Casio EX FH25 User Manual
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31Quick Start Basics Operation • Never open the battery cover while the back lamp is flashing green. Doing so can result in the image you just shot being sa ved incorrectly, damage to other images stored in memory, malfunction of the camera, etc. • If unwanted light is shining directly ont o the lens, shade the lens with your hand. Monitor Screen when Shooting Snapshots • Subject brightness conditions can cause monitor screen response to slow and can cause digital noise in the monitor screen image. • The image that appears on the monitor screen is for image composition. The actual image will be recorded at the quality set for the image quality setting (page 101). Shooting Indoors under Fluorescent Lighting • Minute flickering of fluorescent lighting can affect the brightness or color of an image. Other Precautions • Due to the characteristics of the camera ’s semiconductor, slow shutter speeds can cause digital noise in images. The came ra performs an automatic noise reduction process whenever the shutter speed is 1 se cond or slower. Storage of images shot at slower shutter speeds takes longer bec ause of the time required for noise reduction. Do not perform any key operati on while the image storage operation is in progress. • A noise reduction process is performed when ISO sensitivity is set to a high value. This can cause the camera to take relative ly longer to be ready to shoot again after you press the shutter button. Do not perform any key operation while the image recording operation is in progress. • Due to the characteristics of the imagi ng element used by the camera, very fast moving objects in an image may appear distorted. Snapshot Shooting Precautions
32Quick Start Basics • Any of the following can make proper focus impossible.– Solid color wall or other very low contrast subject – Strongly back lit subject – Very shiny subject – Blinds or other subject with a repeating horizontal pattern – Multiple subjects at varyin g distances from the camera – Subject in a dark location – Subject that is too far away for light from the AF assist light to reach – Camera movement while shooting – Fast-moving subject – Subjects outside the focus range of the camera • If you cannot focus properly, try using focus lock (page 54) or Manual Focus (page 52). Auto Focus Restrictions
33Snapshot Tutorial Snapshot Tutorial Selecting a Recording Mode Your camera has a variety of different recording modes. Before shooting, use the mode dial to select the recording mode that suits the type of subject you are trying to record. Flash CS This mode will record consecutive images while firing the flash. See page 56 for details. Normal Speed CS/High Speed CS (Prerecord CS) With Normal Speed CS, the number of consecutive images you can shoot is theoretically unlimited, as long as there is memory available to store them. Also note that the maximum shooting speed of Normal Speed CS is limited by the type of memory card you are using and the camera setup. See page 57 for details. With High Speed CS, the camera conti nues to shoot images as long as you keep the shutter button depressed, and you can change the shooting speed while recording is in progress. You can record up to 30 images. In this mode, half-pressing the shutter button starts continual pre-recording of images to a temporary buffer. Then when you press the shutter button the rest of the way down, the camera saves the buffer contents and perform real-time continuous shutter recording of new images until you release the shutter button. See page 58 for details. • Note that even if the mode dial is set to Õ (High Speed CS), High Speed CS image recording is not possible while “Normal Speed CS” is selected for the “CS” setting (pages 57, 58). Single Shot Continuous shutter recording is disabl ed when this mode is selected. Each press of the shutter button records a single image. See page 26 for details. Mode dial Snapshot Modes Movie Modes ª Õ t
34Snapshot Tutorial IMPORTANT! • When you use a BEST SHOT scene, the camera’s mode changes in accordance with specific setup (Single Shot, Conti nuous Shutter, High Speed Movie, etc.) for that scene. The recording mode selected by the mode dial is ignored. • Due to the characteristics of the imagi ng element used by the camera, very fast moving objects in an image may appear distorted. • Depending on the shutter speed setting and the recording mode you used, the brightness of what appears on the monitor screen when you record the image may be different from the brightness of the recorded image. • When recording with some modes, light s ource flicker can cause horizontal bands to appear in the image. HS This mode records high speed movies. See page 68 for details. HD/STD This more records HD or standard movies. See page 67 for details. © ³
35Snapshot Tutorial 2.Use [8] and [ 2] to select the setting you want to change. This will select one of the contro l panel icons and display its settings. *1 3.Use [4] and [ 6] to change the setting. 4.If you want to configure anothe r setting, repeat steps 2 and 3. 5.After all of the settings are the way you want, press [SET]. This will apply the settings and return to the REC mode. NOTE • You also can use on-screen menus to c onfigure settings other than those listed above (page 92). Using the Control Panel The control panel can be used to configure camera settings. 1.In the REC mode, press [ 8]. 1Exposure mode (page 36) 2Image size/Quality *2 (pages 38, 101) 3ISO sensitivity (page 42) 4White balance (page 43) 5EV shift (page 44) 6AF area (page 45) 7Not displayed in this mode 8Flash (page 46) 9Date/Time (page 48) *1Items displayed in the control panel depend on the recording mode.*2Image quality cannot be changed using the control panel. [SET] [8 ] [2 ] [4 ] [6 ] 1 9 5 3 4 7 8 2 6Control panel
36Snapshot Tutorial Your camera has a variety of different exposure modes. Before shooting an image, select the exposure mode that suits the type of subject you are shooting. 1.In the REC mode, press [8]. 2.Use [ 8] and [ 2] to select the top option in the control panel (Exposure mode). 3.Use [ 4] and [ 6] to select the setting you want and then press [SET]. Selecting the Exposure Mode Auto Use this setting for easy image recording. This is the mode you normally should use (page 26). BEST SHOT Simply select one of a collection of buil t-in sample scenes and the camera sets up automatically for beautiful images every time (page 73). A A (Aperture Priority) mode In this mode, you select the aperture and other settings are adjusted accordingly. Use [ 4] and [ 6] to select the desired aperture value. • The ISO sensitivity, shutter speed and aperture value on the monitor screen will turn orange when you half-press the shutter button if the image is over- exposed or under-exposed. • If you are using manual focus (page 53), you also can press [SET], select “FOCUS”, and then use [ 4] and [ 6] to focus manually. t b Aperture value
37Snapshot Tutorial IMPORTANT! • You may not be able to achieve the brightness you want when shooting an image that is very dark or very bright. If this happens, use the M mode to adjust the aperture or shutter speed manually. •“ S Image AS” (page 95) does not work in the S mode and M mode. You can, however, turn on “ A Camera AS”, if you like. • While A, S, or M is selected for the ex posure mode, the flash will not fire if > (Auto Flash) or ¥ (Red Eye Reduction) is selected as the flash mode. If you want the flash to fire, select < (Flash On) as the flash mode. S S (Shutter Speed Priority) mode In this mode, you select the shutter speed and other settings are adjusted accordingly. Use [ 4] and [ 6] to select the desired shutter speed. • The ISO sensitivity, shutter speed and aperture value on the monitor screen will turn orange when you half- press the shutter button if the image is over-exposed or under-exposed. • If you are using manual focus (page 53), you also can press [SET], select “FOCUS”, and then use [ 4] and [ 6] to focus manually. M M (Manual Exposure) mode This mode gives you total control over aperture and shutter speed settings. 1Press [SET], select the aperture setting, and then use [ 4] and [ 6] to change it. 2Press [SET], select the shutter speed setting, and then use [ 4] and [ 6] to change it. • If you are using manual focus (page 53), you also can press [SET], select “FOCUS”, and then use [ 4] and [ 6] to focus manually. Shutter speed Shutter speed Aperture value
38Snapshot Tutorial .Pixels A digital camera image is a collection of small dots called “pixels”. The more pixels there are in an image, the more detail there will be. However, you generally can do with fewer pixels when printing an image (L size) through a print service, attaching an image to e-mail, when viewing the image on a computer, etc. .About image sizes The size of an image indicates how many pi xels it contains, and is expressed as horizontal pixelsxvertical pixels. Changing the Image Size (Size) 10M (3648x2736) size image = Approximately 10 million pixels *Unit: pixels VGA (640x480) size image = Approximately 300,000 pixels Pixel 3648 * 2736* 640* 480*
39Snapshot Tutorial Image Size Selection Tips Note that larger images have more pixels, so they take up more memory space. • For information about image size, image quality, and number of images that can be stored, see page 183. • For information about movie image size, see page 65. • For information about resizing existing snapshots, see page 121. .To select the image size 1.In the REC mode, press [ 8]. 2.Use [ 8] and [ 2] to select the second control panel option from the top (Image Size). 3.Use [4] and [ 6] to select an image size and then press [SET]. Large Number of Pixels More detail, but takes up more memory. Best when you plan to print large-size prints (such as A3 size). Small Number of Pixels Less detail, but takes up less memory. Best when you want to send images by e-mail, etc.
40Snapshot Tutorial Image Size (Pixels)Suggested Print Size and ApplicationDescription RAW+ RAW+JPEG (Select when you want to process image data yourself.) Saves the image as both normal JPEG data and RAW image data. A 10M size image is stored for the JPEG data. RAW image data is unprocessed data output by the image sensor and is saved in DNG (digital negative) format. Though the image of such data is virtually undeteriorated, it cannot be viewed on the camera’s monitor screen or printed. After transferring RAW image data to your computer, you can use software that supports the general-purpose DNG format to process the image and convert it to image data that suits your particular needs. Since both RAW image data and JPEG data are saved by the camera, you can view the JPEG version on the camera’s monitor screen. 10M (3648 x2736) Poster Print Good detail for better clarity even for images cropped (page 122) from the original 3:2 (3648 x2432) Poster Print 16:9 (3648 x2048) HDTV 9M (3456 x2592) A3 Print Good detail 7M (3072 x2304) A3 Print 4M (2304 x1728) A4 Print 2M (1600 x1200) 3.5x5 Print Best when preserving memory capacity is relatively more important than image quality. VGA (640 x480) E Mail Image files are smaller, which is better when attaching images to e-mail. However, images are relatively coarser.