Sony DSC-G3 Cyber-shot® User manual

© 2008 Sony Corporation 4-105-994-11(1)
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Cyber-shot Handbook
DSC-G3
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Notes on using the camera
Notes on the types of “Memory Stick”
that you can use (not supplied)
“Memory Stick Duo”: You
can use a “Memory Stick Duo”
with the camera.
“Memory Stick”: You
cannot use a “Memory
Stick” with the camera.
Other memory cards cannot be used.
• For details on “Memory Stick Duo”, see
page 168.
When using a “Memory Stick Duo”
with “Memory Stick” compatible
equipment
You can use the “Memory Stick Duo” by
inserting it into the “Memory Stick Duo”
Adaptor (not supplied).
Notes on the battery pack
• Charge the battery pack (supplied) before using
the camera for the first time.
• You can charge the battery pack even if it is not
completely discharged. In addition, even if the
battery pack is not fully charged, you can use the
partially charged capacity of the battery pack as
is.
• If you do not intend to use the battery pack for a
long time, use up the existing charge and
remove it from the camera, then store it in a
cool, dry place. This is to maintain the battery
pack functions.
• For details on the usable battery pack, see
page 170.
Carl Zeiss lens
The camera is equipped with a Carl Zeiss lens
which is capable of reproducing sharp images with
excellent contrast.
The lens for the camera has been produced under a
quality assurance system certified by Carl Zeiss in
accordance with the quality standards of Carl Zeiss
in Germany.
Notes on the LCD screen and lens
• The LCD screen is manufactured using
extremely high-precision technology so over
99.99% of the pixels are operational for
effective use. However, some tiny black and/or
bright dots (white, red, blue or green) may
appear on the LCD screen. These dots are a
normal result of the manufacturing process and
do not affect the recording.
• If water droplets or other liquids splash on the
LCD screen and make it wet, immediately wipe
off the screen with a soft cloth. Leaving liquids
on the LCD screen surface can harm the quality
and cause a malfunction.
• Exposing the LCD screen or the lens to direct
sunlight for long periods may cause
malfunctions. Be careful when placing the
camera near a window or outdoors.
• Do not press against the LCD screen. The screen
may be discolored and that may cause a
malfunction.
• Images may trail across on the LCD screen in a
cold location. This is not a malfunction.
• Be careful not to bump the lens, and be careful
not to apply force to it.
The images used in this Handbook
The images used as examples in this Handbook are
reproduced images, and are not actual images shot
using this camera.
“Memory Stick
Duo” Adaptor
Black, white, red, blue or
green dots

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Notes on using the camera
How to use this handbook····································· 2
Notes on using the camera ··································· 3
Operation Search ·················································· 8
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Using the touch panel ········································· 15
Changing the DISP (screen display) setting ······· 16
Album/Photo Library Function ······························· 18
Network Function ················································ 19
Shooting
Auto Adjustment·················································· 20
Scene Selection ·················································· 21
Smile Shutter······················································· 23
Easy Shooting ····················································· 24
Program Auto ······················································ 25
Movie Mode························································· 26
Zoom ··································································· 27
Self-Timer···························································· 28
Macro/Close focus ·············································· 29
Flash ··································································· 30
Focus ·································································· 31
Metering Mode ···················································· 33
ISO ······································································ 34
EV ······································································· 35

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Viewing
Viewing still images············································· 37
Image Index ························································ 38
Slideshow···························································· 39
Delete·································································· 42
Wide Zoom·························································· 43
Temporarily Rotated Display······························· 44
Viewing movies ··················································· 45
Scrapbook ··························································· 46
HOME
HOME items························································ 11
MENU (Shooting)
MENU items (Shooting) ······································ 13
MENU (Viewing)
MENU items (Viewing) ········································ 14
Wireless LAN
Network Settings ··············································· 117
Web–Upload Images/Browse the Web ············· 121
DLNA–Be Viewed ············································· 124
DLNA–Send and View ······································ 125
Using the keyboard ··········································· 127

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TV
Viewing images on a TV ··································· 128
Computer
Enjoying your Windows computer····················· 131
Installing the software (supplied)······················· 133
On “PMB (Picture Motion Browser)” (supplied) ····134
Enjoying images on your computer··················· 135
Uploading images to a media service ··············· 139
Using the “Music Transfer” (supplied) ··············· 141
Using your Macintosh computer························ 142
Viewing “Cyber-shot Step-up Guide” ················ 145
Printing
Printing still images ··········································· 146
Printing images directly using a PictBridge
compliant printer················································ 147
Printing at a shop ·············································· 149
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting ················································ 150
Warning indicators and messages ···················· 161
Others
Using the camera abroad — Power sources ···· 167
On the “Memory Stick Duo”······························· 168
On the battery pack··········································· 170
On the battery charger ······································ 171
On Cyber-shot Station······································· 172

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Auto Adjustment ·················································· 20
Scene Selection··················································· 21
Scene Recognition·············································· 78
Shooting portraits Soft Snap ······························································· 21
Twilight Portrait ···················································· 21
Smile Shutter ························································ 23
Face Detection ····················································· 81
Anti Blink ································································ 91
Red Eye Reduction ············································· 92
Shooting food
arrangements
Gourmet ································································· 21
Shooting close to
objects
Macro ······································································ 29
Close focus enabled ··········································· 29
Shooting moving
objects
Hi-Speed Shutter ················································· 22
Burst········································································ 84
Shooting without blur High Sensitivity····················································· 21
Hi-Speed Shutter ················································· 22
2-second delay self-timer·································· 28
ISO··········································································· 34
Shooting with backlight Forced Flash························································· 30
Scene Recognition·············································· 78
Shooting in dark places High Sensitivity····················································· 21
Slow Synchro························································ 30
ISO··········································································· 34

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Adjusting exposure Histogram ······························································ 17
EV ······································································ 35, 85
Changing focus
position
Using the touch panel ········································ 15
Face Detection ····················································· 81
Deleting images Delete······························································ 42, 110
Format ···································································· 54
Displaying enlarged
images
Playback zoom····················································· 37
Trimming ······························································ 106
Displaying full-screen
images
DISP (Screen Display)······································· 16
Wide Zoom ······················································ 17, 43
Temporarily Rotated Display···························· 44
Image Size····························································· 76
Editing images Scrapbook ····························································· 46
Retouch ································································ 106
Paint ······································································ 108
Multi-Purpose Resize ······································· 109
Playing back a series of
images in order
Slideshow ······························································ 39
Initializing settings Initialize··································································· 59
Printing images Printing still images··········································· 146
Using Wireless LAN
networks
Network Settings················································ 117
Web–Upload Images/Browse the Web······· 121
DLNA–Be Viewed·············································· 124
DLNA–Send and View ····································· 125
Viewing on TVs Viewing images on a TV·································· 128

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Information about
optional accessories
“Cyber-shot Step-up Guide” ··························· 145
Cyber-shot Station ············································ 172

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On the HOME screen, camera operations are organized for convenience into broad categories for
selection, such as shooting, viewing and printing images.
1Touch to display the HOME screen.
2Touch the desired category tdesired item t
Press the shutter button halfway down to return to shooting
mode.
Click on an item under “Items” in the table below to jump to the corresponding page.
Shooting
View Images 1
View Images 2
HOME items
Items
Shooting
Items
Date View
Event View
Favorites
Folder View
Items
Slideshow
Music Tool Download Music
Format Music
Scrapbook
Item Category
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Print
Communication
Manage Memory
Settings
• Only the available items are displayed on the screen.
• You cannot display the HOME screen when a PictBridge connection or a USB connection is made.
Items
Print
Items
Network Web–Upload Images/Browse the Web
DLNA–Be Viewed
DLNA–Send and View
Network Settings
Items
Memory Tool
– Memory Stick Tool
Format
Create REC.Folder
Change REC.Folder
Memory Tool
– Internal Memory Tool
Format
Create REC.Folder
Change REC.Folder
Items
Main Settings
– Main Settings 1
Beep
Function Guide
Initialize
Calibration
Demo Mode
Main Settings
– Main Settings 2
USB Connect
LUN Settings
COMPONENT
Video Out
TV TYPE
Password Lock
Shooting Settings
– Shooting Settings 1
AF Illuminator
Grid Line
AF Mode
Digital Zoom
Shooting Settings
– Shooting Settings 2
Auto Orientation
Auto Review
Clock Settings
Language Setting
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You can select the various shooting functions easily from the button.
1Slide the lens cover to switch to shooting mode.
2Touch to display the Menu screen.
3Touch the menu item tdesired mode t
appears when the desired item is already selected.
In the table below, indicates a function is available and — that it is unavailable. The icons
below [Scene Selection] indicate the available Scene Selection modes. Click on an item under
“Menu items” to jump to the corresponding page.
• Only the available items are displayed on the screen.
MENU items (Shooting)
REC Mode
Menu items Scene Selection
Image Size
Scene Recognition ————
Flash —— — —
Face Detection ——
Smile Detection
Sensitivity
————
REC Mode ——
EV ——
Metering Mode ————
Focus ————
White Balance — —
Flash Level ————
Anti Blink —— ——
Red Eye Reduction ——
DRO ————
Color Mode ———
SteadyShot —
—
Shooting Settings —
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You can select the various viewing functions easily from the button.
1Press the (Playback) button to switch to
playback mode.
2Touch to display the Menu screen.
3Touch the menu item tdesired mode t
appears when the desired item is already selected.
In the table below, indicates a function is available and — that it is unavailable. Click on an
item under “Menu items” to jump to the corresponding page.
• The DPOF setting is unavailable when using the internal memory.
• Only the available items are displayed on the screen.
MENU items (Viewing)
View Mode
Menu items
“Memory Stick Duo” / Internal Memory
Date View Event View Favorites Folder View
(Date List) ———
(Event List) ———
(Select Folder) ———
(View Mode)
(Filter by Faces) —
(Slideshow)
(Scrapbook) —
(Add / Remove
Favorites) —
(Add / Remove
Sharemark) —
(Retouch)
(Paint)
(Multi-Purpose Resize)
(Delete) —
(Protect)
DPOF
(Print)
(Rotate)
(Volume Settings)
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Using the touch panel
You can make function settings on the camera by touching buttons displayed on the screen.
• To operate the touch panel, press it lightly with your finger or the supplied paint pen. Pressing
excessively hard or using a pointed object other than the supplied paint pen could damage the touch
panel.
• If you touch the top right of the screen during shooting, the buttons and icons will momentarily
disappear. The buttons and icons will reappear when you take your finger off the screen.
Touching the subject on the touch panel displays a frame, and then pressing the shutter button
halfway down brings the frame into focus. If there is a face in the frame, in addition to the focus,
the brightness and hue are also automatically optimized.
• You cannot use this function when using the digital zoom, shooting in (Close focus enabled) mode or
in (Easy Shooting) mode.
• You cannot use this function when (Landscape), (Twilight), (Gourmet), (Fireworks) or
(Hi-Speed Shutter) mode is selected in the Scene Selection.
Advances to the next screen.
Returns to the previous screen.
Returns to the shooting/playback mode.
v/V/b/BDisplays the hidden items so that the items
you want to set are shown on the screen.
Notes
Touching the screen to set the focus
Face is detected at the touched position.
Object other than a person’s face is detected.
Cancels the function.
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Changing the DISP (screen
display) setting
Touch on the screen to change to the display selection screen.
• Settings other than [Brightness] should be made separately for shooting and playback.
This sets whether or not to display the operation buttons and icons on the screen.
Note
Display Setup
(Normal) The operation buttons and the icons are
displayed.
(Simple) Only the operation buttons are displayed.
(Image Only) The operation buttons and the icons are
not displayed.
zUsing [Image Only] playback
• Select an image by touching the left and right sides of the screen.
When you touch the center of the screen, the buttons and icons are
displayed temporarily. Touch on the upper right corner of
the screen to return to [Image Only] display.
• In [Normal] or [Simple] display mode, touch to switch
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In single-image mode, still images at a 4:3 and 3:2 aspect ratio are played at a 16:9 aspect ratio.
In this case the top and bottom of the image will be slightly cropped.
• Wide Zoom is not available for movies or 16:9 images.
A histogram is a graph showing the brightness of an image. The graph display indicates a bright
image when skewed to the right side, and a dark image when skewed to the left side.
• The histogram also appears when playing back a single image, but you cannot adjust the exposure.
• The histogram does not appear while recording movies, playing back movies, viewing vertical
orientation images, rotating still images, using Temporarily Rotated Display, or using Wide Zoom (4:3,
3:2).
• A large difference in the histogram displayed during shooting and playback may occur when:
– The flash strobes.
– The shutter speed is slow or fast.
• The histogram may not appear for images recorded using other cameras.
This sets the brightness of the LCD screen. When viewing images in bright outside light if
[Brightness] is set to [Normal], reset to [Bright]. However, the battery power may decrease faster
under such condition.
You can set the number of images displayed in index screen to 12 or 20 images.
Wide Zoom
Note
Histogram
Notes
Brightness
Number of Images
BrightDark
A
B
ANumber of pixels
BBrightness

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Album/Photo Library Function
The camera has approximately 4 GB* of internal memory. Even when there is no “Memory
Stick Duo” inserted in the camera, you can use this internal memory to record images and enjoy
viewing images shot in the past. In addition, “PMB” in the CD-ROM (supplied) lets you further
enjoy images in various ways. For details on “PMB”, see the “PMB Guide”.
In addition, the camera has a built-in application “PMB Portable” that lets you easily upload
images to a media service. You can also upload images with this application from a computer
that does not have “PMB” installed, such as when you are traveling. For details on “PMB
Portable”, see the “PMB Portable” help.
• When a “Memory Stick Duo” is inserted in the camera, images are recorded on the “Memory Stick Duo”.
Note that the camera cannot copy or transfer images directly between the internal memory and a
“Memory Stick Duo”. Use the “PMB”.
* When measuring media capacity, 1GB equals 1 billion bytes, a portion of which is used for system
management and/or application files. The capacity that a user can use is approximately 3.71GB.
Enjoy images stored in the camera with the Album/Photo Library functions.
Scrapbook presents
images stored in the
camera like a photo album.
Manage images in your desired
view mode.
Slideshow plays back
images with music.
Note
Import images
using “PMB”
Export images using “PMB”
You can also easily export images shot
in the past. Exporting with a reduced
image size lets you store even more
images in the camera.
Calendar display lets you
easily search imported
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Network Function
A wireless LAN function is equipped with this camera.
You can access media services via an access point, or play back images using a DLNA-enabled
(Digital Living Network Alliance-enabled) device on a home network.
Accessing websites via wireless connection, and browsing and uploading
images (page 121)
This camera also supports connection to hotspot services.
Enjoying the images using “BRAVIA” and “RoomLink” (pages 124, 125)
You can perform operations and browse images stored on the camera using a “BRAVIA” or
other DLNA-enabled device connected via a home network. You can also send images to the
DLNA-enabled device for viewing.
Wireless LAN
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Auto Adjustment
Allows you to shoot still images with the setting adjusted automatically.
1Slide the lens cover to switch to shooting mode.
2(REC Mode) t(Auto Adjustment) t
or
zIf you shoot a still image of a subject that is difficult
to focus on
• The shortest shooting distance is approximately 8 cm (3 1/4 inches) (W), 50 cm (19 3/4 inches) (T)
(from the lens). Shoot in the Close focus mode when you shoot a subject closer than the shooting
distance.
• When the camera cannot focus on the subject automatically, the AE/AF lock indicator changes to
flash slowly and the beep does not sound. Either recompose the shot or change the focus setting
(page 31).
Focusing may be difficult in the following situations:
– It is dark and the subject is distant.
– The contrast between the subject and the background is poor.
– The subject is seen through glass.
– The subject is moving quickly.
– There is reflective light or shiny surfaces.
– The subject is backlit or there is a flashing light.