The Sony Mavica Digital Camera “The Computer as an Educational Tool: Productivity and Problem Solving” ©Richard C. Forcier and Don E. Descy

Knowing Your Camera  Parts identification.  Using the control button.

Parts Identification

The Control Button  Scrolling up, down, left, and right.  To enter selection press center.

Things You Can Do  Add Sound to your images.  Record 60 sec. MPEG movies.  View images right away.  Transfer images to your computer.

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

Turn the Camera on  Slide the Power switch to the on position.  Slide the PLAY/STILL/MOVIE selector to STILL mode.

Define Settings  Record Menu.  Quality Menu.  Image Menu.  Flash Menu.

Record Menu  Normal: Records compressed JPEG image.  Record 320 x 240 JPEG image suitable to e- mail.

Record Menu  Voice: Records JPEG image with sound.  Bitmap: Records non- compressed (640 x 480) image besides JPEG. Clearer Detail.

Record Menu

Quality Menu  Fine: Best image quality, less disk space.  Standard: Poorer image quality, more disk space.

Quality Menu

Image Menu  640 x 480: Records a 640 x 480 JPEG image.  1024 x 768: Records a 1024 x 768 JPEG image.

Image Menu

Flash Menu  High: Highest flash level.  Normal: Normal flash level.  Low: Lowest flash level.

Flash Menu

Take the Picture  Position picture using the LCD screen.  Press shutter halfway down.  Wait for AE indicator to stop flashing.  Press shutter fully down.

Getting Creative  Set focus.  Picture Effects.  Program Auto Exposure.

Set Focus  Auto: Focuses Automatically.  Manual: User has to focus manually using the focus ring.

Focusing

Picture Effects  Neg. Art: Color and brightness is reversed.  Sepia: Picture is sepia. A picture done in a dark brown ink or pigment.

Picture Effects  B & W: Monochrome image (black and white).  Solarize: Clearer light intensity.

Program Auto Exposure Function  Soft Portrait: Creates soft background.  Sports Lesson: For fast moving subjects.  Beach & Ski: For strong or reflected light.

Program Auto Exposure Function  Sunset & Moon: For subjects in dark environment.  Panfocus: For close or distant subjects, and dark places.

Recording Movies  Enter movie mode.  Define Settings.  Take the movie.

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

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

Take the Movie  Press shutter down momentarily to record image and sound for five seconds.  Hold shutter down fully to record a max. 60 sec Movie.

Playing Back Images  Enter Play Mode.  Select Image to View.  View image on the LCD screen.

Enter Play Mode  Slide the PLAY/STILL/MOVIE selector to PLAY Mode.  Image will appear on the LCD screen.

Select Image to View  Use the control button to selection image to view.  Arrow pointing back will display preceding image.

Select Image to View  Arrow pointing forward will display next image.  The index icon will display an index of all recorded images.

Viewing Images on a Computer  Insert floppy into disk drive.  Open the disk drive.  Double click the desired file.

Examples