even if the same resolution is used you can change the compression setting to decrease the image data size so that you can capture more images or increase the image data size for no loss in image quality Compression ratio Resolution units pixels Icon displayed on LCD monitor 3 264 x 2 448 2 880 x 2 160 2 288 x 1 712 1 600 x 1 200 640 x 480 320 x 240 160 x 120 3264 2880 2288 1600 640 320 160 Still image SFINE Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not available Not available Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not available Not available Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Not available Not available Not available Not available Yes Not available Not available Not available Not available Sequential shot 57 English Not available Not available Yes Yes Yes Not available Not available Not
105. ize the position of the text 1 2 Press the shutter release button The characters are imposed on the image and you return to the Edit Photo Screen The image that you entered characters onto will be saved as the last still image file You can enter more characters on the same image as desired m When you have finished entering text turn off the digital camera HELP If MEMORY FULL appears Text could not be entered because there is no remaining space on the card Before entering the text erase any unnecessary images see page 116 113 English RESIZING IMAGES The size of still images that have already been captured at a resolution of 1600 or more can be changed resized to 640 x 480 pixels or 320 x 240 pixels The resized image is saved as a different image This function is convenient for displaying images on a computer monitor or for decreasing the time it takes to send an e mail 1 Display the still image that you want to resize see page 98 f there are a great number of still images it may be quicker to find it using the 9 image display playback see page 101 Press the MODE button to display the Playback Setting Screen Select the EDIT PHOTO icon fm and press the SET button The Edit Photo Screen appears Select the RESIZE icon kJ and press the SET button Press a or V on the arrow button to select the finished image size 640 The sav
106. l a different card If SYSTEM ERROR still appears after performing the above steps then take the digital camera to the dealer for service SPECIFICATIONS Digital Camera Type CCD digital camera recording and playback Recording system Digital recording Image file format Still images JPEG format TIFF no compression format DCF and DPOF compliant Note The DCF Design rule for Camera File System is a standard established by the JEIDA Japan Electronic Industry Development Association for digital data files such as image files including DSC so they can be shared mutually by peripheral electronic devices It does not however mean that DCF compliant files are perfectly compatible among such peripheral electronic devices Video clips QuickTime Movie Audio wav monaural Data storage media CompactFlash Type I II Microdrive Camera resolution pixels 3 95 million pixels Image sensor 1 1 8 inch CCD solid state type image pickup about 4 130 000 pixels image elements Recording resolution 3 264 x 2 448 pixels still images only 2 880 x 2 160 pixels still images only 2 288 x 1 712 pixels still images and sequential shots only 1 600 x 1 200 pixels still images and sequential shots only 640 x 480 pixels still images and sequential shots only 320 x 240 pixels video clips only 160 x 120 pixels video clips only Video clip frame rate 15 fps D
107. l camera or if the digital camera is turned off during reading or writing operations e If the CompactFlash or Microdrive card has reached the end of its usable life E Cautions when handling the CompactFlash or Microdrive The CompactFlash and Microdrive cards are precision devices Do not bend drop or subject them to strong forces or shocks Be especially careful with the Microdrive for it is easily damaged by vibrations e Avoid using or storing the CompactFlash and Microdrive cards in places with extremely high or low temperatures subject to direct sunlight in a completely closed vehicle near air conditioners or heaters or in humid or dusty locations e Avoid using or storing the CompactFlash and Microdrive cards in locations where strong static electrical charges or electrical noise can be easily generated Do not allow the edges of the CompactFlash and Microdrive cards to become contaminated with foreign materials Gently wipe away any contamination with a soft dry cloth When not using the CompactFlash and Microdrive cards put them back into their protective covers to protect them from damage due to static electricity Do not carry the CompactFlash and Microdrive cards inside trouser pockets as the cards may become damaged when you sit down or make other movements that may apply forces Before using an unused card be sure to format it using the digital camera see page 124 When buying separately sold or commerciall
108. le to capture or playback images Flashing Flashing If this icon flashes when the shutter button is pressed images cannot be captured If it flashes while editing a video clip the editing cannot be performed Recharge the batteries Due to the battery characteristics when the ambient temperature is low may appear early for an incorrect indication of the remaining charge Also depending on the conditions of use of the digital camera or the ambient conditions temperature etc the indicated remaining charge may change Therefore this indication can only be used as a general approximation of the remaining charge m To cancel the display press the MODE button English 48 REMAINING BATTERY CHARGE INDICATION NOTE The remaining battery charge indicator will give an accurate indication of the remaining charge only when the supplied AA nickel metal hydride batteries are used The indication will not be accurate if you are using Ni Cd batteries For optimum performance use only Sanyo nickel metal hydride batteries If you are using Ni Cd batteries the possible operation time will be much shorter Depending on the usage of the digital camera such as the number of times the flash is used the use of the LCD monitor etc or the environmental conditions temperature etc the number of images that can be saved on a set of fully charged batteries will vary greatly HELP If
109. lected sequential shot appears full screen Perform step 2 to view the images of the sequential shot e You can also turn the jog dial to move the mark Instead of pressing the SET button you can also enlarge the image by moving the zoom switch to the CX position m When you have finished viewing the images turn off the digital camera HINT To display rotated sequential images The sequential shot images can be rotated in the same way that still images are rotated see page 98 To quickly display a different sequential shot In step 2 with the Playback Setting Screen or Information Screen not displayed press a or Y to change to the previous or following sequential shot respectively English 102 PLAYING BACK VIDEO CLIPS Use the video clip playback mode to view video clips taken in the video clip shooting mode In the video clip playback mode the sound can also be heard 1 Select the video clip playback mode see page 96 f the 9 image display appears perform step 5 below and then come back to step 3 2 If the Playback Setting Screen appears press the MODE bution to exit it f the Information Screen appears press the MODE button to exit it 3 Press the SET button or gt on the arrow button The video clip is played back the video and audio To change to a different video clip perform steps 4 and 5 below 4 Press the zoom switch towards Selecting mark The
110. m PAL TV system switchable Video output USB connector USB port DC IN external DC power input terminal Battery Operation DC 3 4 V for exclusive use with separately sold AC adapter VAR G4EX E U LCD monitor off images captured in 20 second intervals and flash used 1 in 3 times 640 images LCD monitor on images captured in 20 second intervals and flash used 1 in 3 times 180 images 130 minutes LCD monitor on and continuous playback Approx number of images time until batteries run out when using the supplied 16MB CompactFlash card and batteries fully charged at a 20 C ambient temperature The time of operation may vary depending on the conditions of the batteries and the conditions of use Especially when used at temperatures below 10 C the battery operation time is drastically reduced 135 English Possible No of Images Possible Shooting Time Possible Recording Time The table shows the possible number of images the possible shooting time and the possible recording time when using the supplied 16MB CompactFlash card and a commercially available 1GB Microdrive card Shooting recording mode Resolution setting Compression or sound quality setting CompactFlash 16MB Microdrive 1GB The maximum no of images shooting time recording time when the shutter release button is pressed once The maximum no of images shooting time recording time th
111. me Make sure not to invert the polarity and when installing the batteries Install the batteries as described by the indicated polarity Use of different types of batteries at the same time may generate heat or cause the batteries to leak resulting in fire injury or burns or damage to the digital camera and any other nearby object Use only specified batteries Use of batteries without protective casings or other inferior products may cause a fire injury or burns The batteries may be warm immediately after the digital camera is used If removing the batteries turn off the digital camera and allow the batteries to cool down before removing them f a battery is leaking and the electrolyte gets on your skin or clothing immediately rinse with clean water If the electrolyte gets into your eyes you risk losing your eyesight Immediately rinse your eyes with clean running water and seek medical attention right away Do not drop or hit the batteries or submit them to strong shocks If the digital camera is not going to be used for a long period of time remove the batteries and store them in a cool place When the batteries are removed for a long period the time and date settings will be cleared When disposing of the batteries make sure to follow all applicable regulations f used in temperatures below 10 C the service life of the batteries will be shorter than normal Always read the instru
112. n 00 sec 3 hr 26 min 10 sec Sound recording mode 33 min 15 min 35 sec 15 min 37 hr 23 min 18 sec Even with cards of the same capacity the amount of data that can actually be stored may differ depending on the card brand etc English 136 SPECIFICATIONS Cautions when using the Microdrive When using the Microdrive continuously the card will become very hot Be careful when touching the card for removal etc When using the Microdrive it will take a few seconds after the digital camera is turned on before the card can be used This time will increase when more data is stored on the card When erasing a large amount of data with the GROUP ERASE command you may have to wait a few seconds It will take approx 2 minutes to erase 400 still images from the Microdrive It will take a great deal of time to download large amounts of data from the Microdrive to your computer Microdrive cards require more power than CompactFlash cards Therefore the possible battery operation time see page 135 when using the Microdrive will be much less than that when using a CompactFlash card Microdrive cards are easily damaged by vibrations Be sure to read the cautions supplied with the Microdrive 137 English Supplied CompactFlash Memory capacity 16 MB Ambient Temperature 0 to 60 C operation 20 to 65 C storage environment Humidity 8 to 95 oper
113. n Setting Screen see page 41 2 Select AUTO ROTATE PLAY J AUDIO AQUOS TN CLOCK SET A BEEP D SCHARGE b LANGUAGE CTV SYSTEM m REFORMAT 3 Press the SET button IYAUTO ROTATE PLAY The Auto Rotate Play Setting Screen appears YES Images captured with the camera held vertically YES are automatically rotated 90 degrees when they are played back 1 NO NO Images are not rotated 4 Select YES and press the SET button The auto rotate playback is set and the LCD monitor returns to the Playback Options Setting Screen CAUTION If the auto rotate playback function does not work The auto rotate playback function uses the gravity exerted on the camera when the image was captured page 59 to record the image orientation data For this reason when an image is captured with the lens pointed downward for example the image orientation data may not be recorded When the image orientation data is correctly recorded it is indicated by an arrow above the focus icon that appears when the image is focussed To take advantage of the auto rotate playback function confirm that an arrow appears above the focus icon when you are capturing the image 119 English REQUESTING PRINTING You can take your card to shops offering digital print services and have your still images printed out like photographs This digital camera is DPOF compatible so that if you take your
114. n off the digital camera NOTE When the compression ratio is set to TIFF it takes approximately 30 seconds for the image data to be recorded when using the supplied 16MB CompactFlash card The voice memo will start after this When the recording for the voice memo begins will appear in the upper right area of the LCD monitor The voice memo function cannot be used in the sequential shot shooting mode In the video clip mode the sound is recorded automatically Each voice memo uses one half the memory of an image captured at a resolution of 640 and compression rate of NORMI English 78 PERFORMING AN AUDIO RECORDING Like a normal tape recorder your digital camera can record sounds Since the recording is digital rewinding to the beginning of the recording is quick and easy When you add a voice memo to a still image only 4 seconds of recording time is allowed but with the audio recording function you can record sound until the available memory of the installed card expires With the supplied 16MB CompactFlash card the maximum recording time for one audio recording is 15 minutes and the total maximum recording time is 33 minutes and 35 seconds 1 Display the Shooting Option Setting Screen see page AUDIO REC 31 CLOCK SET The audio recording is selected on this screen A BEEP 5D SCHARGE abciLANGUAGE O JTV SYSTEM m REFORMAT Shooting Option Setting
115. nce setting page 86 In the video clip shooting mode the light measuring method setting is shown Noise reduction setting page 90 In the sequential shot shooting mode the spot focus setting is shown In the video clip shooting mode the monochrome shooting setting is shown Spot focus setting page 92 In the sequential shot shooting mode the digital zoom setting is shown Exposure control setting page 82 Quick shot setting page 84 In the sequential shot shooting mode the shutter release button setting is shown In the video clip shooting mode the exposure correction setting is shown Focus setting page 72 Execute data save page 95 Flash setting page 73 Shooting mode setting page 54 Remaining images page 50 e0090 8 888 MODE button seers LEMNE 18 cs D 200 BIW INR FS 610W oor M 7 pio iis o For still images Exposure correction setting page 81 In the video clip shooting mode the ISO sensitivity setting is shown Monochrome shooting setting page 77 In the video clip shooting mode the flicker reduction setting is shown Light measuring method setting page 91 In the video clip shooting mode the optical zoom setting is shown Digital zoom setting page 89 Voice memo setting page 78 In the sequential shot shooting mode the sequential shot m
116. ng When the spot focus setting is selected the focus mark i appears in the center of the LCD monitor 1 Focus mark NOTE When the spot focus setting is selected To focus on a specific object point the camera so that the object matches the focus mark in the center of the LCD monitor and press the shutter release button halfway The camera will focus on the subject at the focus mark in the center of the LCD monitor In this condition compose the picture and press the shutter release button all the way down to capture the image t may be difficult to focus if there is little contrast in the subject English 92 SCENE SELECT FUNCTION You can select from stored settings you have completed for specific shooting conditions Also you can set your custom shooting conditions and then store them Selecting from stored shooting settings Select from stored shooting settings The following settings preset settings are already stored in the digital camera for specific shooting conditions Possible preset settings Still image Sequential shot Setting features shooting mode shooting mode Sports For shooting running and jumping fast moving subjects For amusement park and fireworks displays at night produces a good balance between the bright lights and the dark background Portrait Focussed subject at the center softened background for beautiful effect Auto Returns various shooting settings
117. not correct This is due to ambient lighting Capture the image using the forced flash mode The white balance setting is incorrect Set the white balance setting correctly Video clip picture is flickering The video clip was filmed under fluorescent lighting Set the flicker reduction setting A part of the image is missing The hand strap or a finger was blocking the lens Hold the digital camera correctly and make sure the lens is not obstructed The image was captured at close range When capturing an image at close range use the close up alignment correction marks or compose the image using the LCD monitor No image H is displayed This may happen when trying to play back images stored on a card from a different digital camera Play back images stored on a card using this digital camera Vertical stripes appear If a bright subject is shot in the video clip shooting mode vertical stripes may appear on the LCD monitor or in the image Not a malfunction English 132 TROUBLESHOOTING Problem Cause Action Reference page No sound The volume setting on the digital camera is too low Select the volume icon M0 and adjust the volume 98 No voice memo was recorded with the image Add a voice memo as desired When using the Microdrive excess noise was also recorded The drive noise for
118. not set properly The distance for macro photography focus set to Ps is 10 to 50 cm The distance for standard photography is 50 cm or more The digital camera moved when the shutter was released The focus is not locked properly Hold the digital camera correctly and slowly press the shutter release button halfway to lock the focus Then press the shutter release button all the way to capture the image When using a slow shutter setting use a tripod to stabilize the digital camera The lens is dirty Clean the lens Problem Cause Action Reference page The image is too dark The flash was blocked by a finger or other object Hold the digital camera correctly and make sure the flash is not obstructed The subject was too far away Capture the image in the range of operation of the flash The subject was lit from behind Use the forced flash mode Use the exposure correction function There is not enough light Adjust the shutter speed Adjust the ISO sensitivity setting The image is too bright The forced flash mode is selected Select a different flash mode The subject was too bright Change the angle of the digital camera Use the exposure correction function The ISO sensitivity setting is incorrect Set the ISO sensitivity to AUTO The colors of the images captured indoors are
119. o 160 For 160 x 120 resolution produce a 3 264 x 2 448 pixel or 2 880 x 2 160 pixel image The selected icon turns orange in color Some resolutions cannot be selected depending on the shooting mode that is set refer to the table above 3 Press the SET button The selected resolution is set E To exit the Shooting Setting Screen press the MODE button 55 English NOTE When the resolution menu is selected in the Video Clip Shooting Screen the remaining video recording time appears see page 37 About the resolution and compression settings see page 57 The image captured by a digital camera consists of a collection of small dots The resolution refers to the number of these dots and the greater the number the higher the image quality As the resolution increases the size of the resulting data also increases and the number of images that can be captured decreases To compensate for this this digital camera is able to compress the data This digital camera uses JPEG compression If JPEG compression is used when the image is returned to its original size an extremely small portion of it is lost The higher the compression ratio the more of the original image is lost Therefore this digital camera also allows you to store image data without any compression to ensure that none of the original image is lost This is the TIFF mode Since the image data is large when the TIFF mode is used the digital camera requ
120. o first remove the protection see page 115 and then add the voice memo 109 English 5 Press the SET button You enter the preparation screen to record a voice memo 6 Press the SET button L Voice memo recording starts Talk into the microphone on the digital camera The sound will be recorded for about 4 seconds While the voice memo is being gt recorded RECORDING and are displayed When recording is finished you return to the Edit Photo Screen EXIT To record voice memos for other images press lt 4 or J appears for images gt or turn the jog dial to select the desired image and repeat steps 5 and 6 To return to the Playback Setting Screen press the MODE button or select EXIT and press the SET button For images with a voice memo added the volume icon 0 is shown on the Playback Setting Screen To listen to the voice memo press the MODE button to cancel the Playback Setting Screen then press the SET button The playback volume can be adjusted with the procedure described in page 98 with a voice memo REC recording indicator ERXQIADD AUDIO m When you have finished adding voice memos turn off the digital camera NOTE Voice memos can also be recorded when the image is captured see page 78 After a voice memo has been added to an image you cannot erase only the voice memo When the imag
121. onditions appear with new batteries or if the recharge indicator does not go off after the normal time required it may indicate a problem of the battery charger In such a case stop using it immediately and take it to the dealer for service Recharge two batteries at the same time During recharging the battery charger and batteries will be warm This is normal and does not indicate a malfunction During recharging the battery charger may create interference with a radio or TV In sucha case make sure to plug the battery charger into a power outlet on a circuit different from the one of the radio or TV It is recommended that the ambient temperature during battery recharging be within the range of 10 to 40 C At temperatures below 10 C due to the characteristics of the batteries they may not become adequately charged The two inner slots of the battery charger accept both AA and AAA batteries A maximum of four AA batteries or two AA and 2 AAA batteries can be recharged at the same time You can also recharge two AAA batteries only 25 English Installing the batteries 1 Confirm that the power is turned off Power button Press the power button to turn off the camera When the power is turned off the stand by indicator turns off In addition if the lens is protruding it automatically retracts and closes 2 Open the battery compartment cover on the bottom of the digital camera Push the button on the
122. orm Place the digital camera in a plastic bag and seal it and then wait until the digital camera has reached the ambient temperature E Cautions concerning undesired interference The digital camera may create undesired interference if used close to a television or radio To avoid this type of interference make sure the cores on the supplied AV cable and USB interface cable are not removed Ells Ells e 4 Core Core Dedicated AV cable Dedicated USB interface cable English 12 E Cautions concerning magnetism Do not place credit cards bank cards floppy disks or other items that may be damaged by magnetic fields near the speaker Data may be lost or the magnetic strips on cards may be damaged E Cautions concerning data storage It is recommended that any important data be copied onto a separate media such as a hard disk MO disk or CD R disk Stored data may be lost or corrupted in cases such as those listed below Sanyo Electric will not be held responsible for any damage or lost profits arising from the loss of data e If the CompactFlash or Microdrive card is used incorrectly e If the CompactFlash or Microdrive card is not inserted correctly into the digital camera e If the CompactFlash or Microdrive card is subjected to electrical or mechanical shocks or other forces e If the CompactFlash or Microdrive card is removed from the digita
123. ormation Screen once Change the shooting settings Display the Information Screen and press the SET button e OVERWRITE appears Press the SET button and enter a name for the settings Press the SET button After storing the settings the Information Screen turns off 95 English SETTING THE PLAYBACK MODE The data of the images and recordings captured with this digital camera are saved as one of four following types still image data sequential shot data video clip image and sound data or audio data Therefore it is necessary to set the type of data you wish to play back before starting playback Playback modes e Still image playback mode For viewing the still image data Saved enlarged images with the playback zoom see page 105 and copied images see page 118 can also be viewed in the still image playback mode Sequential shot playback mode For viewing sequential shot data e Video clip playback mode For viewing video clip data e Audio recording playback mode For listening to audio recording data 1 Turn the selector dial to the desired playback mode ma Still image playback mode To view images captured in the still image shooting mode see page 98 l Sequential shot playback mode To view images captured in the sequential shot shooting mode see page 102 EE Video clip playback mode To view video clips recorded in the video clip shooting mode see page 103 c Audio recording
124. oting Setting Screen All the icons never appear at the same time RESOLUTION ae 37 English Resolution menu page 55 320 320 x 240 pixel resolution icon 160 160 x 120 pixel resolution icon Shutter operation menu page 69 Images are captured only while the shutter release button is pressed Capturing of the images starts when the shutter release button is pressed and stops when it is pressed again Exposure correction icon page 81 When selected the exposure correction bar appears a ISO sensitivity menu page 85 When the flicker reduction setting is on the ISO sensitivity menu cannot be selected AUTO Auto sensitivity icon ISO100 to 400 100 1S0100 icon 200 1S0200 icon 400 1S0400 icon White balance menu page 86 During monochrome shooting the white balance menu cannot be selected Auto white balance icon Fair icon Overcast icon Fluorescent lighting icon White incandescent light icon Color fill icon NAROBE Light measuring method menu page 91 Ie Center point light measuring icon Multi section light measuring icon EJ Spot light measuring icon Optical zoom menu page 88 T Optical zoom off icon 44 Optical zoom on icon Flicker reduction men
125. placing the batteries and before shooting or recording of any type follow steps 1 and 2 To correct the date and time settings After steps 1 and 2 press W to select the line of the setting that you want to change and press gt to select that setting Then use the jog dial to set the new setting 47 English REMAINING BATTERY CHARGE INDICATION When using nickel metal hydride batteries the remaining battery charge can be checked on the LCD monitor Make sure to check this indicator before capturing an image For an indication of the possible length of time for battery operation see Battery Operation on page 135 1 Set the main switch to I and press the power button MONITOR OFF Set the selector dial to anything other than 9e or 7 qail im gt T 2 Press the MODE button for at least 2 seconds The Information Screen will appear and the batteries remaining charge indicator appears in the lower right corner of the LCD monitor If any data is present you can also check the remaining battery charge at the Information Screen of the playback mode See pages 42 to 44 and displayed Indicator Information Screen When Information Screen is not displayed flashing will appear even when the Information Screen is not Remaining charge No indication Approx full No indication Battery power is low It will soon be impossib
126. playback mode To listen to audio recordings see page 107 Selector dial 2 Set the main switch to gt and press the power button MONITOR OFF The power is turned on r A playback image or the Playback Option Setting Screen appears on the LCD monitor When playing back an audio recording go to Points concerning the audio recording playback mode on the next page English 96 SETTING THE PLAYBACK MODE Points concerning the audio recording playback mode Turn the selector dial to e to display the Playback Option Setting Screen with AUDIO selected Then press the SET button to display the audio recording selection screen On this screen turn the jog dial to select the desired audio recording and press the SET button The Audio Recording Playback Screen appears EAD 0 AQAUTO ROTATE PLAY CLOCK SET 4 BEEP 5 SCHARGE abc LANGUAGE OV SYSTEM m REFORMAT HELP If NO IMAGE or NO AUDIO appears Playback Option Setting Screen gt Press the SET button Select the desired recording with the jog dial and press the SET button AUDIO J gt MEMPEN gt 0006 12 34 0002 01 20 d 10007 05 06 2 2 D 0003 03 45 d 10008 01 20 D 000416 01 d 10009 00 03 D0005 00 23 L 0010 04 50 SETTING PUSH MODE TO EXIT Audio Recording Select
127. rd rewind or return to the beginning of an audio recording During an audio recording playback press gt to fast forward and lt to rewind the audio will not be heard Press gt one more time to return to normal speed playback To adjust the volume of the audio recording sound While the audio recording is not being played back at the Audio Recording Playback Screen press the MODE button Then select the volume icon W and press lt 4 or gt or turn the jog dial to adjust the volume as desired see page 98 English 108 ADDING A VOICE MEMO ADD AUDIO FUNCTION You can add a voice memo to a still image captured in the still image mode an image saved after magnifying see page 105 or a copied image see page 118 1 Display the image you wish to add a voice memo to L see page 98 e If there are a great number of still images it may be C2 ROTATE quicker to find it using the 9 image display playback att i EDIT PHOTO 2 Press the MODE button to display the Playback Setting PRINT GETTING Screen 3 Select the EDIT PHOTO icon m and press the SET EEDIT PHOTO A button The Edit Photo Screen appears Ao n ADD AUDIO 4 Select the ADD AUDIO icon k4 A MDD TEXT a RESI ZE EXIT Edit Photo Screen NOTE f an image with a voice memo is protected you cannot add a voice memo To add a voice mem
128. s selected as the operational sound setting see page 125 then the digital camera will beep once when the image is captured The stand by indicator will flash red while the image is being written to the memory Another image can only be captured when the stand by indicator lights green again Push completely NOTE Although nickel metal hydride batteries are recommended you may use alkaline batteries and capture images using the viewfinder f an operational sound setting is set then two quick beeps are heard when the shutter release button is pressed fast No beep is heard when the shutter closes English 60 61 CAPTURING IMAGES Capturing images using the LCD monitor This method allows you to view the exact composition of the image on the LCD monitor before you capture it 1 Set the main switch to K Press the power button to MONITOR OFF turn on the camera CID Set the selector dial to anything other than e or lt 7 pa a When the stand by indicator lights in green you are Power button Shutter release ready to capture the image Viewfinder button An image appears on the LCD monitor Set the focus to when the photographic subject is close to the camera 10 to 50 cm see page 72 Point the camera lens to the subject Compose the desired image by looking at the LCD Stand by monitor indicator LCD monitor Selector dial Slowly press and hold the shutter release but
129. se O ONE ERASE YES EXIT 6 Press a on the arrow button to select YES IGRERASE YES Erases the selected data EXIT Does not erase the selected data and returns to the Erase Screen LI ONE ERASE YES EXIT 7 Press the SET button e ERASING is displayed while the data is erased NO IMAGE If you try to erase a protected image PROTECTED will appear and you return to the Erase Confirmation Screen The data is not erased To erase the data you must first cancel the protect mode see page 115 To erase other data press lt or gt to display the data that you want to erase and repeat steps 6 and 7 Displays the number of f all data is erased then NO IMAGE or NO AUDIO remaining still images will appear sequential shots video clips and audio recordings m When you have finished erasing data turn off the digital camera NOTE Even if you select GROUP ERASE protected data will not be erased If you want it to be erased you need to first remove the protection see page 115 117 English COPYING IMAGES You can select one image from a sequential shot or one image scene from a video clip and copy it and save it as a still image the original data remains untouched 1 Display the desired image from a sequential shot or video clip See PLAYING BACK SEQUENTIAL SHOTS on page 102 or PLAYING BAC
130. se button is released before the maximum number of images is captured the sequential shot will stop there o if is selected for the shutter operation the sequential shot begins when the shutter release button is pressed and continues until the shutter release button is pressed again or the maximum number of images is captured During shooting using the LCD monitor will appear in the LCD monitor while images are being captured After taking the picture you can view the first captured image by setting the main switch to P see page 102 m When you have finished capturing images turn off the digital camera AE shift sequential auto bracket shot Seven sequential images are captured while the exposure automatically changes over a range from underexposed to overexposed 1 Set the shooting mode to the sequential shot shooting METHOD E mode see page 31 16 e FINE 2 Select AE shift sequential shot AE from the sequential Ta STDS shot method menu and press the SET button Dass This sets the AE shift sequential shot method ASS NOTE When the exposure control method page 82 is set to manual M the AE shift sequential shot method cannot be used To use the AE shift sequential shot method set the exposure control method to a setting other than manual LM 65 English 3 Select the exposure correction menu and
131. sed again This completes the white balance setting NOTE To cancel the white balance setting and return to the automatic setting perform step 1 and select AWB then press the SET button HINT To capture sepia tone images In step of step 2 instead of using a white card use a blue card to set the white balance You can experiment by changing the card color with which the white balance is performed for different results English 86 FLICKER REDUCTION SETTING VIDEO CLIP SHOOTING ONLY The flicker reduction setting reduces the flicker that results when filming video clips underneath fluorescent lights and the like where the background lighting pulsates at the frequency of the power supply The flicker reduction setting is set for a frequency of 50 Hz The flicker reduction setting is possible only for the video clip shooting mode 1 Display the Video Clip Shooting Setting Screen see FLICKER REDUCT r page 31 2 Select a flicker reduction setting from the flicker reduction setting menu and press the SET button FN Turns off the flicker reduction setting FR Turns on the flicker reduction setting 00 46 This completes the flicker reduction setting NOTE Note that although the flicker reduction setting decreases the image flicker that occurs underneath fluorescent lighting the image quality may det
132. separation between the equipment and receiver e Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment FC Tested To Comply With FCC Standards FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE Declaration of Conformity N Model Number VPC AZ1 Trade Name SANYO Responsible party SANYO FISHER COMPANY Address 21605 Plummer Street Chatsworth California 91311 Telephone No 818 998 7322 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause C undesired operation J English FOR CANADIAN USERS This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 English fi BEFORE READING THE MANUAL Microdrive and PowerPC are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Apple Macintosh and QuickTime are trademarks or registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation CompactFlash is a trademark of SanDisk Corporation and handed over to CFA CompactFlash Association All
133. t see page 119 even pictures taken with the camera held vertically will be played back automatically rotated Note that video clips cannot be rotated when they are played back 59 English Capturing images using the viewfinder Compose the desired image by looking into the viewfinder Compared to capturing images using the LCD monitor this method saves the battery power 1 Set the main switch to MONITOR OFF Press the MONITOR OFF power button to turn on the camera CUD Set the selector dial to anything other than e or 7 gt a Main switch Power button Shutter release When the stand by indicator lights in green you are ready to capture the image No image appears on the LCD monitor Set the focus to when the photographic subject is close to the camera 10 to 50 cm see page 72 Viewfinder Stand by indicator Selector dial Point the camera lens at the subject Look straight into the viewfinder and center the subject in the autofocus area Autofocus mark Slowly press and hold the shutter release button halfway focus lock J The autofocus function locks the focus on the subject if ALL or SHUTTER is selected as the operational sound setting see page 125 then the digital camera will beep twice when the subject is in focus Push halfway Finish pressing the shutter release button all the way ee The image is captured if ALL or SHUTTER i
134. t or leak and CD that may start a fire cause injuries or burns and damage the digital camera 5 a and any other objects placed nearby When the batteries are removed for a i Q long period the time and date settings will be cleared 7 English Concerning the supplied battery charger DANGER Warning Do not attempt to recharge non rechargeable batteries For indoor use only The appliance is not intended for use by young children or infirm persons without supervision Young children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance E Use with nickel metal hydride or Ni Cd batteries Do not use the supplied battery charger to recharge batteries other than the i de rechargeable nickel metal hydride batteries HR 3USV HR 3US or HR 4US wy R supplied with the digital camera or sold separately or Ni Cd batteries N 3US vi N 3U or N 4U sold separately Recharging a dry cell battery or other type of rechargeable battery may cause excess heat combustion or leakage and cause a fire injuries burns or damage to nearby objects E Do not invert the polarity and of the batteries Place the batteries in the battery charger with the and terminals oriented ey AA as indicated on the charger If the batteries are placed with the wrong R orientation they may leak overheat explode or be damaged eg E Use a 100 to 240 V AC power supply f used with a power supply other than t
135. t to 150100 to 400 and equivalent to ISO100 ISO200 and ISO400 set from Shooting Setting Screen Viewfinder Optical direct image zoom viewfinder LCD monitor 1 8 inch low temperature polysilicon TFT color liquid crystal LCD monitor pixels Approx 110 000 pixels Flash working range 0 5m to 3 9m normal shooting lens at Wide setting 0 5m to 2 3m normal shooting lens at Tele setting 0 15m to 0 5m macro shooting lens at Wide setting 0 25m to 0 5m macro shooting lens at Tele setting Flash modes Auto flash forced flash flash off and red eye reduction Autofocus TTL type AF Self timer 10 second delay Time date Recorded with image data Ambient Temperature 0 to 40 C operation 20 to 60 C storage environ Humidity ment 30 to 90 operating no condensation 10 to 90 storage no condensation Power Battery 2 AA nickel metal hydride batteries HR 3USV supply AC adapter sold separately VAR G4Ex for VPC AZ1EX only VAR G4E for VPC AZ1E only VAR G4U for VPC AZ1 only Dimensions 106 W x 63 H x 41 D mm Weight Approx 230 g without batteries and card Digital Camera Connectors DIGITAL AV communication sound and image output terminal Regrouped jack Audio output 207 mVrms 12 dBs 2 2 KQ or less monaural 1 0 Vp p 75 Q unbalanced sync negative composite video NTSC color TV syste
136. ters can be entered for the name F BCDE amp SCROLL SELECT English 94 SCENE SELECT FUNCTION 6 Enter a name for the settings Up to 6 characters can INPUT SETTING TITLE W be entered PARADE For entering the name see ENTERING TEXT on page 111 ABCDE E SCROLL SELECT Press the SET button The screen to confirm the settings appears After you confirm the settings the Store Settings Screen turns off Play back a captured image and store the shooting settings The shooting settings of a captured image can be stored as your original shooting settings 1 2 3 Display the desired image pages 96 to 103 Press the MODE button for at least 2 seconds to display the Information Screen Press the SET button The Store Settings Screen appears The rest of the procedure is the same as that beginning in step 3 on page 94 HELP f the settings cannot be stored The settings cannot be stored in the following cases Images captured with the scene select function images captured with another digital camera Resized images images copied from a sequential shot series or video clip Images that have been enlarged using the digital zoom NOTE To modify the settings based on a stored setting 1 2 3 4 5 Display the Information Screen select the original settings you wish to change and turn off the Inf
137. the Microdrive was also recorded Not a malfunction A mechanical sound is heard during video clip playback The sound of the autofocus motor was recorded Not a malfunction Connecting to television set No image or sound The digital camera is not correctly connected to the TV Follow the instructions to make the connection correctly The TV input is not set correctly Set the input on the TV to VIDEO The TV system setting is not correct Set to the correct TV system There is no sound The volume on the TV is set to the minimum Adjust the volume on the TV The volume setting on the digital camera is too low Select the volume icon lt i and adjust the volume Miscellaneous 133 English A sound is heard when the main switch is moved or the digital camera is turned on Normal condition Not a malfunction The digital camera cannot be operated A temporary internal circuitry problem may be the cause Remove the batteries from the digital camera wait a few minutes then reinstall the batteries and try again SYSTEM ERROR is displayed A problem has occurred within the digital camera or card Check the following items Remove the card and then install it again Remove the batteries and then install them again Remove the batteries wait approx 1 hour and then install them again Instal
138. the LCD monitor goes off suddenly When capturing images using the LCD monitor and the battery charge is about half full the LCD monitor may turn off momentarily This is to allow a quick recharge of the flash When the flash has been recharged the LCD monitor will come back on automatically 49 English CHECKING THE REMAINING NUMBER OF IMAGES VIDEO RECORDING TIME AND AUDIO RECORDING TIME The images video clips and audio recordings you take are stored on the card installed in the digital camera If a card is not loaded into the digital camera or if the card is full capturing or playing back images will not be possible Make sure to check the status of the card in the digital camera before capturing images For an indication of how many images can be captured and how much recording time is available for your card see Possible No of Images Possible Shooting Time Possible Recording Time on page 136 Checking the remaining number of images and video recording time 1 Set the main switch to I and press the power button Set the selector dial to anything other than 9e or 7 The remaining number of images appears in the upper right of the LCD monitor for the still image and sequential shot shooting modes The remaining video recording time appears in the upper right of the LCD monitor for the video clip shooting mode The remaining number of images and video recording time will differ depending on the resolution
139. the digital camera vertically The following examples are some of the situations where the autofocus function may work but not as desired When both near and far objects are present Use the focus lock function to lock the focus on a subject at the same distance as the desired subject Fast moving subjects Use the focus lock function to lock the focus on a subject at the same distance as the desired subject HINT About sequential shots During sequential shots the autofocus function will work when the shutter release button is pressed and lock the focus 71 English USING THE VARIOUS SHOOTING FUNCTIONS Macro photography Use the macro photography function when capturing images at close range 10 to 50 cm 1 Press the MACRO button Focus mode The current focus mode appears on the LCD monitor screen wy No icon For photography at normal focus W For photography at macro focus aA For photography at distant focus 7 meters or more Select this setting when you know the distance to your subject beforehand or when photographing a subject that is difficult to get into focus Li N 3 1 1 50 Ex Still Image Shooting Mode Screen 2 Press the MACRO button to display the macro icon LW Each time the MACRO button is pressed the focus mode changes as follows gt No icon gt macro photography
140. the shutter speed at the time an image is captured may not be 1 1000 second To take a picture with a shutter speed of 1 1000 second set the zoom to a wide lens setting and the aperture to its smallest setting 83 English SETTING QUICK SHOT STILL IMAGE SHOOTING ONLY With the normal settings when the shutter release button is pressed the digital camera performs the exposure correction the white balance settings the focussing and other settings before the image is captured This leads to a time lag between when the shutter release button is pressed and the image is actually captured By turning on the quick shot setting these settings are set less precisely but the lag time from when the shutter release button is pressed to when the image is actually captured is drastically reduced 1 Display the Still Image Shooting Setting Screen see page 31 2 Select a quick shot setting from the quick shot menu QUICK SHOT C and press the SET button 5 Turns off the quick shot setting P RA Turns on the quick shot setting fot This completes the quick shot setting FINE 2880 NOTE How to shoot with the quick shot When the quick shot setting is on the first time the shutter release button is pressed the digital camera performs the normal settings If the shutter release button is again pressed within 1 second after the camera becomes ready the stand by indicator lights green
141. ther a shooting screen or playback screen appears f the selector dial is set to 7 the mode changes to PC connection and the LCD monitor turns off English 32 SHOOTING SETTING SCREENS These screens are used for various settings related to capturing pictures For the operation procedure for the shooting setting screens see SETTING SCREEN BASIC OPERATIONS on page 45 Still Image Shooting Setting Screen All the icons never appear at the same time RESOLUTION Be S 2880 2288640 A 2880 3264 2288 SFINEFINENORN TIFF 33 English Resolution menu page 55 3264 3 264 x 2 448 pixel resolution icon 2880 2 880 x 2 160 pixel resolution icon 2288 2 288 x 1 712 pixel resolution icon 1600 1 600 x 1 200 pixel resolution icon 640 640 x 480 pixel resolution icon Compression menu page 57 SFE SFINE icon super low compression FINE FINE icon low compression NORM NORM icon moderate compression TIFF TIFF icon no compression Only appears when the resolution is set to 2288 Quick Shot menu page 84 Quick Shot off icon A Quick Shot on icon Exposure correction icon page 81 When selected the exposure correction bar appears Exposure control menu page 82 P Program AE icon L
142. time to return to normal speed reverse playback To return to normal forward playback press gt To return to the beginning of the video clip During a video clip playback press a to jump to the beginning of the video clip and press Y to jump to the end of the video clip To switch to other video clips quickly With the video clip playback paused press a to move to the first image of the previous video clip or press w to move to the first image of the next video clip Example of button operations lt Video clip 0001 Video clip 0002 Video clip 0003 Video clip start Video clip end 4 4 SET or gt button a Display start of video clip 0002 Play v Display start of video clip 0002 SET or gt button Play from start of video clip 0001 Display start of video clip v Display end of video clip To jump forward or backward 100 video clips if more than 100 video clips exist The procedure is the same as that for still images see page 101 O Display the 9 image display playback screen Press the MACRO button Press either lt or gt To jump another 100 video clips repeat steps and above To adjust the volume of the video clip sound Display the Playback Setting Screen select the volume icon M and press lt 4 or gt or turn the jog dial to adjust the volume as desired see page 98 English 104 ENLARGING ZOOMING IN THE IMAGE
143. tion Screen turn the jog dial to select AUTO and press the SET button 93 English Storing shooting settings You can store your custom settings in the digital camera original settings Up to 3 different custom settings can be stored Also you can edit your stored original settings and save the new settings Your original settings are selected using the same procedure as for the preset settings 1 Adjust the various settings Adjust the various settings that appear on the Information Screen such as resolution compression ratio white balance light measuring method exposure control etc When a preset setting is selected the settings cannot be stored 2 Set to a shooting mode and press the MODE button for at least 2 seconds to display the Information Screen see page 42 The current settings are shown on the Information Screen 3 Press the SET button MEMORY Cc The Store Settings Screen appears 1 SELECT Turn the jog dial to select a number to store your settings w i 98 ta Screens 1 to 3 are for storing the settings NR AFS DM AO 50 1 30 Ca Stored setting number 4 Press the SET button e OVERWRITE appears on the screen 5 Confirm the settings and press the SET button INPUT SETTING TITLE The screen to enter a name for the settings appears wi Up to 6 charac
144. ton halfway focus lock DA The autofocus function operates and the subject in the center of the LCD monitor screen is focussed The focus icon appears in the upper left of the LCD monitor f the focus does not lock as desired release the shutter release button and press it again halfway to achieve the desired results f ALL or SHUTTER is selected as the operational sound setting see page 125 then the digital camera will beep twice when the subject is in focus Push halfway Finish pressing the shutter release button all the way Ad The image is captured mi if ALL or SHUTTER is selected as the operational sound setting see page 125 then the digital camera will beep once when the image is captured In the still image shooting mode you can view the image captured on the LCD monitor by holding the shutter release button down The stand by indicator will flash red while the image is being written to the memory Another image can only be captured when the stand by indicator lights green again Push completely English NOTE Compared to taking pictures using the viewfinder this method consumes the battery power more quickly After taking the picture you can immediately view the captured image by setting the main switch to gt When the shutter release button is pressed halfway the image in the LCD monitor may waver vertically This is the result of internal image processing
145. tter speed based on this setting Aperture priority AE Example To open the aperture for portraits with a blurred background for a shallow field depth or to close the aperture for a clear foreground and background for a deep field depth This allows you to set a specific shutter speed The camera automatically sets an appropriate aperture size based on this setting Shutter speed priority AE Example To set a fast shutter speed for capturing a clear image of an fast moving object or to set a slow shutter speed to shoot the flow of a background scene To combine flash use with a slow shutter speed slow shutter so that both the foreground subject and the nighttime background scene s appear clearly in the picture slow synchro photography use a tripod to eliminate camera movement This allows you to set a specific shutter speed and aperture size Manual exposure control Example When shooting in a dark location without using a flash set the shutter to stay open for a longer time slow shutter When used for shooting nighttime scenes you can capture lights flowing across the image English 82 SETTING THE EXPOSURE CONTROL 3 Make the setting lt lf aperture and shutter variable program AE P is selected gt The setting changes to aperture and shutter variable program AE and the camera returns to the Shooting Setting Screen lt lf aperture priority AE A is selected gt The display to set th
146. tton Press the MODE button or the shutter release button once MODE button NOTE When using the AC adapter sold separately the power save function will become active after about 30 minutes of inactivity Also when using battery power and connecting the digital camera to a personal computer the power save function will become active after about five minutes of no use When the power save function has been active for 15 minutes the lens automatically retracts and closes English 30 DISPLAYING THE SETTING SCREEN AND OPTION SETTING SCREEN For both shooting and playback there is a Setting Screen and an Option Setting Screen These screens allow you to perform various settings and operations Displaying the Setting and Option Setting Screens 1 Set the main switch Main switch To display the Shooting Setting Screen or the Shooting MONITOR OFF Option Setting Screen Set to ICI CCD To display the Playback Setting Screen or the Playback gt a Option Setting Screen Set to gt MONITOR OFF CUMID Le 2 Press the power button Power button Selector dial 3 Turn the selector dial to the mark for the desired setting screen When set to e the Shooting Option Setting Screen or the Playback Option Setting Screen is displayed see page 41 Shooting Playback ma Still Image Shooting Setting Screen Still Image Playback Setting Screen Sequential
147. u page 87 FN Flicker reduction function off icon FR Flicker reduction function on icon Monochrome shooting menu page 77 BAW Monochrome shooting off icon B W Monochrome shooting on icon Spot focus menu page 92 AN Spot focus off icon AFS Spot focus on icon Digital zoom icon page 89 DAH Digital zoom off icon D Digital zoom on icon Video clip shooting mode icon Remaining recording time available page 50 Display shows the remaining minutes and seconds Depending on the memory capacity of the card the remaining time is shown as hours minutes seconds Remaining battery charge page 48 Not displayed when the remaining battery charge is near full or when the AC adapter sold separately is used English 38 SHOOTING SETTING SCREENS Shooting status display area After you exit the Shooting Setting Screen the status of the digital camera and card are displayed in this shooting status display area The icons and the positions in which they appear differ depending on the shooting mode 9O ODAO NO m rv m D FR 24 E BESTH Okan H D 200 Das M OF D 8 0 1 81 D 1150 9 NR Flicker reduction indicator page 87 Shooting mode indicator page 54 Light measuring method indicator Number of images remaining page 50
148. ugust 28 2002 at 7 30 p m 1 Display the Shooting Option Setting Screen or Playback Option Setting Screen see page 31 2 Press v on the arrow button to select CLOCK SET and then press the SET button The CLOCK SET menu appears The current date and time settings appear Follow the procedures below to set whether to display the date during playback to set the date and time and to set the display format for the date To return to the Option Setting Screen press the MODE button or select EXIT and press the SET button 3 Set the order of the date display during playback When the jog dial is turned the date display order changes as follows gt DISP ON Year Month Day gt DISP ON Month Day Year gt DISP ON Day Month Year gt DISP OFF Turn counterclockwise to change in the reverse order if DISP OFF is selected the date the image was captured is not shown during playback Selector dial AUDIO REC BEEP fE 5 Ole DISCHARGE gt a LANGUAGE TV SYSTEM ajo REFORMAT o UE DISP gt DARIK A DAY gt 2001 10 01 TIME 00 00 EXIT SETTING WTSI DISP MKS same FL DAY gt 2001 10 01 TIME gt 00 00 EXIT OSETTING English 46 SETTING THE DATE AND TIME
149. y available products carefully read the instructions and warnings that come with them 13 English CHECKING THE INCLUDED ACCESSORIES Open the box and check that all the accessories listed below are included The page numbers listed next to the part names are the page numbers where that part is explained in detail e Hand strap page 15 e CompactFlash Soft case page 15 4 AA nickel metal 16MB and hydride protective case rechargeable batteries page 23 Q S Nickel metal Dedicated AV cable e Dedicated USB Software 1 CD ROM hydride battery 1 interface cable 1 page 129 charger and power page 106 page 129 cord page 23 English 14 USING THE HAND STRAP AND SOFT CASE Attach the supplied hand strap to the digital camera to aid in carrying Also when you are not using the digital camera put it in the soft case for protection Attaching the hand strap Bend the looped extremity of the strap and slip it through the strap holder on the digital camera 15 English Media cards that can be used with this digital camera This digital camera stores the captured images and recorded voice memos on the storage media card inserted inside the digital camera The number of images and amount of recording time that can be stored on one card depends on the capacity of the card used and the recording conditions The types of card that can be inserted into and used with this digital camera are given below e

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