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- Page 1 SONY MAVICA DIGITAL CAMERA BASICS...
- Page 2 Why Digital?: • Immediate feedback/delete • Email, webpage, powerpoint, word • Family digital albums on cd maybe • Print out any size you want on glossy paper...
- Page 3 Digital cameras in general need • power • a medium to store pictures--memory stick, floppy • means of getting pictures from camera into computer—wire or disk...
- Page 4 ANDREW LEWIS chose Sony MAVICA because the floppy disk eliminates the need for the wire from camera to computer ALMS Checkout—Overnight 1. Library’s Sony Mavica FD87 2. Rutledge’s Sony Mavica FD88 3. Richardson’S Sony Mavica FD88...
- Page 5 You can buy the FD70’s, 80’s and 90’s on Ebay The newer MAVICAs are CD’s. Same principle--no wires. MVCCD300 for $799.99 after $200 rebate and price break at Office Max in May 12’s Roanoke Times. Personally,...
- Page 6 Fronts of the Mavicas Front of the 87...
- Page 7 Front of the 88...
- Page 8 Front of the 90...
- Page 9 Back of 87...
- Page 10 Back of 88...
- Page 11 Back of 90...
- Page 12 To get started you must have a 2HD, 1.44 mb 3.5 floppy disk and charged infolithium battery...
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Page 13: Battery Life
Number of pictures on floppy In standard mode (640)– about 30 pictures Battery life— 1 hour more or less. Check display Time required to charge battery– 2 to 3 hours more or less. -
Page 14: Taking The Picture
1. Insert the disk. Don’t force it. If it won’t go, turn it over and try again. 2. Remove lens cap 3. Turn on power 4. Set slide to “STILL” 5. Push control button in a southerly direction to get rid of mess at bottom of screen 6. - Page 15 6. Press the flash, focus (picture effect), and program buttons enough times to rid the screen of any icons those buttons might produce. 7. On the 88 and 90 check the left side of the camera in ready-to- take-picture position. The focus button should be set on “auto” 8.
- Page 16 11. With steady hands, hold the shutter halfway down until the green light quits flashing and the beeper sounds. At this point the camera has completed all its automatic adjustments. 12. Finish depressing the shutter. Do not bang the camera around until it has finished its business.
- Page 17 Viewing the Picture The 87 and 90 allow you to immediately view the last picture taken by pressing the control button to the west. Here you see the picture and are given the opportunity to delete it by “yellowing” in the delete option (press control button to the west) and pressing the control button straight into the camera from the button’s center;...
- Page 18 Viewing Pictures/Movies In “play” mode, press the control button in a northerly direction to activate the menu bar. “index” will be selected. You can see up to six thumbnails at a time. Move the control button in a direction “yellow” a still. Then push the center of the control button to select it for viewing.
- Page 19 If you still have room on your disk (hit display if need be), slide to “still” and keep on taking pictures. If you want to do a short movie, slide to “movie”. Target and shutter.
- Page 20 Viewing the pictures at the computer 1. Insert floppy disk in the A: drive of the computer. 2. Open up “My Computer”, then “A:drive”. 3. The pictures have names that start with MVC and end in “.jpg”. Click one open. 4.
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Page 21: Emailing A Picture
Emailing a picture 1. Open up your email program. 2. Compose or new message. 3. Attachment. File. Find the “a:” drive. 4. Click on your picture. (You can rename the picture by right clicking its icon when unopened and choosing “rename”.) 5. - Page 22 Using a picture in WORD or POWERPOINT •Insert disk with pictures into A: drive •Open a blank document in WORD or slide in a PPT presentation. •On toolbar, choose “Insert”, “picture”, “from file” •Choose your picture from the A: drive and insert it. •You may want to choose “print preview”...
- Page 23 For more Mavica information, see http://salem.k12.va.us/staff/sfranklin/sony_mavica_tutorials.htm...