Casio EX FC100 User Manual

							61Recording Movies
This camera supports recording of high speed movies at a maximum speed of 
1000 fps. The aspect ratio of movies recorded with this mode depends on the frame 
rate (recording speed).
• Audio is not recorded in this mode.
1.In the REC mode, set the movie mode switch to © (HS).
2.Press [MENU].
3.Use [4] and [6] to select the “Quality” tab.
4.Use [8] and [2] to select “HS » Speed” and then press [6].
5.Use [8] and [2] to select the frame 
rate (recording speed) you want and 
then press [SET].
A fast frame rate (such as 1000 fps) will 
result in a smaller image size.
6.Record the movie the same way as 
you would a normal movie (page 58).
Press [0] to start and stop recording.
• With the “30-210 fps” high speed movie, 
the frame rate is always fixed at 30 fps 
when you first begin recording. You can switch between 30 fps and 210 fps 
only while recording is in progress. Use [4] and [6] or press [SET] to switch 
speeds.
Recording a High Speed Movie
Frame RateImage Size 
(Pixels)
210 fps 480
x360
420 fps 224
x168
1000 fps 224
x64
30-210 fps 480
x360 
						

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NOTE
• The higher the frame rate (speed), the more lighting is required when shooting. 
When shooting a high speed movie, shoot in a well-lit environment.
• When recording certain types of movies, the image that appears on the monitor 
screen may be smaller than normal. When recording a high speed movie, there are 
black bands along the top, bottom, left, and right of the screen.
• When recording a high speed movie, light source flicker can cause horizontal 
bands to appear in the image. This does not indicate malfunction of the camera.
• During high speed movie recording, Auto Focus and exposure remain fixed at the 
levels they were when you initially started recording. Zoom and monitor screen 
content switching are all disabled.
• To focus the image, half-press the shutter button for Auto Focus or focus manually 
before starting the high speed movie recording operation.
With this feature, the camera pre-records up to five seconds of whatever is happening 
in front of the lens in a buffer that is continually updated. Pressing [0] saves the 
pre-recorded action (buffer contents) followed by real-time recording. Real-time 
recording continues until you stop it. Prerecord Movie can be used when shooting a 
standard (STD) movie, a high-definition (HD) movie, or a high speed (HS) movie.
• When using Prerecord Movie in combination with high speed movie, the buffer will 
store two seconds of pre-recording instead of the usual five.
Using Prerecord Movie (Prerecord (Movie))
[0]
Movie
Real-time recording start
5-second prerecorded part (from the buffer)
*Approximately two seconds for high speed movie[0]
Real-time recording end 
						

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.To set up the camera to shoot with Prerecord Movie
1.In the REC mode, select the movie mode you want to use by setting the 
movie mode switch to ³ (HD/STD) or © (HS).
2.Press [BS].
3.Use [8], [2], [4], and [6] to select the “Prerecord (Movie)” scene and 
then press [SET].
This causes ‰ to appear on the monitor screen, indicating that the camera is 
prerecording to its buffer.
.To shoot a Prerecord Movie
1.After using the above procedure to set up the camera for Prerecord 
Movie, point the camera at the subject.
2.When you are ready to record, press [0].
This will save the approximately five seconds of action that was prerecorded in 
the buffer before you pressed [0] (two seconds if you are using high speed 
movie) and start real-time recording.
3.Press [0] again to stop recording.
• To turn off Prerecord Movie, press [BS] and then select R (Auto).
• When shooting with the high speed movie “30-210 fps” setting, you cannot 
change the speed (fps) setting while the camera is pre-recording to the buffer 
in step 1 of the above procedure. You can change the speed (fps) setting after 
you press [0] to start real-time recording.
NOTE
• While the camera is set up for shooting with Prerecord Movie, pressing the shutter 
button will not shoot a snapshot unless movie recording is in progress. With high-
definition (HD) and standard (STD) movie, you can shoot still images while realtime 
movie recording is in progress.
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The “For YouTube” scene records movies in a format that is optimal for uploading to 
the YouTube movie site, which is operated by YouTube, LLC. “For YouTube” can be 
used when shooting a standard (STD) movie, a high-definition (HD) movie, or a high 
speed (HS) movie.
1.In the REC mode, set the movie mode switch to ³ (HD/STD) or © 
(HS).
Select the movie mode you want to use.
2.Press [BS].
3.Use [8], [2], [4], and [6] to select the “For YouTube” scene and then 
press [SET].
This causes Ê to appear on the monitor screen.
4.Record the movie.
The movie file will be stored in a camera folder named “100YOUTB”.
• Installing YouTube Uploader for CASIO from the CD-ROM that comes with 
your camera simplifies uploading of movie files you recorded with the “For 
YouTube” scene to YouTube (page 137).
• To exit “For YouTube”, press [BS] and then select R (Auto).
NOTE
• Movies recorded with the “For YouTube” scene are stored in a special folder to 
make them easy to locate for uploading (page 148). “For YouTube” movies are 
shot using the image size, recording speed, and quality settings configured in the 
Movie Mode (page 58).
• Snapshots cannot be shot (regardless of whether you are recording or not) while 
the “For YouTube” scene is selected.
Recording a Movie for YouTube (For YouTube) 
						

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1.While a movie is being recorded, press 
the shutter button.
Movie recording continues after the snapshot 
is recorded.
NOTE
• You can shoot up to 10 snapshots per movie. The number of snapshots is also 
limited by the amount of free space available on the memory card.
• Note that the flash cannot be used when shooting a Snapshot in Movie.
• A snapshot cannot be shot while recording a high speed movie or while recording 
with the “For YouTube” BEST SHOT scene.
• You cannot use Snapshot in Movie to shoot a snapshot when recording with 
“Prerecord (Movie)” while the movie is being pre-recorded to the buffer before you 
press [0]. You will be able to shoot snapshots during real-time movie recording, 
which starts when you press [0].
• The size of the stored snapshot is the image size specified on the camera before 
you started movie recording. Note, however, that when an image size of 9M, 3:2, or 
16:9 is selected, the stored snapshot size will be 6M.
• The shooting range when shooting a snapshot while movie recording is in progress 
is narrower than that of the Single Shot Mode.
• Snapshots shot with Snapshot in Movie cannot be focused individually. The focus 
will be the same as the movie being recorded.
Shooting a Snapshot while Shooting a Movie
Number of recordable snapshots 
						

							66Using BEST SHOT
Using BEST SHOT
BEST SHOT provides you with a collection of sample “scenes” that show a variety of 
different types of shooting conditions. When you need to change the setup of the 
camera, simply find the scene that matches what you are trying to achieve, and the 
camera sets up for it automatically. This helps to minimize the chance of ruined 
images due to poor exposure and shutter speed settings.
1.In the REC mode, press [BS].
This will display a menu of BEST SHOT scenes.
• The initial default selection is R (Auto).
2.Use [8], [2], [4], and [6] to move the 
boundary to the scene you want to select.
• The scene menu has multiple pages. Use [8] 
and [2] to scroll between menu pages.
• You can access information about the 
currently selected scene. See page 67 for 
details.
• To return to normal snapshot recording, select 
Scene 1 R (Auto). Pressing [MENU] while the 
scene selection screen or scene information 
screen is displayed will cause the boundary to 
jump directly to R (Auto).
What is BEST SHOT?
Some Sample Scenes
Portrait SceneryHigh Speed 
Night SceneNight Scene Portrait
To shoot with BEST SHOT
Scene number Scene name
Currently selected scene
(with boundary)
[BS] 
						

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3.Press [SET] to configure the camera with the settings for the currently 
selected scene.
This returns to the REC mode.
• The settings of the scene you selected remain in effect until you select a 
different scene.
• To select a different BEST SHOT scene, repeat the above procedure from 
step 1.
4.Press the shutter button (if you are shooting a snapshot) or [0] (if you 
are shooting a movie).
.Using the Scene Information Screen
To find out more about a scene, select it with the boundary 
on the scene menu and then slide the zoom controller in 
either direction.
• To return to the scene menu, slide the zoom controller 
again.
• To scroll between scenes, use [
4] and [6].
• To configure the camera with the settings for the currently 
selected scene, press [SET]. To return to the scene 
information screen for the currently selected BEST SHOT scene, press [BS]. 
						

							68Using BEST SHOT
.BEST SHOT Precautions
• BEST SHOT scene images were not shot using this camera.
• Images shot using a BEST SHOT scene may not produce the results you expected 
due to shooting conditions and other factors.
• You can modify the camera settings that are configured after you select a BEST 
SHOT scene. Note, however, that the BEST SHOT settings revert to their defaults 
when you select another BEST SHOT scene or turn off the camera.
• 9M, 3:2, and 16:9 cannot be selected for the image size while the “High Speed Anti 
Shake”, “High Speed Night Scene”, “Move Out CS”, “Move In CS”, “Multi-motion 
Image”, or “High Speed Best Selection” BEST SHOT scene is selected. An image 
size setting of 6M is used if any one of the above image sizes is already selected 
before selecting one of the above BEST SHOT scenes.
• The following BEST SHOT scenes cannot be used while shooting a snapshot:
Prerecord (Movie), For YouTube.
• Selecting any one of the following BEST SHOT scenes will cause the camera to set 
up for the scene’s preset recording mode, regardless of the camera’s current 
Single Shot/Continuous Shutter mode setting: “High Speed Night Scene”, 
“Fireworks”, “Night Scene Portrait”, “High Speed Anti Shake”, “Move Out CS”, 
“Move In CS”, “Multi-motion Image”, “High Speed Best Selection”. Selecting a 
BEST SHOT scene other than those listed above (except for “Prerecord (Movie)” 
and “For YouTube”) will cause it to shoot single shots or continuous shutter images 
in accordance with its current setting. Other settings and parameters, however, 
may be affected by the selected BEST SHOT scene.
• Movie recording is not supported with the following BEST SHOT scenes: “High 
Speed Anti Shake”, “Move Out CS”, “Move In CS”, “Multi-motion Image”, “High 
Speed Best Selection”.
• When the movie mode is HD/STD, movies are recorded using the settings of the 
selected BEST SHOT scene. For high speed movie recording, BEST SHOT scene 
settings are ignored and movie recording is performed as it normally is.
• Pressing [SLOW] (Slow Motion View) while any one of the following BEST SHOT 
scenes is selected will cancel the BEST SHOT scene setting and shoot with Slow 
Motion View.
“High Speed Night Scene”, “Night Scene Portrait”, “Fireworks”, “High Speed Anti 
Shake”, “Multi-motion Image”, “High Speed Best Selection”, “Move Out CS”, “Move 
In CS”, “Prerecord (Movie)”, “For YouTube”
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You can save up to 999 camera setups as user BEST SHOT scenes for instant recall 
whenever you need them.
1.On the BEST SHOT scene menu, select the scene named BEST SHOT 
(Register User Scene).
2.Use [4] and [6] to select the snapshot whose setup you want to save.
3.Use [8] and [2] to select “Save”, and then press [SET].
Your BEST SHOT scene will be assigned the name “Recall User Scene”, along 
with a scene number.
NOTE
• You can create BEST SHOT setup for snapshots only. You cannot create a movie 
BEST SHOT setup.
• You can check the settings of the currently selected BEST SHOT scene by 
displaying the camera’s setting menus and looking at its settings.
• User snapshot scenes are assigned numbers in the sequence: U1, U2, and so on.
• The following are the settings that are saved for each user snapshot BEST SHOT 
scene.
Face Detection, Focus, EV Shift, White Balance, Flash, ISO, Metering, Lighting, 
Flash Intensity, Color Filter, Sharpness, Saturation, Contrast
• User BEST SHOT scenes are stored in built-in memory (page 148) in the SCENE 
folder (snapshots).
• Formatting the camera’s built-in memory (page 158) deletes all user BEST SHOT 
scenes.
• Use the following procedure when you want to delete a user BEST SHOT scene.
1Display the information screen (page 67) of the user BEST SHOT scene you 
want to delete.
2Press [2] ( ), select “Delete”, and then press [SET].
Creating Your Own BEST SHOT Setups 
						

							70Using BEST SHOT
With High Speed Night Scene, the camera detects automatically whether it is being 
hand-held or on a tripod. When you press the shutter button, the camera will record a 
series of images and combine them in a way that minimizes image blur due to low 
light conditions. If the camera detects it is on a tripod, it will shoot a single image 
using a longer exposure time (instead of shooting and combining multiple images), 
which results in an even clearer image.
1.Press [BS] and then select “High Speed Night Scene”.
2.When you are ready to shoot, press the shutter button.
• After you press the shutter button, the message “Busy... Please wait...” will 
appear on the monitor screen to indicate that recording is in progress. Keep the 
camera still while this message is displayed. The recording process takes 
some time to complete after the message appears.
NOTE
• This BEST SHOT scene saves only a single final image.
• To cancel this BEST SHOT scene and enter the Continuous Shutter mode, press 
Ç (Continuous Shutter).
• Shooting with this BEST SHOT scene makes the shooting range narrower than 
normal.
• Movement while the camera is mounted on a tripod may cause the camera to 
erroneously judge it is being hand held.
• The flash is always turned off and the flash setting cannot be changed while High 
Speed Night Scene is enabled.
• For handheld shooting under very dark conditions, this BEST SHOT scene may not 
be able to produce the exposure level required for a clear image. Use of a tripod 
under very dark conditions is recommended.
Shooting with High Speed Night Scene 
(High Speed Night Scene)