Monday, September 29, 2008

Summarizing how the gadget functions

Firstly, find the main power switch and the shutter on the tops of the camera and switch it on. Then we can see that the LCD Screen has turned on and the lens has extend. Focus mode and flash mode are shown only at the focus area. Then, half-press the shutter and the display changes to indicate the focus areas selected, and the exposure chosen. After that, press the display button to increases the amount of information on display. Then a live histrogram has shown. In manual mode we will have two apertures to choose from (F2.8 and F5.6 at the wide end, F5.2 and F10 at the tele end), and shutter speeds from 30 secs to 1/1000. The screen will indicates how far over or under we are from the metered exposure. Now, we can find options for everything from AE compensation to metering and drive mode, ISO setting, white balance and image parameters. After fix all the settings of the options, press and hold the flash mode button. Finally, we can see all the pictures that we had snapped by pressing the 'Next' (+) and 'Previous' (-) buttons.

Describing main/major and minor parts/components

The main component of the Sony Cyber Shot P200 are lens and battery. The Sony Cyber Shot has a Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar 3X optical zoom lens attached to its front. The lens extends out from the camera in two segments to reach from 7.9-23.7mm. In 35mm format, this is equivalent to a 38-114mm lens.There is an additional 6X digital zoom to supplement the optical zoom. The lens has an aperture range from f/2.8-f/10 from its widest to the most telephoto setting. It is constructed of 7 elements in 5 groups with 3 Aspheric elements. When powered down, the lens retracts into the body and is protected by a built-in shutter, no lens cap is necessary.
It is equipped with a low-light AF-assist lamp (effective range up to 12.5 ft / 3.8 m Wide, 9 ft 2 1/2 in. / 2.8 m Tele), the 5 Area Multi-point, contrast detection autofocus system has a range of 19.7" (50cm) where it is infinity in normal mode and from 2-1/4" (6cm) where it is infinity in Macro focus mode. There is a 5-step manual focus adjustment with infinity available as well.


Its conversion lens compatible with the optional VAD-PHC adaptor, hense we can add telephoto or wide-angle conversion lenses for greater magnification or wider field of view, as well as protective and special effect filters.
It also compatible with the Sony VCL-DH0730 0.7x Wide Conversion Lens, the Sony VCL-DH1730 1.7x Telephoto Conversion Lens and the Sony VCL-DH2630 2.6X Super Telephoto Conversion Lens.
Battery functions to provide energy for the camera and its components. As we know, power resouces of the cameras is important. It provides all the energy for the camera to carry on all its features. Sony Cyber Shot P200 used the Sony InfoLithium rechargeable cell.It has excellent battery life and general quick response. It can take 984 shots per charge of the Sony InfoLithium rechargeable cell, half of them with flash, interspersed with a healthy amount of zooming, card formatting and picture review.





Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Describing things



The camera showing in the picture is Sony Cyber Shot DSC - P200. It have 7.2 megapixel CCD. It also have a quick auto-focus and 3X optical zoom. This can make the users that are not a professional to capture a more clear and nice photos since the features of the camera can make the subject to be capture closer. It's size is small but with big LCD. The dimensional size of this product is 4"x2"x1". It's has high resolution 2" LCD. The users can also use it to view and share the photos. It's Pre-flash metering sets exposure and reduces red-eye for great flash shots. Users can select the memory stick with different capacity to make use the camera by recording the memorable moment with it. Its main components are lens, flash, and LCD screen. While, its minor components are adapter, microphone and battery.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

3P: Plan, prepare and practice

Before the presentation, i had make a practice in front of my friend. She have leave me some comments. Based on her comment, i have do some changes on my slides. I had some personal statement about what the legend people had affected me and how he or she make me choose her in my presentation. Besides, i also do made some improvement to my face expression. Besides, i have also put some attention on the eye contact. The pronouncation skill has been improved based on the comment of my friend giving to me. After the correction, i think the presentation will become better compare to the initial slides and presentation as we gain some experience throught the practice.