Sony CyberShot D700

The sign on message displayed as the D700 "boots up" and they're not kidding about the InfoLITHIUM system -- you'll see the exact minutes of battery time remaining displayed on all the other screens shown on this page. It's nice to know exactly how much battery power you have left.

This is the main menu displayed when you press the Menu button on the back next to the color LCD.

This Display Set menu which allows you to enable or disable the display of certain information on the LCD screen during Record operations.

To set the advanced features of the D700 you turn the Mode Dial on the side to the desired position and then press and hold the shift button in the center while turning the shift dial. Some options can be changed while watching the small LCD data display but most require you to view them on the big color LCD on the back.

The "heart" of the D700's real camera modes -- Programmed (Automatic), Aperture-Priority, Shutter-Priority or Full Manual operation.

The Drive Menu lets you set the D700 for 1Shot (single shot), Continuous1, Continuous2, Selftimer or Interval Recording.

The Flash modes are: Automatic, Always On (Fill), Always Off or External (external flash in the hot shoe).

The Image Size can be 1344 x 1024, 640 x 480 or 2X Digital Zoom

Image Quality can be Super (TIFF Uncompressed) or High, Middle or Low (JPEG Compressed).

White Balance settings are Automatic, Hold, Outdoor or Indoor.

As with most all digital cameras the D700 has a thumbnail playback mode that shows a preview of stored images so you quickly select one for fullscreen display.

Here is a typical playback screen with all of the onscreen information turned on and displayed.

And here we have the Play Menu showing all of the available options you can select from during playback operations.