Casio Qv R51 Users Guide

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Indicators
on
(page 28)Histogram
on
(page 84)Indicators
offMonitor
screen off
Changing the Contents of the Monitor
Screen
Each press of the [DISP] button changes the contents of
the monitor screen as shown below.
 IMPORTANT! 
You cannot turn off the monitor screen in the
following cases:
In the PLAY mode, in the BESTSHOT mode, when
not recording in the Movie mode
You cannot use the [DISP] button to change the
contents of the monitor screen while a movie is being
recorded.
Indicator...

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Attaching the Strap
Attach the strap to the strap ring as shown in the
illustration.
 IMPORTANT! 
Be sure to keep the strap around your wrist when
using the camera to protect against accidentally
dropping it.
The supplied strap is intended for use with this
camera only. Do not use it for any other purpose.
Never swing the camera around by the strap.
Power Requirements
Your camera features a two-way power supply that lets you
use either AA-size batteries or household AC current. A set...

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To charge the batteries
1.Positioning the positive and negative
terminals of each battery as shown in the
illustration, attach the batteries to the charger
unit.

Household Current
AC Adaptor: AD-C30
Charging Batteries
You can use the steps below to charge the rechargeable
nickel-metal hydride batteries (HR-3U) using the charger
unit (BC-5H) that comes with the camera.
Never try to use the charger unit to charge any other
type of batteries besides the specified rechargeable...

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2.Plug the charger unit into a household power
outlet.
This will cause the [CHARGE] lamp to light.
Charging will take about four hours.
[CHARGE] lamp
Charger unit
AC power cord
3.The [CHARGE] lamp will go out when
charging is complete.
4.After charging is complete, unplug the
charger unit from the power outlet, and
remove the batteries from it.
Always unplug the charger unit from the power outlet
and remove the batteries whenever you are not
using it for charging.
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 IMPORTANT! 
If the [CHARGE] lamp starts to flash when you start
a charge operation, it means that charging cannot be
started yet because the surrounding temperature or
the temperature of the charger unit is outside the
range of about 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F).
Charging will start automatically (indicated when the
[CHARGE] lamp stops flashing and remains lit) as
soon as temperature returns to normal.
Charging batteries while they are still warm
immediately after removing them from...

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Charger Unit Precautions
The charger unit becomes slightly warm during
charging. This is normal and does not indicate
malfunction.
Unplug the charger unit from the power outlet
whenever you are not using it.

Battery Precautions
Precautions During Use
Use only the charger unit that comes with the camera
to charge the batteries. Never use any other type of
charger unit for charging.
New batteries are not charged. Be sure to charge the
batteries before using them for the first time....

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To load batteries
1.Turn off the camera.
2.Slide the battery
compartment cover on
the bottom of the
camera in the
direction indicated by
the arrow and then
swing it open.
3.Load batteries as
shown in the
illustration.
4.While pressing down
at the point indicated
by the arrow in the
illustration, slide the
battery compatment
cover closed.
 IMPORTANT! 
Use only the included rechargeable nickel-metal
hydride batteries or the specified type of AA-size
batteries.
To remove the batteries from...

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Rechargeable
Nickel-Metal
Hydride batteries
900 shots
(150 minutes)
240 shots
(120 minutes)
250 minutesAlkaline batteries
240  shots
(40 minutes)
50 shots
(25 minutes)
130 minutes

 Low Battery Indicator
The following shows how the battery capacity indicator on
the monitor screen changes as battery power is used. The
 indicator means that remaining battery power is low.
Note that you will not be able to record images while the
battery indicator is 
. Immediately replace or charge the...

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*1 Continuous Recording Conditions
Temperature: 23°C (73°F)
Monitor screen: On
Flash: Off
Image recorded about every 10 seconds
*2 Normal Recording Conditions
Temperature: 23°C (73°F)
Monitor Screen: On
Zoom operation between full wide to full telephoto
every 30 seconds, during which two images are
recorded, one image with flash; power turned off and
back on every time 10 images are recorded.
*3 Continuous Playback Conditions
Temperature: 23°C (73°F)
Scroll one image about every...

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 Alkaline Battery Life
The actual life of alkaline batteries is affected by a variety
of factors, including the battery manufacturer, the amount
of time the batteries spend in storage before you use them,
temperature while you are recording, and photographic
conditions. As a rule, we recommend the use of
rechargeable nickel-metal hydride batteries, which have
longer lives than alkaline batteries.
Alkaline batteries may not provide any operation when
the temperature is 5°C (41°F) or...