Sony DSC-T11/T110D Cybershot User Manual - Essay Example

Sony DSC-T11/T110D Cybershot User Manual Below is a review of Sony DSC-T11/T110D Cybershot User Manual. Rating (5 being the highest) has been provided for each of the criteria: 1. Easy to Understand - Rating: 5 The manual is easy to understand and the description is straight forward. The manual provided online is actually the manual used when availing the gadget itself which provides steps on how to use the camera. The manual is available in 19 languages, which makes it easy for a reader using any of those languages to understand the instructions using his own native language. 2. Informative - Rating: 3 It is important that a manual or any reading material is able to provide information to its target readers.

It should be instructive and provide enough knowledge of the product to the readers. The DSC-T110 manual was able to provide enough information such as the basic features of the camera, the proper care of it, as described on page 7, and even provided its limitations on page 6, describing the inability to restore data if ever it will be deleted from the memory card. This way, a user or a possible user who wants to avail the gadget, will be able to know its pros and cons. What is only lacking in the manual is a more in depth discussion of the shooting features of the camera which a potential buyer wants to know.

The basics were mentioned in the manual but the advance shooting features were missed. Page 22 lists all specifications of the camera but it does not go into the details of the effects that the camera is able to do. One good example is PC Mag which is able to discuss its advance features and its design: The T110 is chic little camera, available in silver, black, red, pink, and violet. I tested a silver model, which resembles the brushed aluminum shell of an Apple MacBook Pro. Its smooth, rectangular body looks very aerodynamic, with curved edges and flat surfaces.

The few physical controls (Power button, shutter release, and a zoom rocker) on the top edge of the camera sit flush with the body; even the zoom rocker is just a little nub that moves back and forth inside the camera, but it still feels comfortable to use. The lens is protected by a sliding shield panel that automatically powers the camera on and off (though there's also the aforementioned Power button). T he back of the camera looks like a palm-sized HDTV. There are no buttons, just a touch-screen LCD that sits within a flat black border covered by a glass pane.

This design is typically referred to as an Infinity Display; it creates the illusion that the display extends to the end of the camera body. The display itself isn't particularly impressive, and comes with an odd quirk. The 3-inch touch screen has a mediocre 230K-dot resolution, at a 16:9 aspect ratio, while the camera's sensor is 4:3. If you shoot your photos at full resolution, the screen displays it in a pillar boxed 2.5-inch viewable window. 3. Accuracy - Rating: 5 The manual is published with correct information since it is exactly the same copy as the manual provided together with the Sony cybershot camera.

The manual even cited the URL http:www.sony.net which would provide information directly from sony that created the camera. 4. Visualization/Proper Illustration - Rating: 5 It is easier to recall technical instructions if there are illustrations in the manual. Assuming that the reader has not yet availed the gadget and will still check the manual first to see if it will work for him, then images/illustration should be provided especially when providing steps that need to be visualized by the reader.

The DSC-T110 user manual provided good illustrations starting on page 9 when it enumerated the steps on battery charging. Other basic steps such as inserting the battery pack and memory card, setting the camera and shooting were all illustrated. This would make it easier for the user to see from the illustrations if the basic steps and if external accessories can be inserted or attached to the camera even by a non-technical user. 5. Concise - Rating: 4 The 24-page manual is concise if it was able to include some of the information that were mentioned to be lacking it criteria# 2.

However, with the scope of the manual right now, it could have been shorter and more comprehensive. There are parts of the manual that are really not much needed by the user such as: Refer to "Cyber-shot Handbook" PDF on supplied CD-ROM on page 5 and other pages where such note was added. The note is actually referring to the CD included in the actual camera but for purposes as online reference, such note may be omitted since the CD is not available for the reader. A note may be added maybe, by the end of the manual to avoid redundancy.

Works Cited Sony cyber-Shot DSC-T110 (n.d.). In Safemanuals. Retrieved from http://safemanuals.com/314159.php?k=a288209d538c1874e3156fae5bf5ff64&ID=3865567&q=SONY CYBER-SHOT DSC-T1101. Sony Cyber-shot DSC-T110. (n.d.). In PC Mag. Retrieved from http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2380121,00.asp