Digital Camera DSC-H2/H5 User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- Read this first
- Notes on using your camera
- Table of contents
- Enjoying the camera
- Basic techniques for better images
- Identifying parts
- Indicators on the screen
- Changing the screen display
- Number of still images and recording time of movies
- When you do not have a “Memory Stick Duo” (Recording with the internal memory)
- Battery life and number of images that can be recorded/viewed
- Using the jog dial
- Using the mode dial
- Shooting with manual adjustment
- Continuous shooting
- Using the menu
- Using the Setup screen
- Using your computer
- Printing still images
- Connecting your camera to your TV
- Troubleshooting
- Others
- Index
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You can change the focus method. Press the FOCUS button repeatedly when it is difficult to
get the proper focus in auto focus mode.
( : The default setting)
Choosing a focus method
P S A M
Multipoint AF ( )
Focuses automatically on a subject in all ranges of the finder
frame. When the mode dial is set to , only Multipoint AF
is available.
• This mode is useful when the subject is not in the center of the
frame.
Center AF
()
Focuses automatically on a subject near the center of the
frame.
• Using this with the AF lock function lets you shoot in the
desired image composition.
z Using a histogram
A histogram is a graph showing the brightness of
an image. Set the mode dial to
, P, S, A or
Scene Selection, then press (Screen display
switch) repeatedly to display the histogram inside
the screen. The graph display indicates a bright
image when skewed to the right side, and a dark
image when skewed to the left side. Adjust the
exposure while checking it with the histogram.
A Number of pixels
B Brightness
• The histogram also appears when the mode dial is set to M, or playing back a single image, but you cannot
adjust the exposure.
BrightDark
A
B
AF range finder frame
AF range finder frame
indicator
AF range finder frame
AF range finder frame
indicator