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Before turning the camera on, you must place the battery and the memory stick in the battery compartment of the camera. This compartment is located on the bottom of smaller Cybershots and on the lower left side of the camera on larger Cybershots. Once the battery and memory stick are in place, the camera can be turned on.
The process of turning on a Cybershot camera depends on whether you have a point-and-shoot or a higher-end camera. Point-and-shoot Cybershots are turned on using the small, circular power button on the top of the camera or the small rectangular power button on the back of the camera. More advanced Cybershots have a slightly larger push button located just to the left of the dial on the top right-hand side of the camera. -
Point-and-shoots are ready to take a photograph as soon as the camera is on. The higher-end Cybershots must be set up for still photography. To take a photo using automatic focus, turn the dial on the top of the camera to the image of the small green camera. This will allow the photo to be taken with automatic focus and settings, similar to a point-and-shoot.
To take a photo, first focus the subject by pressing the shutter button, which is the largest button on the top right of the camera no matter which Cybershot you are using, halfway down. When the subject is in focus, press the shutter button all the way down to snap the photo. You can also zoom in or out before taking a photo by using the buttons that say "W" and "T." The "W" button will move away from the subject and the "T" button will move closer to the subject. - Once you have taken a photograph, you can review the image directly on your Cybershot's screen. On Cybershot point-and-shoots, the playback button has a right-pointing arrow in a rectangle that simply needs to be pressed to begin playback. On an advanced Cybershot, to get to playback mode, turn the mode dial one notch down to the right pointing arrow. Once in playback mode, you can review your photos by using the right and left arrows on the directional control pad on the back of the camera.
