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Shooting with the finder
The finder is convenient when you want to 
save battery power, or when it is difficult to 
confirm the image using the LCD screen. 
Each time you press the DISPLAY/LCD 
ON/OFF button, the display changes in the 
following order.
When the LCD screen display is off (only 
warning messages are displayed)
For further details on the items displayed, see 
page 103.
Just as with the AE/AF lock indicator on the 
LCD screen display, when the AE/AF lock 
lamp of the Finder section stops flashing and 
remains lit, you can start shooting again 
(page 26).
When the LCD screen display is turned off, the 
digital zoom does not function (page 28).
When the LCD screen display is turned off, if 
you press the   (Flash mode)/
 (Self-timer)/
 (Macro, DSC-P71) or 
 (Spot light-
metering, DSC-P31), the image will be 
displayed on the screen for approximately 2 
seconds so you can check or change the setting.
Shooting with the date and 
time inserted
,
Turn the mode dial to SET UP.
The SET UP menu is displayed.
When images are shot with the date and time 
inserted, the date and time cannot be removed 
later. 
When shooting images with the date and time 
inserted, the actual date and time are not 
displayed on the LCD screen, instead, “
” is 
displayed in the upper left portion of the LCD 
screen. The actual date and time are displayed 
when the image is played back.
When you have chosen a date format, you can 
choose [Insert the correct date and time] 
(page 21), and the information will be inserted 
in the format you chose.
The “DIGITAL ZOOM” item is not displayed 
on the SET UP screen of the DSC-P31 
(page 28).
Finder
DISPLAY/
LCD 
ON/OFF 
button
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4
r
LCD screen display is OFF
r
Screen display is set to ON.
1
CAMERA
MOVING IMAGE :
DATE/TIME :
DIGITAL ZOOM :
RED EYE REDUCTION :
AF ILLUMINATOR :
  MPEG MOVIE
   OFF
   ON
   OFF
   OFF
SELECT
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Shoot
ing st
ill
 i
m
ages
,
Select  
(
CAMERA
) using 
v
/
V
 
on the control button and 
press 
B
.
Select “
DATE/TIME
” using 
v
/
V
 
and press 
B
.
,
Choose the type of data to be 
inserted using 
v
/
V
 on the 
control button, then press the 
center 
z
.
DAY/TIME:
 Inserts the day and the time of 
shooting into the image   
DATE:
 Inserts the year, the month and the 
date of shooting into the image
OFF:
 Does not insert date/time data into the 
image
After the setting have been completed, turn 
the mode dial to 
, and continue your 
shooting.
You can also carry out this operation when the 
mode dial is set to SCN. 
The settings made here will be saved even 
when the power is turned off.
2
CAMERA
MOVING IMAGE :
DATE/TIME :
DIGITAL ZOOM :
RED EYE REDUCTION :
AF ILLUMINATOR :
  DAY&TIME
  DATE
   OFF
OK
3
CAMERA
MOVING IMAGE :
DATE/TIME :
DIGITAL ZOOM :
RED EYE REDUCTION :
AF ILLUMINATOR :
  MPEG MOVIE
   Y/M/D
   ON
   OFF
   OFF
SELECT
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