Casio Exilim EX V7 User Manual

							
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Digital Camera
EX-V7
User’s Guide
K825PCM1DMX
Thank you for purchasing this CASIO product.
 Before using it, be sure to read the precautions contained in this User’s Guide.
 Keep the User’s Guide in a safe place for future  reference.
 For the most up-to-date information about this  product, visit the official EXILIM 
Website at http://www.exilim.com/.
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2UNPACKING
UNPACKING
As you unpack your camera, check to make sure that all items shown below are included. If anything is missing, contact your original 
retailer.
Digital Camera Rechargeable Lithium Ion Battery (NP-50) USB Cradle (CA-35)
Special AC Adaptor (AD-C52G)/AC Power Cord  * Strap
USB Cable AV Cable CD-ROMs (2) Basic Reference
* The shape of the AC power 
cord plug varies according to 
country or geographic area.
Attach strap here.
To attach the strap to the camera.
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3CONTENTS
CONTENTS
UNPACKING 2
QUICK START BASICS 9
First, charge the battery  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Configuring Display Language, Date, and Time 
Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using a Memory Card  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Shooting a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Viewing Snapshots  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Shooting a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Viewing a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Deleting a File  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
INTRODUCTION 22
Features  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Read this first! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Precautions during Use  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
GETTING READY 36
Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
■To load the battery 36
■ To charge the battery 37
■ Replacing the Battery 41
■ Battery Precautions 41
Using the Camera in another Country . . . . . . . . . . 42
Turning Power On and Off  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using a Memory Card  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
■Supported Memory Cards 46
■ Loading a Memory Card into the Camera 48
■ Replacing the Memory Card 49
■ Formatting a Memory Card 50
Using On-screen Menus  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Changing the Contents of the Monitor Screen . . . 53
If you lose your way... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
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SHOOTING A SNAPSHOT 56
Specifying the Recording Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Holding the Camera Correctly  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Shooting a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
■Specifying Image Size 62
■ Specifying Image Quality 63
■ Turning Off the AF Assist Lamp 64
■ Using the easy Mode 65
■ Snapshot Shooting Precautions 67
■ Auto Focus Restrictions 68
Shooting with Zoom  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Using Flash  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Using the Self-Timer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Using Continuous Shutter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
■Selecting the Continuous Shutter Mode 79
■ Recording with Normal-speed Continuous Shutter, 
High-speed Continuous Shutter, and Flash 
Continuous Shutter 80
■ Continuous Shutter Precautions 80
Adding Audio to a Snapshot  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Manually Configuring Shutter Speed and 
Aperture Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
SHOOTING A MOVIE 90
Movie Image Quality  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Shooting a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
■ Movie Recording Precautions 92
Using Short Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Using Past Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
USING BEST SHOT 96
Taking Bright Images without Flash  . . . . . . . . . . 102
Shooting Images of Business Cards and 
Documents (Business Shot) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Restoring an Old Photograph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Recording Snapshots into a Multi-image 
Layout (Layout Shots) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Auto Tracking a Moving Subject 
(Auto Framing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
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ADVANCED SETTINGS 113
Changing the Focus Mode  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
■Using Auto Focus 114
■ Using Macro Focus 115
■ Using Infinity Focus 121
■ Using Manual Focus 121
Reducing the Effects of Hand and Subject 
Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Shooting with the REC Light  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Correcting Image Brightness (EV Shift)  . . . . . . . 126
Controlling White Balance  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Specifying ISO Sensitivity  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Specifying the Metering Mode  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Reducing the Effects of Underexposure . . . . . . . 133
Enhancing Human Skin Textures. . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Using the Camera’s Color Filter Effects  . . . . . . . 135
Controlling Image Sharpness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Controlling Color Saturation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Adjusting Image Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Date Stamping Snapshots  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Using the On-screen Histogram to 
Check Exposure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Other Useful Recording Functions  . . . . . . . . . . . 140
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Using Key Customize to Assign Functions [ W] 
and [ X]140
■ Displaying an On-screen Grid 141
■ Displaying the Image You Just Recorded 
(Image Review) 142
■ Using Icon Help 142
■ Using Mode Memory to Configure Power On 
Default Settings 143
■ Resetting the Camera to Its Initial Factory 
Defaults 145
VIEWING SNAPSHOTS 
AND MOVIES 146
Viewing a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
■Listening to the Audio of an Audio Snapshot 147
Viewing a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
■Playing Back a Movie with Anti Shake 150
Playing a Slideshow on the Camera  . . . . . . . . . . 150
Viewing Camera Images on a TV  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Zooming the Displayed Image  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Using the 9-image Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Using the Calendar Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
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EDITING IMAGES 161
Resizing a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Cropping a Snapshot  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Keystone Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Using Color Restoration to Correct the 
Color of an Old Photograph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Editing the Date and Time of an Image . . . . . . . . 166
Rotating an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Combining Multiple Snapshots into a 
Single Image (Layout Print)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Adjusting White Balance of a Recorded Image  . 170
Adjusting Image Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Reducing the Effects of Underexposure . . . . . . . 173
Editing a Movie on the Camera  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Creating a Snapshot of a Movie Frame 
(MOTION PRINT)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
USING AUDIO 179
Adding Audio to a Snapshot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Recording Audio Only (Voice Recording) . . . . . . 181
MANAGING YOUR FILES 184
Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Protecting a File Against Deletion . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Using the FAVORITE Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Copying Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
DELETING FILES 192
Deleting a Specific File  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Deleting All Files  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Deleting FAVORITE Folder Snapshots  . . . . . . . . 193
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OTHER SETTINGS 194
Configuring Camera Sound Settings . . . . . . . . . . 194
Turning the Startup Screen On or Off . . . . . . . . . 196
Specifying the File Name Serial Number 
Generation Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Changing the Camera Date and Time Setting . . . 198
Using World Time  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
■Configuring World Time Settings 200
Changing the Display Language  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Changing the Brightness of the 
Monitor Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Changing the USB Port Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Configuring [ ] (PLAY) Button Settings  . . . . . 204
Formatting Built-in Memory  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
PRINTING 206
Types of Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Using Professional Print Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Using Your Printer to Print Images  . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Using DPOF to Specify Images to be 
Printed and the Number of Copies. . . . . . . . . . . . 211
■Date Stamping 214
Supported Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
USING THE CAMERA WITH A 
COMPUTER 216
What you can do  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Using the Camera with a Windows Computer  . . 217
■ Viewing and Storing Images on a Computer 221
■ Transfer of Images from the Camera and 
Management of Images on the Computer 229
■ Playing Movies 231
■ Editing a Movie 232
■ Transferring Images to the Camera 233
■ Viewing User Documentation (PDF) Files 237
■ User Registration 238
■ Exiting the CD-ROM Menu 238
Using the Camera with a Macintosh  . . . . . . . . . . 239
■Viewing and Storing Images on a Macintosh 239
■ Transfer of Images from the Camera and 
Management of Images on Your Macintosh 245
■ Playing Movies 245
■ Viewing User Documentation (PDF Files) 246
■ Registering as a User 246
Reading Files Directly from a Memory Card . . . . 247
Memory Card Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
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APPENDIX 251
General Guide  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Monitor Screen Contents  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Menu Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Indicator Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Troubleshooting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
■Finding the Problem and Fixing It 261
■ If you have problems installing the USB driver... 266
■ Display Messages 267
Specifications  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
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9QUICK START BASICS
QUICK START BASICS
(page 36)
■Loading the Battery into the Camera
1.Open the battery cover.
2.Load the battery into the camera.
3.Close the battery cover.
First, charge the battery
While pressing lightly on 
the cover, slide it in the 
direction indicated by the 
arrow to open.
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10QUICK START BASICS
■Using the USB Cradle to Charge
1.Plug the USB cradle into a household power 
outlet.
2.Place the camera onto the USB cradle.
AC adaptor
AC power cord
[CHARGE] lamp
Red: Charging
Green: Charged (Full)
• It takes about 150 minutes to achieve a full charge.
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