Sony DSC-H5 Review


Playback Mode Screens & Menus
Playback screen has icons for battery condition, image size, picture number / total number
of pictures. Across the bottom is the folder name, image file number and time and date.
Pressing the Monitor button toggles the display of the exposure compensation, ISO, flash, White Balance, aperture,
shutter speed and the histogram graph. Press it again to clear all of the overlay
information for playback on the TV screen.
While viewing a picture fullscreen you can toggle the telephoto zoom control and
zoom-in to the image in multiple steps up to 5x. Once magnified you can scroll around
inside of the image using the 4-way selector.
Playback index mode, nine thumbnail size images are displayed per page. You can quickly
search through the stored images and display one full screen.
Movie clip playback screen, audio is replayed through built in speaker.
You can also Divide a movie in playback. This allows you take a larger movie and
separate it into two or more smaller ones, which is very useful when wanting to
send them via email.
Image playback mode options:
Protect - Protect/unprotect images from accidental erasure DPOF - Attach DPOF printing information to image(s) Print - Print All In This Folder, DPOF image, Select, or This image Slide - Start slideshow, set interval time between images Resize - Resize image to 5.0M, 3.1M, 1.2M or VGA Rotate - Rotate portrait mode images for TV display Divide - Divide MPEG movie clips
SETUP options - CAMERA 1 menu:
Digital Zoom - Choose from Precision (24x) or Smart zoom Function Guide - Display a text description of camera functions Red Eye Reduction - Enable/disable the flash Red-Eye mode AF Illuminator - Auto or Off Auto Review - On/Off, allows you to view an image immediately after it has been captured
SETUP options - CAMERA 2 menu:
Flash Sync - Front or Rear Steady Shot - Image stabilizer: Shooting or Continuous Conversion Lens - Use when conversion lenses are attached
SETUP options - Memory Stick Tool menu:
Create Rec. Folder - Creates the folder in which captured images will be stored Change Rec. Folder - Allows you to change from created folders Copy - Copy files between Memory Stick and internal memory
SETUP 1 menu options:
EVF Backlight - Bright, Normal Beep - Camera "beep" sounds: Shutter, On, Off Language - Set the Menu language Initialize - Reset to default
SETUP 2 menu options:
USB Connect - USB protocol: Auto, PTP, Mass Storage, or PictBridge Video Out - NTSC or PAL signal timing Clock Set - Set the internal clock |
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