Sony DSC-RX100M3 Reference guide

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Digital Still Camera

DSC-RX100M3

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Before Use

Preparing the camera

Confirming the operation method

Shooting

Using shooting functions

Help Guide

How to Use

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Viewing

Changing settings

Using Wi-Fi functions

Adding applications to the product

Viewing on computers

Precautions/This product

If you have problems

Troubleshooting

Messages

Situations this product has difficulty handling

How to Use

Troubleshooting

List of Topics

Table Of Contents

Help Guide DSC-RX100M3 i

Before Use 1

Names of parts 32

Checking the camera and the supplied items 108

Identifying parts 110

Icons and indicators 33

List of icons on the screen 113

Using the strap 34

Using the wrist strap 119

Using the shoulder strap (sold separately) 120

Adjusting the viewfinder 35

Adjusting the viewfinder (diopter-adjustment) 121

In-Camera guide 36

About the [In-Camera Guide] 123

Preparing the camera 2

Charging the battery pack 37

Charging the battery pack while it is inserted in the camera 124

Charging by connecting to a computer 127

Inserting the battery pack into the camera 129

Battery life and the number of images that can be recorded/played back using

a battery pack 131

Supplying power using a wall outlet (wall socket) 133

Removing the battery pack 134

Inserting a memory card (sold separately) 38

Inserting a memory card 135

Removing the memory card 137

Setting the date and time 39

Setting the date and time 139

Confirming the operation method 3

Confirming the operation method 40

Using the control wheel 141

Using the control ring 143

Using MENU items 144

Using the Fn (Function) button 146

Using the "Quick Navi" 148

Shooting 4

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Shooting still images/movies 41

Shooting still images 150

Shooting movies 153

Selecting a shooting mode 42

List of mode dial functions 155

Intelligent Auto 157

Superior Auto 159

About Scene Recognition 160

The advantages of automatic shooting 161

Program Auto 162

Sweep Panorama 163

Scene Selection 166

Shutter Priority 170

Aperture Priority 172

Manual Exposure 173

BULB 174

Memory recall 176

Movie 177

Using shooting functions 5

Using the zoom 44

Zoom 179

The zoom features available with this product 180

Zoom Setting 182

About zoom scale 183

Zoom Func. on Ring 184

Using the flash 45

Using flash 185

Flash Mode 187

Flash Comp. 189

Selecting a screen display mode 46

Switching the screen display (Shooting) 190

Switching between the viewfinder and the screen 193

DISP Button (Finder) 195

DISP Button (Monitor) 196

Selecting still image size/image quality 47

Image Size (still image) 198

Aspect Ratio (still image) 200

Quality (still image) 201

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Panorama: Size 203

Panorama: Direction 204

Adjusting the focus 48

Focus Mode 205

Focus Area 207

Center Lock-on AF 208

Focus-lock 210

Manual Focus 211

Direct manual focus (DMF) 213

MF Assist (still image) 214

Focus Magnifier 215

Focus Magnif. Time 216

Peaking Level 217

Peaking Color 219

Pre-AF (still image) 220

AF/MF control 221

AF Illuminator (still image) 222

Eye AF 223

Adjusting the exposure 50

Exposure Comp. 225

Metering Mode 226

AE lock 227

AEL w/ shutter (still image) 228

Zebra 229

Exposure Set. Guide 230

Selecting a drive mode (Continuous shooting/Self-timer) 51

Drive Mode 231

Cont. Shooting 233

Spd Priority Cont. 234

Self-timer 235

Self-timer(Cont) 236

Cont. Bracket 237

Single Bracket 239

WB bracket 241

DRO Bracket 242

Bracket order 243

Taking pictures of yourself by monitoring the screen 53

Self-portrait/ -timer 244

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Selecting the ISO sensitivity 54

ISO 245

Multi Frame NR 247

Correcting the brightness or contrast 55

D-Range Opt. (DRO) 248

Auto HDR 249

Adjusting color tones 56

White Balance 250

Capturing a basic white color in [Custom Setup] mode 252

Selecting an effect mode 57

Picture Effect 253

Creative Style 255

Recording movies 58

Movie recording formats 257

File Format (movie) 258

Record Setting (movie) 259

Dual Video REC 262

SteadyShot (movie) 263

Audio Recording 264

Micref Level 265

Wind Noise Reduct. 266

Auto Slow Shut. (movie) 267

MOVIE Button 268

Customizing the shooting functions for convenient use 60

Memory 269

Function Menu Set. 271

Custom Key Settings 272

Function of the control ring 273

Function of the C button 274

Function of the center button 275

Function of the left button 276

Function of the right button 277

Setting the other functions of this product 62

Photo Creativity 278

Smile/Face Detect. 280

Soft Skin Effect (still image) 282

Face Registration (New Registration) 283

Face Registration (Order Exchanging) 284

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Face Registration (Delete) 285

Red Eye Reduction 286

Auto Obj. Framing (still image) 287

SteadyShot (still image) 288

Long Exposure NR (still image) 289

High ISO NR (still image) 290

Write Date (still image) 291

Color Space (still image) 292

Grid Line 293

Auto Review 294

Live View Display 295

FINDER/MONITOR 296

Wheel Lock 297

Deactivate Monitor 298

ND Filter 299

Viewing 7

Viewing still images 65

Playing back images 300

Playback zoom 301

Image Index 302

Switching the screen display (during playback) 303

Deleting images 66

Deleting a displayed image 304

Deleting multiple selected images 305

Playing back movies 67

Playing back movies 307

Motion Shot Video 309

Viewing panoramic images 68

Playing back panoramic images 310

Printing 69

Specify Printing 311

Using viewing functions 70

View Mode 312

Display Rotation 313

Slide Show 314

Rotate 315

Protect 316

4K Still Image PB 317

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Beauty Effect 319

Viewing images on a TV 71

Viewing images on an HD TV 321

Viewing images on a “BRAVIA” Sync-compatible TV 323

Changing settings 8

Setup menu 72

Monitor Brightness 325

Viewfinder Bright. 326

Finder Color Temp. 327

Volume Settings 328

Audio signals 329

Upload Settings(Eye-Fi) 330

Tile Menu 332

Mode Dial Guide 333

Delete confirm. 334

Display Quality 335

Pwr Save Start Time 336

PAL/NTSC Selector 337

Demo Mode 338

HDMI Resolution 339

CTRL FOR HDMI 340

HDMI Info. Display 341

USB Connection 342

USB LUN Setting 343

USB Power Supply 344

Language 345

Date/Time Setup 346

Area Setting 347

Format 348

File Number 349

Select REC Folder 350

New Folder 351

Folder Name 352

Recover Image DB 353

Display Media Info. 354

Version 355

Certification Logo (Overseas model only) 356

Setting Reset 357

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Using Wi-Fi functions 9

Connecting this product and a Smartphone 76

PlayMemories Mobile 358

Connecting an Android smartphone to this product 359

Connecting the product to an iPhone or iPad 361

Calling up an application using [One-touch(NFC)] 363

Controlling this product using a Smartphone 77

Smart Remote Embedded 364

One-touch connection with an NFC-enabled Android smartphone (NFC One-

touch remote) 366

Transferring images to a Smartphone 78

Send to Smartphone 368

Sending images to an Android smartphone (NFC One-touch Sharing) 370

Transferring images to a computer 79

Send to Computer 372

Transferring images to a TV 80

View on TV 373

Changing the settings of Wi-Fi functions 81

Airplane Mode 375

WPS Push 376

Access Point Set. 377

Edit Device Name 380

Disp MAC Address 381

SSID/PW Reset 382

Reset Network Set. 383

Adding applications to the product 10

PlayMemories Camera Apps 82

PlayMemories Camera Apps 384

Recommended computer environment 385

Installing the applications 83

Opening a service account 386

Downloading applications 387

Downloading applications directly to the product using the Wi-Fi function

389

Starting the applications 84

Launching the downloaded application 390

Managing the applications 85

Uninstalling applications 391

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Changing the order of applications 392

Confirming the account information of PlayMemories Camera Apps 393

Viewing on computers 11

Recommended computer environment 86

Recommended computer environment 394

Using the software 87

PlayMemories Home 395

Installing PlayMemories Home 396

Software for Mac computers 398

“Image Data Converter” 399

Installing “Image Data Converter” 400

Accessing “Image Data Converter Guide” 401

Connecting this product and a computer 88

Connecting the product to a computer 402

Importing images to the computer 404

Disconnecting the product from the computer 405

Creating a movie disc 89

Disc type 406

Selecting the disc creation method 408

Creating a disc with a device other than a computer 409

Creating Blu-ray Discs 410

Precautions/This product 12

Precautions 90

Precautions 411

On the internal rechargeable battery 414

Notes on the battery pack 415

Charging the battery pack 417

Memory card 418

Cleaning this product 91

On cleaning 421

Number of recordable still images and recordable time of movies 92

Number of still images 422

Recordable time of movies 424

Using this product abroad 93

Plug adaptor 427

On TV color systems 428

Other information 94

ZEISS lens 429

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