your digital disk camera is equipped with a number of modes. the shooting mode and the playback mode are two of them and they both have still image, sequential shot, and video clip modes. your digital disk camera is also equipped with the option mode for setting the clock, making audio recording, and performing other functions.
switching between the shooting and playback modes
to capture images or record video clips, use the shooting mode, and to view images or play back video clips, use the playback mode.
preparation
?insert a disk (see page 30).
?turn the power on (see page 32).
1 set the camera/play switch to “ camera” or “ play.”
for shooting mode: set to “camera”
for playback mode: set to “play”
changing the mode
preparation
insert a disk (see page 30).
turn the power on (see page 32).
set the camera/play switch (see page 46).
1 turn the mode selector dial to the icon of the desired mode.
attaching the grip belt and shoulder belt
before using your digital disk camera, be sure to attach the grip belt. the shoulder belt is useful for carrying the digital disk camera over your shoulder or hanging it from your neck.
attaching the shoulder belt
proper use of your digital disk camera
in order to capture the image you are aiming at properly, it is very important that you are holding the digital disk camera correctly with the correct posture. be sure to always hold the digital disk camera steadily and make sure that the shoulder strap, your finger, or any other object is not in front of the lens.
as shown in the figures below, hold the digital disk camera steady with both hands and keep your elbows in toward your sides.
when using the flash (see page 76), make sure that your fingers or other objects do not get in the way of the flash.
using the supplied microphone
in addition to the built-in microphone, you can also use the supplied external microphone to make audio recording when using your digital disk camera. place the microphone according to the scene that you are recording (see pages 62, 68, 79). the microphone can also be used together with the grip belt as shown below.
capturing and playing back still images
capturing still images
preparation
insert a disk (see page 30).
turn the power on (see page 32).
1 put the digital disk camera in the still image shooting mode.
2 select which monitor to use and compose the image.
you can compose the image by looking through the viewfinder or by looking at the lcd monitor.
3 press the shutter release button.
?your digital disk camera is equipped with an autofocus function. the autofocus function works as explained below.
if you are using the remote control to capture images, you cannot use the autofocus function.
playing back still images
preparation
insert a disk (see page 30).
turn the power on (see page 32).
useful playback features for still images
preparation
?insert a disk (see page 30).
?turn the power on (see page 32).
consecutive playback
follow the procedure below to play back images consecutively one after the other.
1 put the digital disk camera in the still image playback mode.
?set the camera/play switch to play.
automatic playback (slide show)
follow the procedure below to play back images automatically in order in a slide show fashion. if voice memos (see pages 78, 127) are attached, they will be heard also.
1 put the digital disk camera in the still image playback mode.
3 to stop the automatic playback, press the arrow button.
?slide show off?appears and automatic playback stops.
?you can also press the mode or set buttons to stop the automatic playback.
if the playback setting screen (step 2 on page 54) or the skip file screen (step 2 on page 55) appears before step 2 for automatic playback (slide show), then automatic playback cannot be performed. if this occurs, first press the mode button to exit the playback setting screen or the skip file screen, and then continue with step 2.
help
if no file?appears
there are no files for the currently selected playback mode. to check the type of files stored in the disk or the folder number, see viewing the folder information?on page 118. to find an image, see page 34. if disk : empty?appears, there are no files in the disk.
9-image display playback
follow the procedure below to display nine images captured in the still image shooting mode in the monitor at one time.
1 put the digital disk camera in the still image playback mode.
3 press the set button.
the 9-image playback screen for still images appears.
the number shown on each image is the image number for that image.
help
if ? appears in the 9-image display
? may be displayed if the images were saved on the disk using a different digital disk camera.
if an image number is missing
an image number is the actual file name for that image and it does not change. therefore, if an image is erased (see page 149), other image numbers will not change to fill the open space and it may seem that an image number is missing. for example, if image number 0005 in the image above is erased, then the image numbers that will appear are 0001 through 0004 and 0006 through 0010.
specific image number playback
follow the procedure below to specify the image number of the image that you want to view.
1 put the digital disk camera in the still image playback mode.
2 press the f2 button.
?the skip file screen appears.
?to change the folder from which to play back images, press the f1 button, turn the control dial to select the folder number, and press the return button.
3 turn the control dial to select the image number of the image that you want to view.
?after a few moments, the selected image is displayed full screen.
4 press the return button.
?the skip file screen disappears.
capturing and playing back sequential shots
capturing sequential shots
preparation
?insert a disk (see page 30).
?turn the power on (see page 32).
1 put the digital disk camera in the sequential shot shooting mode.
2 select which monitor to use and compose the image.
?you can compose the image by looking through the viewfinder or by looking at the lcd monitor. see step 2 on page 50.
3 press the shutter release button.
for how to focus, see step 3 on page 51.
the sequential shot begins when you press the shutter release button.
for information on how many images are captured, see page 172.
playing back sequential shots
preparation
insert a disk (see page 30).
turn the power on (see page 32).
1 put the digital disk camera in the sequential shot playback mode.
the 9-image playback screen for sequential shots appears.
all the images of each sequential shot are grouped together and stored in a folder exclusively for that sequential shot. the 9-image playback screen shows the first image of each of these sequential shot folders.
5 press the set button.
?the 9-image playback screen appears.
6 press the arrow button to move the $ mark to the sequential shot you want to view and press the set button.
?the first image of the selected sequential shot is displayed full screen.
?you can also move the $ mark by turning the control dial.
help
if ? appears in the 9-image display
?? may be displayed if the sequential shots were saved on the disk using a different digital disk camera.
if a sequential shot folder number is missing
a sequential shot folder number is the actual folder name for that sequential shot folder and it does not change. therefore, if a sequential shot folder is erased (see page 149), other sequential shot folder numbers will not change to fill the open space and it may seem that a sequential shot folder number is missing. for example, if sequential shot folder number 0005 in the image above is erased, then the sequential shot folder numbers that will appear are 0001 through 0004 and 0006 through 0010.
useful playback features for sequential shots
preparation
insert a disk (see page 30).
turn the power on (see page 32).
consecutive playback
follow the procedure below to play back sequential shots consecutively one after the other.
images of the selected sequential shot are displayed one after the other while the arrow button is pressed down.
consecutive playback in the sequential shot playback mode only displays the images for one sequential shot (i.e. the images in one sequential shot folder).
to play back images from more than one sequential shot folder
?to view images from different sequential shots, you must either copy the images so that they can be handled as still images (see page 153) and perform the consecutive playback on the still images or program the playback (see page 141).
specific sequential shot folder number playback
follow the procedure below to specify the sequential shot folder number of the sequential shot that you want to view.
2 press the f2 button.
?the skip file screen appears.
?to change the folder from which to play back sequential shots, press the f1 button, turn the control dial to select the folder number, and press the return button.
3 turn the control dial to select the sequential shot folder number of the sequential shot that you want to view.
?after a few moments, the first image of the selected sequential shot is displayed full screen.
4 press the return button.
?the skip file screen disappears.
recording and playing back video clips
recording video clips
preparation
?insert a disk (see page 30).
?turn the power on (see page 32).
1 put the digital disk camera in the video clip shooting mode.
2 select which monitor to use and compose the image.
?you can compose the image by looking through the viewfinder or by looking at the lcd monitor. see step 2 on page 50.
3 press the shutter release button.
?for how to focus, see step 3 on page 51.
?the video clip (video and audio recording) begins when you press the shutter release button.
?while the video clip is being recorded, the b icon will appear in the monitor.
?by having the mode display panel show the remaining recording time available for the disk, you can check the remaining amount of time available (see page 125).
besides using the built-in microphone, you can also record audio by connecting the supplied microphone to the mic input terminal. be aware that the built-in microphone will not work when a microphone is connected to the mic input terminal (see page 49).
help
if recording stops before the remaining available recording time expires
?after a disk has been used (saving and deleting data) over and over again, the data stored on the disk becomes fragmented. if a fragmented disk is used, recording may stop before the remaining recording time available (see page 41) runs out. if this is the case, either use a new disk or copy the files you need on the fragmented disk to another disk and reformat (see page 157) the fragmented disk.
playing back video clips
preparation
insert a disk (see page 30).
turn the power on (see page 32).
1 put the digital disk camera in the video clip playback mode.
?set the camera/play switch to play.
the 9-image playback screen for video clips appears.
3 press the set button to start the playback of the video clip.
?the video clip starts (audio and video). the audio for the video clip can be heard from the speaker on your digital disk camera.
?if the video clip was recorded at resolution n, the video clip appears at 1/4 size in the middle of the monitor.
?to view a different video clip, proceed to steps 4 through 6.
4 press the mode button.
?if you are playing back a video clip, first press the set button to stop the playback and then press the mode button. (the playback setting screen will not appear during the playback of a video clip.)
5 press the set button.
?the 9-image playback screen appears.
6 press the arrow button to move the $ mark to the video clip you want to view and press the set button.
?the first frame of the selected video clip is displayed full screen. press the set button again to start the video clip.
?you can also move the $ mark by turning the control dial.
help
if ? appears in the 9-image display
?? may be displayed if the video clips were saved on the disk using a different digital disk camera.
if a video clip number is missing
?a video clip number is the actual file name for that video clip and it does not change. therefore, if a video clip is erased (see page 149), other video clip numbers will not change to fill the open space and it may seem that a video clip number is missing. for example, if video clip number 0005 in the image above is erased, then the video clip numbers that will appear are 0001 through 0004 and 0006 through 0010.
useful playback features for video clips preparation
?insert a disk (see page 30).
?turn the power on (see page 32).
specific video clip number playback
follow the procedure below to specify the video clip number of the video clip that you want to view.
2 press the f2 button.
?the skip file screen appears.
?at this time, you can press the f1 button to change the folder from which to play back video clips. to change folders, after pressing the f1 button, turn the control dial to select the folder number and press the return button.
3 turn the control dial to select the video clip number of the video clip that you want to view.
?the first frame of the selected video clip is displayed full screen.
4 press the return button.
?the skip file screen disappears.
5 press the set button.
?the video clip starts.
how to play back video clips
to pause playback
press the set button to pause playback.
?press the set button again to resume playback.
to play back one frame at a time
1 pause playback.
2 press the arrow button.
viewing using the shuttle mode (viewing in 1/28ths)
1 press the return button.
?you enter the shuttle mode and the jog/shuttle screen appears.
?at the jog/shuttle screen, press the f1 button to enter the jog mode and press the f2 button to enter the shuttle mode.
?in the shuttle mode, the video clip is divided up into 28 portions of even length and 1/28 of the video clip is skipped each time the control dial is turned one click.
(this is useful to check the general contents of video clips.)
viewing using the jog mode (one frame at a time)
1 press the return button.
?the jog/shuttle screen appears.
2 press the f1 button.
?you enter the jog mode.
?in the jog mode, the video clip is advanced one frame at a time each time the control dial is turned one click. (this is useful to check the contents of video clips in detail.)
3 slowly turn the control dial.
?the operation of the control dial and arrow button is the same as that for the shuttle mode above.
4 to exit the jog/shuttle screen, press the return or set button.
recording and playing back audio recordings
recording audio recordings
preparation
?insert a disk (see page 30).
turn the power on (see page 32).
besides using the built-in microphone, you can also record audio by connecting the supplied microphone to the mic input terminal. be aware that the built-in microphone will not work when a microphone is connected to the mic input terminal (see page 49).
4 press the set button.
?the recording ready screen appears.
5 press the shutter release button.
?audio recording starts.
?during recording, ecording?appears in the monitor.
?up to a maximum of two hours can be recorded.
6 press the shutter release button again to stop recording.
?recording stops and omplete?appears.
?when the recording ready screen appears again, your digital disk camera is ready to begin another audio recording.
?to return to the audio recording screen from the recording ready screen, press the mode button.
?to return to the option screen from the audio recording screen, press the mode button again.
playing back audio recordings
preparation
insert a disk (see page 30).
turn the power on (see page 32).
5 press the set button.
?the 9-image playback screen for audio recordings appears.
6 press the arrow button to move the $ mark to the audio recording you want to hear and press the set button.
?the audio recording playback setting screen for the audio recording selected appears.
7 press the set button.
?playback of the audio recording starts.
how to play back audio recordings
to pause playback
press the set button to pause playback.
?press the set button again to resume playback.
to change to a different audio recording
