Casio Exilim Ex Z30 Users Guide

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— The camera automatically switches to the Pan
Focus mode (PF) (page 64) whenever you enter
the Movie Mode.
— The camera focuses automatically whenever you
have Auto Focus (page 62) or Macro (
) selected
as the focus mode. Note that the confirmation
tone that sounds during the Auto Focus operation
will be recorded in the audio.If you do not want
confirmation tones in your audio, keep Pan Focus
(PF) as the focus mode, or select Manual Focus
(MF) and manually focus the image...

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1.In the REC mode, press [MENU].
2.Select the “REC” tab, select “REC Mode”, and
then press [].
3.Use [
] and [] to select  “ (+)” and
then press [SET].
• This enters the Snapshot Audio Mode.
4.Press the shutter
release button to
record the image.
• After the image is
recorded, the camera
enters audio recording
standby, with the image
you just recorded on the
monitor screen.
• You can cancel audio recording standby by pressing
[MENU].
Remaining recording time
5.Press the...

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Recording Your Voice
The Voice Recording Mode provides quick and easy
recording of your voice.
• Audio Format: WAVE/ADPCM recording format
This is the Windows standard format for audio recording.
The file extension of a WAVE/ADPCM file is “.WAV”.
• Recording Time:
Approximately 40 minutes with built-in memory
• Audio File Size:
Approximately 120KB (30-second recording of
approximately 4KB per second)
1.In the REC mode, press [MENU].
2.Select the “REC” tab, select “REC Mode”,...

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 Audio Recording Precautions
• Keep the microphone on the
front of the camera pointed
at the subject.
• Take care that you do not
block the microphone with
your fingers.
• Good recording results are not possible when the camera
is too far from the subject.
• Operating camera buttons during recording can cause
button noise to be included in the audio.
• Pressing the power button or pressing [
] (PLAY) stops
recording and stores any audio recorded up to that point.
• You can...

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• When the histogram is too far
to the left, it means that there
are too many dark pixels.
This type of histogram results
when the overall image is
dark. A histogram that is too
far to the left may result in
“black out” of the dark areas
of an image.
• When the histogram is too far
to the right, it means that
there are too many light
pixels.
This type of histogram results
when the overall image is
light. A histogram that is too
far to the right may result in
“white out” of...

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REC Mode Camera Settings
The following are the settings you can make before
recording an image using a REC mode.
• ISO sensitivity
• Grid on/off
• Image Review on/off
• L/R key setting
• Power on default settings
• Resetting the camera
 NOTE 
• You can also configure the settings listed below. See
the referenced pages for more information.
— Size (page 58)
— Quality (page 60)
— White Balance (page 69)
— Digital Zoom (page 52)
— AF Area (page 63)
— Auto PF (page 62)
Specifying...

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 IMPORTANT! 
• Under certain conditions, a high shutter speed in
combination with a high ISO sensitivity setting can
cause digital noise to appear inside of an image. For
clean, good-quality images, use the lowest ISO
sensitivity setting possible.
• Using a high ISO sensitivity setting along with the
flash to shoot a nearby subject may result in
improper illumination of the subject.
 NOTE 
• You can use the key customization feature (page 89)
to configure the camera so the...

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To do this:
Display images on the monitor
screen for about one second
immediately after they are recorded
Do not display images immediately
after they are recorded
Select this setting:
On
Off
Turning Image Review On and Off
Image review displays an image on the monitor screen as
soon as you record it. Use the following procedure to turn
image review on and off.
1.In the REC mode, press [MENU].
2.Select the “REC” tab, select “Review”, and
then press [].
3.Use [
] and [] to...

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Assigning Functions to the [] and []
Keys
A “key customization” feature lets you configure the []
and [] keys so they change camera settings whenever
they are pressed in the REC mode. After you configure the
[] and [] keys, you can change the setting assigned to
them without going through the menu screen.
1.In the REC mode, press [MENU].
2.Select the “REC” tab, select “L/R Key”, and
then press [].
3.Use [
] and [] to select the setting you
want, and then press [SET]....

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Specifying Power On Default Settings
The camera’s “mode memory” feature lets you specify the
power on default settings individually for the REC mode,
flash mode, focus mode, white balance mode, ISO
sensitivity, AF Area, digital zoom mode, manual focus
position and zoom position. Turning on mode memory for a
mode tells the camera to remember the status of that mode
when you turn off the camera, and restore it the next time
you turn the camera back on. When mode memory is...