Casio Exilim Ex V8 Users Guide

101SHOOTING A MOVIE
1.In a REC mode, align the mode dial with “ ”, 
and then press [SET].
2.Use [S], [T], [W], and [X] to select the “Short 
Movie” scene and then press [SET].
This causes “ ” to appear on the monitor screen.
Pressing the shutter button at this point will shoot a Short 
Movie with a 4-second first part and a 4-second second 
part.
3.With the camera pointed at the subject, press 
the shutter button.
This will shoot a Short Movie that for about four seconds, 
and then stop shooting...

102SHOOTING A MOVIE
Past Movie is similar to a normal movie, except that it captures 
about five seconds of whatever happened in front of the lens 
before the shutter button was pressed to start shooting. Past 
Movie is a great way to make sure that you never just miss that 
special moment because you press the shutter button too late.
1.In a REC mode, align the mode dial with “ ”, 
and then press [SET].
2.Use [S], [T], [W], and [X] to select the “Past 
Movie” scene and then press [SET].
This causes “ ”...

103SHOOTING A MOVIE
IMPORTANT!
•When Past Movie is selected, the camera continually 
updates an internal buffer that holds about five seconds of 
movie images of what has happened in front of the 
camera’s lens. When you press the shutter button, your 
movie will start with the buffer’s current contents and 
continue from there. Be sure to keep the camera still and 
pointed in the direction of the subject for some time before 
you press the shutter button to start shooting.
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104USING BEST SHOT
USING BEST SHOT
With BEST SHOT, you simply select the sample scene that is 
like the one you are trying to shoot, and the camera sets up 
automatically. Even difficult backlight scenes (which result in the 
main subject being too dark if set up improperly) come out 
looking great! You can select a sample scene by using the mode 
dial to select “ ” (BEST SHOT) or “ ” (MOVIE BEST 
SHOT).■Some Sample Scenes
•Portrait•Scenery
•Night Scene•Night Scene Portrait
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105USING BEST SHOT
■Selecting a Sample Scene
1.In a REC mode, align 
the mode dial with 
“” or “” and 
then press [SET].
This enters the BEST SHOT mode and displays a screen 
showing thumbnails of 12 sample scenes.
•The currently selected sample scene is the one with the 
boundary around it.
2.Use [S], [T], [W], and [X] to move the 
boundary to select the scene you want to 
select.
•Pressing [S] or [T] while the red boundary is at the edge 
of the screen will scroll to the next screen of BEST SHOT...

106USING BEST SHOT
3.Press [SET] to apply the settings of the 
selected scene and return to the recording 
screen.
•The settings of the scene you selected remain in effect 
until you select a different scene.
•To select a different BEST SHOT scene, repeat the 
above procedure from step 1.
4.Press the shutter button.
IMPORTANT!
•Night Scene, Fireworks scenes use slow shutter speeds. 
Since a slow shutter speed increases the chance of digital 
noise in the image, the camera automatically performs a...

107USING BEST SHOT
Displaying Detailed Information about a BEST 
SHOT Scene
To display detailed information 
about a BEST SHOT scene, 
select it with the red boundary 
on the scene selection screen 
and then slide the zoom 
controller towards [ ] or 
[].
The following are the different operations you can perform 
while the scene description screen is on the display.
•To return to the scene selection screen, slide the zoom 
controller towards [ ] or [ ] again.
•To scroll through available BEST SHOT...

108USING BEST SHOT
■Creating Your Own BEST SHOT Scenes
You can use the procedure below to save the setups of 
snapshots or movies that you shot as BEST SHOT scenes. After 
that, you can recall a setup whenever you want to use it.
1.Use the mode dial to select “ ” (BEST 
SHOT) or “ ” (MOVIE BEST SHOT), and then 
press [SET].
2.Use [S], [T], [W], and [X] to select “BEST 
SHOT” (Register User Scene) and then press 
[SET].
3.Use [W] and [X] to select the snapshot or 
movie whose setup you want to register....

109USING BEST SHOT
NOTE•Registering a snapshot creates a snapshot setup, while 
registering a movie creates a movie setup. A snapshot 
setup can be used to shoot snapshots only, and a movie 
setup can be used to shoot movies only.
•You can check the settings of the currently selected BEST 
SHOT scene by displaying the camera’s setting menus and 
looking at its settings.
•User BEST SHOT scenes are assigned numbers in the 
sequence: U1, U2, U3, and so on.
•The following are the settings that are included...

110USING BEST SHOT
5.Use [S] and [T] to select “Delete” and then 
press [SET].
This will delete the BEST SHOT user scene you selected 
and display the next screen (either the next user scene or 
the Register User Scene).
6.Use [W] and [X] to select another scene and 
then press [SET].
•This returns to the recording state.The BEST SHOT “High Sensitivity” scene makes it possible for 
you to take natural looking images without using the flash, even 
when lighting is low
1.In a REC mode, align the mode dial...