Casio Exilim Ex V8 Users Guide

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.■Fully pressing the shutter button without 
waiting for Auto Focus
•You can shoot snapshots by pressing the shutter button all 
the way without waiting for Auto Focus. What the camera 
does in this case depends on whether Quick Shutter (page 
129) is on or off.
When Quick Shutter is turned on
High-speed Auto Focus is enabled, which helps you capture 
exactly the moment you want. Quick Shutter comes in handy 
when shooting a fast-moving subject.
•Some images may be out of focus when...

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Specifying Image Size
A digital camera image is a collection of small dots (pixels).
The size of an image indicates how many pixels it contains, and 
is expressed as horizontal pixels × vertical pixels. The initial 
factory default image size setting is 8M (3264 × 2448 pixels). 
Note that a larger image takes up more memory.
•For information about image size, image quality, and number 
of images that can be stored, see page 282.
This setting applies to snapshots only.
•For...

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•Selecting 3:2 (3264 × 2176 pixels) records images with an 
aspect ratio of 3:2, which matches the standard aspect ratio 
(3:2) of print paper.
•VGA (640 × 480 pixels) is the optimum size when attaching 
images to e-mail.
•Print paper sizes should be thought of as rough estimates 
only (200 dpi print resolution).Specifying Image Quality
Your camera lets you select “Fine” (maximum image quality), 
“Normal”, or “Economy” (maximum memory economy) for the 
image quality setting. The...

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NOTE•The “Fine” setting helps to bring out details when shooting 
a finely detailed image of nature that includes dense tree 
branches or leaves, or an image of a complex pattern.
Turning Off the AF Assist Lamp
The AF assist lamp emits light that helps the camera focus when 
you half-press the shutter button under dark lighting conditions. 
The AF assist lamp does not light when lighting is bright.
The initial factory default setting is 
AF assist lamp on.
Turning off the AF assist...

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1.In a REC mode, press [MENU].
2.On the “REC” tab, select “AF Assist Light” 
and then press [X].
3.Use [S] and [T] to select “Off” and then press 
[SET].
When you want to turn on the AF assist lamp, select “On” 
here.
IMPORTANT!
•Do not look directly into the AF assist/REC light/self-timer 
lamp or point it directly at a person’s eyes.
Using the easy Mode
The easy Mode eliminates troublesome setups and simplifies 
image recording. This mode is recommended for those who are 
new to...

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4.Shoot the image.
When the image is focused, press the shutter button the rest 
of the way.
This will shoot the snapshot and save it to the memory card 
or the camera’s built-in memory.
■Using the easy Mode Menu
In the easy mode, menu display is limited to flash, self-timer, and 
image size settings. While the camera is in the easy mode, all 
the other settings on the REC tab menu (page 269) and Quality 
tab menu (page 270) are fixed at preset optimum values. Any 
settings you...

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3.Use [S] and [T] to select the setting you want, 
and then press [SET].
•An asterisk (*) indicates reset default settings.
4.After making the menu settings you want, 
select “Exit Menu” and then press [SET].
•See the following sections for full details about each setting.
– Using the Flash (page 72)
– Using the Self-timer (page 77)
– Specifying Image Size (page 62)
Snapshot Shooting Precautions
■Operation
•While the operation lamp is flashing green, never open the 
battery cover or...

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■Monitor Screen when Shooting Snapshots
•The image that appears on the monitor screen is for image 
composition. The actual image will be recorded at the quality 
set for the image quality setting.
•Subject brightness conditions can cause monitor screen 
response to slow and can cause digital noise in the monitor 
screen image.
■Shooting Indoors under Fluorescent 
Lighting
•Minute flickering of fluorescent lighting can affect the 
brightness or color of an image.
Auto Focus...

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Your camera provides you with 7X optical zoom (which changes 
the lens focal distance), which can be used in combination with 
digital zoom (which digitally process the center portion of the 
image to enlarge it) for total zoom capabilities of 28 - 105.4X.
IMPORTANT!
•Generally speaking, the higher the digital zoom factor, the 
coarser the image that is recorded. However, digital zoom 
can be used up to a certain point without causing 
deterioration of the image.
•Digital zoom is...

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•The zoom controller has two speeds. Sliding the zoom 
controller further upwards or downwards zooms at high 
speed.
3.Press the shutter button to shoot.
NOTE•Performing a zoom operation changes the lens aperture.
•Use of a tripod is recommended to protect against hand 
movement when using the telephoto setting (zoom in).
■Optical Zoom and Digital Zoom Switch Point
If you hold the zoom controller towards [ ] in step 2 of the 
above procedure, the zoom operation will stop when the...