Turning Off The Flash; Connecting An External Flash; Turning Macro Mode On And Off; Increasing Depth Of Field In Close-Ups - Sony CYBER-SHOT DSC-F717 Pocket Manual

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3. Press the shutter button to take a picture or MENU
to clear the menu.

Turning off the Flash

With the camera in any still image record mode or clip
motion in moving images, press the up point on the
control button to cycle through the available flash
modes to display the flash off icon. This is the default
mode in all record modes other than auto, portrait,
and clip motion.

Connecting an External Flash

1. To begin, mount the flash on the hot shoe, then do
one of the following:
If using the Sony HVL-F1000 flash, plug it into
the ACC jack.
If using a third-party flash, set the mode dial to
SET UP, select the CAMERA 2 tab, highlight HOT
SHOE and press the right point to display choices.
Highlight ON and press the center point to set it.
2. Turn on the flash and do one of the following:
If using the Sony HVL-F1000 flash, select any
still image record mode other than multi burst.
If using a third-party flash, set the mode dial to
aperture-priority (A) or manual (M) shooting
modes and control exposure by changing the
aperture.
3. Take your pictures.

Turning Macro Mode On and Off

With the camera in any still image record mode other
than landscape in SCN mode, press the right point on
the control button to display or hide the macro icon (a
flower blossom).

Increasing depth of Field in Close-ups

Increase the illumination of the subject to stop
down the aperture.
Don't get any closer to the subject than you have to.
Focus on something in the middle of the scene
(front to back). In close-ups, depth of field is half in
front and half behind the plane of critical focus.
Switch to aperture-priority (page 29) or manual
(page 30) mode and select a small aperture such as f/
8 .

Turning Burst mode on and Off

1. With the mode dial set to any still image record
mode, press MENU.
2. Press the right or left point on the control button to
select MODE (REC MODE), then press the up or
down point to select BURST 3.
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3. Press the shutter button once to take the sequence
of photos.
4. When finished, repeat Steps 1–2 but select NOR-
MAL.

Selecting a Moving Image Mode

1. Set the mode dial to SET UP and select the CAM-
ERA 1 tab.
2. Press the right point on the control button to
activate the menu, and with MOVING IMAGE
selected, press the right point to display choices.
3. Press the up or down point to select your choice
and press the center point to set it.
4. Turn the mode dial to moving image mode and do
one of the following:
If shooting a MPEG movie, press the shutter
button all the way down and then release it to start
recording. (Press it again to stop recording.) As the
movie is recorded, REC is displayed on the screen.
If capturing clip motion images, take a series of
pictures to be frames in the animation. (Before
taking the first picture you can press MENU and
select an image size.) When finished shooting
images, press the center point on the control button
to create the animation.
If using Multi Burst you can press MENU and
select an interval then press the shutter button
once to take all 16 pictures.

PLAYING an MPEG Movie

With the mode dial set to playback mode, scroll to a
movie marked with the moving image icon and press
the center point on the control button to play it. A
playback bar indicates your progress through the
movie.
To adjust the volume, press the up or down
points on the control button.
To pause and restart press the center point on
the control button.
To advance or rewind press the right or left
point on the control button.

Dividing an MPEG Movie

1. With the mode dial set to playback mode and an
MPEG movie displayed (movies are smaller than
still images), press MENU.
2. Press the left or right point on the control button to
highlight DIVIDE and press the center point to
display choices.
3. Press the up point on the control button to select
OK and press the center point to select it. The
movie starts to play.
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