Casio Ex S500 Users Guide

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OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS
Shooting with High Sensitivity
Higher sensitivity makes it possible to record brighter
images when there is not enough lighting available to
obtain normal exposure.
1.In the REC mode, press [BS] (BEST SHOT).
2.Use [], [], [
], and [] to select the “High
Sensitivity” scene, and then press [SET].
3.Press the shutter button to record the image.
B
 IMPORTANT! 
•High Sensitivity is disabled automatically when any
setting other than “Auto” is selected for ISO
sensitivity. If you...

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Recording Images of Business Cards and
Documents (Business Shot)
Recording a business card, document, whiteboard, or
similarly shaped object from an angle can cause the
subject to appear misshaped in the resulting image.
Business Shot automatically corrects the shape of
rectangular objects to make them appear like the camera
was positioned directly in front of them.
Before keystone
correctionAfter keystone
correction
• White board, etc. • Business cards and
documents

 Setup...

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 NOTE 
• When the camera is at an angle to a business card
or document it is recording, the shape of the
business card or document may appear distorted in
the image. Auto keystone correction corrects for this
distortion, which means that subjects appear normal
even if you record at an angle.To use Business Shot
1.In the REC mode, press [BS] (BEST SHOT).
2.Use [
], [], [] and [] to select the
Business Shot image you want, and then
press [SET].
3.Press the shutter
button to...

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4.Use [] and [] to select the candidate you
want to correct.
5.Use [
] and [] to
select “Correct”, and
then press [SET].
• Selecting “Cancel” in
place of “Correct” stores
the original image as-is,
without correcting it.
 IMPORTANT! 
• The maximum Business Shot image size is 1600 ×
1200 pixels, even if the camera is configured for a
larger image size. An image size setting smaller than
1600 ×
 1200 pixels records images at the specified
size.
Recording a Movie
You can...

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• Movie recording functions
— Movie
Use this function for normal movie recording (page
96).
— Short Movie
Each press of [
] (MOVIE) records a short movie
that starts before [] (MOVIE) is pressed and ends
after [] (MOVIE) is pressed (page 97).
— Past Movie
This function uses a 5-second buffer that is continually
updated. Pressing [
] (MOVIE) starts recording from
five seconds prior to the point [] (MOVIE) is
pressed. Use this function when you want to make
sure you do not miss...

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HQ(640 ×
 480 pixels)
Normal
(640 ×
 480 pixels)
LP
(320 ×
 240 pixels)
Setting
Higher
Quality
Lower
QualityApproximate
Data Rate
4.1 megabits
per second
2.0 megabits
per second
745 kilobits
per secondFrame Rate
30 frames/second
30 frames/
second
15 frames/
second
Recording a Movie
1.In the REC mode, point the camera at the
subject.
2.Press [] (MOVIE).
• This starts movie
recording.
• Movie recording
continues as long as
remaining memory
capacity allows.
3.To stop movie...

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To record a Short Movie
1.In the REC mode, press [BS] (BEST SHOT).
2.Use [
], [], [] and [] to select the “Short
Movie” scene, and then press [SET].
• Selecting the “Short Movie” scene causes “” to
appear on the monitor screen.
3.Press [SET].
Recording a Short Movie
Short Movie records a movie of preset length each time
you press [] (MOVIE).
Short Movie consists basically of two parts, as shown in the
illustration below.
• When 4-second past part and 4-second future part...

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4.Use [
] and [] to
specify the length of
the past part (the part
before [
] (MOVIE)
is pressed), and then
press [].
• Times can be specified
in one-second units.
• The total short movie
length (past part plus
future part) can be the
range of two seconds to
eight seconds.
• You can specify 0 seconds for the length of the past
part or the future part.
• The length of the past part can be from 0 to five
seconds.
5.Use [
] and [] to specify the length of the
future part (the...

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7.Point the camera at the subject and then
press [
] (MOVIE).
• This will record a movie of the length specified by the
time values you specified in steps 3 and 4.
Recording stops automatically.
• To stop recording part way through, press [
]
(MOVIE) again.
 IMPORTANT! 
• Note that Short Movie data is continually recorded
and stored in a buffer before you press []
(MOVIE). Be sure to keep the camera still and
pointed in the direction of the subject for some time
before you...

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3.Point the camera at the subject and then
press [
] (MOVIE).
• This will record anything that went on in front of the
lens during the previous five seconds and continue
recording from the point that [
] (MOVIE) was
pressed. Recording can continue as long as there is
memory available to store data.
4.To stop recording, press [] (MOVIE) again.

Movie Recording Precautions
• The flash does not fire during movie recording
• This camera also records audio. Note the following...