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“Memory Stick” 
“Memory Stick” operations on your camera cannot be assured if the “Memory Stick” has been 
formatted on your personal computer. 
Do not optimize the “Memory Stick” on a Windows machine. This will shorten the “Memory 
Stick” life. 
Do not compress the data on the “Memory Stick.” Compressed files cannot be played back on 
your camera.
Software
Depending on your application software, the file size may increase when you open a still image 
file. 
When you load an image modified using the supplied retouch software from your personal 
computer to the camera or when you directly modify the image on the camera, the image 
format will differ so the “FILE ERROR” message may appear and you may be unable to open 
the file.
Communications with your personal computer 
Communications between your camera and your personal computer may not recover after 
recovering from Suspend, Resume, or Sleep.
Windows and ActiveMovie, DirectShow are either registered trademarks or trademarks of 
Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
Macintosh and Mac OS, QuickTime are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.
All other product names mentioned herein may be the trademarks or registered trademarks of 
their respective companies. Furthermore, “™” and “®” are not mentioned in each case in this 
manual.
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Select and double-click the desired image/sound file from the 
folder. 
For the detailed folder and file name, see “Image file storage destinations and 
image files” (page 28).
Copying a file to the hard disk of your personal computer before viewing it is 
recommended. If you play back the file directly from the “Memory Stick”, the image 
and sound may break off.
Notes on using your personal computer
Desired file type
Double-click in this order 
Still image
“Dcim” folder
t
“100msdcf” folder t Image file
Moving image*
“Mssony” folder t “Moml0001” folder t Image file*
Audio*
“Mssony” folder t “Momlv100” folder t Audio file*
E-mail image
TIFF image 
(uncompressed)
“Mssony” folder  t “Imcif100” folder
t
Image file
B
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Image file storage destinations and image 
files
Image files recorded with your camera are grouped in folders by recording mode.
The meanings of the file names are as follows. ssss stands for any number 
within the range from 0001 to 9999.
For Windows
 
98 users (The drive recognizing the camera is “D.”)
The numerical portions of the following files are the same.
— A small-size image file recorded in E-MAIL mode and its corresponding image file
— An uncompressed image file recorded in TIFF mode and its corresponding image file
— An audio file recorded in VOICE mode and its corresponding image file
Folder
File
Meaning
100msdcf
DSC0ssss.JPG
Still image file recorded normally 
Still image file recorded in E-MAIL 
mode (page 38)
Still image file recorded in TIFF mode 
(page 40)
Still image file recorded in VOICE 
mode (page 39) 
TXT0ssss.GIF
Still image file recorded in TEXT mode 
(page 39)
Imcif100
DSC0ssss.JPG
Small-size image file recorded in E-
MAIL mode (page 38)
DSC0ssss.TIF
Uncompressed image file recorded in 
TIFF mode (page 40)
Moml0001
MOV0ssss.MPG
Moving image file recorded normally
Momlv100
DSC0ssss.MPG
Audio file recorded in VOICE mode 
(page 39)
Folder containing still image data
Folder containing E-MAIL mode and TIFF 
mode image data
Folder containing moving image data
Folder containing VOICE mode audio data
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Bef
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Advanced operations
Before performing advanced operations
This section describes the basic control methods that are frequently used for 
“Advanced operations”.
How to use the MODE selector
The MODE selector selects whether you can use your camera to record or to play 
back and edit images. Set the selector as follows before starting to operate your 
camera. 
How to use the control button 
The control button is used to select the indicators, images and menus appearing on 
the LCD screen of your camera. The operation methods that are frequently used for 
“Advanced operations” are described below.
  
PLAY
STILL
MOVIE
PLAY
STILL
PLAY
STILL
MOVIE
PLAY
STILL
PLAY:
To play back or edit 
images 
STILL: To record still images 
and voice memos 
MOVIE: To record moving 
images
(DSC-S50 only)
DSC-S50
DSC-S30
Select Enter 
(OK)
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Note
You cannot clear the menu bar during INDEX screen display (page 45).  
 
The “Advanced operations” section of this manual refers to selecting and 
entering items by the above procedure as “Select [(item name)].”
Turning on/off the operation buttons (menu bar) on the LCD screen
Selecting items and images on the LCD screen
1
Press 
v
/
V
/
b
/
B
 on the 
control button to select the 
item you want to set or the 
image you want to display. 
The color of the selected item or 
the border of the selected image 
changes from blue to yellow.
2
Press the center 
z
 to enter 
the item. 
Repeat steps 1 and 2 to execute 
each function.
Press v to display the menu bar 
on the LCD screen.
Press V to clear the menu bar 
from the LCD screen.
Menu bar
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