Sony Camera Settings

[BobR]

Camera settings - Place the selector on the P setting. Power up camera. Press menu button, and then set the camera to the following settings;

 Image size - !2M. 8M or 7M  Depending on which camera you have
 Record mode - Normal
 Color mode- Natural
 ISO - 200 or 400
 EV - 0
 Metering mode - Multi
 Focus - Multi point AF
 White Balance - Auto
 Flash level - +
 Red eye reduction - off
 Contrast - +
 Sharpness - +
 Steady shot - off

Press Home button - move to the icon on the right
 Main settings 1 -  Beep - off
  Shooting settings 1
AF illuminator - auto
Grid line - off
AF mode - monitor
Digital zoom - off
Conversion lens - off
Shooting settings - 2
Auto orientation - off
Auto Review - off

  When you press the power button, the camera powers up, the lens extends and the camera is ready to take a picture. When you open the case, you can press the play button, the button just above the menu button. This powers the camera up in the review pictures mode. The lens does not extend. You can go through your pictures by using the right arrow or the left arrow. If the camera lens is extended, the right and left arrow have different functions. The right arrow sets the flash level. The flash should be set on auto. The left arrow turns on the macro photography mode. After viewing your pictures in the field, you should always make sure the flash is on auto and the macro is turned off. After changing your battery and memory, you should always check the flash level abd the macro setting, and then before you power down the camera to close the case, ALWAYS push the up arrow four times until the LCD is turned off. NEVER leave the camera in the field with the LCD turned on. This will waste battery power.
  To run your camera on full automatic, set the selector to the green camera icon. If you want to switch to programmed settings, move the selector to the P setting. I usually have everything on the p setting on auto except for the ISO, and that is usually set on 400. To switch back to auto all you have to do is move the selector to the camera icon. When using the lower ISO's, you need to have the software that comes with the camera. On automatic, the camera always sets the ISO for night flash pictures at 800. This flash with this ISO is good to about 20 feet. With ISO 400, the flash is good to about 10 feet, and ISO 100 is about 5 feet. The pictures are much clearer and sharper with the power ISO's, and the softer flash does not cause as much eye shine on the critters. You can add the flash to the pictures with the software. YOU NEED this software. I have made copies of this software for BigDave and bow4elk. If anyone else needs this send a PM with your address.
   Yeti board dipswitch settings. I run my cameras on rapid pics mode. All switches are off except # 6 is on. But this makes the camera take lots of pictures in a hurry. If you cannot check your camera often, you need to set the board for a longer delay.
Bob

[bow4elk]

You are SO DAMN HELPFUL, Bob! 

[Machias]

Thanks Bob!!

[bigdave]

Thanks again Bob. You should be a technical writer. very clear directions.
Dave

[BobR]

When I switch back and forth from the camera icon and the P setting, all I am doing is changing the ISO setting.
Bob

[bearbait]

BobR:
   Thanks again I was just about to ask the question on settings and you answered it...
   Finally got my camera (W-90) today, so will hack it this weekend if I can remember all the screw locations!  Have the case almost ready to Bondo. 

Thanks again,
 Bearbait

[BobR]

Bearbait,  There are ten screws. Six are on the bottom of the camera. Two are on the end of the camera (1 external and 1 internal). One is on the ledge below the shutter button, and the last one holds the corner pice where the carrying strap attaches. After the shutter  assembly is removed from the camera, there is a screw that holds it together.
Bob