Casio Ex S500 Users Guide

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OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS
• Very bright light inside of an image can cause a vertical
band to appear in the monitor screen image. This is a
CCD phenomenon known as “vertical smear”, and does
not indicate malfunction of the camera. Note that vertical
smear is not recorded with the image in the case of a
snapshot, but it is recorded in the case of a movie.
• Certain types of memory cards take longer to record data,
which can cause movie frames to be dropped. 
 andREC flash on the monitor screen during...

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OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS
 IMPORTANT! 
• During movie recording, you can only record auto
recording snapshots, and BEST SHOT snapshots
(excluding Business Cards and Documents,
Whiteboard etc., Short Movie, Past Movie, Voice
Recording).
• Movie recording (image and audio) is interrupted for
a few seconds when a snapshot is recorded.
 NOTE 
• During movie recording, you can press [] ( ) to
cycle through the flash mode settings for snapshot
recording (page 61). Select the flash mode you want
to use...

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OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS
1.In the REC mode, press [MENU].
2.Select the “REC” tab, select “Audio Snap”,
and then press [].
3.Use [
] and [] to select “On” and then press
[SET].
• This enters the Audio Snapshot mode.
• Selecting “Off” enters the Normal Snapshot mode
(no audio).
4.Press the shutter
button to record the
image.
• After the image is
recorded, the camera
enters audio recording
standby, with the image
you just recorded on the
monitor screen and
displays a 
 indicator.
• You can cancel...

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OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS
Recording Your Voice
Voice Recording provides quick and easy recording of your
voice.
• Audio Format: WAVE/ADPCM recording format
This is the Windows standard format for audio recording.
The file extension of a WAVE/ADPCM file is “.WAV”.
• Recording Time:
Approximately 25 minutes with built-in memory
• Audio File Size:
Approximately 165KB (30-second recording of
approximately 5.5KB per second)
 NOTE 
• You can play back files recorded with Voice
Recording on your computer...

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OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS
4.Recording stops when you press the shutter
button, when memory becomes full, or when
the battery goes dead.
 Audio Recording Precautions
• Take care that you do not
block the microphone with
your fingers.
• Good recording results are not possible when the camera
is too far from the subject.
• Pressing the power button or pressing [
] (PLAY) stops
recording and stores any audio recorded up to that point.
• You can also perform “after-recording” to add audio to a
snapshot...

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OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS
Using the Histogram
You can use [
] (DISP) to display a histogram on the
monitor screen (page 30). The histogram lets you check
exposure conditions as you record images. You can also
display the histogram of a recorded image in the PLAY
mode.
Histogram
• A histogram is a graph that represents the lightness of an
image in terms of the number of pixels. The vertical axis
indicates the number of pixels, while the horizontal axis
indicates lightness. You can use the histogram...

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OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS
• When the histogram is too far
to the left, it means that there
are too many dark pixels.
This type of histogram results
when the overall image is
dark. A histogram that is too
far to the left may result in
“black out” of the dark areas
of an image.
• When the histogram is too far
to the right, it means that
there are too many light
pixels.
This type of histogram results
when the overall image is
light. A histogram that is too
far to the right may result in
“white out” of...

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OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS
 IMPORTANT! 
• Note that the above histograms are shown for
illustrative purposes only. You may not be able to
achieve exactly the same shapes for particular
subjects.
• A centered histogram does not necessarily
guarantee optimum exposure. The recorded image
may be over-exposed or under-exposed, even
though its histogram is centered.
• You may not be able to achieve an optimum
histogram configuration due to the limitations of EV
shift.
• Use of the flash as well as certain...

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OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS
 NOTE 
• You can also configure the settings listed below. See
the referenced pages for more information.
— Continuous (page 84)
— AF Area (page 74)
— Anti Shake (page 90)
— Quick Shutter (page 73)
— Audio Snap (page 139)
— Digital Zoom (page 60)
— Size (page 69)
— Quality (Snapshots) (page 70)
— Quality (Movies) (page 95)
— White Balance (page 81)
— Flash Intensity (page 64)
— Flash Assist (page 64)Assigning Functions to the [] and []
Keys
A “key customization” feature...

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OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS
3.Use [
] and [] to select the setting you
want, and then press [SET].
• After you assign a function, you can change its
setting simply by pressing the [] and [] keys.
— Focus (page 71)
— EV Shift (page 79)
— White Balance (page 81)
— ISO (page 114)
— Self-timer (page 66)
— Off: No function assigned
 IMPORTANT! 
• While recording a snapshot or movie, you can use
[] and [] to set the functions assigned to them.
However, you cannot set the self-timer during movie...