Photographer's Guide to the Sony DSC-RX100

378 Pages·2012·50.645 MB·English

by  Alexander S. White

Photographer’s
Guide to the Sony
DSC-RX100
Getting the Most from Sony’s
Pocketable Digital Camera
Alexander S. White

Photographer’s
Guide to the
Sony DSC-RX100
Getting the Most from Sony’s
Pocketable Digital Camera
Alexander S. White
White Knight Press
Henrico, Virginia
Copyright © 2012 by Alexander S. White. All rights reserved.
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ISBN: 978-1-937986-08-7 (paperback)
978-1-937986-09-4 (e-book)

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This book is dedicated to my wife, Clenise.
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Contents

Author’s Note and Acknowledgments 13
Introduction 15
Chapter 1: Preliminary Setup 18
Setting Up the Camera 18
Charging and Inserting the Battery 19
Inserting the Memory Card 21
Setting the Language, Date, and Time 28
Chapter 2: Basic Operations 31
Overview of Shooting Still Images 31
Introduction to Main Controls 31
Top of Camera 31
Back of Camera 32
Front of Camera 32
Right Side of Camera 33
Bottom of Camera 33
Fully Automatic: Intelligent Auto Mode 34
Variations from Fully Automatic 37
The Photo Creativity Feature 38
Flash 44
Drive Mode: Self-timer and Continuous Shooting 47
Tracking Focus 49
Overview of Movie Recording 50
Viewing Pictures 53
Review While in Shooting Mode 53
Reviewing Images in Playback Mode 53
Playing Movies 54
Chapter 3: The Shooting Modes 56
Intelligent Auto Mode 56
Superior Auto Mode 59
Program Mode 61
Aperture Priority Mode 63
Shutter Priority Mode 69
Manual Exposure Mode 73
Scene Mode 76
Portrait 79
Anti Motion Blur 80
Sports Action 81
Pet 82
Gourmet 83
Macro 84
Landscape 85
Sunset 86
Night Scene 88
Hand-held Twilight 88
Night Portrait 90
Fireworks 91
PHOTOGRAPHER’S GUIDE TO THE SONY DSC-RX100
High Sensitivity 91
Sweep Shooting Mode 92
Memory Recall Mode 98
Chapter 4: The Shooting Menu 102
Image Size 105
Aspect Ratio 108
Quality 111
Panorama Size and Panorama Direction 114
Drive Mode 114
Single Shooting 116
Continuous Shooting 116
Speed Priority Continuous Shooting 118
Self-timer 119
Self-portrait Timer 120
Self-timer (Continuous) 122
Exposure Bracketing 122
White Balance Bracketing 124
Flash Mode 124
Flash Off 125
Autoflash 125
Fill-flash 126
Slow Sync 126
Rear Sync 128
Focus Mode 130
Single-shot AF 130
Continuous AF 132
DMF 133
Manual Focus 134
Autofocus Area 138
Multi 138
Center 139
Flexible Spot 140
Soft Skin Effect 141
Smile/Face Detection 141
Face Detection On (Registered Faces) 141
Face Detection On 142
Smile Shutter 143
Auto Portrait Framing 143
ISO 145
Multi Frame Noise Reduction 148
Metering Mode 149
Flash Compensation 151
White Balance 152
DRO/Auto HDR 162
Creative Style 169
Standard 172
Vivid 172
Portrait 173
Landscape 173
Sunset 173
B/W 173
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Picture Effect 174
Off 175
Toy Camera 175
Pop Color 177
Posterization 178
Retro Photo 179
Soft High-key 179
High Contrast Monochrome 181
Soft Focus 181
HDR Painting 182
Rich-tone Monochrome 183
Miniature 184
Watercolor 185
Illustration 186
Clear Image Zoom and Digital Zoom 187
Long Exposure Noise Reduction 193
High ISO Noise Reduction 193
AF Illuminator 193
SteadyShot 194
Color Space 194
Shooting Tip List 194
Write Date 195
Scene Selection 196
Memory Recall 196
Memory 197
Chapter 5: Other Controls 198
Mode Dial 199
Shutter Button 199
Zoom Lever 199
Power Button 200
Built-in Flash 200
AF Illuminator/Self-timer Lamp 201
Control Ring 201
Playback Button 204
Movie Button 204
Menu Button 205
Function Button 205
In-Camera Guide/Delete Button 207
Control Wheel and Its Buttons 210
Control wheel 210
Center Button 212
AEL Toggle 213
AF/MF Control Toggle 214
FocusMagnifier 215
Direction Buttons 216
Up Button: Display 217
Right Button: Flash Mode 217
Down Button: Photo Creativity/Exposure Compensation 217
Left Button: Self-timer/Drive Mode 219
Chapter 6: Playback and Printing 220
Normal Playback 220
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PHOTOGRAPHER’S GUIDE TO THE SONY DSC-RX100
Index View and Enlarging Images 221
Different Playback Screens 223
Deleting Images with the Trash Button 226
Rotating Images with the Function Button 227
The Playback Menu 228
Still/Movie Select 228
Delete 230
Slide Show 231
Image Index 232
3D Viewing 233
Protect 233
Specify Printing 234
Picture Effect 236
Volume Settings 237
Playback Display 237
Chapter 7: Custom, Setup, and Other Menus 239
Custom Menu 239
Red Eye Reduction 239
Grid Line 240
Rule of Thirds Grid 240
Square Grid 241
Diagonal + Square Grid 242
Auto Review 242
Display Button (Monitor) 243
Peaking Level 246
Peaking Color 247
Control Ring 247
Control Ring Display 248
Function Button 249
Function of Center Button 250
Function of Left Button 251
Function of Right Button 252
MF Assist 252
FocusMagnifierTime 253
Face Priority Tracking 253
Face Registration 254
Memory Card Tool Menu 255
Format 255
File Number 256
Select REC Folder 257
New Folder 258
Recover Image Database 258
Display Card Space 259
Clock Setup Menu 260
Setup Menu 261
Menu Start 262
Mode Dial Guide 263
LCD Brightness 263
Power Saving Start Time 265
HDMI Resolution 265
CTRL for HDMI 265
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