Casio Exilim Ex Z5 Users Guide

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Specifying Color Saturation
Use the following procedure to control the intensity of the
image you are recording.
1.In the REC mode, press [MENU].
2.Select the “Quality” tab, select “Saturation”,
and then press [].
3.Use [
] and [] to select the setting you
want, and then press [SET].
To get this:
High color saturation (intensity)
Normal color saturation (intensity)
Low color saturation (intensity)
Select this setting:
+2
+1
0
–1
–2
Specifying Contrast
Use this procedure to adjust the relative difference
between the light areas and dark areas of the image you
are recording.
1.In the REC mode, press [MENU].
2.Select the “Quality” tab, select “Contrast”,
and then press [].
3.Use [
] and [] to select the setting you
want, and then press [SET].
To get this:
High contrast
Normal contrast
Low contrast
Select this setting:
+2
+1
0
–1
–2
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 IMPORTANT! 
• Once date information is stamped in a print, it cannot
be deleted.
• Use the “Date Style” setting (page 164) to specify the
format of the date.
• The recording date and time are determined in
accordance with the camera’s clock settings (pages
47, 163) when the snapshot is recorded.
• Digital zoom is not supported while date stamping
(“Date” or “Date&Time”) is turned on (page 61).
• Date stamping is not supported for the following
types of images.
Images recorded with certain BEST SHOT scenes
(“Business Cards and Documents”, “Whiteboard,
etc.”, “Old Photo”)Date Stamping Snapshots
You can have the snapshot’s recording date only, or date
and time stamped in the lower right corner of the image.
1.In the REC mode, press [MENU].
2.Select the “Set Up” tab, select “Timestamp”,
and then press [].
3.Use [
] and [] to select the setting you
want, and then press [SET].
Example: December 24, 2006, 1:25 p.m.
To include this date stamp information:
Recording date (2006/12/24)
Recording date and time
(2006/12/24 1:25pm)
Nothing
Select this setting:
Date
Date&Time
Off
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Resetting the Camera
Use the following procedure to reset all of the camera’s
settings to their initial defaults as shown under “Menu
Reference” on page 220.
1.Press [MENU].
2.Select the “Set Up” tab, select “Reset”, and
then press [].
3.Use [
] and [] to select “Reset”, and then
press [SET].
• To cancel the procedure without resetting, select
“Cancel” and press [SET].
 IMPORTANT! 
• The following are not initialized when you reset the
camera (page 221).
— Home Time setup
— World Time setup
— Time setting
— Date Style
— Language
— Video Out
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							PLAYBACK
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You can use the camera’s built-in monitor screen to view
images after you record them.
Basic Playback Operation
Use the following procedure to scroll through files stored in
the camera’s memory.
1.Press [] (PLAY) to turn
on the camera.
•This enters the PLAY mode
and causes an image or a
message to appear on the
monitor screen.
PLAYBACK
2.Use [] (forward) or [] (back) to scroll
through files on the monitor screen.
 NOTE 
•Holding down [] or [] scrolls images at high
speed.
•In order to allow for faster playback image scrolling,
the image that initially appears on the monitor screen
is a preview image, which is of somewhat lower
quality than the actual display image. The actual
display image appears a short while after the preview
image. This does not apply to images copied from
another digital camera.
PLAY mode file type Folder name/ File name
Image quality
Image size
Date and time
[]
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Playing an Audio Snapshot
Perform the steps below to display an audio snapshot
(indicated by ) and play its audio.
1.In the PLAY mode, use [] and [] until the
image you want is displayed.
2.Press [SET].
•This plays back the
audio that accompanies
the displayed image.
•You can perform the
following operations
while audio is playing.
 IMPORTANT! 
•Audio volume can be adjusted only when playback is
being performed or is paused.
To do this:
Fast forward or fast reverse
the audio
Pause and unpause audio
playback
Adjust audio volume
Changing display contents
Cancel playback
Do this:
Hold down [] or [].
Press [SET].
Press [] and then use [
]and [].
Press [
] (DISP).
Press [MENU].
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Zooming the Display Image
Perform the following procedure to zoom the image
currently on the monitor screen up to eight times its normal
size.
1.In the PLAY mode, use [] and [] to display
the image you want.
2.Press the zoom
button (
) to enlarge
the image.
•This zooms the image.
•An indicator appears in
the lower right corner,
that shows what part of
the original image is
currently displayed on
the monitor screen.
3.Use [
], [], [], and [] to shift the image
up, down, left, or right.
4.Press [MENU] to return the image to its
original size.
 IMPORTANT! 
•Depending on the original size of the recorded
image, you may not be able to zoom a display image
the full eight times normal size.
Current zoom factor
Displayed part
Original image
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Resizing an Image
You can resize a recorded image to one of three sizes.
1.In the PLAY mode, press [MENU].
2.Select the “PLAY”
tab, select “Resize”,
and then press [].
•Note that this operation is
possible only when a
snapshot image is on the
monitor screen.
3.Use [] and [] to scroll through images and
display the one you want to resize.
Print Size
A4 Print
3.5˝ ×
 5˝ Print
E-mail (optimum size when
attaching image to e-mail)Larger
Smaller
2048 ×
 1536
1600 × 1200
640 ×
 480
3M
2M
VGA
Image Size
*“M” stands for “Mega.”
•To cancel the resize operation, select “Cancel”.
4.Use [
] and [] to select the setting you
want, and then press [SET].
•When selecting the image size, the image size value
(pixels) will alternate on the display with a
corresponding print size. The print size indicates the
optimum paper size when you print an image that is
the image size you select.
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Cropping an Image
You can use the following procedure to crop a portion of an
enlarged image.
1.In the PLAY mode, use [] and [] to scroll
through images and display the one you want
to crop.
2.Press [MENU].
3.Select the “PLAY”
tab, select
“Trimming”, and then
press [].
•An indicator appears in
the lower right corner,
that shows what part of
the original image is
currently displayed on
the monitor screen.
 IMPORTANT! 
•Resizing an image creates a new file that contains
the image in the size you select. The file with the
original image also remains in memory.
•Note that you cannot resize the following types of
images.
—VGA (640 × 
480 pixels) and smaller images
—Movie images and the voice recording file icon
—Images created with MOTION PRINT
—Images recorded with another camera
•The resize operation cannot be performed when
there is not enough memory to store the resized
image.
•When you display a resized image on the camera’s
monitor screen, the date and time that appear when
the image is displayed indicate when the image was
originally recorded, not when the image was resized.
•When a resized image is displayed on the calendar
screen (page 140), it will appear on the date it was
resized.
Current zoom factor
Displayed part
Original image
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 IMPORTANT! 
•Trimming an image causes the original (pre-trimmed)
image and the new (trimmed) version to be stored as
separate files.
•Note that you cannot crop the following types of
images.
—Movie images and the voice recording file icon
—Images created with MOTION PRINT
—Images recorded with another camera
•The cropping operation cannot be performed when
there is not enough memory to store the cropped
image.
•When you display a cropped image on the camera’s
monitor screen, the date and time that appear when
the image is displayed indicate when the image was
originally recorded, not when the image was
cropped.
•When a cropped image is displayed on the calendar
screen (page 140), it will appear on the date it was
cropped.
4.Use the zoom button to zoom the image.
•The part of the image displayed on the monitor
screen is the cropped part.
5.Use [
], [], [], and [] to to scroll the part
to be cropped up, down, left, and right.
6.Press [SET] to extract the part of the image
enclosed in the cropping boundary.
•If you want to cancel the procedure at any point,
press [MENU].
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Keystone Correction
Use the following procedure to correct the snapshot of a
blackboard, document, poster, photograph, or other
rectangular object that is out of square because it was
recorded at an angle.
•Performing keystone correction on an image causes a
new (corrected) version (2M (1600 ×
 1200 pixels)) to be
stored as a separate file.
1.In the PLAY mode, use [] and [] to scroll
through images on the monitor screen and
display the one you want to correct.
2.Select the “PLAY” tab, select “Keystone”, and
then press [].
•This causes a screen that shows all of the objects in
the image that qualify as candidates for keystone
correction to appear.
•Note that the above step is possible only when there
is a snapshot displayed on the monitor screen.
3.Use [] and [] to
select the candidate
you want to correct.
4.Use [
] and [] to select “Correct”, and then
press [SET].
•Select “Cancel” to exit the procedure without
performing keystone correction.
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