Check the media where the images to be imported are stored. If [LUN Setting] is set to [Single], only the images in the memory card will be imported when the memory card is inserted, while those in the internal memory will be imported when the card is not inserted. Connect the camera to the computer by using the supplied USB cable. When you import images directly from the memory card, PlayMemories Home will start when you insert the memory card to the computer.
One-point You can also open the importing screen from the main screen of PlayMemories Home. Select destination folder to which the images are saved. By default, the folder will be created in my picture based on the filming date to import file. Click [Import]. All these features are hidden by the lens cover when it has been slid shut and the camera is inactive. Expectedly there's nothing approaching a grip at all on the camera, which can make it difficult to hold rock steady.
As a result we ended up with our fair share of soft images in lower lighting conditions, but perhaps a lower percentage than we might otherwise had got if it weren't for the Sony's built-in anti shake in the form of optical image stabilization.
The top plate of the TX7 is where what few physical controls there are reside. A half press of the shutter release button and the camera determines focus and exposure in the blink of an eye. Take a shot at maximum Switch to playback mode to review what you've just shot and left and right directional arrows appear at the bottom right hand corner of the screen for tabbing through previous images too.
Set back from the uppermost controls, where top plate meets back plate, are dedicated controls for playback, and a shared button for alternating between stills and video capture. This seems slightly superfluous as a red camcorder-style record button features on screen, a virtual press of which kick starts recording whatever alternative shooting mode might have been previously selected.
Whilst the wider screen is a boon for watching video playbacks, in regular stills capture mode, black bands crop the image either side. These disappear once you've hit the red video record button however.
It has to be noted that older PCs and Macs will struggle with replaying the AVCHD format video files the TX7 records in, if they'll be able to access them at all, so fortunately there's the option to drill into the set up menu and swap to MPEG-4 format at 25fps if required. In terms of stills photography meanwhile there is a choice of seven different record modes.
The default snapshot setting is of course Intelligent Auto - being Sony's scene and subject recognising 'smart' mode - which is mostly reliable for those who do just want to point and shoot, plus there is also a program auto setting for those who want to get hands on to a greater extent. In this mode menu functions that were previously inaccessible in 'iA' mode suddenly become so. Among the other offered mode icons on screen we have the intelligent Sweep Panorama mode fast becoming a standard feature of Sony Cyber-shots and NEX models, an Anti Motion Blur setting, a useful Handheld Twilight mode, an equally handy and reliable Backlight Correction HDR mode for shooting against the sun whilst maintaining both shadow detail and highlights - which in practice delivers a rather washed out looking shot - plus, finally, a Scene Selection mode.
Press this for access to 12 pre-optimised settings for photographing pets, fireworks, underwater scenes and even the food on your plate courtesy of the gourmet mode also found on the TX5. When shooting stills there's the further option to adjust the point of focus simply by tapping a portion of the LCD screen - again, a feature introduced with the TX5 - thus providing the ability to bias attention to something or someone who might not be traditionally dead centre of the frame.
The above shooting modes aside, also presented within the black bands either side of the screen are a means of kick starting movie recording with that red virtual record button - along with a means of controlling the flash merely off or on in intelligent Auto mode and altering self timer settings 10 seconds, two seconds or off, along with a couple of self portrait options.
Continuous or burst shooting can further be selected here, with a choice of 'Hi', Mid, or 'Lo' speed options, the camera's maximum being a respectable 10 frames per second as mentioned at the outset of our review and which it rattles through machine-gun like, the resultant shots slowly appearing as a collected series of thumbnails on its rear screen for review.
Further on-screen icons in capture mode include a virtual playback button to go with the physical button also provided, plus a self-explanatory virtual 'menu' button. Additional on-screen info squashed into the screen's top right hand corner gives an indication of battery life, the number of shots remaining, image ratio and resolution. Tap the 'menu' icon top left and even more options are presented to the user. Top left of this icon-led menu screen - and only found once you've accessed menu itself - is a small toolbox icon; its placing meaning that it is easy to overlook.
Tap this inquisitively however and four further sub folders are presented. In decreasing order of importance, the top one, denoted by camera and spanner icon, is a Shooting Settings folder, just below which is a second 'Main Settings' folder, then a 'Memory Card Tool' folder, and lastly Clock Settings date and time etc weirdly get a folder all to themselves.
Going back to the Shooting Settings, it's here if shooting in Program Auto mode that the user can summon up the AF illuminator or turn it off , as well as the compositional aid of on-screen grid lines, digital zoom, red eye reduction when using flash, plus blink alert to warn if a subject might have closed their eyes at the crucial point you fired the shutter.
LCD brightness can further be adjusted. There's additionally the ability of course to view all images on the back screen in the form of a slideshow accompanied by a selection of different musical styles, or hook the camera up to your TV to do the same.
A press of 'menu' alternatively when in playback mode and, along with the menu options offered in capture mode we have the ability to paint or draw cutesy hearts onto images - the kind of thing beloved of Japanese youngsters - with a virtual eraser button also presented to wipe clean any such doodles.
Limited retouching can also be carried out in camera - in the form of red eye correction, trimming or unsharp masking to add some saving grace definition to slightly soft shots and avoid having to do the same in Photoshop. And all this with the press or swipe of a fingertip. If there's an obvious Achilles' heel on the TX7, apart from the lack of grip and lens positioning encouraging fingertips into the frame, it's that battery life is unimpressive, equivalent to some minutes or images according to Sony, but in practice amounting to around shots.
As operation is reliant on the screen and the larger LCD size also tempts you to review captured images frequently, the TX7 evidently sucks up power quite quickly. Author: Matthew Newsom and 4 other contributors. Create a Guide. Sony DSC-H7. Sony a7. Sony a7R II. Sony Alpha Sony Alpha A Sony Alpha a7s II. Sony NEX-5R. Sony NEX-5T. Sony NEX Sony SLT-A
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