Sony Mavica Digital Camera Notes

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Contents:

The camera

Front
Back
Additional controls

Taking photographs

Menus
Formatting disks
Deleting pictures
Exposure settings
Setting image size
LCD Display
Charging the camera

The camera

Front

1	Shutter release Press 1/2 way and wait for the green dot to stop flashing then press all the way to take a photo.
2	Zoom Toggle left & right to zoom in and out.
3	DC in Plug in AC Adapter to charge the battery or run the camera from the mains.
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Back

1	Function Switch Switch between PLAY, STILL & MOVIE modes. Switch to STILL to take still photographs. Switch to PLAY to preview photographs & movies. MOVIE mode lets you record 15 seconds of MPEG audio & video on a floppy disk.
2	Power Place your finger on power switch –make sure you depress the small green lock– and slide it the right.
3	Disk eject Slide the spring-loaded lock gently to the rear and then depress the eject button firmly. Contents

Additional controls

1	Backlight Switch on LCD BACKLIGHT. In strong sunlight the backlight can be turned off to increase battery life.
2	Flash For general photography set the flash to automatic (no display), or to off . Flash setting on-screen display Automatic no display Redeye reduction On Off
3	Focus For general photography set the focus to automatic (no display). Press the FOCUS button repeatedly until both the and indicators disappear. Pressing the FOCUS button will take you through 6 focus settings: Automatic (no display) , macro ,  0.5 m, 1.0 m, 3.0 m, 7.0 m, and (infinity).

Taking photographs

Theory: The SONY Digital camera records between 6 and 40 photographs on a 3.5" floppy disk, depending on the size – in pixels – of the photographs taken. It can also record up to 15 seconds of video on a disk, when set to MOVIE mode. The camera can take images in sizes from 640 x 480 pixels to 1280 x 960 pixels in general an image size of 640 x 480 is adequate for web pages and PowerPoint presentations. Larger image sizes will provide better image quality for printing or allow for cropping. Before using the camera select check the image size and change if necessary see the LCD panel.

 

1	Insert a disk Insert a disk into the camera. Disks can only be inserted one way and should slot fully into the camera.
2	Power Place your finger on power switch –make sure you depress the small green lock– and slide it the right.
3	Function Switch Switch to STILL –or MOVIE–
4	Program modes Turn off any previously set AE program modes, check the setting of the flash, and check that the focus has not been set to manual.
5	Display Switch on the display and check battery life and image size.

6	Hold the camera at a comfortable distance and depress the shutter release button 1/2 way and watch for the green -AE- dot to stop flashing. This signals that the camera has adjusted the automatic exposure & focus. Press the shutter release fully you should see the word RECORDING appear on the LCD Screen
7	To preview the photograph slide the function switch to PLAY return it to STILL to continue taking photographs.
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Menus

1	To display menus Rock the control button upwards.
2	To hide menus Rock the control button downwards.
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The selected item in any menu is highlighted yellow. Depressing the control button exactly in the middle selects a
menu item. Make sure that you do not rock the control button when you attempt to select a menu item.

Formatting disks

Theory: Formatting disks will erase all pictures and other files from a disk.

Select FILE | DISK TOOL | FORMAT | OK

Deleting pictures

Display the menu by rocking the control button upwards

Set the Function Switch to PLAY

select DELETE | OK from the menu

Exposure settings

Theory: In general the default exposure setting of 0 EV will be appropriate. If the last person to use the camera has set a positive EV number then your pictures may be overexposed, negative values will cause picture to be underexposed.

 

1	Function Switch Switch to STILL –or MOVIE–
2	Control Button Rock the control button upwards to display the menu. Select  CAMERA | EXPOSURE
3	Select desired exposure setting Note the default setting of  0 will not display on the LCD screen
Negative Exposure settings Default Positive Exposure Settings -2.0 EV 0 EV + 2.0 EV -1.7 EV   +1.7 EV -1.3 EV   +1.3 EV -1.0 EV   +1.0 EV - 0.7 EV   + 0.7 EV -0.3 EV   + 0.3 EV
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Setting image size

1	Function Switch Switch to STILL –or MOVIE–
2	Control Button Rock the control button upwards to display the menu Select FILE | IMAGE SIZE
3	Select desired image size Available image sizes:
Size in Pixels Use Number of Pictures on a disk 640 x 480 Web Pages 30 - 40 1024 x 768 PowerPoint 10 - 15 1280 (3:2) Printing 5 - 6 1280 x 960 Printing 5 - 6 Video size in Pixels Number of seconds of video on a disk 320 x 240 15 seconds 160 x 112 60 seconds
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LCD Display

Charging the camera

Last modified: August 9, 2005

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APA Citation:
Russell, R. (2005, August 9). Sony Mavica digital camera notes. Retrieved August 9, 2005, from
    http://www.rupert.id.au/tutorials/sony/index.html