Document Outline

• Before using your camera
• Getting started
  • Introduction
  • Charging the battery pack
  • Using an external power source
  • Using your camera abroad
  • Turning on/off your camera
  • Setting the date and time
• Shooting still images
  • Inserting a disc
  • Initializing a disc
    • What is initialization?
  • Setting the still image size and image quality
  • Basic still image shooting (using auto adjustment mode)
    • LCD screen indicators during shooting
    • Checking the last image you shot (Quick Review)
    • Using the zoom feature
    • Shooting close-ups (Macro)
    • Using the self-timer
    • Selecting a flash mode
    • Inserting the date and time on a still image
    • Shooting according to scene conditions (Scene Selection)
• Viewing still images
  • Viewing images on the LCD screen of your camera
    • Viewing single images
    • Viewing an index screen (nine-image or triple-image)
  • Viewing images on a TV screen
• Deleting still images
  • Deleting images
    • Deleting images in singe-image mode
    • Deleting images in index (nine-image) mode
    • Deleting images in index (triple-image) mode
  • Formatting a CD-RW
• Copying images to your computer
  • Preparation for viewing images using a computer (Finalize)
    • Finalizing a disc
    • What is finalization?
    • Canceling finalization (Unfinalize) (CD-RW only)
  • Using the supplied 8cm CD adaptor
  • Viewing images through a disc drive
    • Image file storage destinations and image file names
  • Copying images to your computer
  • 1 Installing PIXELA PTP Manager
  • 2 Preparing your camera
  • 3 Connecting your camera to your computer
  • 4 Copying images
  • 4 Copying images
    • When the PIXELA PTP Manager does not start up
  • 5 Viewing the images on your computer
  • For Macintosh users
    • Viewing images on a computer connected with the USB cable (For Mac OS X users only)
• Before advanced operations
  • How to setup and operate your camera
    • Changing the menu settings
    • Changing the items in the SET UP screen
    • How to use the jog dial (MVC�CD400 only)
• Advanced still image shooting
  • Shooting with the manual adjustments (MVC�CD400 only)
    • Shutter speed priority mode
    • Aperture priority mode
    • Manual exposure mode
  • Choosing a focus mode
    • Shooting with AF lock
  • Setting the distance to the subject
  • Adjusting the exposure
  • Metering mode
  • Shooting with the exposure fixed (MVC�CD400 only)
  • Shooting three images with the exposure shifted (MVC�CD400 only)
  • Adjusting color tones
  • Shooting multiple frames
  • Shooting in Multi Burst mode
  • Shooting three images continuously
  • Shooting still images in TIFF mode
  • Shooting still images for e-mail
  • Shooting still images with audio files
  • Adding special effects
  • Confirming whether to record images
  • Using an external flash
    • Using the Sony HVL-F1000 Flash
    • Using a commercially available external flash (MVC�CD400 only)
• Advanced still image viewing
  • Enlarging a portion of a still image
    • Enlarging an image – Playback zoom
    • Recording an enlarged image – Trimming
  • Playing back successive images
  • Rotating still images
• Still image editing
  • Protecting images
    • In single-image mode
    • In index (nine-image) mode
    • In index (triple-image) mode
  • Changing image size
  • Choosing images to print
    • In single-image mode
    • In index (nine-image) mode
    • In index (triple-image) mode
• Enjoying movies
  • Shooting movies
  • Viewing movies on the LCD screen
  • Deleting movies
    • In single-image mode
    • In index (nine-image) mode
    • In index (triple-image) mode
• Troubleshooting
  • Troubleshooting
  • Warnings and messages
  • Self-diagnostics display
• Additional information
  • Recording modes
  • Menu items
  • SET UP items
  • Precautions
  • On discs
  • On “InfoLITHIUM” battery pack
  • Specifications
  • The LCD screen
  • Index