Operating Instructions
Table Of Contents
- Before using your camera
- Table of contents
- Identifying the parts
- Getting started
- Shooting still images
- Viewing still images
- Deleting still images
- Before advanced operations
- Advanced still image shooting
- Choosing a focus method
- Setting the distance to the subject
- Adjusting the exposure
- Selecting a metering mode
- Adjusting color tones
- Adjusting the flash level
- Shooting multiple frames
- Shooting in Multi Burst mode
- Shooting two images in succession
- Shooting still images for e-mail
- Shooting still images with audio files
- Shooting according to scene conditions
- Adding special effects
- Advanced still image viewing
- Still image editing
- Enjoying movies
- Enjoying images on your computer
- Copying images to your computer – For Windows users
- Installing the USB driver
- Installing “Image Transfer”
- Installing “ImageMixer”
- Connecting the camera to your computer
- Copying images using “Image Transfer”
- Changing “Image Transfer” settings
- Copying images without using “Image Transfer”
- Viewing the images on your computer
- Image file storage destinations and file names
- Copying images to your computer – For Macintosh users
- Creating a Video CD
- Copying images to your computer – For Windows users
- Troubleshooting
- Additional information
- Index
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Shooting movies
Mode selector:
You can shoot movies (MPEG movies).
Before operation
Set [Moving Image] to [MPEG Movie] in
the SET UP settings (pages 45, 106).
a Set the mode selector to .
b Press (Image Size).
The Image Size setup item appears.
c Select the desired mode with
v/V.
You can choose from 640 (VGA) or
160 (Mail).
See page 101 for the recording time
allowed for each image size.
d Press the shutter button fully
down.
“REC” appears on the screen and the
camera starts recording the image and
sound.
• When the capacity of the “Memory Stick”
is used up, recording stops.
e Press the shutter button fully
down again to stop recording.
Indicators on the screen while
you are shooting movies
These indicators are not recorded.
Each time you press , the status of the
LCD screen changes as follows: Indicators
off t LCD off t Indicators on. See
page 114 for a detailed description of the
indicated items.
To shoot close-ups (Macro)
(DSC-P72 only)
Set the mode selector to and follow the
procedure on page 30.
To shoot with a self-timer
Set the mode selector to and follow the
procedure on page 31.
• Be careful not to touch the microphone (pages
8, 10, 12) during shooting.
• The flash cannot be used.
• In MPEG movie, the date and time cannot be
inserted.
• You cannot change the zoom scaling while
shooting movies.
Mode selector
Control button
Shutter button
REC
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