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Just purchsed a Cyber-shot DSC-WX220 - help please!!

mogggie — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 16:34:26 GMT

Hello - i am elderly and unused to this camera but I bought it today and set it all up ok I believe (there is not much info on the instruction sheet with the camera and I cannot seem to download a FULL manual if there is one)

There are just a couple of things I just can not seem to manage - please reply in simple terms!

1. Think I understand the menu button but there is a wheel around it that turns - what is this for as I cannot see any markings?

2. I took some basic shots and they were there on the memory card which I bought and put in. Found how to delete them one by one but how do you delete all the photos at once?

3. On my previous Lumix camera there was a wheel on top with options to go from auto to things such as macro etc and I can't seem to find that on this one - is it somewhere in the menu?

4. There are lots of different icons and words on the screen when I switch it on. Is the any way I can get rid of most of these so the screen is clear say except for battery charge and perhaps a couple of others?

Thanks everyone for your help. The camera seems very nice and much smaller than my previous Lumix.

Moggie

Betreff: Just purchsed a Cyber-shot DSC-WX220 - help please!!

IamNic — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 17:10:51 GMT

Hello @mogggie,

@mogggie schrieb:

Hello - i am elderly and unused to this camera but I bought it today and set it all up ok I believe (there is not much info on the instruction sheet with the camera and I cannot seem to download a FULL manual if there is one)

if there is a manual, you find it here: https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/compact-cameras-dsc-wx-series/dsc-wx220#manuals

@mogggie schrieb:

1. Think I understand the menu button but there is a wheel around it that turns - what is this for as I cannot see any markings?

Here you can find anything about the so called "Control Wheel": https://helpguide.sony.net/gbmig/45300681/v1/en/search/search.html?search=Control%20wheel

@mogggie schrieb:

2. I took some basic shots and they were there on the memory card which I bought and put in. Found how to delete them one by one but how do you delete all the photos at once?

You can either format the memory card or select multiple images to delete like explained here: https://helpguide.sony.net/gbmig/45300681/v1/en/contents/TP0000508294.html?search=Control%20wheel

@mogggie schrieb:

3. On my previous Lumix camera there was a wheel on top with options to go from auto to things such as macro etc and I can't seem to find that on this one - is it somewhere in the menu?

Here you find an explanation on how to change the shooting mode: https://helpguide.sony.net/gbmig/45300681/v1/en/contents/TP0000518199.html

@mogggie schrieb:

4. There are lots of different icons and words on the screen when I switch it on. Is the any way I can get rid of most of these so the screen is clear say except for battery charge and perhaps a couple of others?

Thanks everyone for your help. The camera seems very nice and much smaller than my previous Lumix.

Moggie

You should be able to press "DISP" on the control wheel to change the overlay.

- Nic

Betreff: Just purchsed a Cyber-shot DSC-WX220 - help please!!

mogggie — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 07:59:54 GMT

Thanks so much for that Nic and replying so quickly.

I understand now regarding all my questions and thanks to you I have found and downloaded the full manual - what came in the camera box was not much help!

Thanks again

Moggie

Betreff: Just purchsed a Cyber-shot DSC-WX220 - help please!!

IamNic — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 18:00:46 GMT

Hello @mogggie,

you're very welcome.

- Nic

Betreff: Just purchsed a Cyber-shot DSC-WX220 - help please!!

mogggie — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 12:02:47 GMT

May i just ask the Community a couple more questions as although I have read right through the full manual I still cannot understand how to add and delete icons from the viewfinder - can anyone tell me in simple terms what to do!

What I currently have on my viewfinder when I first switch on is -

1/30 F3.3 ISO auto which are ok of course

There is a also a little green man? which appears and disappears which I think is supposed to - what is it?

There is an annoying Histogram (black oblong) bottom right. Can I remove this at all?

Also how do I show the battery status permanently in the viewfinder ?

Otherwise the camera is great!!

Thanks everyone

Moggie

Betreff: Just purchsed a Cyber-shot DSC-WX220 - help please!!

Marino.Manolo — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 13:21:25 GMT

A Green Man? Which among these?

https://helpguide.sony.net/gbmig/45300681/v1/en/contents/TP0000518190.html

Histogram

https://helpguide.sony.net/gbmig/45300681/v1/en/contents/TP0000518212.html

If the remaining battery time does not appear on the screen, press the DISP (Display Setting) button to display it.

https://helpguide.sony.net/gbmig/45300681/v1/en/contents/TP0000508377.html

Manolo

Betreff: Just purchsed a Cyber-shot DSC-WX220 - help please!!

mogggie — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:56:09 GMT

Thanks Manolo I understand now!

Have removed the Histogram using Disp and scrolling as you said - great.

Same with the battery remain time.

Re. the green man. It is indeed the man with 2 lines next to it and is a Screen Regognition Icon. It is the 3rd in from the left in that line in the manual and I have noticed that it appears and disappears as I move the camera around and understand it appears in Int. Auto mode which I have my camera set to - so no problems there. I still do not know what the function is but the camera works fine and I am getting good photos in most lights.

Thanks again

Moggie