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Connecting the camera to a computer

  1. Insert a sufficiently charged battery pack into the camera.
  2. Turn on the camera and the computer.
  3. (Setup) → [USB] → Set [USB Connection] to [Mass Storage].
  4. Connect the USB Type-C terminal on the camera to the computer with a USB cable.
    • When you connect the camera to the computer for the first time, the procedure for recognizing the camera may start automatically on the computer. Wait until the procedure is finished.
    • If you connect the camera to your computer using the USB cable when [USB Power Supply] is set to [On], power is supplied from your computer. (Default setting: [On])
    • Use the USB cable (supplied) or a USB-standard cable.
    • Use a SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps (USB 3.2)-compatible computer and the USB cable (supplied) for higher-speed communications.

Note

  • Do not turn on/off or restart the computer, or wake the computer from sleep mode when a USB connection has been established between the computer and the camera. Doing so may cause a malfunction. Before turning on/off or restarting the computer, or waking the computer from sleep mode, disconnect the camera from the computer.
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  • Sides
  • USB Connection
  • USB LUN Setting
  • How to use the “Help Guide”
  • Before Use
    • Checking the camera and the supplied items
    • Memory cards that can be used
    • Notes on using your camera
      • Precautions
      • Notes on the battery pack and charging the battery
      • Notes on memory card
      • Cleaning the image sensor (Sensor Cleaning)
      • On cleaning
  • Names of parts/Basic operations
    • Names of parts
      • Front side
      • Rear side
      • Top side
      • Sides
      • Bottom
    • Basic operations
      • Touch operations on the monitor
      • Using the control wheel
      • Using the multi-selector
      • Using the mode dial
      • Using the focus mode dial
      • Using the drive mode dial
      • Using the MENU button
      • Using the C (custom) buttons
      • Using the Fn (Function) button
      • Using the DISP (Display Setting) button
      • Using the Delete button
      • Using the AEL button
      • Using the AF-ON button
      • Using the front dial and rear dial
      • Using the keyboard
      • Basic icons
      • In-Camera Guide
  • Preparing the camera/Basic shooting operations
    • Charging the battery pack
      • Charging the battery pack using a charger
      • Inserting/removing the battery pack
      • Charging the battery pack while it is inserted into the camera
      • Using the battery charger abroad
    • Supplying power from a wall outlet (wall socket)
    • Inserting/removing a memory card
    • Attaching/removing a lens
    • Setting language, date and time
    • Basic shooting operations
      • Confirmation before shooting
      • Shooting still images (Intelligent Auto)
      • Shooting movies
  • Finding functions from MENU
  • Using the shooting functions
    • Contents of this chapter
    • Selecting a shooting mode
      • Intelligent Auto
      • Program Auto
      • Aperture Priority
      • Shutter Priority
      • Manual Exposure
      • Bulb shooting
      • Exposure Ctrl Type
      • Auto/Manual Swt. Set.
      • Movie: Exposure Mode
      • S&Q Motion: Exposure Mode
      • Auto Slow Shutter
    • Focusing
      • Selecting the focus method (Focus Mode)
      • Selecting the focus area (Focus Area)
      • Tracking subject (Tracking function)
    • Face/Eye AF
      • Focusing on human eyes
      • Face/Eye Prior. in AF (still image/movie)
      • Face/Eye Subject (still image/movie)
      • Subject Sel. Setting (still image/movie)
      • Right/Left Eye Select (still image/movie)
      • Face/Eye Frame Disp. (still image/movie)
      • Face Memory
      • Regist. Faces Priority (still image/movie)
    • Using the AF functions
      • Focus Standard
      • Adjusting the focus area settings to the camera’s orientation (horizontal/vertical) (Switch V/H AF Area)
      • Registering the current focus area (AF Area Registration)
      • Deleting a registered AF Area (Del. Regist. AF Area)
      • Focus Area Limit (still image/movie)
      • Circ. of Focus Point (still image/movie)
      • AF Frame Move Amt (still image/movie)
      • Focus Area Color (still image/movie)
      • AF Area Auto Clear
      • Area Disp. dur Tracking
      • AF-C Area Display
      • Phase Detect. Area
      • AF Tracking Sensitivity
      • AF Transition Speed
      • AF Subj. Shift Sensitivity
      • AF/MF Selector
      • AF w/ Shutter
      • AF On
      • Focus Hold
      • Pre-AF
      • Priority Set in AF-S
      • Priority Set in AF-C
      • AF in Focus Mag.
      • AF Illuminator
      • Aperture Drive in AF
    • Using the MF functions
      • Manual Focus
      • Direct manual focus (DMF)
      • Auto Magnifier in MF
      • Focus Magnifier
      • Focus Magnif. Time (still image/movie)
      • Initial Focus Mag. (still image)
      • Initial Focus Mag. (movie)
      • Peaking Display
    • Adjusting the exposure/metering modes
      • Exposure Comp. (still image/movie)
      • Histogram display
      • Reset EV Comp. (still image/movie)
      • Exposure step (still image/movie)
      • Exposure Std. Adjust (still image/movie)
      • Dial Ev Comp
      • D-Range Optimizer (still image/movie)
      • Metering Mode (still image/movie)
      • Face Priority in Multi Metering (still image/movie)
      • Spot Metering Point (still image/movie)
      • AE lock
      • AEL w/ Shutter
      • Zebra Display
    • Selecting the ISO sensitivity
      • ISO (still image/movie)
      • ISO Range Limit (still image/movie)
      • ISO AUTO Min. SS
    • White balance
      • White Balance (still image/movie)
      • Capturing a standard white color to set the white balance (custom white balance)
      • Priority Set in AWB (still image/movie)
      • Shutter AWB Lock
      • Shockless WB
    • Adding effects to images
      • Creative Look (still image/movie)
      • Picture Profile (still image/movie)
    • Shooting with drive modes (continuous shooting/self-timer)
      • Drive Mode
      • Cont. Shooting
      • Cont. Shooting Speed
      • Self-timer Type: Self-timer(Single)
      • Self-timer Type: Self-timer(Cont)
      • Bracket Settings: Cont. Bracket
      • Bracket Settings: Single Bracket
      • Indicator during bracket shooting
      • Bracket Settings: WB bracket
      • Bracket Settings: DRO Bracket
      • Bracket Settings: Selftimer during Bracket
      • Bracket Settings: Bracket order
    • Interval Shoot Func.
    • Shooting still images with a higher resolution (Pixel Shift Multi Shoot.)
    • Setting the image quality and recording format
      • JPEG/HEIF Switch
      • Image Quality Settings: File Format (still image)
      • Image Quality Settings: RAW File Type
      • Image Quality Settings: JPEG Quality/HEIF Quality
      • Image Quality Settings: JPEG Image Size/HEIF Image Size
      • Aspect Ratio
      • HLG Still Image
      • Color Space
      • File Format (movie)
      • Movie Settings (movie)
      • S&Q Settings
      • Proxy Settings
      • APS-C S35 (Super 35mm) Shooting (still image/movie)
      • Angle of view
    • Using touch functions
      • Touch Operation
      • Touch Sensitivity
      • Touch Panel/Pad
      • Touch Pad Settings
      • Touch Func. in Shooting
      • Focusing using touch operations (Touch Focus)
      • Starting tracking with touch operations (Touch Tracking)
    • Shutter settings
      • Silent Mode Settings (still image/movie)
      • Shutter Type
      • Using the electronic shutter
      • Shoot. Start Display (still image)
      • Shoot. Timing Display (still image)
      • Release w/o Lens (still image/movie)
      • Release w/o Card
      • Anti-flicker Set.
      • Differences between the [Anti-flicker Shoot.] and [Variable Shutter] functions
    • Using the zoom
      • The zoom features available with this product
      • Clear Image Zoom/Digital Zoom (Zoom)
      • Zoom Range (still image/movie)
      • Zoom Speed (still image/movie)
      • Zoom Speed (Remote commander) (still image/movie)
      • About zoom scale
      • Zoom Ring Rotate
    • Using the flash
      • Using flash (sold separately)
      • Flash Mode
      • Flash Comp.
      • Exp.comp.set
      • Wireless Flash
      • Flash Sync Spd. Prty.
      • Red Eye Reduction
      • FEL lock
      • External Flash Set.
      • Using a flash with a sync terminal cord
      • Video Light Mode
    • Reducing blur
      • SteadyShot (still image)
      • SteadyShot (movie)
      • SteadyShot Adjust. (still image/movie)
      • SteadyShot focal length (still image/movie)
    • Lens Compensation (still image/movie)
    • Noise reduction
      • Long Exposure NR
      • High ISO NR
    • Setting the monitor display during shooting
      • Auto Review (still image)
      • Remain Shoot Display (still image)
      • Grid Line Display (still image/movie)
      • Grid Line Type (still image/movie)
      • Live View Display Set.
      • Aperture Preview
      • Shot. Result Preview
      • Bright Monitoring
      • Emphasized REC Display
      • Marker Display
      • Gamma Display Assist
      • Gamma Disp. Assist Typ.
    • Recording movie audio
      • Audio Recording
      • Audio Rec Level
      • Audio Out Timing
      • Wind Noise Reduct.
      • Shoe Audio Set.
      • Audio Level Display
    • TC/UB settings
      • TC/UB
      • TC/UB Disp. Setting
  • Customizing the camera
    • Contents of this chapter
    • Customization features of the camera
    • Assigning frequently used functions to buttons (Custom Key Setting)
    • Changing the function of the dial temporarily (My Dial Settings)
    • Registering and recalling camera settings
      • Camera Set. Memory
      • Recall Camera Setting
      • Memory/Recall Media
      • Registering shooting settings to a custom key (Reg. Custom Shoot Set)
    • Registering frequently used functions to the function menu
      • Fn Menu Settings
    • Registering frequently used functions to My Menu
      • Add Item
      • Sort Item
      • Delete Item
      • Delete Page
      • Delete All
      • Display From My Menu
    • Separately adjusting the camera settings for still images and movies
      • Different Set for Still/Mv
    • Customizing the functions of the ring/dial
      • Av/Tv Assign in M
      • Av/Tv Rotate
      • Function Ring(Lens)
      • Lock Operation Parts
    • Recording movies by pressing the shutter button
      • REC w/ Shutter (movie)
    • Monitor/viewfinder settings
      • Select Finder/Monitor
      • DISP (Screen Disp) Set (Monitor/Finder)
  • Viewing
    • Contents of this chapter
    • Viewing images
      • Selecting which memory card to play back (Select Playback Media)
      • Playing back still images
      • Enlarging an image being played back (Enlarge Image)
      • Enlarge Initial Mag.
      • Enlarge Initial Position
      • Rotating recorded images automatically (Display Rotation)
      • Playing back movies
      • Volume Settings
      • 4ch Audio Monitoring (movie)
      • Playing back images using slideshow (Slide Show)
      • Cont. Play for Interval
      • Play Speed for Interval
    • Changing how images are displayed
      • Playing back images on the image index screen (Image Index)
      • Switching between still images and movies (View Mode)
      • Display as Group
      • Focus Frame Display (playback)
    • Setting how to jump between images
      • Select Image Jump Dial
      • Image Jump Method
    • Protecting recorded still images (Protect)
    • Adding information to images
      • Rating
      • Rating Set(Custom Key)
      • Attaching audio files to images (Voice Memo)
      • Voice Memo Play Vol.
      • Rotating an image (Rotate)
    • Crop
    • Extracting still images from a movie
      • Photo Capture
      • JPEG/HEIF Switch (Photo Capture)
    • Copying images from one memory card to another (Copy)
    • Deleting images
      • Deleting multiple selected images (Delete)
      • Delete pressing twice
      • Delete confirm.
    • Viewing images on a TV
      • Viewing images on a TV using an HDMI cable
  • Changing the camera settings
    • Memory card settings
      • Format
      • Rec. Media Settings (still image/movie): Recording Media (still image)
      • Rec. Media Settings (still image/movie): Recording Media (movie)
      • Rec. Media Settings (still image/movie): Auto Switch Media
      • Select REC Folder
      • Create New Folder
      • Recover Image DB (still image/movie)
      • Display Media Info. (still image/movie)
    • File settings
      • File/Folder Settings
      • File Settings
      • IPTC Information
      • Copyright Info
      • Write Serial Number
    • Network settings
      • Smartphone Connection
      • Connection (smartphone connection information)
      • Always Connected (smartphone)
      • Bluetooth Rmt Ctrl
      • WPS Push
      • Access Point Set.
      • Wi-Fi Frequency Band (models supporting 5 GHz)
      • Display Wi-Fi Info.
      • SSID/PW Reset
      • Bluetooth Settings
      • Wired LAN
      • Airplane Mode
      • Edit Device Name
      • Importing root certification to the camera (Import Root Certificate)
      • Security(IPsec)
      • Reset Network Set.
      • FTP Transfer Func.
    • Viewfinder/monitor settings
      • Monitor Brightness
      • Viewfinder Bright.
      • Finder Color Temp.
      • Viewfinder Magnifi.
      • Finder Frame Rate (still image)
      • Auto Monitor OFF (still image)
    • Power settings
      • Power Save Start Time
      • Auto Power OFF Temp.
      • Display Quality
    • USB settings
      • USB Connection
      • USB LUN Setting
      • USB Power Supply
    • External output settings
      • HDMI Resolution
      • HDMI Output Settings (movie)
      • HDMI Info. Display
      • CTRL FOR HDMI
    • General settings
      • Language 
      • Area/Date/Time Setting
      • NTSC/PAL Selector
      • Audio signals
      • IR Remote Ctrl
      • Anti-dust Function
      • Auto Pixel Mapping
      • Pixel Mapping
      • Version
      • Save/Load Settings
      • Setting Reset
  • Functions available with a smartphone
    • Functions available with a smartphone (Imaging Edge Mobile)
    • Connecting the camera and a smartphone
      • Connecting the camera and a smartphone using the QR Code
      • Connecting the camera and a smartphone using the SSID and password
      • One-touch connection with NFC
    • Using a smartphone as a remote commander
      • Using a smartphone as a remote commander
      • Remote Shoot Setting (smartphone)
    • Transferring images to a Smartphone
      • Select on Cam & Send (transferring to a smartphone)
    • Connecting while the camera is turned OFF
      • Cnct. during Power OFF
    • Reading location information from a smartphone
      • Location Information
  • Using a computer
    • Recommended computer environment
    • Connecting/disconnecting the camera and a computer
      • Connecting the camera to a computer
      • Disconnecting the camera from the computer
    • Managing and editing images on a computer
      • Introduction to computer software (Imaging Edge Desktop/Catalyst)
      • Importing images to the computer
    • Operating the camera from a computer (PC Remote Function)
    • Remote shooting with a wired LAN (Remote Camera Tool)
  • Appendix
    • Audio accessories compatible with the Multi Interface Shoe
    • Vertical grip
    • Mount Adaptor
      • Mount Adaptor
      • LA-EA3/LA-EA5 Mount Adaptor
      • LA-EA4 Mount Adaptor
    • Multi Battery Adaptor Kit
    • Battery life and number of recordable images
    • Number of recordable images
    • Recordable movie times
    • List of icons on the monitor
    • List of default setting values
    • Specifications
    • Trademarks
    • License
  • If you have problems
    • Troubleshooting
    • Warning messages

If your camera’s system software version is Ver.2.00 or later, refer to the Help Guide at the following URL.

https://helpguide.sony.net/ilc/2420/v1/en/index.html

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