Casio Exilim Ex Z50 Users Guide

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Using the Movie Mode
You can record movies with audio. A single movie can be
as long as available memory capacity allows.
•File Format: AVI
AVI format conforms to the Motion JPEG format promoted
by the Open DML Group.
•Image Size: 320 ×
 240 pixels
•Movie File Size: Approximately 300KB/second.
•Maximum Movie Length
—One Movie:
As long as available memory capacity allows
 NOTE 
•You can play back movies recorded in the Movie
mode on your computer using Windows Media
Player....

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•Starting a movie record operation causes optical
zoom to be disabled. Only digital zoom is available
while a movie record operation is in progress. If you
want to use optical zoom to record a movie, perform
the zoom operation before starting the record
operation.
•The focus mode automatically changes to Pan Focus
(page 72) when you enter the Movie mode,
regardless of the mode memory’s (page 105) Focus
setting. You can, however, change to another focus
mode before starting a...

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—Auto Focus is not performed in the case of the
Pan Focus (
), Manual Focus () and Infinity
() focus modes, and so no confirmation tone
sounds. In the case of the Manual Focus mode,
you cannot adjust focus settings while recording
is in progress. Be sure to make all adjustments
before beginning the record operation.
•Certain types of memory cards take longer to record
data, which can cause movie frames to be dropped.
 and REC flash on the monitor screen during
recording to...

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 NOTE 
•You can play back an audio file recorded in the
Audio Snapshot mode on your computer using
Windows Media Player.
Recording audio for a snapshot creates two separate
files: one for the image data and one for the audio
data. Each file is stored in a different folder in
camera memory (page 172).
1.Press [] (REC), and then select  “
(+)” as the recording mode  (page 48).
•This enters the Audio Snapshot mode and causes
“” to appear on the monitor screen.
•You can use 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 39 minutes with built-in memory
•Audio File Size:
Approximately 120KB (30-second recording of
approximately 4KB per second)
 NOTE 
•You can play back files recorded in the Voice
Recording mode on your...

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•You can insert index marks while recording by
pressing [SET]. See page 124 for information about
jumping to an index mark during playback.
3.To stop recording, press the shutter button
again. This also saves the recording to a file
in camera memory.
 NOTE 
•Holding down [DISP] as you press the power button
or [] (REC) enters the Voice Recording mode
without extending the lens.
1.Press [] (REC), and
then select “
Voice” as the
recording mode (page
48).
•This enters the Voice...

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Using the Histogram
You can use the [DISP] button to display a histogram on
the monitor screen. The histogram lets you check exposure
conditions as you record images (page 26). You can also
display the histogram of a recorded image in the PLAY
mode.
Histogram
•A histogram is a graph that represents the lightness of an
image in terms of the number of pixels. The vertical axis
indicates the number of pixels, while the horizontal axis
indicates lightness. You can use the...

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•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 the light areas of
an image.
•A centered histogram
indicates that there is good
distribution of light pixels and
dark pixels. This type of
histogram results when the
overall image is at optimal
lightness.
•An RGB histogram that shows the distribution of...

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REC Mode Camera Settings
The following are the settings you can configure before
recording an image using a REC mode.
•ISO sensitivity
•Sharpness
•Saturation
•Contrast
•Grid on/off
•Image Review on/off
•Icon Help 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 65)
—Quality (page 66)
—White Balance (page 78)
—Digital Zoom (page 57)
—AF...

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 IMPORTANT! 
•Under certain conditions, a high shutter speed in
combination with a high ISO sensitivity setting can
cause digital noise (graininess), which makes an
image appear rough. 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
104) to configure...