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The The Sony MavicaSony Mavica

Digital CameraDigital Camera““The Computer as an Educational The Computer as an Educational

Tool: Tool:

Productivity and Problem Solving” Productivity and Problem Solving”

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Knowing Your CameraKnowing Your Camera

Parts identification.Parts identification.Using the control Using the control

button.button.

Parts IdentificationParts Identification

Parts IdentificationParts Identification

The Control ButtonThe Control Button

Scrolling up, Scrolling up, down, left, down, left, and right.and right.

To enter To enter selection selection press center.press center.

Things You Can DoThings You Can Do

Add Sound to your images.Add Sound to your images.Record 60 sec. MPEG Record 60 sec. MPEG

movies.movies.View images right away.View images right away.Transfer images to your Transfer images to your

computer.computer.

Taking a Still PictureTaking a Still Picture

Turn the Camera on.Turn the Camera on.Enter Still Mode.Enter Still Mode.Define Settings.Define Settings.Take the Picture.Take the Picture.

Turn the Camera onTurn the Camera on

Slide the Power switch Slide the Power switch to the on position.to the on position.

Slide the Slide the PLAY/STILL/MOVIE PLAY/STILL/MOVIE selector to STILL mode.selector to STILL mode.

Define SettingsDefine Settings

Record Menu.Record Menu.Quality Menu.Quality Menu.Image Menu.Image Menu.Flash Menu.Flash Menu.

Record MenuRecord Menu

Normal:Normal: Records Records compressed JPEG imagecompressed JPEG image..

E-mail:E-mail: Record 320 x 240 Record 320 x 240 JPEG image suitable to e-JPEG image suitable to e-mail.mail.

Record MenuRecord Menu

Voice:Voice: Records JPEG Records JPEG image with sound.image with sound.

Bitmap:Bitmap: Records non- Records non-compressed (640 x 480) compressed (640 x 480) image besides JPEG. image besides JPEG. Clearer Detail. Clearer Detail.

Record MenuRecord Menu

Quality MenuQuality Menu

Fine:Fine: Best image quality, Best image quality, less disk space.less disk space.

Standard:Standard: Poorer image Poorer image quality, more disk space.quality, more disk space.

Quality MenuQuality Menu

Image MenuImage Menu

640 x 480:640 x 480: Records a 640 Records a 640 x 480 JPEG image.x 480 JPEG image.

1024 x 768:1024 x 768: Records a Records a 1024 x 768 JPEG image.1024 x 768 JPEG image.

Image MenuImage Menu

Flash MenuFlash Menu

High:High: Highest flash level. Highest flash level.Normal:Normal: Normal flash Normal flash

level.level.Low:Low: Lowest flash level. Lowest flash level.

Flash MenuFlash Menu

Take the PictureTake the PicturePosition picture using the Position picture using the

LCD screen.LCD screen.Press shutter halfway Press shutter halfway

down.down.Wait for AE indicator to Wait for AE indicator to

stop flashing.stop flashing.Press shutter fully down.Press shutter fully down.

Getting CreativeGetting Creative

Set focus.Set focus.Picture Effects.Picture Effects.Program Auto Exposure.Program Auto Exposure.

Set FocusSet Focus

Auto:Auto: Focuses Focuses Automatically.Automatically.

Manual:Manual: User has to focus User has to focus manually using the focus manually using the focus ring.ring.

FocusingFocusing

Picture EffectsPicture Effects

Neg. Art:Neg. Art: Color and Color and brightness is reversed.brightness is reversed.

Sepia:Sepia: Picture is sepia. A Picture is sepia. A picture done in a dark picture done in a dark brown ink or pigment.brown ink or pigment.

Picture EffectsPicture Effects

B & W:B & W: Monochrome Monochrome image (black and white).image (black and white).

Solarize:Solarize: Clearer light Clearer light intensity.intensity.

Program Auto Program Auto Exposure FunctionExposure FunctionSoft Portrait:Soft Portrait: Creates soft Creates soft

background. background. Sports Lesson:Sports Lesson: For fast For fast

moving subjects.moving subjects.Beach & Ski:Beach & Ski: For strong or For strong or

reflected light.reflected light.

Program Auto Program Auto Exposure FunctionExposure FunctionSunset & Moon:Sunset & Moon: For For

subjects in dark subjects in dark environment.environment.

Panfocus:Panfocus: For close or For close or distant subjects, and dark distant subjects, and dark places.places.

Recording MoviesRecording Movies

Enter movie mode.Enter movie mode.Define Settings.Define Settings.Take the movie.Take the movie.

Enter Movie ModeEnter Movie Mode

Slide the Slide the PLAY/STILL/MOVIE PLAY/STILL/MOVIE selector to Movie Mode.selector to Movie Mode.

Define SettingsDefine Settings

Image Size:Image Size: You can You can record 320 x 240 or 160 x record 320 x 240 or 160 x 112 MPEG Movie.112 MPEG Movie.

Take the MovieTake the Movie

PressPress shutter down shutter down momentarily to record image momentarily to record image and sound for five seconds.and sound for five seconds.

HoldHold shutter down fully to shutter down fully to record a max. 60 sec Movie.record a max. 60 sec Movie.

Playing Back ImagesPlaying Back Images

Enter Play Mode.Enter Play Mode.Select Image to View.Select Image to View.View image on the LCD View image on the LCD

screen.screen.

Enter Play ModeEnter Play Mode

Slide the Slide the PLAY/STILL/MOVIE PLAY/STILL/MOVIE selector to PLAY Mode.selector to PLAY Mode.

Image will appear on the Image will appear on the LCD screen.LCD screen.

Select Image to ViewSelect Image to View

Use the control button to Use the control button to selection image to view.selection image to view.

ArrowArrow pointing pointing backback will will display preceding image.display preceding image.

Select Image to ViewSelect Image to View

ArrowArrow pointing pointing forwardforward will will display next image.display next image.

TheThe index icon index icon will display will display an index of all recorded an index of all recorded images.images.

Viewing Images on Viewing Images on a Computera ComputerInsert floppy into disk Insert floppy into disk

drive.drive.Open the disk drive.Open the disk drive.Double click the desired Double click the desired

file.file.

ExamplesExamples