User manual SONY QUALIA016

[. . . ] Owner's Record The model and serial numbers are located at the bottom of the camera. Record these numbers in the spaces provided below. Refer to them whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product. Model No. Serial No. CAUTION You are cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved in this manual could void your authority to operate this equipment. [. . . ] A 64 MB "Memory Stick Duo" stores up to 1001 S-size images. The menu disappears when you press the shutter button halfway down. Menu Options Continued on the next page 34 35 Camera menu (continued) Changing the image quality -- quality You can select the quality of the picture to be taken. Settings STD, FINE and TIFF offer increasing levels of image quality with correspondingly large file sizes. Taking pictures in succession (consecutive shot) -- mode Off (default setting) The consecutive shot mode is disabled. On This setting allows you to take four pictures in succession when you keep the shutter button pressed down. Approximately four pictures are taken in 2 seconds while you keep the shutter button pressed. In consecutive shot mode, no images are displayed on the screen. Fix the composition in the finder before you press the shutter button. You cannot use this setting when the image quality is set to TIFF. Both flash and camera shake correction are disabled in consecutive shot mode. Enabling/disabling Direct Shutter -- d. shutter You can disable Direct Shutter so that it will not be set off when the shutter button is pressed unintentionally, such as when the camera is in your bag. Adjusting the exposure -- exposure Although this camera automatically sets the appropriate exposure (AE), you can change the automatic setting to the exposure you want. However, you may not get the desired effect when the scene is too bright or too dark. The default setting is +0. 0. FINE (default setting) Images are recorded in high-quality (low-compression) JPEG format (Medium file size). STD Images are recorded in standard-quality (high-compression) JPEG format (Small file size). TIFF Images are recorded in non-compressed TIFF format with no compression noise (Large file size). TIFF cannot be selected when the consecutive shot mode is set to on or the hand mode is set to On or Auto. On (default setting) Enables the Direct Shutter function. Off Disables Direct Shutter. 1 Display the exposure compensation screen using the touch pad. 2 Touch the center of the touch pad to display the exposure setting screen. Menu Options 3 Adjust the exposure while referring to the screen. For a lighter exposure, slide your finger from left to right over the touch pad; for a darker exposure, slide you finger in the opposite direction. Each time you slide your finger across the touch pad, the exposure increases or decreases in increments of 0. 3 EV (15 steps, +2. 1 EV to -2. 1 EV). Under-exposure Adjust in the "+" direction. Over-exposure Adjust in the "-" direction. 4 Touch the center of the touch pad to apply the new setting. Continued on the next page 36 37 Camera menu (continued) Adjusting the white balance -- WB Auto (default setting) The camera automatically adjusts the white balance according to the brightness and the amount of light in the scene so that white objects appear white in the captured image. Use this setting for general photography. Daylight Adjusts the white balance for shooting in daylight so that white objects appear white in the picture. This setting also captures sunsets in colors that are close to what you see with your own eyes. Fluorescent Corrects for fluorescent lighting so that the colors in the picture are close to what you see with your own eyes. Incandescent Corrects for incandescent lighting so that the colors in the picture are close to what you see with your own eyes. Correcting blur caused by hand movement -- hand When there is not enough light and the shutter speed slows down, camera shake may often occur, but the camera can still produce a bright, sharp image, taking four pictures in rapid succession at a shutter speed faster than normal and combining the images into a single shot. [. . . ] 23, 29, 35 Flash unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Forced Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 T, U Taking pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 50 Number of pictures . . . . . 15, 30 Screen display in camera mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 TIFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]