Help Guide
Table Of Contents
- How to use this handbook
- Table of contents
- Sample photo
- Identifying parts
- List of icons on the screen
- Operating the camera
- Menu
- Shooting images
- Playing back images
- Deleting images
- Photo Creativity
- Bkground Defocus
- Brightness
- Color
- Vividness
- Picture Effect
- DISP (Display Contents)
- Exposure Comp.
- Drive Mode
- Cont. Shooting
- Spd Priority Cont.
- Self-timer
- Self-timer(Cont)
- Bracket: Cont.
- ISO
- Image Index
- Intelligent Auto
- Superior Auto
- Scene Selection
- Sweep Panorama
- Manual Exposure
- Shutter Priority
- Aperture Priority
- Program Auto
- Flash Mode
- AF/MF Select
- Autofocus Area
- Autofocus Mode
- Tracking Focus
- Zoom
- Face Detection
- Face Registration
- Smile Shutter
- Auto Object Framing
- Soft Skin Effect
- Shooting Tip List
- DISP Button(Monitor)
- Image Size
- Aspect Ratio
- Quality
- Panorama Direction
- File Format
- Record Setting
- White Balance
- Metering Mode
- Flash Comp.
- DRO/Auto HDR
- Picture Effect
- Creative Style
- Delete
- Still/Movie Select
- Slide Show
- Specify Printing
- Image Index
- Enlarge Image
- Rotate
- Protect
- Volume Settings
- AEL w/ shutter
- AF Illuminator
- Red Eye Reduction
- Live View Display
- Auto Review
- Grid Line
- Peaking Level
- Peaking Color
- Clear Image Zoom
- Digital Zoom
- S. Auto Image Extract.
- MF Assist
- MF Assist Time
- Color Space
- SteadyShot
- Release w/o Lens
- High ISO NR
- Lens Comp.: Shading
- Lens Comp.: Chro. Aber.
- Lens Comp.: Distortion
- Face Priority Tracking
- Movie Audio Rec
- Wind Noise Reduct.
- AF Micro Adj.
- Menu start
- MOVIE Button
- Custom Key Settings
- AEL toggle
- Beep
- Language
- Date/Time Setup
- Area Setting
- Help Guide Display
- Power Save
- Power Saving Start Time
- LCD Brightness
- Viewfinder Bright.
- Display Color
- Wide Image
- Playback Display
- USB Connection
- USB LUN Setting
- Version
- Demo Mode
- Initialize
- Format
- File Number
- Folder Name
- Select Shoot. Folder
- New Folder
- Recover Image DB
- Display Card Space
- Upload Settings
- Using with your computer
- Installing the software
- Connecting the camera to the computer
- Creating a movie disc
- Printing still images
- Troubleshooting
- Warning messages
- Using the camera abroad
- Memory card
- “InfoLITHIUM” battery packs
- Battery charging
- Mount Adaptor
- AVCHD format
- Cleaning
- Index
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Sample photo Menu Index
File Format
Selects the movie file format.
1 MENU t [Image Size] t [File Format] t desired mode.
AVCHD Records 60i/50i movies or 24p/25p movies in AVCHD format.
This file format is suitable for viewing the movie on a
high-definition TV. You can create a Blu-ray Disc, an AVCHD
recording disc, or a DVD-Video disc using the software
“PlayMemories Home.”
• 60i/50i movies are recorded at either 60 fields/second or at
50 fields/second, respectively. Both 60i and 50i movies utilize
the interlace scanning system, Dolby Digital audio, and the
AVCHD format.
• 24p/25p movies are recorded at either 24 frames/second or at
25 frames/second, respectively. Both 24p and 25p movies
utilize the progressive scanning system, Dolby Digital audio,
and the AVCHD format.
MP4 Records mp4 (AVC) movies. This format is suitable for WEB
uploads, e-mail attachments, etc.
• Movies are recorded in MPEG-4 format at about 30 frames/
second, utilizing the progressive scanning system, AAC
audio, and the mp4 format.
• You cannot create a disc from the movies recorded in this
format using the software “PlayMemories Home.”
z Checking 60i or 50i
To check if your camera is a 1080 60i-compatible device or 1080 50i-compatible device,
check for the following marks on the bottom of the camera.
1080 60i-compatible device: 60i
1080 50i-compatible device: 50i
z Playing movies on other devices
This camera uses MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 High Profile for AVCHD format recording.
Movies recorded in AVCHD format with this camera cannot be played by the following
devices.
– Other AVCHD format compatible devices which are not compatible with High Profile
– Devices which are not compatible with the AVCHD format
This camera also uses MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Main Profile for MP4 format recording.
For this reason, movies recorded in MP4 format with this camera cannot be played on
devices other than those that support MPEG-4 AVC/H.264.










