Part I: How the SonyMVC-FD90 Works

By Misha Evans 2002

To turn the camera on gently slide the button with the green dot to the right

To insert a floppy put it into the slot on the side of the camera. The metal door of the floppy goes in first with the disk circle pointed away from you

To eject the floppy slide the top button to the left and the button below it downwards.

The zoom button isused by sliding it left or right

This is the button you use to take the picture with (there is a 7 second delay)

There are three modes on the camera: Play, Still, and Movie. Play displays your pictures. Still takes still photographs. Movie takes small

movies (3 minutes or less). You select by sliding it left or right

To bring up the menu bar on the LCD display panel use the toggle button and press upwards

To change the file size of the photo or movie: display the menu bar, toggle to File, press upwards to Image Size, press right to a

list of file sizes. Remember the bigger the file the less you can fit on a floppy (smallest is usually the best 640 x 480).

To conserve power you can turn off the LCD backlight,but remember to turn it back on before you shut it off.

The camera will letyou know when it needs recharging a flashing batterysymbol will come up with the amount of time left. Then the recharger will need to be plugged into the camera.

The other option is to replace the battery located on the bottom

Now go out there and take some photos:

1. Remember to take enough disks with you.

2. Check on the battery life.

3. Let us know if it needs recharging.

4. Bring the camera, camera bag, and extra battery back.

5. Never use anything but a soft cloth (the kind you would use on your glasses), to clean the lenses/LCD panel.

Part II: How Use Your Pictures

Definition for: .JPG (File Extension Definition)

file extension for JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group).A file stored in JPEG format.JPEG,an ISO/ITU standard for storing images with high compression capability, uses a discreet cosine transform that can achieve compression rates of 100:1 (significant loss of data from original) and 20:1 (minimal loss).C-Cube Microsystems introduced the first JPEG chip

The files we use on the floppy are in the format called JPG’s

To view your pictures

on the floppy you can

1. Double click on My Computer

2. Double click on 3 ½ Floppy A

3. In windows98 single click on the file.jpg and preview

or double click on the file.jpg to view

When you open the file it will use either a Photo Editor or Internet

You can Insert the file into Paint, Word, Publisher, PowerPoint, and many more programs.

In Paint you use File>Open>Look in >Floppy A: and select a file.jpg

In Word, Publisher, and PowerPoint you use

Insert>Picture>From File>Look in> Floppy A: and select a file.jpg

When you click on a picture

the resizing boxes come up

around the graphic. These

resizing handles are use to change the size

of the image. It is usually best to select the

corners because they keep the picture in

proportion. Click and drag

One way to rotate or flip a picture is to cut and edit>paste it into Paint

1. Click on Image

2. Click on Flip/Rotate

3. Click on the radio button you wish to perform

Then just select>cut go back into the program you want

it in right click>paste

on the image and select the show

picture toolbar if you don’t see the

Crop Tool

This tool on the bar allows you to crop (remove) areas of the photo you don’t want to show. Place your tool over the resizing handles and click and drag them to where you want the new sides to start.

You can use the program Kai’s SuperGoo to morph a picture.

It can be lots of fun just remember to save it as a jpg for use in

other programs

Now using your pictures create a document

• Use Paint, Word, PowerPoint, or Publisher

• Add at least five pictures

• Be sure to add some text explaining your photos

• Deleted the files on the Floppy A: after use