Sony S50 Manual

Table of contents

Identifying the parts .............................. 6

Preparing the power supply .................. 8

Setting the date and time ..................... 13

Inserting the “Memory Stick” ............. 15

B Recording

Recording still images ........................ 16

Recording moving images

(DSC-S50 only) ........................... 20

B Playback

Playing back still images .................... 21

Playing back moving images .............. 22

Viewing images using a personal

computer ...................................... 24

Image file storage destinations and

image files .................................... 28

How to use the MODE selector .......... 29

How to use the control button ............. 29

How to change the menu settings ....... 31

Menu settings ...................................... 32

B Various recording

Rotating the LCD screen

— Face-to-Face recording ........... 37

Setting the image size

(IMAGE SIZE) ............................ 37

Recording still images for e-mail

(E-MAIL) ..................................... 38

Adding audio files to still images

(VOICE) (DSC-S50 only) .......... 39

Recording text documents (TEXT) ..... 39

Recording uncompressed images

(TIFF) ........................................... 40

Recording images in macro ................ 41

Setting the distance to the subject ....... 41

Using the PROGRAM AE function .... 42

Adjusting the exposure

(EXPOSURE) .............................. 43

Adjusting the white balance

(WHITE BALANCE) .................. 43

Recording the date and time on the still

image (DATE/TIME) .................. 44

Enjoying picture effects (P.EFFECT) . 44

B Various playback

Playing back six images at once

(INDEX) ...................................... 45

Enlarging a part of the still image

(Zoom and trimming) .................. 46

Rotating a still image (ROTATE) ....... 47

Playing back the images in order

(SLIDE SHOW) ........................... 47

Viewing images on a TV screen ......... 48

B Editing

Preventing accidental erasure

(PROTECT) ................................. 49

Deleting images (DELETE) ................ 50

Changing the recorded still image size

(RESIZE) ..................................... 51

Copying images (COPY) .................... 51

Selecting still images to print

(PRINT MARK) .......................... 53

Precautions .......................................... 54

On “Memory Sticks” .......................... 55

Using your camera abroad .................. 56

Troubleshooting .................................. 57

Warning and notice messages ............. 61

Self-diagnosis display ......................... 62

Specifications ...................................... 63

LCD screen indicators ........................ 64

Index ................................................... 66

Getting started

Basic operations

Advanced operations

Before performing advanced operations

Additional information