Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product VPC-GH1GX Sanyo
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VPC-GH 1EX VPC-GH 1GX VPC-GH 1PX VPC-GH 1TA VPC-GH 2 GUIDE FOR BASIC OPER ATION Dual Camera Please re ad thes e instru ctions ca refully be fore using th e camera. Make sure to read a nd under stand t he separate booklet “SAFET Y MANUAL ”. K eep this manual in a sa f e place for later re ference.
i English HO W T O READ THIS M ANU A L Fo r first -time users Please read this m anual to familiarize yourse lf with your camera ’ s oper atio n. ↓ T o use th e variou s camer a featur es The Ins truc tion Ma nual that e xplai ns the features in detail can be obtai ned from our website (page 4 5).
English ii SHOO T , PLA Y B A CK AND SA VE Prep arin g the ca mera 1 Insert the batte ry pack . About saving y our recorded data h If you wis h to use a n SD Mem or y Card, re fer to page 15 to instal l the card in the ca mera. h An SD Memor y Car d is not included with your cam era.
iii English Shooting 1 Press t he ON/OFF button for at least 1 second to turn the came ra on. h If the scr een to set the date an d time a ppears, press th e MENU button 2 times to c ancel it. For ho w to se t the da te and tim e, see pa ge 23. 2 Reco rd.
English iv Befo re capt uring those important sho ts, be sure to fi rst take a test shot to confirm th at y our camer a is set up and re ady to go i Sanyo declin es any cla im for compensa tion for recorded content s etc . in c ase of phot ographi ng or rec ordi ng failure du e to a cha nce camera or card fl aw .
v English 3 Select “DELET E SINGLE”, and press the SET bu tton. 4 Sele ct “ DELETE”, and pre ss the SET button. h If you press [ G ] or [ H ], the screen to delet e a different file will appear. 5 When y ou are finished deletin g files, p ress th e MENU b utton.
English vi Copy data fr om yo ur camera to the computer Conne ct your camera t o a comput er, and copy the desired data to t he compute r . 1 Turn on the com puter , and use th e supplie d dedicat ed USB in terface cabl e to co nnect yo ur cam era to the com puter .
vii English 3 Select “COMPUTER” , and p ress the SET butt on. h The scr een to selec t the compute r connecti on mode appear s. 4 Select “CARD READER”, a nd press the SET button. h The me ssage [Found New Hardware] appears in the task tray , showing th at the cam era is re cognized as a drive.
English viii Dismounting the camera CA UTION i T o d isconnect your camera, be sure to follow the procedur e below . Failure to follow this proce dure m ay cause faulty operati on of your com puter or corru pt the files in your camera. 1 Left-click o n the ic on for safel y removin g hard ware in the task tray .
1 English CON TENT S HOW T O READ THIS MANUAL ............... ........... ................ .......... ......... i CHECKI NG THE INCLUDED ACCESSORIES .... ................ ............... ... 3 How to use th e accesso ries ............... ........... .
English 2 PLAYBACK PLAYIN G BACK VIDEO CL IPS AND STIL L IMAGES .......... ............... .39 How to sav e one f rame from a video clip as a still image ............. 41 CONNECTING TO A TV CONNECTIN G TO A TV .. ........... ................ .
3 English CHECKIN G THE INCLUDED A CCESSORIE S i Li-i on batte ry pac k: 1 i Lithiu m-ion bat tery pack char ger and po wer cord: 1 i Dedicated USB interface cable (p ages vi and 49 ): 1 i Dedic ated A V interf ace cable (page 43 ): 1 i Hand strap ( page 5): 1 *T o preven t from drop ping the camera, be sur e to a ttach the hands trap.
English 4 i GUIDE FOR BA SIC OPERA T ION (VPC-GH1EX, VPC-GH1GX, VPC-GH1PX, VPC-GH1T A only ) i SAFETY MANU AL (safety pr ecautio ns bookle t) Please read t his bookle t carefu lly before usin g the camera.
5 English How to use the access ories k Handstrap <VPC-GH2>.
English 6 <Other models> <T o u se the g rip belt...> Strap hold er T ripod m ount ing hole.
7 English k Lens ca p <VPC-GH2> 1 Push in 2 Pul l <T o remove > * Attac h as shown in the illustration..
English 8 <Other models> 1 Push in 2 Pul l * Attach as shown in the illustration. <T o remo ve>.
9 English ABOU T THE CARD Media cards that can be u sed with th is camera The typ e of card that can be inser ted into and used with this camera is: i SD Memo ry Card i SDHC Memory Card i SDXC Memory .
English 10 SETUP SETUP SETUP P A R TS NAMES Front Flas h Lens Monitor unit Sub-REC buttons [ O ] button [ R ] button * The tr ipod m ounting ho le is on the botto m. Video r ecordin g button Zoom s witch Photo s hooting b utton Stere o micro phone 1 Inser t your h and in the handstrap f rom the to p of the camera .
11 English Rear Multi-indicator [ ] button [ ] button MENU button Monit or SET bu tton ON/OFF button REC/PLA Y button Card slot cover Arrow keys Photo shooting button Video recording button DC IN ter .
English 12 SETUP CHARGING THE BA TTER Y P A CK Please c harge the suppli ed batter y pack before using i t. 1 C onnect the s upplied power cord t o the socket on th e batter y pa ck char ger. h Inser t the connector strai ght and securely . 2 Insert the ba ttery pa ck in th e batter y ch arger.
13 English Charging the batte ry pack Be sur e to fully charge th e supplie d or separa tely sold b atter y pack before usin g it in yo ur ca mera . F or ch arg ing t he bat tery pac k, use th e supp lie d charger. Char ge the bat tery pack if it is being u sed for the fir st time, and re charge it whenev er the remaining cha rge is low .
English 14 SETUP About the CHARGE indicator The CH ARGE i ndic ator sho ws th e stat us of the ba ttery pa ck and th e char ger . Please r efer to the following table if the indica tor flashes a bnor mally .
15 English INST ALLING THE CARD Be sur e to format a newly purc hased c ard or on e that was us ed in anot her device before using it in your ca mera (page 16). If an unform atted car d is used, the card it self may becom e unusable. <When r emoving the card.
English 16 SETUP CA UTION Do not attempt t o forcibly remove the ca rd i Doing s o may damage th e card or the sto red files. If the multi-indicat or is fla shing red ... i Nev er rem ove the card wh en the multi-indica tor is fl ashing red, as d oing so may result in loss of file s stored in t he card.
17 English INST ALLING THE B A TTER Y P A C K Please charge the supplied batte ry pa ck before using it. ▲ ▲ 2 Open 3 Inser t the batt ery p ack 4 Close the ba tter y cover .
English 18 SETUP CA UTION Does the bat tery p ack appear swol len? i The lit hium-ion b atter y used in this camera may expand slight ly whe n stored in a hot e nvironment or repeated ly used, but this is not a safety hazard.
19 English About th e temperature aler t icon Dur ing camera use, if the temperatur e of the batter y or i nside the c amera (excluding th e batter y) rises, a tem peratur e aler t icon will appear as descr ibed be low .
English 20 SETUP TURNING THE CAMERA ON AND OFF T urning on the camera 1 Open the mon itor unit , and pr ess the ON/O FF butto n for at le ast 1 secon d.
21 English T urn ing on t he camera w hen the p ower save (sleep) mo de is activ e In order to preser ve batter y pack power , the power sav e (sleep) fun ction will automa tically t urn o ff the c amera after abou t 1 minute of no use during shooti ng, or about 5 minutes of no use dur ing playback (f actor y-p reset setting).
English 22 SETUP HINT T o immediat ely activate the power s ave mode i Press the O N/OFF button b riefl y to activate the p ower sav e function. Abou t the s tandby mo de i T o turn of f th e came ra only briefl y , yo u can clos e the moni tor unit to pu t th e camera i n the stan dby mode.
23 English D A TE AND TIME SETTIN G The camera will rec ord the date and time an image or au dio recording is taken so that you can disp lay them dur ing playback. There fore, before captur ing image s, make sure the co rrect date and time a re set. h T o c orrect the date a nd time setting, please see und er HINT on page 25.
English 24 SETUP 3 S et the c lock. 1 Select “TIM E”. 2 Press the SET button. h The Set Tim e Scre en appea rs. 3 Set the time to “19 :30”. h The time is set in the following order : S et the hou r → Set th e minute. h A 24-ho ur clock is used for the time disp la y .
25 English 5 Pres s the ME NU bu tton. h The dat e an d time s etti ng is comp lete d. h T o d isplay the Rec ording or P layback Screen, press the M ENU button. HINT i Under nor mal condi tions, while th e batter y p ack is being r eplaced , an inter nal batter y will maintain the date and time settings.
English 26 SETUP SWITCH ING BETWEEN T HE RE CORDING MODE AND PLA YB A CK MODE Switch between the recor ding mode (for recordin g) and th e playback mode (for viewing your reco rded im ages). 1 Tur n on th e camer a (page 2 0). 7126 7126 001:00:12 001:00:12 7126 001:00:12 Full-HD 14 M - S 2010.
27 English SWITCHING THE OPERA TING MODE The “ SIMPLE mode” co mpri ses only those fu nctions that are most oft en use d and nec essar y to op erate the camera, whi le the “NO RMAL mode” en ables full use of all the ca mera’ s many functions.
English 28 SETUP Accessing/exit ing the SIMPLE/NORMAL Mode Men u Scr een 1 Set the cam era to the re cordin g or pl ayback m ode (p age 26). 2 Select the desired opera ting mo de (pag e 27). 3 If the Menu Sc reen is not d ispla yed, p ress th e MEN U butto n.
29 English Using the SIMPLE Mode Menu 4 Pres s [ I ] or [ J ] to select the item yo u wish to chan ge, a nd press the SET butto n. h The S etting Scr een for the selected item ap pears.
English 30 SETUP Using the NORMAL Mode Me nu 4 Press [ I ] or [ J ] to select a t ab. h The Me nu Screen for the selecte d tab app ears. 5 Press [ H ].
31 English 6 Pres s [ I ] or [ J ] to select the item yo u wish to chan ge, a nd press the SET butto n. h The S etting Scr een for the selected item ap pears.
English 32 SHOOTING SHOO TING SHOO TING VIDEO CLIP RECORDING 1 Tur n on th e camer a (page 2 0), and se t it to t he reco rding mode (page 2 6). 2 Press the [ ] button. h Recor ding begins. h It is not n ecessar y to keep the [ ] button pres sed whil e reco rding .
33 English SHOO TING SINGLE SHO TS Captu re a still image (si ngle-shot) . 1 Turn on the camera (page 2 0), and set it to the rec ordi ng mode (page 26). 2 Pres s the [ ] but ton. 1 Press the [ ] butto n halfway . h The auto focus operates, and the i mage is focused (focus lock).
English 34 SHOOTING HINT Adjus ting t he monit or brig htness i While the Record ing Scree n is acti ve , you can quickly access th e scree n for adjusting th e brightn ess of the monitor by pressi ng the MEN U button for at lea st 1 second.
35 English SHOO T A STILL IMA GE WHIL E RECO RDIN G A VID EO CLI P Y ou can captu re a still image (a single-shot) wh ile recording a video clip. 1 Turn on the camera (pag e 20), and set i t to the recordi ng mode (pa ge 26). 2 Press th e [ ] but ton.
English 36 SHOOTING HINT i When shooting a still image while recording a video clip , the flash does not operat e. i When the r emai ning vide o reco rdin g tim e beco mes ap pro xi mate ly 50 seconds, it will no longer be possible to capture a still image while recording a video clip.
37 English MA CRO-PHO T OGRAPHY (ZOOM) Y our c amera has tw o zoom functio ns: opt ical zoom an d digital zoom. 1 Poin t the ca mera le ns at th e subjec t. 2 Push the zoo m switc h towar d [T/ ] ] or [W/ P ] to co mpose the de sired imag e. [T/ ] ]: Zoom in o n the subje ct.
English 38 SHOOTING HINT When the ZOO M RAN GE button is presse d... i The ma gnification is appr oximately doubled ( double-rang e zoom). Press the button a gain to retur n to no r mal magni fication . i The icon is shown on t he Recor ding Sc reen du ring norm al magni fication, and a icon on the double-rang e zoom Recording Screen.
39 English PLA YBACK PLA YBACK PLA YING B A CK VIDEO CLIPS AND STILL IMA GES 1 Set th e cam era to th e pl ayback mode (page 26). 2 Selec t the im age to play back. h Use the a rrow keys to move the o range frame to the fi le you wish to play back. h The i mage i nf ormati on f or the framed im age is shown at the bottom of the s creen.
English 40 PL A Y BAC K Video clip pla ybac k operation T o do this... Do this Nor mal forward playback Press th e SET button. Stop p layback Dur ing playback, press [ J ]. Pau s e Dur ing playback, press t he SET button or press [ I ]. Durin g acc eler ated pla yba ck , pres s [ I ].
41 English How to save one f rame from a vid eo clip as a still image 1 Play b ack the vi deo cli p. Pause the playb ack at th e point yo u wish to “snap” a photo . 2 Pres s the [ ] bu tton . h The screen to select th e aspect ratio of the still image appears.
English 42 CONNECTING T O A TV CONNECTING TO A TV CONNECTING TO A TV CONNECTING T O A TV By con nec tin g the camer a t o a TV , yo u can pla y back the r ecord ed f iles on th e TV .
43 English Connecting to a video input terminal Use th e supplie d dedic ated A V interface cable to connect to a TV . Connecting to the HDMI terminal Use a separately sold min i-HDMI ca ble to connect to a TV . Supp lied de dica ted A V interface cable T o USB/A V ter minal Set the in put to “VIDE O”.
CONNECTING T O A TV English 44 PLA YING B A CK ON A TV i After co nnecting th e camera to the television, switch the TV input to the ter minal to which the camera is connected . i The playback me thod is t he same a s when viewin g images o n the camera’s monitor .
45 English OBT AINING THE INSTR UCTION MANU AL OBT AINING THE INSTR UCTION MANU AL OBT AINING THE INSTR UCTION MANU AL The Inst ructi on Manual tha t explains the feat ures in deta il can be d ownloaded from ou r websi te. i “Adob e Reader” is requ ired to vi ew the Instru ction Ma nual.
OBT A INING THE INSTRUCT ION MANU AL English 46 SWITCHING THE OPERATING MODE Swit chin g bet ween t he SIMP LE a nd NORM AL mo des Accessing/ exiting th e SIMP LE/NORMA L Mode M enu Screen Overvie w o.
47 English Light- measuring mode sett ing ISO sensitivity se tting RECORDING MENU 3 Whit e bal ance sett ing Exposure s etting Subj ect chase r s ett ings High sensitivity mo de setting Digital zoom s.
OBT A INING THE INSTRUCT ION MANU AL English 48 ABOUT THE CONTENTS OF THE CARD Configu ration of d irector ies in the card File formats Caut ions when usin g as a c ard re ader USING AS A PC CAMERA Fo.
49 English Ho w to ob tai n the Ins truct ion Man ual 1 Rem ove the card fro m the ca mera. h The pro gr am to ac ces s the we bsit e is st ored i n yo ur came ra ’ s int ernal memor y . T his program cannot be accessed w hile a card is in stalled in the c amera.
OBT A INING THE INSTRUCT ION MANU AL English 50 4 Sel ect “ COMPUTE R”, and p ress th e SET butt on. h The sc reen t o sel ect t he co mpute r conn ecti on mod e ap pears . 5 Select “CARD READER” and press the SET button. <For W indo ws user s> h The screen to access the website for this came ra (access menu) appear s.
51 English ABOUT THE EYE-FI T RANSFER FEA TURE ABOUT THE EYE-FI T RANSFER FEA TURE ABOUT THE EYE-FI TRANSFE R FEATURE By inser ting a comme rcially sold Eye-Fi card (SD card with wireless LAN) in your camera, you can easily uplo ad photos to your computer, a sharing site, etc.
English 52 APPENDICES APPENDICES APPENDICES COMMONL Y ASKED QUESTIONS If you have a question a bout the camera opera tion, you mi ght find t he answer in this compilatio n of comm only asked qu estions. Question Answer Action Po w e r Why doesn’t th e power tur n on? Due to cold temp er ature s, t he batter y pa ck temporarily lost its power .
53 English Shoo ting Are th e settings retained ev en after th e came ra is turne d off? — All settings except the self- timer and the exposure com pensa tion are retained ev en after the camera is turned off . Which resolution setting sh ould I use? — Select the resolution setting a ccording to the inte nded use .
APPENDICES English 54 Shooti ng What is the diff erence between th e digi tal zo om an d the optica l zoom? — Becaus e shoot ing with the optica l zoom uses th e optics of a physical lens, you can shoot wit hout lo sing minute deta ils in the imag e.
55 English Moni tor When used in cold weat her, wh y does t he im age seem to leave traces as it mov es? Condition due to the moni tor character istics. Not a malfun ction. Spots th at appear in the mon itor only appear in the monitor an d will not be reco rded with the imag es.
APPENDICES English 56 Vie wing images Why is there n o image ( z is shown)? This ma y happ en when tr ying to play back images stored on a card from a di fferent digital camera.
57 English Viewing image s Why isn’t the magnified image clea r? Due to the character istics of the ca mera, magni fied images appear l ess clear. Not a malfun ction. Why isn’t the captu red image clea r? The imag e was captured using the dig ital zoom.
APPENDICES English 58 Misc. The “C annot edit video clips with unli ke set ting s” message appear s. Yo u h a v e attempted to join video clips having different resolut ions or frame rates. Select video clips that have the same resoluti on or fram e rate.
59 English Misc. Can I use my came ra abroad? — Whe n the camer a is conn ected to a TV , you can switch the came ra’ s video output to NTSC or P AL . If you have questi ons about access ories et c., please co nsult wi th a deale r near you for advice.
APPENDICES English 60 SPECIFICA TIONS Camera Recorded image file format Still images: JPEG format (DCF , DPOF , Exif 2.2 comp liant) Note: Designe d mainly by the Japan Electr onics and Infor mation T.
61 English Still image shooting mode (recor ding resolutio n) 4 : 4 640 × 3480 pixels (approx. 16 million pix els) 5 : 4 608 × 2592 pixels (approx. 12 million pix els, 16:9 asp ect ratio) 6 : 4 352 × 3264 pixels (approx. 14 million pix els, low compression) 7 : 4 352 × 3264 pixels (approx.
APPENDICES English 62 Light-m easuri ng mode Multi-sect ion measur ing, cen ter-weight ed measur ing, spot measu ring Range Nor mal mo de: 50 cm ( 19.69 in.) to infinity Super m acro mode : 1 cm (0.39 i n.) to 8 0 c m (31. 50 in.) (wid e end only) Digital zoom F o r shooting: 1 × to approx.
63 English Focus TTL-type AF (still image sho oting mode: 9-point range finder /spot focus; vid eo clip re cording mo de: Continuou s f ocus) , manual focus Self-ti mer Approx.
APPENDICES English 64 Camera connectors Batter y life i Until ba tter y pack run s out wh en using a fully ch arged ba tter y pack at a 25 °C (77 °F) ambie nt te mper atu re. i The ope ration tim e may vary d ependin g on the c onditi ons of the batter y pack and t he conditi ons of use.
65 English P ossible No. of Images/P ossible Shooting Time/ P ossible Recording Time i If the continuou s recordi ng time of a voice memo exceeds abo ut 13 h ours, the rec orded file i s saved once, an d then r ecordin g cont inues in a new file.
APPENDICES English 66 Concerning the mult i-indicator The camera’ s multi-indica tor will light, flash, or b e off , depen ding on the different camera operatio ns.
67 English Supplied battery pack char g er i When u sing the supp lied batt er y pack charger abroad, th e power cord m ay need to be re placed in acc ordanc e with l ocal requ iremen ts. Please con tact your local deal er f or detail s. Supplied Li-ion battery pack P ar t No.
APPENDICES English 68 Other s Mac OS is a trade mark o f Apple In c., reg istered in the U.S. and other countr ies. Micro soft and Windows are registere d trademar ks of Microso ft Corp oration in the USA and oth er countr ies. Intel a nd Pentium are regi stered tra demar ks of Inte l Cor porati on (USA ).
69 English CAUT ION i It is forbidde n to copy this m anual, wh ole or in par t, witho ut pr ior wri tten permi ssion . i All images and illustrations gi v en in this manual are for explanation pur poses and may differ slightly from that of the a ctual pr oduct.
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