Play Menu
The play menu is relatively simple offering a limited number of options which appear along the bottom of the review image, detailed below.
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| Delete | Deletes the current image, requires confirmation |
| Protect | Toggles protection flag for current image (read-only attribute) |
| Toggles the printing flag for the current image (updates a DPOF text file on the Memory Stick), can only be used with DPOF compatible printers | |
| Slide | Commences a slide show of all images on the Memory Stick, allows you to select delay times of 3, 5, 10, 30 or 60 secs and if the slideshow repeats |
| Copy | Allows you to copy the current image to another Memory Stick |
| Resize | Create a resized copy of the current image: 2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960, 640 x 480 |
| Rotate | Rotate the current image 90 degrees left or right, doesn't actually rotate the JPEG file but rather flags the image rotation in the EXIF header (only understood by the camera) |
| Divide | Allows you to edit the current movie and divide it into multiple movie files |
Setup Menu
Another new sight on a Sony digital camera is a dedicated Setup mode, taking some of the less often changed settings away from the record menu and putting them away in a dedicated menu makes a lot more sense and allows for greater flexibility and expansion later. A welcome sight. The menu itself is split into three categories:
Setup: Camera
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| Scene Selection | Specifies the SCN exposure mode:  • Twilight (low light shots, long exposures) • Landscape (focus locked to infinity, small apertures, flash cancel) • Portrait (large apertures) |
| Moving Image | Selects the movie image format: • MPEG Movie (320 x 240, 320 x 240 HQ or 160 x 120) • Clip Motion (Animated GIF @ 160 x 120 or 80 x 60) |
| Date / Time | Enables / Disables stamping of a date
and/or time onto image: • Day & Time • Date • Off |
| Digital Zoom | Enables / Disables digital zoom: • On • Off |
| Red Eye Reduction | Enables / Disables red eye reduction
flash: • On • Off |
| AF Illuminator | Enables / Disables AF Illuminator
lamp: • On • Off |
Setup: Setup 1
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| Format | Reformats Memory Stick: • Ok • Cancel |
| File Number | Selects file numbering system: • Series (images are numbered in a continuous sequence) • Normal (numbers reset after each change of Memory Stick) |
| Conversion | Sets up the cameras focusing and zoom
system to work correctly with conversion lenses: • On • Off |
| Language | Selects menu language: • English • Japanese |
| Clock Set | Sets the camera's internal clock:
• Ok • Cancel |
Setup: Setup 2
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| LCD Brightness | Controls LCD image brightness: • Bright • Normal • Dark |
| LCD Backlight | Controls strength of the LCD backlight: • Normal • Bright (at the expense of battery life) |
| Beep | Sets the cameras beep: • Shutter (enables the annoying "cuurchk" shutter noise) • On • Off |
| Video Out | Selects video output format: • NTSC • PAL |
| USB Connect | Sets USB connection type: • PTP • Normal |
Kudos to Sony for the LCD Backlight control, it makes a HUGE difference to the visibility of the (already good) LCD in bright ambient light, obviously there's a price to pay in shorter battery life but it's what we've been asking for and they've delivered.
