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Contents
BEFORE USE 11
Identifying parts 11
List of icons on the screen 14
Display panel 20
Using the shoulder strap 23
Attaching the eyepiece cup 23
Adjusting the viewfinder (diopter-adjustment) 24
About the [In-Camera Guide] 24
CONFIRMING THE OPERATION METHOD 25
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Using the control wheel 25
Using MENU items 25
Using the Fn (Function) button 26
Using the “Quick Navi” 27
SHOOTING 29
SHOOTING STILL IMAGES/MOVIES
Shooting still images 29
Shooting movies 30
SELECTING A SHOOTING MODE
List of mode dial functions 31
Intelligent Auto 32
SuperiorAuto 33
About Scene Recognition 34
The advantages of automatic shooting 34
Program Auto 35
Sweep Panorama 35
Scene Selection 37
Shutter Priority 40
Aperture Priority 40
Manual Exposure 41
BULB 42
Memory recall 42
Movie 43
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USING SHOOTING FUNCTIONS 44
USING THE ZOOM
Zoom 44
The zoom features available with this product 44
Zoom Setting 45
About zoom scale 46
Smart Telecon. 46
Zoom Func. on Ring 46
USING THE FLASH
Using flash 47
Flash Mode 47
Flash Comp. 48
SELECTING A SCREEN DISPLAY MODE
Switching the screen display (Shooting) 49
DISP Button (Finder) 51
DISP Button (Monitor) 51
SELECTING STILL IMAGE SIZE/IMAGE QUALITY
Image Size (still image) 52
Aspect Ratio (still image) 53
Quality (still image) 53
Panorama: Size 54
Panorama: Direction 54
ADJUSTING THE FOCUS
Changing the focus method using the focus mode dial 55
Focus Area 56
Focus-lock 56
Manual Focus 57
Direct manual focus (DMF) 57
MF Assist (still image) 58
Focus Magnifier 58
Focus Magnif. Time 59
Peaking Level 59
Peaking Color 60
Lock-on AF 60
Lock-on AF (On) 60
Pre-AF (still image) 61
AF/MF control 61
AF Illuminator (still image) 62
Eye AF 63
Measuring the exact distance to the subject 63
ADJUSTING THE EXPOSURE
Exposure compensation dial 64
Metering Mode 64
AE lock 65
AEL w/ shutter (still image) 66

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Exp.comp.set 67
Zebra 67
Exposure Set. Guide 68
SELECTING A DRIVE MODE (CONTINUOUS SHOOTING/SELF-TIMER)
Drive Mode 68
Cont. Shooting 69
Spd Priority Cont. 69
Self-timer 70
Self-timer(Cont) 70
Cont. Bracket 71
Single Bracket 72
WB bracket 73
DRO Bracket 73
Bracket order 74
SELECTING THE ISO SENSITIVITY
ISO 74
Multi Frame NR 75
CORRECTING THE BRIGHTNESS OR CONTRAST
D-Range Opt. (DRO) 76
Auto HDR 76
ADJUSTING COLOR TONES
White Balance 77
Capturing a basic white color in [Custom Setup] mode 79
SELECTING AN EFFECT MODE
Picture Effect 79
Creative Style 82
RECORDING MOVIES
File Format (movie) 84
Record Setting (movie) 84
SteadyShot (movie) 86
Audio Recording 87
Audio Level Display 87
Audio Rec Level 88
Audio Out Timing 88
Wind Noise Reduct. 89
Auto Slow Shut. (movie) 89
MOVIE Button 90
CUSTOMIZING THE SHOOTING FUNCTIONS FOR CONVENIENT USE
Memory 90
Function Menu Set. 91
Custom Key Settings 91
Function of the control wheel 90
Function of the AEL button 91
Function of the C button 92
Function of the centre button 92

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Function of the left button 92
Function of the right button 92
Function of the down button 93
SETTING THE OTHER FUNCTIONS OF THIS PRODUCT
Smile/Face Detect. 93
Soft Skin Effect (still image) 94
Face Registration (New Registration) 95
Face Registration (Order Exchanging) 95
Face Registration (Delete) 95
Red Eye Reduction 96
Auto Obj. Framing (still image) 97
SteadyShot (still image) 97
Long Exposure NR (still image) 97
High ISO NR (still image) 98
Write Date (still image) 98
Color Space (still image) 99
Grid Line 99
Auto Review 99
Live View Display 100
FINDER/MONITOR 101
Dial / Wheel Lock 102
Deactivate Monitor 102
ND Filter 102
VIEWING 104
VIEWING STILL IMAGES
Playing back images 104
Playback zoom 104
Image Index 104
Switching the screen display (during playback) 105
DELETING IMAGES
Deleting a displayed image 105
Deleting multiple selected images 105
Playing back movies 106
Viewing panoramic images 107
Printing 107
USING VIEWING FUNCTIONS
View Mode 108
Display Rotation 109
Slide Show 109
Rotate 110
Protect 110
4K Still Image PB 111
Viewing images on an HD TV 111
Viewing images on a “BRAVIA” Sync-compatible TV 112

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CHANGING SETTINGS 114
SETUP MENU
Monitor Brightness 114
Viewfinder Bright. 114
Finder Color Temp. 115
Volume Settings 115
Audio signals 115
Upload Settings(Eye-Fi) 115
Tile Menu 117
Mode Dial Guide 117
Delete confirm. 117
Display Quality 118
Pwr Save Start Time 118
PAL/NTSC Selector 119
Demo Mode 119
HDMI Resolution 120
CTRL FOR HDMI 120
HDMI Info. Display 121
USB Connection 121
USB LUN Setting 122
Language 122
Date/Time Setup 122
Area Setting 123
Format 123
File Number 123
Select REC Folder 123
New Folder 124
Folder Name 124
Recover Image DB 125
Display Media Info. 125
Version 125
Setting Reset
USING WI-FI FUNCTIONS 126
CONNECTING THIS PRODUCT AND A SMARTPHONE
“PlayMemories Mobile” 126
Connecting an Android smartphone to this product 126
Connecting the product to an iPhone or iPad 127
CONTROLLING THIS PRODUCT USING A SMARTPHONE
Ctrl w/ Smartphone 128
One-touch connection with an NFC-enabled Android smartphone
(NFC One-touch remote) 129
TRANSFERRING IMAGES TO A SMARTPHONE
Send to Smartphone 130
Sending images to an Android smartphone (NFC One-touch Sharing) 131

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TRANSFERRING IMAGES TO A COMPUTER
Send to Computer 132
TRANSFERRING IMAGES TO A TV
View on TV 133
CHANGING THE SETTINGS OF WI-FI FUNCTIONS
Airplane Mode 134
WPS Push 134
Access Point Set. 135
Edit Device Name 137
Disp MAC Address 137
SSID/PW Reset 137
Reset Network Set. 138
VIEWING ON COMPUTERS 139
RECOMMENDED COMPUTER ENVIRONMENT
Recommended computer environment 139
USING THE SOFTWARE
“PlayMemories Home” 140
Installing “PlayMemories Home” 141
Software for Mac computers 141
“Image Data Converter” 142
Installing “Image Data Converter” 142
Accessing “Image Data Converter Guide” 142
CONNECTING THIS PRODUCT AND A COMPUTER
Connecting the product to a computer 143
Importing images to the computer 143
Disconnecting the product from the computer 144
CREATING A MOVIE DISC
Disc type 144
Selecting the disc creation method 145
Creating a disc with a device other than a computer 146
Creating Blu-ray Discs 146
PRECAUTIONS/THIS PRODUCT 148
PRECAUTIONS
Precautions 148
On the internal rechargeable battery 150
Notes on the battery pack 151
Charging the battery pack 152
Memory card 153
CLEANING THIS PRODUCT
On cleaning 155

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NUMBER OF RECORDABLE STILL IMAGES AND RECORDABLE TIME OF MOVIES
Number of still images 156
Recordable time of movies 158
USING THIS PRODUCT ABROAD
Plug adaptor 161
On TV color systems 161
OTHER INFORMATION
Carl Zeiss lens 162
AVCHD format 162
License 162
TRADEMARKS
Trademarks 163

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Troubleshooting
IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS 165
Troubleshooting
BATTERY PACK AND POWER
You cannot insert the battery pack into the product. 165
You cannot turn on the product. 165
The power turns off suddenly. 165
The remaining battery level indicator shows an incorrect level. 165
The charge lamp on the product flashes when charging battery pack. 166
The battery pack has not been charged even if the charge lamp on the
product has turned off. 166
The battery pack is not charged. 166
SHOOTING STILL IMAGES/MOVIES
You cannot record images. 166
Recording takes a long time. 166
The image is out of focus. 166
Zoom does not work. 167
The flash does not work. 167
Fuzzy white circular spots appear on images shot using the flash. 167
The close-up shoot function (Macro) does not work. 167
The recording date and time are not displayed on the screen. 167
The date and time are recorded incorrectly. 167
The aperture value and/or shutter speed and/or metering indicator
flashes. 168
The image colors are not correct. 168
Noise appears in the image when you view the screen in a dark place. 168
Dark shadow appears on the image. 168
The eyes of the subject come out red. 168
Dots appear and remain on the screen. 168
You cannot shoot images continuously. 168
The image is not clear in the viewfinder. 168
The image is whitish (Flare)./Blurring of light appears on the
image (Ghosting). 168
The image is blurred. 169
The LCD screen darkens after a short period of time passed. 169
The flash takes too long to recharge. 169
VIEWING IMAGES
Images cannot be played back. 169
The date and time are not displayed. 169
The image cannot be deleted. 169
The image was deleted by mistake. 169
A DPOF mark cannot be put. 169
WI-FI
You cannot find the wireless access point to be connected. 170
[WPS Push] does not work. 170

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[Send to Computer] is canceled halfway. 170
You cannot send movies to a smartphone. 170
[Ctrl w/ Smartphone] or [Send to Smartphone] is canceled halfway. 170
The shooting screen for [Ctrl w/ Smartphone] is not displayed
smoothly./The connection between this product and the
smartphone is disconnected. 170
You cannot use One-Touch connection (NFC). 170
COMPUTERS
The computer does not recognize this product. 171
You cannot import images. 171
The image and sound are interrupted by noise when viewing a
movie on a computer. 171
Images exported from a computer cannot be viewed on this product. 171
MEMORY CARDS
Formatted the memory card by mistake. 171
PRINTING
You cannot print images. 171
The color of the image is strange. 171
Images are printed with both edges cut off. 172
You cannot print images with the date. 172
OTHERS
The lens gets fogged. 172
The product stops with the lens portion extended./The product
turns off with the lens portion extended. 172
The product becomes warm when you use it for a long time. 172
The Clock Set screen appears when you turn on the product. 172
The number of recordable images does not decrease, or decreases
two images at a time. 173
The product does not work properly. 173
MESSAGES 174
MESSAGES
Self-diagnosis display 174
Warning messages 174
SITUATIONS THIS PRODUCT HAS DIFFICULTY HANDLING 176
Situations this product has difficulty handling 176