Casio Exilim EX FH100 User Manual

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.
•...

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 varying 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
•...

33Snapshot Tutorial
Snapshot Tutorial
Your camera has a variety of different exposure 
modes. Before recording an image, rotate the mode 
dial to select the exposure mode that suits the type of 
image you are trying to record.
Selecting the Exposure Mode
BEST SHOT
Simply select one of a collection of built-in sample scenes and the camera sets 
up automatically for beautiful images every time (page 68).
Auto
Use this setting for easy image recording. This is the mode you normally should 
use (page 25).
A...

34Snapshot Tutorial
IMPORTANT!
• The aperture and shutter speed setting control panels both 
have two-level displays. The upper level value is for 
snapshots, while the lower value is for movies.
• 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...

35Snapshot Tutorial
2.Use [8] and [2] to select the setting you want to change.
This will select one of the control panel icons and display its settings.*1
3.Use [4] and [6] to change the setting.
4.If you want to configure another 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 configure settings other than those listed 
above (page 89).
Using the Control...

36Snapshot 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 pixels it contains, and is expressed as 
horizontal pixelsxvertical pixels.
Changing the Image...

37Snapshot 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 194.
• For information about movie image size, see page 105.
• For information about resizing existing snapshots, see page 130.
.To select the image size
1.In the REC mode, press [SET].
2.Use [8] and [2] to select the top control panel option (Image Size).
3.Use [4] and [6] to select...

38Snapshot 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....

39Snapshot Tutorial
• The initial factory default image size setting is 10M (10 million pixels).
• Selecting “3:2” records images with an aspect ratio of 3:2, which matches the 
standard aspect ratio of print paper.
• The letters “HDTV” stand for “High Definition Television”. An HDTV screen has an 
aspect ratio of 16:9, which makes them wider than the usual 4:3 aspect ratio of 
television screens of the past. Your camera can record images that are compatible 
with the aspect ratio an HDTV screen.
• You...

40Snapshot Tutorial
*Applicable BEST SHOT scenes: “Move In CS”, “Move Out CS”, “High Speed 
Anti Shake”, “High Speed Night Scene”, “High Speed Night Scene and Portrait”, 
“Multi-motion Image”, “High Speed Best Selection”, “Lag Correction”, “High 
Speed Lighting”, “Expression CS”, “Baby CS”, “Child CS”, “Pet CS”, “Sports CS”
9MThis image size can be selected only in the High Speed CS mode or 
when using some BEST SHOT scenes*. Switching to another mode 
from the High Speed CS mode or selecting some BEST...