Casio Exilim EX FH20 User Manual

31Snapshot Tutorial
IMPORTANT!
• 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.
• Due to the characteristics of the camera’s semiconductor, slow shutter speeds can 
cause digital noise in images. The camera performs an automatic noise reduction 
process whenever the shutter speed is 1 second or slower. Storage of images shot 
at slower shutter speeds takes...

32Snapshot Tutorial
.About image sizes
The size of an image indicates how many pixels it contains, and is expressed as 
horizontal pixelsxvertical pixels.
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 168.
• For information about movie image size, see page 56.
• For information about resizing existing snapshots, see page 102. 8M (3264
x2448) size...

33Snapshot Tutorial
.To select the image size
1.In the REC mode, press [8] .
2.Use [8] and [2] to select the second control panel option from the top 
(Image Size).
3.Use [4] and [6] to select an image size and then press [SET].
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 9M size image (3456
x2592 
pixels) is stored for the JPEG data. RAW image...

34Snapshot Tutorial
• The initial factory default image size setting is 9M (9 million pixels).
• Selecting 3:2 (3456x2304 pixels) 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...

35Snapshot Tutorial
1.Press ð (Flash up) to open the 
flash unit.
• The flash will not fire if the flash unit 
is not open.
2.In the REC mode, press [2] ( ) 
once.
3.Use [4] and [6] to select the flash setting you want and then press 
[SET].
4.Press the shutter button to shoot.
• Note that the flash unit does not close automatically. After 
you are finished using it, you need to close it by hand.
Using Flash (Flash)
 Auto FlashFlash fires automatically in accordance with exposure 
(amount of light and...

36Snapshot Tutorial
IMPORTANT!
• The camera will not release the shutter unless the flash unit is raised when any one 
of the following conditions exists. Be sure to raise the flash unit whenever shooting 
with flash is required.
– When shooting with Flash CS, which requires the flash to fire
– When “Flash On” is selected for the flash mode
– When “Auto Flash” or “Red-Eye Reduction” is selected for the flash mode and 
the camera judges that flash is required
NOTE
• Take care to ensure nothing is close to...

37Snapshot Tutorial
Red-eye Reduction
Using the flash to shoot at night or in a dimly lit room can cause red spots inside the 
eyes of people who are in the image. This is caused when the light from the flash 
reflects off of the retina of the eye. When red-eye reduction is selected as the flash 
mode, the camera fires a pre-flash to cause the irises in the eyes of any people in the 
image to close, which reduces the chance of red eye.
Note the following important points when using red-eye reduction.
•...

38Snapshot Tutorial
ISO sensitivity is a measure of sensitivity to light.
1.In the REC mode, press [8] .
2.Use [8] and [2] to select the third control panel option from the top 
(ISO Sensitivity).
3.Use [4] and [6] to select the setting you want and then press [SET].
• The current ISO sensitivity setting is used when shooting a High-speed Movie 
in the M (manual exposure) mode. For all other types of movies, “AUTO” is 
used as the ISO sensitivity setting.
•“S Image AS” (page 79) can be used only when the...

39Snapshot Tutorial
3.Use [4] and [6] to select the shooting condition you want and then 
press [SET].
• When “‡ Auto WB” is selected for the white balance setting, the camera 
automatically determines the white point of the subject. Certain subject colors 
and light source conditions can cause problems when the camera tries to 
determine the white point, which makes proper white balance adjustment 
impossible. If this happens, select the white balance setting that matches your 
shooting conditions...

40Snapshot Tutorial
You can manually adjust an image’s exposure value (EV value) before shooting it.
• Exposure Compensation Range: –2.0EV to +2.0EV
• Unit: 1/3EV
1.In the REC mode, press [8] .
2.Use [8] and [2] to select the fifth control panel option from the top (EV 
Shift).
3.Use [4] and [6] to adjust the exposure compensation value.
To cancel exposure compensation, change 
the EV value to 0.0.
4.Press [SET].
This applies the exposure compensation value. The exposure compensation 
value you set...