Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P9 User manual

Before
advanced
Advanced still
Advanced still
Still image
editing
Enjoying
movies
Troubleshooting
Additional
information
index

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This equipmenthasbeeniest& andfound to ”
comply with thelimits for aClassB digitai
device,pursLu.nt10PC&15of theEC Rr1Ies.
these limits aredesignedto provide
reasonableprotection againstharmful
intexferercein aresidentiaiinst&ition. This
equipmentgenerates,uses,andcanradiate
radiofrequencyenergyand,if not instaRed
mindusedin accordancewith ‘he instmctions.
maycauseharmful interferenceto radio
communications.However,thereis nc
gumntee thakinrerCerencewill notocc~lrin a
parrpicularinstalinion. If this equipmentdoes
causehmnfd interferenceto radio or
televisionreception.which canbe&rein-&led
by turning theequipmentoff andon,theuser
isencoumgedto try to correci theinterference
byoneor moreof tnefoliowing measures:
-Reoiicnt or i-elacdtethereceivingantenrx~.
-4ncreasc theseparation.between? ihe
equipmenrandreceiver.
--Connect theequipmentinto anoutlet ona
circuit different from ihat to w!lich the
rzceiva is connected.
-&wit thede&L- or anexpedenced
~adio/T+Jtechrick foghelp.
‘Tilesuppiiedinteti’acecablerni~s:beuse<;
with theequipn~nt in order20cornpiji wirh
thelimits for adigital devicepursitanrio
Subpart8 af F’.attI5 of FCCRules.

Lithium-ion batteriesare
recyclable.
Youcanhelppreserveour
environmentby returning your
usedrechargeablebatteriesto the
collection andrecycling iocation neares you.
Formore information regardingrecycling of
rdwgcable batteries.call toll fret
l-800-822-8837,or visit
http://www.rbrc.org/
au’cikan:Do not handledamagedor leaking
thium-ion batteries.
TOPREVENTELECTRICSHOCK,DONOT
USETI-IISPOLARIZEDACPLUGWITH AN
EXTENSIONCORD,RECEPTACLEOR
OTHEROUTLETUNLESSTHE BLADES
CAN BEFULLY !NSERTEDTOPREVENT
BLADE EXPOSURE.
A mouldedplug complying with BS 1365is
fitted to tlGsequipmentfor your s,afetyand
convenience.
Shouldthehiusein theplug suppliedneedto be
replaced,a5 ANip fuseapprovedby ASTA or
BSI to BS 1362,(i.e., markedwith @ or v
mark) mustbe used.
If theplug suppliedwith this equipmenthasa
detachablefusecover,besureto attachthe
fusecoverafter you changethefuse.Never
usetheplug without thefusecover.If yott
shouldlosethefusecover,pleasecontactyotx
nearestSonyservicestation.
Directive:%MCDirective S9/336/EECY
92f31fEC
This euuinment complies with the EMC
rcguIat&s wheuusedunderthefollowing
cimmslances:
*Residentialarea
*Business district
0Light-indusiry district
(This equipmentcomplies with tbe EMC
standardregulationsENS5022ClassEa.)
Thk producthasbeentestedandfound
compliantwith the hits sets ozx on the EMC
Directive for using conneciioi~ cables shorter
than 3 meters.
Thedectrornagneticf&ids atthespecific
frequencies may influence the @we mci
SQLxld of 0% digital camera.
If staticelectricity orelectromagnetismcauses
datatransferto discontinuemidway (fail),
restarttheapplicationor disconnectand
connecttheUS%cableagain.

one-timeevents. you may
wantto makeatrial recordingto makesure
thatthecamerais working correctly.
herecordingcannotbe
compensatedfor if recordingor playback is
not possibledueto amalfunction of your
cameraor recordingmedium. etc.
tes on ima tta co ity
is cameraco with mle
for CameraFile systemuniversalStan&d
eslabiishedby theJEITA (JapanElec~onics
andInformation TechnologyIndustries
Association).
@Playbackof imagesrecordedwith your
camera on other equipmentandplayback of
imagesrecordedor editedwith other
equipmenton your cameraarenot
gnamnteed.
T&vision progmarns,f&m, video tapes.and
othermatetils maybecopyrighted.
IJnautbhonize4Irecordingof suchmaterialsmay
becontixy ro fhe provision of thecopyright
k”vs.
ak?OKatki $;arMm
d&i
0 maEmcti0 nability to
recordimages,this mayrenderthe ‘Memory
Stick“ unusableor imagedatabreakdown.
damageor lossmay occur.
d bsns
0The LCD screenandtheLCD finder are
manufacturedusingextremelybigh-
precisiontechnologysoover99.99%of the
pixeis areoperationalfor effective use.
Bowever,theremay besometiny black
points and/orbright points iwhite, red,blue
or greenin color) thatconstantlyappearon
theLCD screenandrheLCD finder.These
points arenor& in themanufacturing
processanddo notaffecttherecording in
anyway.
*Be carefX whenplacingthecameraneara
wind’owor outdoors.Exposingthe LCD
screen.thefinder or thelensto direct
suniigbrfor Iongp&ads may c~~ise
maifunctions.
wo’r: g%@ t&se C8rnetKB wet
entaking picturesoutdoorsin therain or
undersimilar conditions,becareful not to get
thecamerawet.If moisturecondensation
occurs,seepase94 andfollow the
instructionsonhow to removeit beforeusing
thecamera.
The
This erais equippedwith apowerzoom
lens.Be careful not to bumpthelens.andbc
carefulnot to ap& force to it.
The pictures used in this mssnual
Thephotographsusedasexamplesof pictures
in this manualarereproducedimages,andze
not actualimagesshotusingthis camera.
eyes. eIrrecoverabledamageto your

Before using your camera........................ .4
Idcn~ifying the parts.. ................................ 8
Charging the battery pack.. ..................... 10
Using anexternal power source.............. I3
Using ynur camem abroad...................... 13
Turning on/off your camera.................... 14
How to usethe control button.. ............... 14
Setting the date and time.. ....................... 15
Inserting and removing a
“Memory Si~ck” .. ......................... 17
Deciding the still image size and quality 18
Basic stiil image shooting (using auto
adjustment mode) ........... ....... .. ....20
Checking the last image shot
(Quick Review) . ....... .. ....... .........21
t’sing the zoom feature.......................1-2
Shooting close-ups (Macro) 22
Using Ihe seli‘-iimer ,...,....................... 23
Selecting a Dashmode 24
Shooting with the fiiide~ ....... .. ....... .26
Shooting with the date and lima
inserted ............................ ..... ........27
Shooiing according to scent conditions
(Scene selection)..................... ......28
Viewing images 011rhe&CD screenof your
camera............................................ 30
Viewing single images........ .. .......... 30
Viewing Index
(nine or three images display)........ 3I
Viewing images 013aTV screen........ .... 32
Deleting images...................................... 34
Deleting on the Index
(nine images) screen..._..................35
Delcling on the Index
(three images) screen_._..................36
Formatting a ‘Memory Stick” . . 38
Copying still images ro your computer 39
Installing the USB driver .. ....... . ..40
Preparing your camera . . ..... .. ......41
Connecting your camerato your
computer ..._................................... 42
Copying i:mg,es . .. ............................ 43
Viewing the images 0x1your
computer ....... ......___.__....................6
For MLicintosh users 49
How to setupand operate your camera 50
Changing menu settings..................... 50
Changing items in the SET UP
screen,...~.........................................50
Choosing afocus method . . . . 5i
Shooting with the AF lock using Center
AF t..........._______................................52
Selling rhedistance to the subjeci
(Focus preset) .................................53
Adjusting the exposure
(EV adjustment)............... ........... ..53
Spot light-metering ...__........__..................54
Adjusting color tones (While Balance) ...55
Shooting imultiple frames
iC!ip Marion) ...... ...........................56
Shooting in Multi Burst rriodc
(Muiri Burst! ........... .. ...... .. ..‘....... 57
Shooting still images lor e-maii
(E-MAIL) ....__..‘..............................5”
Shooting still images with audio files:
iv0lCE~ ......_........__........................59
Adding special effecis Picture Hfect) ...BO

Enlarging a portion of a stili image___......6!
Enlarging animage
- Rayback zoom . 61
Recording anenlarged image
- Trimming . . . . . . . 62
Playing back successiveimages
(Slide show) ....................................62
Rotating still images.... .....___...................53
Protecting images (Protect) __........____.......64
For the single screen ..__..._..._.......54
For the Index (nine images) screen.....@
For rheIndex (three images) screen....65
Changing image size (Resizej . ..__........__56
Choosing images to print (Print mark)....67
For the single screen...........................67
For the Index (nine images) screen.....07
For the Index (three images) screen....@
Shooting movies . 69
Viewing movies on ihe T,CD screen.......70
Deleting movies . .._.........__..................71
For the single screen . . 51
For the Index inine images) screen.....7 1
For the Index (three images) screen....72
Editing movies.. ..................................... .73
Cutting movies.................................... 73
Deleting unnecessaryportions of
movies ............................................ 74
Copying movies to your computer .........7S
For Windows 98,98SE, 2000, Me
users................................................ 75
For Windows XP users.......................75
For Macintosh users........................... 76
Troubleshooting.. ................................... .77
Warnings and messages.......................... 85
Self-diagnostics display .......................... 86
The number of iinages that canbe saved/
shooting time.. ................................ 87
Menu.items ............................................. 88
SET UP items ......................................... 92
Precautions.............................................. 93
The “Memory Stick” ............................... 95
The “ln~oLITHIUiV” battery pack .........95
Speci~cseions.......................................... 96
The LCD sc:ezn...................................... 98
Index.. ................................................... I01

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facing Howardthe battery compartment as
iilushated above. Make surethe battery
pack is properiy inserted, then close the
cover.
e While pushing the battery ejecl lever down
usi,ig the front edgeof the battery pack. you
can easily insert the battery pack.

Battert eject lever
Openthebatrery/“MemoryStick” cover,
andpushclownthebatteryejectieverin the
arrw directionasillusrratedabove.

You can useyour camera in any country or
areawith the supplied AC power adaptor
within 100V to 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz. Use a
commercially available AC plug adaptor
[a], ifnecessary, dependingonthedesignof
the wall outlet (wall socket) [bj.

To changethe current settings of the
camera, bring up rhe menu or *&eSET UP
screen(page50), andusethe control button
;o make the changes.
For eachitem, press 10select the
desired vduc, then pressthe center
to make rbe setting.

shown below the item currently selectedto
be set. AAer setting the current numerical value,
setthe next item. Repeatthe above process
until ali of the items have beenset.
After the date and time ue set.the clock
will start to keep lime.

Open the batteer)i/“Memo~ Stick” COVCI’,
ihen pushthe “Memory Stick“ to pop it out

I I
‘The image size is sec.
The imnge quaiity is set.
When the setting is completed, press
.MENU. The meuu disappearsfrom the
screen.

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chooseimage-size(numberof The&mber of imagesthatcanbesavedin FPG (S~~~~~) modeareshotvnbelow.
pixels)andimage quazig (coinpression (Units: number of images)
ratio) b&d on the kindof Gnagesyou ^ ., I 1 I
want to shoot. The larger you ma’& *he
imagesizeandthehigherydumaL L1L+ L“--
image quality, thebetteryourimage,but 227&,.,IYI - \- ., ,
alsothelargertheamountof dataneeded 2272(3:2) 4 (7) 8(1% I6(30) 32(60) 65(121)
to preserveyourimnap.Thismeansyou -c6zWjYoo 8(15) ) 16(301 32(60) 64c120) 133(246)
can save fewer images in your “IWemory
Stick.” 1260x960 12(23) / 24(M) - 50(93) IO0(1%) 202(375) /

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The camera beeps.When the .&E/M lock
indicaror sops flashing andremains on, the
camerais ready for shooting.