User manual SANYO VPC-J1

[. . . ] INSTRUCTION MANUAL VPC-J1EX VPC-J1 Digital Camera Important note This manual explains how to safely operate the VPC-J1EX and VPC-J1. Any information regarding only one of these products will be labeled as such. Please read these instructions carefully before using the digital camera. Make sure to read and understand the section "USING YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA SAFELY AND CORRECTLY" on pages 7 to 24. [. . . ] HINT The magnified portion of the image can be saved as a separate image. The magnified portion is saved as a new still image However, an image shot at a resolution of B cannot be saved. English 86 ABOUT THE OPTION FUN MODE SCREEN Use the Option Fun Mode Screen to record and play back voice memos, as well as for slideshow playback. Displaying and exiting the Option Fun Mode Screen To display 1 Set the selector dial to []. oe If the Option Fun Mode Screen does not appear, press [] on the arrow button twice. <FUN mode> AUDIO REC AUDIO PLAYBACK SLIDESHOW [] FOR SETTING FOR FUN Option screen [] <SETTING mode> [] FOR FUN FOR SETTING CLOCK SET OPERATION BEEP GUIDANCE LANGUAGE TV SYSTEM REFORMAT POWER SAVE [] Option screen 87 English To exit 1 Set the selector dial to a setting other than []. Option Fun Mode Screen 1 2 3 AUDIO REC AUDIO PLAYBACK SLIDESHOW 1 Audio recording 2 Audio playback 3 Slideshow playback and settings English 88 RECORDING AND PLAYING BACK SOUNDS Your digital camera can record and play back sound, just like a normal tape recorder. Recording 1 Display the Option Fun Mode Screen (see page 87). AUDIO REC AUDIO PLAYBACK SLIDESHOW 2 Select the audio recording icon a, and press the SET button. oe The Audio Recording Screen appears. AUDIO REC 14:00 SHUTTER FOR REC BACK TO MENU 3 Press the shutter release button. oe K (recording) appears on the LCD monitor during recording. Shutter release button Microphone 89 English 4 End the audio recording. oe When the remaining recording time becomes little, a countdown of the remaining recording time is shown. oe To return to the Option Fun Mode Screen, in the Audio Recording Screen mode, press the MENU button. REC (recording) indicator Recording time (min:sec) AUDIO REC 00:13 12 RECORDING Remaining recording time HINT oe Each single recording can consist of up to 9 hours of recording time. English 90 RECORDING AND PLAYING BACK SOUNDS Playback 1 Display the Option Fun Mode Screen (see page 87). AUDIO REC AUDIO PLAYBACK SLIDESHOW 2 Select the audio playback icon M, and press the SET button. oe The Select Audio Screen appears. AUDIO PLAYBACK 0001 5:40 0006 0002 1:20 0007 0003 3:45 0008 0004 0:56 0005 0:23 SELECT BACK TO MENU 2:34 5:06 1:20 3 Press [] or [] on the arrow button to select the desired audio recording, and press the SET button. oe The Audio Playback Screen for the selected audio recording appears. AUDIO PLAYBACK 100-0001 2003. 12. 25 PLAY 05:40 2. 7MB 91 English 4 Select the play icon [], and press the SET button. To pause playback oe Press the [] button to interrupt playback; press the SET button to continue playback. oe If the SET button is pressed during fast forward or rewind, playback will start. To adjust the volume AUDIO PLAYBACK 100-0001 2003. 12. 25 PLAYING 00:12 1 On the Audio Playback Screen, select the volume icon N, and press the SET button. 2 Press [] or [] to adjust the volume. To select a different audio recording oe On the Audio Playback Screen (step 3), press the MENU button. The Select Audio Screen appears; select the desired audio recording and play it back. Playback will stop, and you are returned to the Audio Playback Screen. English 92 PLAYING BACK STILL IMAGES AND VIDEO CLIPS IN A SLIDESHOW Still images and video clips can be automatically played back in slideshow fashion. Images are played back in the order in which they were recorded. 1 2 Display the Option Fun Mode Screen (see page 87). oe The "TIME" and "EFFECT" settings are effective only for advancing from one still image to the next still image. oe When video clips are played back, after one clip is played to the end, playback of the next clip starts. AUDIO REC AUDIO PLAYBACK SLIDESHOW SLIDESHOW TIME EFFECT START EXIT p 4S p OFF 3 Select "START", and press the SET button. oe To interrupt the slideshow, press the MENU button, the SET button, or an arrow button. oe For continuous (loop) slideshow playback (up to 12 hours), in step 3 press the shutter release button instead of the SET button. 93 English ABOUT THE EXPERT MODE SHOOTING SETTING SCREENS Compared to the BASIC mode, the EXPERT mode allows you much more control over the various shooting settings. To display 1 2 Set the camera to the desired shooting mode (see page 41). oe The EXPERT Mode Shooting Setting Screen for the shooting mode you selected in step 1 appears. English 94 ABOUT THE EXPERT MODE SHOOTING SETTING SCREENS EXPERT Mode Shooting Setting Screens Still Image Shooting Setting Screen * All the icons never appear at the same time. PC M CA Lit H 12 1 2 RESOLUTION 2048X1536(3M) I 3 4 5 J 6 7 8 9 F G 95 English 1 Resolution menu (page 61) B: 2880 x 2160-pixel resolution icon c @: 2048 x 1536-pixel resolution icon D: 1600 x 1200-pixel resolution icon E: 640 x 480-pixel resolution icon 7 White Balance menu (page 106) c H: g: h: e: i: Auto white balance icon Sunny icon Cloudy icon Fluorescent lighting icon White (incandescent) light icon S: Color fill (one push) icon ISO sensitivity menu (page 108) : Auto sensitivity icon (ISO50 to 200) 5: ISO50 icon +: ISO100 icon 1: ISO200 icon %: ISO400 icon Digital zoom menu (page 110) Y: Digital zoom on icon Z: Digital zoom off icon Focus menu (page 103) !: Autofocus icon ": Super macro icon #: Focus (1m) icon $: Focus (2. 5m) icon %: Infinity focus icon (page 111) 2 Self-timer menu (page 63) c V: Self-timer off icon : Self-timer on icon (2 seconds) : Self-timer on icon (10 seconds) 8 c 3 Compression menu (page 101) c b: FINE icon (low compression) a: SFINE icon (super-low compression) c: NORM (NORMAL) icon (normal compression) 4 Voice memo menu (page 112) c b: Voice memo off icon a: Voice memo on icon 5 Spot focus menu (page 104) c j: Spot focus off icon i: Spot focus on icon 6 Light-measuring mode (EXP MEASURE) menu (page 105) c V: Multi-section light-measuring icon X: Center-weighted light-measuring icon W: Spot light-measuring icon 9 c F c G Exposure correction icon H Number of remaining images that can be captured (page 153) I HELP display (page 143) J Remaining battery pack charge (page 155) Not displayed when the remaining battery pack charge is near full or when the AC adapter (sold separately) is used. [c] indicates the factory-preset setting. English 96 ABOUT THE EXPERT MODE SHOOTING SETTING SCREENS Sequential Shots Shooting Setting Screen * All the icons never appear at the same time. PC M CA Lit H 12 1 2 METHOD BEST I 3 4 5 J 6 7 8 9 F G 97 English 1 Sequential shots mode (METHOD) menu (page 44) c : Best select shot icon : Standard sequential shots icon A: AE shift sequential shots icon 2 Resolution menu (page 61) c @: 2048 x 1536-pixel resolution icon D: 1600 x 1200-pixel resolution icon E: 640 x 480-pixel resolution icon 7 White Balance menu (page Auto white balance icon Sunny icon Cloudy icon Fluorescent lighting icon White (incandescent) light icon S: Color fill (one push) icon 8 ISO sensitivity menu (page 108) c : Auto sensitivity icon (ISO50 to 200) 5: ISO50 icon +: ISO100 icon 1: ISO200 icon %: ISO400 icon 106) c H: g: h: e: i: 3 Self-timer menu (page 63) c V: Self-timer off icon : Self-timer on icon (2 seconds) : Self-timer on icon (10 seconds) 9 Digital zoom menu (page 110) c Y: Digital zoom on icon Z: Digital zoom off icon F Focus menu (page 103) c !: Autofocus icon ": Super macro icon #: Focus (1m) icon $: Focus (2. 5m) icon %: Infinity focus icon G Exposure correction icon (page 111) 4 Compression menu (page 101) c b: FINE icon (low compression) a: SFINE icon (super-low compression) c: NORM (NORMAL) icon (normal compression) 5 Spot focus menu (page 104) c j: Spot focus off icon i: Spot focus on icon 6 Light-measuring mode (EXP MEASURE) menu (page 105) c V: Multi-section light-measuring icon X: Center-weighted light-measuring icon W: Spot light-measuring icon [c] indicates the factory-preset setting. H Number of remaining images that can be captured (page 153) I HELP display (page 143) J Remaining battery pack charge (page 155) Not displayed when the remaining battery pack charge is near full or when the AC adapter (sold separately) is used. English 98 ABOUT THE EXPERT MODE SHOOTING SETTING SCREENS Video Clip Shooting Setting Screen * All the icons never appear at the same time. PC M CA Lit I 00:10 1 2 RESOLUTION 640X480 J 3 4 5 K 6 7 8 9 F G H 99 English 1 Resolution menu (page 61) c 4: 640 x 480-pixel resolution icon 2: 320 x 240-pixel resolution icon 0: 160 x 120-pixel resolution icon 2 Frame Rate menu (page 65) c {: 15 frames/sec icon }: 30 frames/sec icon 3 Compression menu (page 101) c c: NORM (NORMAL) icon (normal compression) b: FINE icon (low compression) 8 White Balance menu (page 106) c H: g: h: e: i: Auto white balance icon Sunny icon Cloudy icon Fluorescent lighting icon White (incandescent) light icon S: Color fill (one push) icon ISO sensitivity menu (page 108) : Auto sensitivity icon (ISO200 to 800) 1: ISO200 icon %: ISO400 icon ?: ISO800 icon : ISO1600 icon Digital zoom menu (page 110) Y: Digital zoom on icon Z: Digital zoom off icon Focus menu (page 103) !: Autofocus icon ": Auto super macro icon #: Focus (1m) icon $: Focus (2. 5m) icon %: Infinity focus icon Exposure correction icon (page 111) available (page 153) 9 c 4 Flicker-reduction (FLICKER REDUCT) menu (page 113) c l: Flicker-reduction function off icon k: Flicker-reduction function on icon F c G c 5 Optical zoom menu (page 109) c : Optical zoom off icon : Optical zoom on icon 6 Spot focus menu (page 104) c j: Spot focus off icon i: Spot focus on icon 7 Light-measuring mode (EXP MEASURE) menu (page 105) c V: Multi-section light-measuring icon X: Center-weighted light-measuring icon W: Spot light-measuring icon [c] indicates the factory-preset setting. H I Remaining recording time J HELP display (page 143) K Remaining battery pack charge (page 155) Not displayed when the remaining battery pack charge is near full or when the AC adapter (sold separately) is used. English 100 COMPRESSION RATE SETTING Use the procedure below to set the compression rate. Even if the same resolution is used, you can change the compression setting to decrease the image data size so that you can capture more images, or increase the image data size for no loss in image quality. 1 2 Display an EXPERT Mode Shooting Setting Screen (see page 94). [. . . ] Video clips: QuickTime Movie (Photo-JPEG) Audio: wav (monaural) SD Memory Card Multi Media Card Approx. 3, 340, 000 pixels, interlace scan, primary color filter 2, 880 x 2, 160 pixels (still images only) 2, 048 x 1, 536 pixels (still images and sequential shots only) 1, 600 x 1, 200 pixels (still images and sequential shots only) 640 x 480 pixels 320 x 240 pixels (video clips only) 160 x 120 pixels (video clips only) 30 fps, 15 fps Data storage media Camera effective number of pixels Image sensor Recording resolution Video clip frame rate 189 English Data compression White balance Lens Focus modes Aperture Exposure control type Light-measuring modes Range Digital zoom Shutter speed SFINE (very low compression) (still images and sequential shots only) FINE (low compression) NORM (normal compression) Full-auto TTL, manual setting possible Prismatic f=5. 7mm to 16. 0mm (35mm film optical 2. 8x camera conversion f=37mm to zoom lens 104mm) Autofocus, 7 groups, 10 elements Multi-section focus, spot focus Open F=2. 8 (Wide) to 3. 9 (Tele) Smallest F=6. 8 (Wide) to 9. 4 (Tele) Programmable AE Exposure correction available from the Shooting Setting Screen (01. 8EV in 0. 3EV steps) Multi-section measuring, center-weighted measuring, spot measuring 20 cm (Wide)/30 cm (Tele) to infinity (normal photography), 2 cm (Wide)/30 cm (Tele) to 50 cm (super macro photography) For shooting: 1x to 4x (except resolution B) For playback: 1x to 45x (varies with resolution) Still image shooting mode: 1/2 to 1/2, 000 sec. 4 seconds when scene select function set to lamp ) (During flash: 1/30 to 1/2, 000 sec. ) Sequential shots shooting mode: 1/2 to 1/2, 000 sec. Video clip shooting mode: 1/30 to 1/10, 000 sec. English 190 SPECIFICATIONS Sensitivity Still image shooting mode/sequential shots shooting mode: Auto (equivalent to ISO50 to 200)/ equivalent to ISO50, ISO100, ISO200, and ISO400 (switchable from Shooting Setting Screen) (Maximum ISO sensitivity up to 1, 600 variation: when scene select function set to lamp ) Video clip shooting mode: Auto (equivalent to ISO200 to 800)/ equivalent to ISO200, ISO400, ISO800, and ISO1, 600 (switchable from Shooting Setting Screen) Viewfinder Optical direct image zoom viewfinder LCD monitor 1. 6-inch TFT color liquid crystal Approx. [. . . ]