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Outhouse · Jan 19, 2012, 9:09 PM

Well, I traded my A200 for an A580 and my head is simply spinning for all the new things I need to learn! Wish the would use larger print in the manual. My old eyes have trouble seeing such small print!

wanaclick · Jan 19, 2012, 11:15 PM

Well the company has gone through the motions of giving you a manual,to heck with whether you can decipher it or not.Thanking the "valued customer" for letting them pry on your $$$ and filling their coffers.Also patting their backs for using less paper and claiming to make a "big" contribution to keeping the earth green.

TCav · Jan 20, 2012, 6:20 AM

I generally use the PDF versions of manuals more than the printed manuals, anyway. You can make the print a large as you want, but there's also all the things you can do in Adobe Reader that you can't do with the paper manual, like search. And one of the nice things about Sony's PDF manuals is that everytime you see a page number, you can click on it and you go to that page. I keep a copy on my computer and one on my PDA, so it's available wherever I happen to be.

See http://www.docs.sony.com/release/DSLRA560.pdf

antonlmo · Feb 23, 2012, 6:56 AM

Gary Friedmans book is an excellent companion to the manual and very highly regarded. I used his book for the a100 and recently for my a580.
http://www.friedmanarchives.com/alpha580/index.htm

Jan 19, 2012, 9:09 PM	#1
Outhouse Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 262	Technology Overload! Well, I traded my A200 for an A580 and my head is simply spinning for all the new things I need to learn! Wish the would use larger print in the manual. My old eyes have trouble seeing such small print!

Jan 20, 2012, 6:20 AM	#3
TCav Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Washington, DC, Metro Area, Maryland Posts: 13,773	I generally use the PDF versions of manuals more than the printed manuals, anyway. You can make the print a large as you want, but there's also all the things you can do in Adobe Reader that you can't do with the paper manual, like search. And one of the nice things about Sony's PDF manuals is that everytime you see a page number, you can click on it and you go to that page. I keep a copy on my computer and one on my PDA, so it's available wherever I happen to be. See http://www.docs.sony.com/release/DSLRA560.pdf __________________ The lens is the thing. 'Full Frame' is the new 'Medium Format'. "One good test is worth a thousand expert opinions." - Tex Johnston, Boeing 707 test pilot.

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Jan 19, 2012, 11:15 PM	#2
wanaclick Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: India Posts: 274	Well the company has gone through the motions of giving you a manual,to heck with whether you can decipher it or not.Thanking the "valued customer" for letting them pry on your $$$ and filling their coffers.Also patting their backs for using less paper and claiming to make a "big" contribution to keeping the earth green.

Feb 23, 2012, 6:56 AM	#4
antonlmo Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 49	Gary Friedmans book is an excellent companion to the manual and very highly regarded. I used his book for the a100 and recently for my a580. http://www.friedmanarchives.com/alpha580/index.htm