Casio Exilim Card EX S600 User Manual

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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.
 IMPORTANT! 
• Note that Past Movie data is continually recorded
and stored in a buffer before you press []
(MOVIE). Be sure to keep...

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• The movie recording capacity of built-in memory is very
small. Use of a memory card (page 169) is recommended
when recording movies.
• 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 recording to let
you know when a frame has been dropped. Use of an SD
memory card with a maximum transfer speed of at least
10MB per second is recommended.
• Optical zoom is disabled during movie...

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 IMPORTANT! 
• Snapshot during movie recording is not possible
while any one of the following BEST SHOT scenes is
being used (page 85).
Short Movie, Past Movie
• 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 60). Select the flash mode you want
to use before recording the snapshot.
• You can use the key...

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Recording Audio
Adding Audio to a Snapshot
You can add audio to a snapshot after you record it.
• Image Format: JPEG
JPEG is an image format that provides efficient data
compression.
The file extension of a JPEG file is “.JPG”.
• 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:
Up to about 30 seconds per image
• Audio File Size:
Approximately 165KB...

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5.Press the shutter button to start audio
recording.
• The operation lamp will flash green while recording is
in progress.
6.Recording stops after about 30 seconds or
when you press the shutter button.
 IMPORTANT! 
• Audio snapshot recording is not supported (audio
cannot be recorded) for the following types of
recording: “X3” self-timer recording (Triple Self-
timer), snapshot recording during movie recording.
Recording Your Voice
Voice Recording provides quick and easy...

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1.In the REC mode, press [BS] (BEST SHOT).
2.Use [
], [], [] and
[] to select the “Voice
Recording” scene, and
then press [SET].
• Selecting the “Voice
Recording” scene causes
“
” to appear on the
monitor screen.
3.Press the shutter button to start voice
recording.
• The remaining recording time value counts down on
the monitor screen and the operation lamp flashes
green as recording is performed.
• Pressing [
] (DISP) during voice recording turns off
the monitor screen....

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 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 after recording it, and also change the audio
recorded for an image. See page 143 for more
information....

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• An RGB histogram that shows the distribution of R (red),
G (green), and B (blue) components is also displayed.
This histogram can be used to determine whether there is
too much or too little of each of the color components in
an image.
 NOTE 
• You can use key customization (page 112) to
configure the camera to perform exposure
compensation whenever you press [] or [] while in
the REC mode. If you do this, you can adjust
exposure compensation while viewing the on-screen...