Casio EX S10 User Manual

51Using BEST SHOT
4.Press the shutter button (if you are shooting a snapshot) or [0] (if you 
are shooting a movie).
NOTE
• The BEST SHOT YouTube scene sets up the camera for recording movies that are 
optimized for uploading to YouTube. Movies recorded with the YouTube scene are 
stored in a special folder to make them easy to locate for uploading (page 105). 
Maximum recording time while the YouTube scene is selected is 10 minutes.
.Using Scene Information Screen
To find out more about a scene, select...

52Using BEST SHOT
• High Sensitivity
– The high sensitivity setting is disabled whenever the camera’s flash fires.
– High sensitivity may not produce the desired results in very dark conditions.
– When shooting with slow shutter speeds, use a tripod to protect against blurring 
due to camera movement.
– Under certain lighting conditions, the camera will perform an automatic noise 
filtering operation to reduce digital noise in the image. This operation causes the 
camera to take longer than normal to...

53Using BEST SHOT
NOTE
• BEST SHOT snapshot scenes can be used for snapshots only and movie scenes 
can be used for movies only.
• 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: SU1, SU2, and so 
on, while movies are assigned numbers in the sequence: MU1, MU2, and so on.
• The following are the settings that are saved for each user snapshot BEST SHOT...

54Using BEST SHOT
1.Press [BS] (^) and then select the “Business cards and documents” 
or “White board, etc.” scene.
2.Press the shutter button to shoot the image.
This image will appear on the monitor screen with a 
red boundary around the area that is selected for 
keystone correction. If there is a black boundary, it 
means that the camera detected more than one area 
that could be keystone corrected. Use [
4] and [6] to 
move the boundary to the area you want to keystone 
correct.
• The message...

55Using BEST SHOT
With this feature, you can shoot your own self-portrait simply by pointing the camera 
at your face.
BEST SHOT has two self-portrait scenes from which to choose.
1.Press [BS] (^) and then select “Self-portrait (1 person)” or “Self-
portrait (2 people)”.
2.Press the shutter button all the way down, and 
point the camera at yourself.
The camera will go into Auto Shutter standby and detect 
the faces of any people in the image.
When the camera is able to detect the number of required...

56Advanced Settings
Advanced Settings
The following are menu operations you can use to configure various camera settings.
• You also can use the Control Panel (page 23) to configure some of the settings that 
appear on the menu screen. Refer to the page references provided in this section 
for information about configuring settings using the Control Panel.
.Example Menu Screen Operation
Press [MENU] to display the menu screen.
• Menu contents are different in the REC mode and PLAY mode.
Menu Screen...

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3.Use [8] and [2] to select the menu item 
you want, and then press [6].
4.Use [8] and [2] to change the setting.
5.After the setting is the way you want, press 
[SET].
• Pressing [4] registers the selected setting and 
returns to the menu.
• To configure settings on another tab after 
pressing [
4] to return to the menu, use [8] to 
move the highlighting up to the tabs, and then 
use [
4] and [6] to select the tab you want.
.Menu Operations in This Manual
Menu operations are...

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Procedure
[r] (REC) * [MENU] * REC Tab * Focus
*1
The focus range is the distance from the lens surface.*2The minimum changes along with the optical zoom setting.*3The distance depends on shooting conditions, and appears on the monitor screen 
when the shutter button is half-pressed.
REC Mode Settings (REC)
Selecting a Focus Mode (Focus)
SettingsType of ShotFocus ModeApproximate Focus Range*1
SnapshotMoviesSnapshotMovies
Q Auto 
FocusGeneral 
recordingAutomatic
Fixed 
focal...

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*4(m)
NOTE
• Above values are for reference only.
For movie macro, the focus range is a few centimeters within the center distance.
To focus with manual focus
1.On the monitor screen, compose the image 
so the subject you want to focus on is within 
the yellow boundary.
2.Watching the image on the monitor screen 
use [4] and [6] to adjust focus.
• At this time the image that is within the boundary 
will enlarge and fill the monitor screen, which aids 
in focusing. If you do not...

60Advanced Settings
Using Focus Lock
“Focus lock” is a technique you can use when you want to compose an image in 
which the subject you want to focus on is not within the focus frame in the center of 
the screen.
• To use focus lock, select “U Spot” or “O Tracking” for the Auto Focus area (page 
63).
1.Align the monitor screen’s focus frame with 
the subject you want to focus on and then 
half-press the shutter button.
2.Keeping the shutter button half-pressed 
(which maintains the focus setting), move...