20 Most Recent Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-W1 Digital Camera - Page 5 Questions & Answers

Solution:

The Lense is obviously jammed some how.

Suggestion:

Send the product back to the manufacturer and see if they can repair the product or send you a new one.

Are you using alkaline batteries

Lens is damaged. not economic to repair

The CCD is failing - contact customer support - a repair is not likely, but this component has been subject to a recall in the past - there there is a chance of a free replacement -perhaps maybe

Have you actually loaded them to the computer then loaded them back onto the stick? Cameras cant read images very often when loaded back from the computer- because they changed image type from EXIF[camera] to JPEG normal computer image file. This should not prevent you getting the printed however.

Dear Friend, Nothing is wrong. they are digital buttons and this happenes if signal do not reach properly. If camara is used many times and dust problem then sometimes such buttons. thats all. If You are not technical pelase donnot try to open and clean it as most of part are very delicate. Thanks Sangita

Make sure you use good, high-power batteries. I had a camera that couldn't use cheap batteries, as they didn't have enough juice. Check the battery contacts in your camera tho see if there may be corrosion or shorts that may drain the batteries when you insert them.

if you find any friction or noisy movement of lense assembly while switching on the camera, its probably fine sand particals stucked in ths lense assembly. pls do not try to operate or fix the problem as it would be needing thorough cleaning by an expert.

It has Multi AF, Center AF or fixed focus. The V1 i had went to 800ISO, if you turn the ISO up a little more may you can set a faster shutter speed. I think the only priority settings are the "scene modes" there may be an action ssetting in the scene modes.

If it has the remapping option, it doesn't say so in the manual. from what I understand, every camera comes already with "dead pixels" and its already remapped so that you won't easily notice it. with time, more pixels drop off and you need to remap it again. Now the thing is, the remapping just makes the dead pixel an average of its surounding pixels, and there are photo editing programs that do the same thing, have the remapping option. so basicaly what i'm saying is that if you're out of warranty dont be in a rush to get it fixed. cheers

The W1 uses metal rings that slide in place with a tiny hole in the middle to give the required apperture it does not have a diaphram that closes and opens to give the apperture... so what you here is the sound of changing the suitable ring ( or disc) with the apperture ... You can look in the camera (lens side) and change appertures, you should be able to see this happen ... don't click with flash though :) The sound is very low though if you here a loud click there's something wrong.

Try taking some flash pictures (in fairly good light) in Manual Mode @ 1/500sec to rule that out though. Use "Center" or "Spot" autofocus. If you don't have a tripod, then use the self timer for these tests. If camera shake can be ruled out, and the camera has focusing problems even in bright light, then that unit is trashed. Sorry to hear that the Sony service center couldn't fix it right the first time. Demand a replacement.

There is a generic "all-in-one" housing by Equinox that will hold the W1. Very basic controls, altho if you pay more you can get a custom. Haven't heard anyone's reviews on the housing tho. see here, http://www.oceanbrite.com/moreinfo.php?id=498

I think I read somewhere that pictures came out too soft and therefore sharpness should be set to +. You need to use an image viewing application that can show the photo's EXIF data.

Hi Richard I'm sure that after playing with the camera for a while you'll start having your own preferences but as a start.......... I use Centre AF most of the time so that I know where I am focusing. Multipoint AF for groups of people who are all at practically the same dist. from where I stand The opposite for metering I found that centre metering gets fooled by say the colour of the shirt that's in the middle. If it's black the camera will assume that the whole situation is dark, so multi-pattern is my usual unless of course you are very keen on a central subject and want it to be perfect diregarding the rest of the background My usual Iso is 100 outdoor and in normal indoor situations sometimes I go to 200 if I need a faster shutter speed indoors ... I used 400 once and got terrible noise but again I was still learning my settings and so I might try to give it a second chance. Auto works fairly well for iso 5 M is my prefered shooting , One can crop and work on the pic later , you know you can reduce the size to 3.2 M even in the camera if you want to, so unless you are very tight on memory space why take a less resolution pic ? If you like the pic later there's no way of making it look like 5M again By the way dont forget the white ballance (WB) it's very important in the overall quality of the colours and although Auto is not bad .. indoors the manual setting is better IMO You are right about the P and M modes but usually you'll play with M for a while then you'll start to depend on P more. Actually P mode is better than Auto and suitable for most situations I hope this helps a bit

I think they are from condensation on the lens, or something like that. I've had them with my W1 too at times, but mostly when there is moisture in the air and I'm taking pictures of the sky.

More likely than not its a WB issue. Were you using manual or automatic WB? sonys are known for not having the best auto WB mode :) Try using manual WB and see if that helps.

The Sonys with Nightshot are best at IR, IMHO. The W1 does not have this feature. I imagine it could take IR pics in Manual mode, but the exposures would have to be so long that picture quality would suffer to an unacceptable degree, IMO. The V1 has nightshot, and the price on them has come way down since the V3 was introduced. If you want to get into IR, I suggest a V1.

Sounds like the focus mechanism, your camera will be a very light sound while focusing. this is totally normal and nothing is wrong with your camera the sound is a good thing it makes sure your photos are in focus :)

memory stick pro comes in 4gb, 2gb, 1gb, 512mb, and 256mb sizes. sizes up to 1gb (i.e. 256mb, 512mb, and 1gb) are what the book is referring to.