Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto DSC-U30 del fabbricante Sony
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3-083-967- 11 (1) Digital Sti ll Camera Operating Inst ru ctions Before oper atin g the uni t, pl ease read th is manual t hor oughly, and r etain it for fut ure refe ren ce. Owner’s Record The mode l an d serial nu mbers ar e lo cat ed on the bot t o m.
2 T o prevent fire or shock hazard, do not e xpose th e unit to rain or moisture. If you have any questions about this pro duc t, you ma y call: Sony Cus tomer Information Serv i ces Center 1-800-222-SONY (7669) The number below is for the FCC re la te d matt ers onl y .
3 CA UTION TO P REVENT EL ECTRIC SHOCK, MA TCH WIDE BLADE OF PLUG T O WIDE SLO T , FULL Y I NSER T . A moulded plug complying wi th BS1363 i s fitted to this equipment for your safety and con venience.
4 Before u s in g your camera Tria l rec ord ing Before you rec ord one-time events, you may want to make a trial recor ding to ma ke sure tha t the camera is working correctly .
5 Clean the flash surface before use The heat of f lash emission may cause di rt on the flash surface to become discolored or to stick to the flash su rfac e, re su lting in ins u fficient light emission. Do not get the camera wet When taking pict ures outdoors in t he rain or under simil ar conditions, b e careful not to ge t the camera wet.
6 Table of co ntents Before using you r camera .......... .. ......... .... 4 How to hold the camera ............. ........ ....... 5 Identifyin g the par ts . ......... ......... ........ ....... 8 Preparing batteries ......... ............ ........ .
7 Menu items ....... ......... ......... ... ......... ........ . 6 9 Precautions ....... ......... ......... ............ ........ . 7 2 On “Memory Stick” ........ ... ......... ........ .... 74 On Nickel- Metal Hydrid e batterie s ........ . 75 On the battery char g er .
8 Ide nt if y in g th e pa rts See the pages in pa re nt hese s for de ta ils of ope ra tion. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 A Shutter button (20) B PO WER b utto n (14) C PO WER lamp (14) D Lens cover (14) E Mode s.
9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 qa qs Attach ing the neck strap A LCD screen B (Flash charge) lamp (orange) (24) C MENU button (15) D Contro l butto n Menu on: v / V (15) Menu off: /SCENE ( 23, 28) E EXEC/ (Enl.
10 Preparin g batte ries Use the follo win g batterie s in this ca mera. Acceptable batteries HR11/45: HR03 (size AAA) Nickel-Metal Hydride batt er ies (2) – NH-AAA-D A (2) (supplied) – NH-AAA-2D .
11 Getting star te d Charging time This repre sen ts the time requi red to charge fully deplet ed Nic kel-Meta l Hydri de batteries using t he supplied b attery charger in an envi r on me nt where the amb i e nt temperatu re is 25°C (77°F ) . • It takes about six hours to completely char ge the batteries.
12 Inserti ng the b atteri es , Open t he ba ttery/“Me mory Stic k” co ver. Slide th e cov er i n t he di rect ion of the arr ow 1 whi le pres sing OPEN. The ba ttery/ “Memory St ick” cover opens in the direct io n of th e a rrow 2 . , Insert the batter ies.
13 Getting star te d Battery remaining indicator (When using Nickel-Metal Hydride batteries) As the ba ttery po wer decr eases wi th use, th e battery re m ai ni ng in di ca tor displays the amoun t of po w er rem aini ng using the following sym b ols.
14 Usin g your ca mera abroad Power sources You ca n use your cam era in any co untry or region wi th the suppl ie d ba ttery charg er within 100 V to 240 V AC, 50/ 60 Hz. Use a commerc ia lly availa ble AC plug adapt o r [a] , if nece ssary, depen ding on th e design of the wa l l outle t (wa l l soc k et ) [b] .
15 Getting star te d How to use t he buttons To chan ge the current settin gs of th e camera, bring up th e menu, an d use the contro l button to make the change s. For each item, press MENU to displa y the menu and pre ss v / V on the con tr ol bu tton to sele ct the de sired valu e, then pr ess EXEC to make t he settin g.
16 , Set th e numer ic valu e with v / V on th e cont ro l b u tt on , then press EXE C . The item to be set is in di ca te d with v / V . After e ntering t he numbe r, v / V move s to the ne xt item. Repeat th is step until al l of the items ar e set.
17 Shooti ng st ill images Inserting and removing a “Memor y Stick” , Open the ba ttery/“Me mory Stick ” co ver. Slide t he cove r i n the d ire ct ion of th e arr ow 1 whil e pr es sing OPEN. Th e bat tery/ “Mem ory St ic k” cov er opens in the direc ti on of t he a rrow 2 .
18 Setti ng the still ima ge size , Set the mode switch t o , and turn on the pow er, then pr es s MENU. The menu app ear s on the LCD scr een. • Open the lens cover when closed. , Select [ ] with v on the control button, then pr ess EXEC. Select [SIZE·BURST] with v / V on the control bu tton, then press EXE C.
19 Shooti ng st ill images Image size You ca n ch oose the ima ge size (num ber of pixels ) accordi ng to the kind of image s you want to sho ot. The l arg er you m ake th e image s ize, t he bette r your image, bu t als o the larger th e amount of data nee de d to preserve you r image.
20 Basic still image shootin g — Using auto adjustmen t mode , Set the mode switch t o , and slid e the le ns cover t o tu r n on the power. The name of t he folder where the image will be reco rded ap pears o n t he LCD sc r een for approxima tely five seconds.
21 Shooti ng st ill images , Press t he sh utter but to n fu lly down . A beep sound s. W he n “R ECORD ING ” disap pears fr om th e LCD s cr een, r eco rdi ng is complete. The image will be reco rd e d in the “M emory Stick,” an d you can sho ot the next image.
22 LCD screen display during shooting You can use [DISPLAY] und er [ ] wi th MENU and v / V on the contro l bu tt on t o turn the display on and off. Th is is useful when record ing under conditi ons wher e it is diff icult to check th e image o n the LC D screen.
23 Shooti ng st ill images , Select [ON] with v on the control button, then pr es s EXEC. When yo u press MENU , th e m enu disa ppears and the ( self-t imer) in dicato r appear s on t he LCD s creen. , Center the subjec t in the LCD screen and press th e shu tter button fully down.
24 • Y ou cannot use the flash in the Burst mode. • If the menu is currently dis played, press MENU first so that the menu disap pe ars. • The recommended s hooting distance using t he flash is approximately 0.5 m to 1.8 m (1 foot 7 3/4 inches to 5 f eet 10 3/4 inches).
25 Shooti ng st ill images Creating a new folder , Set the mode switch to , then press MENU. The men u appear s on t he LCD sc reen. • Y ou can also carry out this operation when the mode switch is set to . , Select [ ] with V on the control bu tton, then pr es s EXEC.
26 Selecting the recording folder , Set the mode switch to , then p ress MENU. The menu app ear s on the LCD scr een. • Y ou can also carry out this operation when the mode swit ch is set to . , Select [ ] with V on th e control button, then pr ess EXEC.
27 Shooti ng st ill images , Select [OK] with v on the control button, then pr es s EXEC. When yo u press MENU, th e m enu disap p ear s an d the selec ted folder is disp laye d. To cancel chan ging the recording fold er Select [ CANCEL] in step 4 . 4 OK CANCEL CHANGE REC.
28 Shooti ng accord ing to scene conditi ons — Scen e Select ion When sh ootin g portr aits, lands capes, twilight scenes, t wilight p ortraits, or moving s ubjects, use the mode s below to improv e the qual it y of yo ur image s .
29 Shooti ng st ill images Active outdoor mo de This mode lets you st op the mov ement of your subj ect a nd ge t live ly sh ots o f tho se movin g obj ects in bri ght out door con ditio ns. • When setting the focus to [A UTO], the focus is adjusted to approximately 1 m to (infinite).
30 Setti ng t he distance to the subjec t — Focus preset When shoo ting an image using a pre viously set distance to the subject, or whe n shooting a subject th rou gh a net or wind ow gl ass, it is di fficul t to ac hieve a prope r focus using the aut o foc us func tio n.
31 Shooti ng st ill images , Sele ct t he desi red focus setting with v / V on th e contr ol button , then press EXEC. You ca n select from th e followin g distance sett ings : AUTO (No in dicator), 0. 2 m, 0 .5 m , 1.0 m, and (infin it y) When yo u press MENU, th e m enu disappea rs and the indica tor is displayed on the LCD screen.
32 , Select [B URST] with V on th e control bu tton, then pr es s EXEC. Press MENU so that the menu dis appears from t he LCD sc reen. , Press th e shu tter button half way d own, the n hol d th e shutter button f ully down. Up to five images are re co rded as lon g as you hold dow n the shutter but to n.
33 Shooti ng st ill images , Set the mode switch to , and press M E N U. The men u appear s on t he LCD sc reen. • Y ou can also carry out this operation when the mode switch is set to . , Select [ ] with v on the control bu tton, then pr es s EXEC.
34 Viewing still images on the LCD screen You can view imag es shot w ith you r camera almos t immedi ately on the LC D screen . You ca n sel ec t t he foll ow i ng t w o me t hod s for vi ewing i mages. Single (single-image) screen You ca n vi ew one im a ge at a time , disp laye d ov er the enti re scre en.
35 View in g stil l images Viewing an index screen (four-image) , Set the mode switch to , and press M E N U. The men u appear s on t he LCD sc reen. , Select [ ] with v on the control bu tton, then pr es s EXEC. Sele c t [ IN DE X] w it h v / V on the control bu tton, then pr es s EXEC.
36 Select i ng the folder an d pl aying back imag es — Folder , Set the mode switch to , then p ress MENU. The menu app ear s on the LCD scr een. , Select [ ] with V on th e control button, then pr ess EXEC. Select [CHANGE FOLD ER] with V on t he contro l button, then p ress EX EC.
37 View in g stil l images , Select [OK] wit h v on the control button, then pr es s EXEC. When yo u press MENU, th e m enu disap p ear s an d the selec ted folder is disp laye d.
38 Enlar ging an imag e — Enlarg ed playb ack You ca n zo om in on an ima ge shot with your ca mera to en large it to 2.5 or 5 times the orig inal size . , Set the mode switch to , and select th e ima ge you want to enlarg e with v / V on the control but ton.
39 View in g stil l images Choosing i mage s to print — Print (DPOF) mar k You can mar k still im ages shot wi th your camera that y ou want to have printe d. Thi s functi on is c onvenie nt when you have images print ed at a shop or using a prin ter that co nforms with t he DPOF (Digi tal Prin t Order Fo rmat) sta ndard.
40 , Select [DPOF] with V on the control bu tton, then pr es s EXEC. , Select [ON] with v on the control button, then pr ess EXEC. When y ou press MENU, t he menu disappea r s an d the mark is mar ke d on the di s playe d image . To unmark t he pr int (DP OF) mark Select [OFF] in step 4 .
41 Enjoyin g movies Shooti ng movi es , Set the mode switch to , and open the lens cover to turn on the power. • Sound cannot be recorded in movies. , Press t he sh utter button full y down . “REC” a ppears o n the LCD screen an d the camera starts r ecording the imag e.
42 Shoo ting t ime The shootin g ti m e is di ffe re nt, de pen ding on the ca pacity of the “M e mory St ic k. ” Refer to the fol lo w in g chart when you choose a “Me mo ry Stic k. ” • The maximu m shoot ing time is 15 secon ds per recording.
43 Enjoyin g movies , Press EX EC. The mo vie is pl ayed b ac k. To stop playb ack Press EXEC. Indicators while v iewing movies Indica to rs on the LCD scre en are not record ed. Y ou c an use [DISPLAY] un der [ ] with MENU and v / V on the contro l button to tu rn th e di spl ay on and off (pa ge 22) .
44 Deleting i mages , Set the mode switch t o , and turn on the pow er. Press v / V on the control bu tton to se lec t the im age y ou want to delete. , Press M EN U an d select [ ] with v on the control button, then p ress EX EC. To delete an imag e in index-image screen Perform step 2 on pag e 35 and sw i tc h to index scr ee n.
45 Delet in g images , Select [OK] with v on the control button, then pr es s EXEC. When th e mess age “MEMORY S TICK ACCESS” disapp ears, th e image h as been delete d.
46 , Select [ ] with V on t he control bu tton, then pr es s EXEC. Select [FORMAT] with v / V on the control bu tton, then pr ess EXEC. , Select [OK] with v on the control button, then pr ess EXEC. When t he messag e “FORMATT ING” disappea rs, the f ormat is co mplete.
47 Enjoying images on you r computer Copying ima ges t o your computer — Fo r Windows users Recommended compu ter environment OS: Microsoft Windows 98, Win dows 98SE, Window s 2000 Professi ona l, Windo ws Mil lennium Editio n, Windo ws XP Home Ed itio n, o r Wi ndo ws X P Professional The above OS must be inst al led at the facto ry.
48 Installing the USB driver When using W in dows XP, you need not inst all th e U S B d r iver. Once the USB dr iver is instal led, y ou need not inst all the US B driver a gain. a Star t up your com pu te r , and inse rt th e supp l i e d CD-R OM into the CD-R OM drive.
49 Enjoying images on you r computer Installing “Image Transfer” You c an use the “Im age T ransfer ” so ftware to copy i mages to yo ur comput er autom atica lly when you connect th e came ra to your c omputer wit h the suppli ed USB cable. a Click [Cyber-sh ot] on the model se le ct io n scr ee n.
50 g Cli ck [Fin is h ] . The “In stall Shiel d Wizard” sc re en close s. If you wish to c ont in ue with the instal lation of “Ima geMixer, ” clic k [ImageMi xer] on t he i nstal li ng m en u screen and then follow the i nstructions that appear on the screen .
51 Enjoying images on you r computer Connecting the camera t o your computer a Inser t th e “Memo ry S tick” with the imag es you wa nt to copy into the camera.
52 P Disconnecting the USB cable from your computer or removing the “Memory Stick” from your camera during USB connection For Windows 2000, Me, or XP users 1 Double-cl ick on the tasktr ay. 2 Click (Sony D SC), then c lick [Stop]. 3 Confir m th e de vi ce on the confi rm ation scre en, then click [ OK].
53 Enjoying images on you r computer Changing “Image Transfer” settings Y ou c an ch ange “Im age T ransf er” se ttings . Righ t- click th e “ Image Tr ansf er” ic on on the task tray , and se lect [Ope n Setti ngs]. The sett ings you can set ar e as follows: [Basic ], [Cop y], and [Del ete] .
54 — Windows XP Copying imag es us ing the Windows XP AutoPla y Wiz ard a Make a US B connect ion (page 51). Click [Copy pictures to a f older on my computer using Microsoft Scanne r a nd Camera Wizar d], then c lic k [OK]. The “Sca nn er and Ca mer a W izard” screen ap p ears.
55 Enjoying images on you r computer Image file storage destinations and file names Image fil es re co rded with you r ca m era are group ed as fol d er s in the “M emor y Stick ”.
56 Copying ima ges to your comput er — For Macint osh user s Recomme nded compu ter environm ent OS: Mac O S 8.5.1, 8.6, 9.0 , 9.1, 9.2, or Mac OS X (v1 0.0/v10.1/v1 0.2) The abov e OS mus t be installe d at the factory. For the following models, update your OS to M ac O S 9.
57 Enjoying images on you r computer a Installing the USB driver 1 Turn o n your c omputer, and se t the sup pli ed CD -R OM in to the C D-RO M drive. The mo del select ion scre en appea rs. 2 Click [ C yber - s h ot] o n th e mode l sele ctio n scre en.
58 Creating a Vi de o CD using “ImageMi xer” You ca n crea te a Video CD usin g “ImageM ixer Ver.1.5 for Sony .” You can play ba ck c rea t ed Video CDs on a Video CD-compatible DVD player, or on a compu ter usin g V id eo C D app li cati on software.
59 Trouble shooting Troubl eshootin g If yo u experi ence tr ouble wi th your camera, try the following solutions. 1 First check t he items o n the tab les belo w. If code “C: ss : ss ” is displa yed on the LCD screen, the self- diag nosis dis play f unction is working (page 68).
60 Shooting still images/movies The po wer tur ns off sudden ly . • If you do not opera te the camera for about thre e minu tes whe n usin g batte ries, th e c amera tur ns off automa tically to pr event wearing do wn th e batterie s (page 14). • Th e batteries are discharged.
61 Trouble shooting Viewing images Y o u r camer a can no t re co rd ima ges. • No “Memory Stick” i s inserte d. • T he ca paci ty of the “Memory St ic k” is insu fficien t. • T he write-p rotect s witch on the “Me mory St ick” is set to the LO C K position .
62 Deleting images Computers Y our camera cannot perf orm enl arged pla ybac k. • En la rged playback is not av a ila bl e for files created or proces sed usin g other d evices. — Y ou canno t disp lay a pr int (DPOF) ma rk. • Yo u cannot displa y print (DPOF) marks on movies.
63 Trouble shooting Y our compu ter doe s not recogniz e your c amera. • Yo u are not usi ng the supp lied USB cab le . • T he USB cable is not connec te d fir ml y.
64 “Memory Stick” The ima ge is int errup te d by noise whe n you view a movie on a comp uter . • You are playing back the mo vie d ire ct ly from the “Me mory St ick.” p Copy the mov ie to the hard disk of your computer and then play back the movie from the hard di sk (pages 52, 53 and 57) .
65 Trouble shooting Others Symptom Cause Solu tion Y our came ra does not w ork. • The battery le ve l is low. (The E indic a tor appears.) • The USB cabl e is connect ed. p Charge the bat te rie s (page 10). p Disconnect the USB cable (pages 52 a nd 57) .
66 Warnings and messag es The followi ng messages ap pea r on t he LCD screen. Message Meani n g/Corrective Action NO MEM OR Y STICK • Ins ert a “M emory S tick” (p age 17). SYSTEM ERROR • T urn the p ower off and on again (page 14 ). MEMORY STICK ERROR • T he inse rted “Mem ory Stick” canno t be used in y our camera (page 74).
67 Trouble shooting ENLARGED PLA YBA CK ERROR • You are attempt ing to perf or m e nla r ge d pla yba ck for a file creat ed using othe r devic e s. • Enlarged playbac k is not ava il ab le for im age s proc e sse d usi ng a computer . • An error occurr ed while your cam era was p erforming e nlarged pla yback.
68 Self-diagnosis display — If a code start ing with an al phabet let ter appe ars Your cam er a has a self-diagnosi s displa y. This func tion displa ys the camera c o ndit i on on the LCD scre en wi th a comb in a tion of a letter and four numerica l digits.
69 Addition al information Menu ite ms Menu it em s that c an b e modi fied differ depend in g on th e position of the mo de switch. The LC D scre en shows only th e item s you can ope rate at the m oment.
70 When the mo de switch is se t to or (when [ ] is sele cted in the m enu settings) When the mo de switch i s set to (when [ ] is selecte d in the men u settings) When the mo de switch i s set to (when [ ] is sele cted in the m enu settings) Item Se tting Descriptio n FORMAT OK / CANCEL Formats the “Mem or y Stic k.
71 Addition al information The following men us are available no matter what position th e mode switch is in. When [ ] is sel ected in the men u settings When [ ] is selected in the menu se ttings Item Set ting Descripti on LCD LIGHT x ON / OFF Select s the br ight ne ss of the LCD sc r een.
72 Precaut ions Do not leave the camera in the following p l aces • In ex tr em ely hot plac e, such as in a car parke d i n the sun. Th e camera bod y may become def or me d or this may cause a malfunct ion. • Under direct sunligh t or near a hea ter.
73 Addition al information How to prevent moisture condensation When br ingin g the ca mera from a c old place t o a war m place, s eal t he camera in a plas ti c bag an d al low it to ad apt to condit ions at th e new location over a p eriod of time (ab out an hour).
74 On “Mem ory Stic k” “Memor y Stick” is a new compact , portable and versati le IC re cor ding med ium w i th a data c apacity t hat ex ce eds th e c apacit y of a floppy di sk.
75 Addition al information Notes on using “Memo ry Stick Duo” (no t supplied) • When using a “Memor y Stick Duo” wi th your camera, be sure to insert the “Memor y Stic k Duo” into a Memory St ick Duo adaptor.
76 On the batte ry charger • Do no t ch ar ge any ot her bat te ries ex ce pt Sony Nic kel-Met al Hydr ide bat teries in the battery c ha rge r supplied with yo ur camera .
77 Addition al information Specifi cation s x Camera [System] Image device 6.72 mm ( 1/2.7 typ e) color CC D Primary color filter T otal pix els number of camera Approx. 2 112 000 pi xels Effect i ve pixel s nu mber of ca mera Approx. 2 020 000 pi xels Lens Single foc al lens f = 5.
78 LCD screen displays When shooting st ill images A Image size indicator ( 18, 31) B Battery remain ing indicator (13) C Flash mode indicat or (23) / Red-e y e re duc t ion indicat or (23) D Focus pr.
79 Addition al information When playing back still im ages A Image size indicator (18, 31) B Print (DPOF) mark indi cator (39) C Enlar ged pla ybac k/enlar gement level indicator (38) D Folder -file n.
80 Index A Access lam p ...... ......... ...... ....... ......... ....... ....... .. 17 AE/AF l ock indic ator .... ......... ....... ....... ....... .... 20 Auto Fo cu s ... ....... .. ....... ....... .. ....... ....... .. ....... .... 21 Auto po wer-of f funct ion .
81 Inde x N Nickel- Metal Hydrid e batteries ........ ......... .10, 75 P Pictur e Effect ...... ....... ....... ......... ....... ....... ...... ...32 PO WER ... ......... ....... ....... ...... .......... ...... ....... .....14 Po wer batte ries ...
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