On Mon, 09 Jul 2001 20:31:20 GMT, LT wrote:

>I just purchased this camera and all I can say it has ruined my recent
>trip to Jamaica. Why would a company as big as Sony put this type of
>junk on the market?
>
>Night Shot? - Get Real! Yea, it captures in total darkness but what
>they don't tell you is that it's captured in almost X-Ray, B&W.

You expected color, shot under invisible light...?

>Auto
>mode does not capture anything under, what I'd call, spot lights.

That is what "spotlight" program mode is for...

>When recording my wife in night shot mode the camera showed the veins
>under her skin!

It is infrared recording, after all...;-)

>I have nothing good to say about this camera... Just trying to get
>into video capture, (recording), mode is a task as the toggle always
>wants to skip past video and go right into Still capture to the memory
>stick.

That is what the lock is there to prevent...

>When, IF, your in recording mode trying to stop n start recording
>results in the camera being shut off as the toggle switch is right
>with the vtr/record/memory switch.

Push the button in for record/stop, rotate it for
mode change... (This is not "rocket science"...;-).

>Charging the battery requires that you use the Camera so WHY did I
>purchase another battery?

To charge at night, for reserve...

>Sigh

?????
One would assume you would have done a *little* research,
at least, before purchase, and read the manual at least a bit
afterwards...;-)