Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX20V User manual

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Before Use
Shooting
Viewing
Using MENU items (Shooting)
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Changing settings
Viewing images on a TV
Using with your computer
Printing
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DSC-HX20/HX20V/HX30/HX30V
User Guide
Use this manual if you encounter any problems, or have any questions about the camera.
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Copyright 2012 Sony Corporation
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Cyber-shot User Guide Print
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Before Use
Shooting
Viewing
Using MENU items (Shooting)
Using MENU items (Viewing)
Changing settings
Viewing images on a TV
Using with your computer
Printing
Troubleshooting
Precautions/About this camera
Contents list
Top page > Before Use
Before Use
●How to use this User Guide
●How to use this User Guide
●Names of parts and list of icons displayed on the screen
●Names of parts
●List of icons displayed on the screen
●Using the wrist strap
●Using the wrist strap
●Using the control wheel
●Using the control wheel
●Using the internal memory
●Using the internal memory
●Using the In-Camera guide
●In-Camera Guide
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Before Use
Shooting
Viewing
Using MENU items (Shooting)
Using MENU items (Viewing)
Changing settings
Viewing images on a TV
Using with your computer
Printing
Troubleshooting
Precautions/About this camera
Contents list
Top page > Shooting
Shooting
●Shooting still images
●Shooting still images
●Zoom (Still images)
●Shooting movies
●Shooting movies
●Zoom (Movies)
●Shooting still images while recording a movie (Dual Rec)
●Setting REC mode
●List of mode dial functions
●Intelligent Auto
●Superior Auto
●Program Auto
●Manual Exposure Shooting
●Memory recall mode
●Intelligent Sweep Panorama
●3D Still Image
●3D Sweep Panorama
●Sweep Multi Angle
●Scene Selection
●Background Defocus
●Functions not available in some REC modes
●Using shooting functions
●Tracking focus
●DISP (Display Setting)
●Flash
●Photo Creativity
●Cont. Shooting/Self-Timer
●Using the CUSTOM (Custom) button
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Cyber-shot User Guide Print
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Before Use
Shooting
Viewing
Using MENU items (Shooting)
Using MENU items (Viewing)
Changing settings
Viewing images on a TV
Using with your computer
Printing
Troubleshooting
Precautions/About this camera
Contents list
Top page > Viewing
Viewing
●Viewing still images
●Viewing still images
●Playback zoom
●Image Index
●Deleting images
●Delete button
●Viewing burst images
●Viewing burst images
●Viewing movies
●Viewing movies
●Viewing panorama images
●Scrolling the panorama images for display
●Viewing 3D images
●Viewing images shot in Sweep Multi Angle mode stereoscopically
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Before Use
Shooting
Viewing
Using MENU items (Shooting)
Using MENU items (Viewing)
Changing settings
Viewing images on a TV
Using with your computer
Printing
Troubleshooting
Precautions/About this camera
Contents list
Top page > Using MENU items (Shooting)
Using MENU items (Shooting)
●Using MENU items (Shooting)
●Using MENU items (Shooting)
●MENU items (Shooting)
●Movie shooting scene
●3D Shooting
●Scene Selection
●Memory recall mode
●Picture Effect
●Easy Mode
●Defocus Effect
●Still Image Size(Dual Rec)
●Still Image Size/Panorama Image Size
●Movie Quality/Movie Size
●HDR Painting effect
●Area of emphasis
●Color hue
●Extracted Color
●Watercolor Effect
●Illustration Effect
●EV
●ISO
●White Balance
●White Balance Shift
●Focus
●Metering Mode
●Cont. Shooting Interval
●Bracket Setting
●Scene Recognition
●Soft Skin Effect
●Smile Shutter
●Smile Detection Sensitivity
●Face Detection
●Color Mode
●Color Saturation
●Contrast
●Sharpness
●Anti Blink
●Movie SteadyShot
●Position Information (DSC-HX20V/HX30V only)
●GPS Log REC (DSC-HX20V/HX30V only)
●Register Setting
●Send to Computer (DSC-HX30/HX30V only)
●In-Camera Guide
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●Shooting MENU list
●MENU items not available in some REC modes
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Before Use
Shooting
Viewing
Using MENU items (Shooting)
Using MENU items (Viewing)
Changing settings
Viewing images on a TV
Using with your computer
Printing
Troubleshooting
Precautions/About this camera
Contents list
Top page > Using MENU items (Viewing)
Using MENU items (Viewing)
●Using MENU items (Viewing)
●Using MENU items (Viewing)
●MENU items (Viewing)
●Slideshow
●View on Smartphone (DSC-HX30/HX30V only)
●View on TV (DSC-HX30/HX30V only)
●Send to Computer (DSC-HX30/HX30V only)
●Send by TransferJet
●Delete
●Retouch
●Picture Effect
●3D Viewing
●View Mode
●Display Cont. Shooting Group
●Protect
●Print (DPOF)
●Rotate
●In-Camera Guide
●Playback MENU list
●MENU items that cannot be set according to View Mode
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Before Use
Shooting
Viewing
Using MENU items (Shooting)
Using MENU items (Viewing)
Changing settings
Viewing images on a TV
Using with your computer
Printing
Troubleshooting
Precautions/About this camera
Contents list
Top page > Changing settings
Changing settings
●Changing settings
●Changing camera settings
●Shooting Settings
●Movie format
●AF Illuminator
●Grid Line
●Clear Image Zoom
●Digital Zoom
●Wind Noise Reduct.
●Micref Level
●Red Eye Reduction
●Blink Alert
●Write Date
●Expanded Focus
●Custom Button
●Disp. Resolution
●Main Settings
●Beep
●Panel Brightness
●Language Setting
●Display color
●Demo Mode
●Initialize
●Function Guide
●HDMI Resolution
●CTRL FOR HDMI
●Eco Mode
●USB Connect Setting
●USB Power Supply
●LUN Setting
●Download Music
●Empty Music
●Airplane Mode (DSC-HX20V/HX30/HX30V only)
●GPS setting (DSC-HX20V/HX30V only)
●GPS assist data (DSC-HX20V/HX30V only)
●Dlt. GPS Log Data (DSC-HX20V/HX30V only)
●TransferJet
●Eye-Fi
●Version
●Network Settings
●WPS Push (DSC-HX30/HX30V only)
●Access point settings (DSC-HX30/HX30V only)
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●Edit Device Name (DSC-HX30/HX30V only)
●View on Smartphone (DSC-HX30/HX30V only)
●Disp MAC Address (DSC-HX30/HX30V only)
●Memory Card Tool/Internal Memory Tool
●Format
●Create REC.Folder
●Change REC.Folder
●Delete REC.Folder
●Copy
●File Number
●Clock Settings
●Area Setting
●Date & Time Setting
●Auto Clock ADJ (DSC-HX20V/HX30V only)
●Auto Area ADJ (DSC-HX20V/HX30V only)
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Before Use
Shooting
Viewing
Using MENU items (Shooting)
Using MENU items (Viewing)
Changing settings
Viewing images on a TV
Using with your computer
Printing
Troubleshooting
Precautions/About this camera
Contents list
Top page > Viewing images on a TV
Viewing images on a TV
●Viewing an image on a High Definition (HD) TV
●Viewing an image on an HD TV using the HDMI Cable (sold separately)
●Viewing an image on a “BRAVIA”Sync-compatible TV
●Viewing an image on a “BRAVIA”Sync-compatible TV
●Viewing 3D images on a 3D TV
●Viewing 3D images on a 3D TV
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Cyber-shot User Guide Print
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Before Use
Shooting
Viewing
Using MENU items (Shooting)
Using MENU items (Viewing)
Changing settings
Viewing images on a TV
Using with your computer
Printing
Troubleshooting
Precautions/About this camera
Contents list
Top page > Using with your computer
Using with your computer
●Recommended computer environment
●Recommended computer environment
●Using the software
●“PlayMemories Home”(Windows)
●Installing “PlayMemories Home”(Windows)
●“Music Transfer”
●Software for Mac
●Importing images to a computer
●Connecting the camera to the computer
●Importing images to a computer
●Deleting the USB connection
●Creating a disc of movies
●Selecting the method for creating a disc of movies
●Copying high-definition image quality (HD) movies on to DVD discs (AVCHD discs)
●Creating standard definition image quality (STD) DVD discs
●Creating Blu-ray discs
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Cyber-shot User Guide Print
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Before Use
Shooting
Viewing
Using MENU items (Shooting)
Using MENU items (Viewing)
Changing settings
Viewing images on a TV
Using with your computer
Printing
Troubleshooting
Precautions/About this camera
Contents list
Top page > Printing
Printing
●Printing still images
●Printing still images
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Cyber-shot User Guide Print
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Before Use
Shooting
Viewing
Using MENU items (Shooting)
Using MENU items (Viewing)
Changing settings
Viewing images on a TV
Using with your computer
Printing
Troubleshooting
Precautions/About this camera
Contents list
Top page > Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
●If you have problems
●If you have problems
●Troubleshooting
●Battery pack and power
●Shooting still images/movies
●Viewing images
●GPS (DSC-HX20V/HX30V only)
●Computers
●Memory card
●Internal memory
●Printing
●Others
●Warning indicators and messages
●Self-diagnosis display
●Messages
●Situations this camera has difficulty handling
●Situations this camera has difficulty handling
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Cyber-shot User Guide Print
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Before Use
Shooting
Viewing
Using MENU items (Shooting)
Using MENU items (Viewing)
Changing settings
Viewing images on a TV
Using with your computer
Printing
Troubleshooting
Precautions/About this camera
Contents list
Top page > Precautions/About this camera
Precautions/About this camera
●Precautions
●Precautions
●On the internal rechargeable backup battery
●Battery pack
●Charging the battery pack
●Memory card
●On cleaning
●On cleaning
●Number of still images and recordable time of movies
●Number of still images
●Recordable time of movies
●Using the camera abroad
●Using the camera abroad
●On TV color systems
●About this camera
●AVCHD format
●GPS (DSC-HX20V/HX30V only)
●TransferJet standard
●License
●Trademarks
●Trademarks
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Cyber-shot User Guide Print
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Before Use
Shooting
Viewing
Using MENU items (Shooting)
Using MENU items (Viewing)
Changing settings
Viewing images on a TV
Using with your computer
Printing
Troubleshooting
Precautions/About this camera
Contents list
Top page > Contents list
Contents list
Before Use
●How to use this User Guide
●How to use this User Guide
●Names of parts and list of icons displayed on the screen
●Names of parts
●List of icons displayed on the screen
●Using the wrist strap
●Using the wrist strap
●Using the control wheel
●Using the control wheel
●Using the internal memory
●Using the internal memory
●Using the In-Camera guide
●In-Camera Guide
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Shooting
●Shooting still images
●Shooting still images
●Zoom (Still images)
●Shooting movies
●Shooting movies
●Zoom (Movies)
●Shooting still images while recording a movie (Dual Rec)
●Setting REC mode
●List of mode dial functions
●Intelligent Auto
●Superior Auto
●Program Auto
●Manual Exposure Shooting
●Memory recall mode
●Intelligent Sweep Panorama
●3D Still Image
●3D Sweep Panorama
●Sweep Multi Angle
●Scene Selection
●Background Defocus
●Functions not available in some REC modes
●Using shooting functions
●Tracking focus
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●DISP (Display Setting)
●Flash
●Photo Creativity
●Cont. Shooting/Self-Timer
●Using the CUSTOM (Custom) button
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Viewing
●Viewing still images
●Viewing still images
●Playback zoom
●Image Index
●Deleting images
●Delete button
●Viewing burst images
●Viewing burst images
●Viewing movies
●Viewing movies
●Viewing panorama images
●Scrolling the panorama images for display
●Viewing 3D images
●Viewing images shot in Sweep Multi Angle mode stereoscopically
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Using MENU items (Shooting)
●Using MENU items (Shooting)
●Using MENU items (Shooting)
●MENU items (Shooting)
●Movie shooting scene
●3D Shooting
●Scene Selection
●Memory recall mode
●Picture Effect
●Easy Mode
●Defocus Effect
●Still Image Size(Dual Rec)
●Still Image Size/Panorama Image Size
●Movie Quality/Movie Size
●HDR Painting effect
●Area of emphasis
●Color hue
●Extracted Color
●Watercolor Effect
●Illustration Effect
●EV
●ISO
●White Balance
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●White Balance Shift
●Focus
●Metering Mode
●Cont. Shooting Interval
●Bracket Setting
●Scene Recognition
●Soft Skin Effect
●Smile Shutter
●Smile Detection Sensitivity
●Face Detection
●Color Mode
●Color Saturation
●Contrast
●Sharpness
●Anti Blink
●Movie SteadyShot
●Position Information (DSC-HX20V/HX30V only)
●GPS Log REC (DSC-HX20V/HX30V only)
●Register Setting
●Send to Computer (DSC-HX30/HX30V only)
●In-Camera Guide
●Shooting MENU list
●MENU items not available in some REC modes
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Using MENU items (Viewing)
●Using MENU items (Viewing)
●Using MENU items (Viewing)
●MENU items (Viewing)
●Slideshow
●View on Smartphone (DSC-HX30/HX30V only)
●View on TV (DSC-HX30/HX30V only)
●Send to Computer (DSC-HX30/HX30V only)
●Send by TransferJet
●Delete
●Retouch
●Picture Effect
●3D Viewing
●View Mode
●Display Cont. Shooting Group
●Protect
●Print (DPOF)
●Rotate
●In-Camera Guide
●Playback MENU list
●MENU items that cannot be set according to View Mode
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Changing settings
●Changing settings
●Changing camera settings
●Shooting Settings
●Movie format
●AF Illuminator
●Grid Line
●Clear Image Zoom
●Digital Zoom
●Wind Noise Reduct.
●Micref Level
●Red Eye Reduction
●Blink Alert
●Write Date
●Expanded Focus
●Custom Button
●Disp. Resolution
●Main Settings
●Beep
●Panel Brightness
●Language Setting
●Display color
●Demo Mode
●Initialize
●Function Guide
●HDMI Resolution
●CTRL FOR HDMI
●Eco Mode
●USB Connect Setting
●USB Power Supply
●LUN Setting
●Download Music
●Empty Music
●Airplane Mode (DSC-HX20V/HX30/HX30V only)
●GPS setting (DSC-HX20V/HX30V only)
●GPS assist data (DSC-HX20V/HX30V only)
●Dlt. GPS Log Data (DSC-HX20V/HX30V only)
●TransferJet
●Eye-Fi
●Version
●Network Settings
●WPS Push (DSC-HX30/HX30V only)
●Access point settings (DSC-HX30/HX30V only)
●Edit Device Name (DSC-HX30/HX30V only)
●View on Smartphone (DSC-HX30/HX30V only)
●Disp MAC Address (DSC-HX30/HX30V only)
●Memory Card Tool/Internal Memory Tool
●Format
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●Create REC.Folder
●Change REC.Folder
●Delete REC.Folder
●Copy
●File Number
●Clock Settings
●Area Setting
●Date & Time Setting
●Auto Clock ADJ (DSC-HX20V/HX30V only)
●Auto Area ADJ (DSC-HX20V/HX30V only)
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Viewing images on a TV
●Viewing an image on a High Definition (HD) TV
●Viewing an image on an HD TV using the HDMI Cable (sold separately)
●Viewing an image on a “BRAVIA”Sync-compatible TV
●Viewing an image on a “BRAVIA”Sync-compatible TV
●Viewing 3D images on a 3D TV
●Viewing 3D images on a 3D TV
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Using with your computer
●Recommended computer environment
●Recommended computer environment
●Using the software
●“PlayMemories Home”(Windows)
●Installing “PlayMemories Home”(Windows)
●“Music Transfer”
●Software for Mac
●Importing images to a computer
●Connecting the camera to the computer
●Importing images to a computer
●Deleting the USB connection
●Creating a disc of movies
●Selecting the method for creating a disc of movies
●Copying high-definition image quality (HD) movies on to DVD discs (AVCHD discs)
●Creating standard definition image quality (STD) DVD discs
●Creating Blu-ray discs
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Printing
●Printing still images
●Printing still images
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Troubleshooting
●If you have problems
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●If you have problems
●Troubleshooting
●Battery pack and power
●Shooting still images/movies
●Viewing images
●GPS (DSC-HX20V/HX30V only)
●Computers
●Memory card
●Internal memory
●Printing
●Others
●Warning indicators and messages
●Self-diagnosis display
●Messages
●Situations this camera has difficulty handling
●Situations this camera has difficulty handling
Back to top
Precautions/About this camera
●Precautions
●Precautions
●On the internal rechargeable backup battery
●Battery pack
●Charging the battery pack
●Memory card
●On cleaning
●On cleaning
●Number of still images and recordable time of movies
●Number of still images
●Recordable time of movies
●Using the camera abroad
●Using the camera abroad
●On TV color systems
●About this camera
●AVCHD format
●GPS (DSC-HX20V/HX30V only)
●TransferJet standard
●License
●Trademarks
●Trademarks
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