How to Use the Sony Cyber-shot

Digital Still Camera

1. Getting the camera. First, you will need to acquire the camera. See Janet
Bodner, Nina Pardi, Jerry Paris, or the Technical Assistant to learn its secret
hiding place.
2. Camera power. Turn the camera on. The power switch is on the right of the top
panel of the camerait is under what is called the Mode Dial where you see the
letters M, A, S, Scn, and other symbols. To turn the camera on, simply turn the
power switch in a counter-clockwise direction about inch and hold it there
briefly.
3. Camera Modes and Mode Dial. Once the camera is on, the most important
component for new users is the aforementioned Mode Dial. This little dial
determines the mode of camera: picture-taking mode, memory mode, set up
mode, etc.
4. Verifying battery power. If you will be running the camera on battery, you now
need to verify that you have sufficient battery power. (If you will be plugging the
camera in during use, skip to step 6). You can determine how much battery power
you have by checking the small, rectangular screen at the top of the back panel.
There is a battery-shaped symbol there.
5. Charging battery. If the camera is inadequately charged, it needs to be
recharged. To do this, use the AC Power Adapter and accompanying cords. One
end of the cord goes into a wall outlet and the other end goes in the DC in port
found in the bottom left corner of the back panel.
6. Snapping photos. Once you have a fully charged camera in tow, all you need to
do is go take pictures. Still pictures are taken with the Mode Dial turned to the
little green camera. To take a picture, point the camera, pause to allow autofocus, and then push down the shutter button near the Mode Dial. Warning!
The camera takes an extra moment in preparing itself; therefore, it is imperative
that when snapping a photo you hold the camera steadily pointing at your target
until after you see the word, Recording in bright red letters on the large screen
on the back of the camera. You can, alternatively, press down the shutter button
only partly (you will see a green light), waiting to fully press it until you see a
clear image in the monitor.
7. Reviewing photos. After you have taken all the pictures you want, you can
review them by turning the Mode Dial to the one shaped like a square with a
triangle inside (it looks like the Play mode on a stereo). You should now see on
the monitor your most recently snapped photo. Use the forward and back arrows
located just above the upper-left corner of the main screen to scroll through your
photos.
8. Deleting and saving photos. You will probably only want to keep a certain
number of the photos you take. Scroll back to your first photo (we are still in the
same mode as in #7). If you want to keep the photo, do nothing. If you want to
delete the photo, start by hitting the button marked Menu (back of the camera)
while the photo in question is on the main screen. You should then see a small

task bar on the bottom of the screen. Use the arrows to highlight Delete in
yellow. Then, press the very center of the same button (the one with the arrows).
Doing so will confirm that you really want to delete the photo. HINT! Press the
center of that disk-like button very gentlydoing so seems to lead to more
efficient use. Go through all of the photos you took, deleting each one that you do
not want.
9. Transferring your photos to a computer. To transfer your photos to a computer,
you will need to use the 2 gray cord. Insert the smaller end into the USB port
located on the left panel of the camera. The larger goes into the USB port located
on the bottom of the back of the CPU (the main brain-works of the pc). Next turn
on the camera. In a moment, a new drive will pop upusually this drive is
labeled Drive G. (If the G-Drive does not pop up, look for it in My
Computer.
10. Locating your photos in the G drive. Once you locate and open the drive
marked G, click on DCIM. You should then see a list of each of the photos
you took in handy file form.
11. Moving your photos from the drive to their own folder. Because we will not
be leaving the camera plugged into the computer forever, you next need to move
your photos to a folder. To do so, simply highlight all the photos (right click and
drag) and copy and paste them into a hard drive folder.

Advanced Directions: Changing the Settings

RecommendedCameraSettingsforOneShot360
*UsetheZoomtoexactlyfillthedigitalcameraLCDviewerscreenwiththecircular
image.Thisisdonebyusingthezoomonthebackofthecamera.Ifyouzoomintoo
much,youwilllosepartofthefieldofview.Ifyouzoomintoolittle,youwillnotget
maximumresolution.NotealsothattheOneShotimagemaynotbeexactlycenteredin
theLCDscreenthisisnormal.
*Makesuretheflashisdisabledbypressingtheflashsection(lighteningboltsymbol)of
thecontrolbuttonlocatedtotheleftoftheLCDscreenuntilyouseethe"flashoff"icon
ontheLCD.
*TofocusyourOneShotimagewiththeSonyDSCS85camera,pressthefocusbutton
andadjustthejogdialuntilthedesireddistanceisshownontheLCDpanel.We
recommendasettingof3meters(or93/4ft.)
*PutyourSonyDSCS85inapertureprioritymodebyturningthetopmodedialtoA
modewhichisthesymbolforaperturepriority.
*Thenadjustthejogdialwhenyouareatthefstopsettingpressinonthejogdialand
rotateupordowntoadjusttoanfstopof7.1.
*Note:apertureprioritymodemaynotbesuitableforlowlightorsomeindoorshooting
conditionsbecausethecamerawillnotallowashutterspeedslowerthan1/30ofa
secondwhileinthismode.Thiswouldmeantheimagewouldnotbeproperlyexposedif
usingasmallaperture.Toworkaroundthislimitation,youcanuseshutterprioritymode,
anduseashutterspeedthatwouldgiveyouthedesiresf#.Also,makesureyouare
usingatripodwhenshootingwithaslowshutterspeed.

PresstheMENUbuttonandusearrowbuttonsto:
*UndertheCAMERAmenu,setthewhitebalance.Autoisusuallyfineformostshots.
*UndertheFILEmenu,settheimagesizeto2272x1704forbestquality.
*UndertheCAMERAmenu,settheSharpnessto"0"forbestcompromisebetweentonal
rangeandcontrast.
*Selecttheselftimerbypressingthebottomarrowonthecontrolbutton.Pressingthe
bottomarrowagainwillshutthetimeroff.