E Digital Camera EX-Z1080 User's Guide Thank you for purchasing this CASIO product. · Before using it, be sure to read the precautions contained in this User's Guide. · Keep the User's Guide in a safe place for future reference. · For the most up-to-date information about this product, visit the official EXILIM Website at http://www.exilim.com/ K848PCM1DMX 1 UNPACKING As you unpack your camera, check to make sure that all items shown below are included. If anything is missing, contact your original retailer. Digital Camera Rechargeable Lithium Ion Battery (NP-40) Battery Charger (BC-31L) To attach the strap to the camera. * The shape of the AC power cord plug varies according to country or geographic area. Attach strap here. AC Power Cord * Strap USB Cable AV Cable CD-ROM Basic Reference 2 UNPACKING CONTENTS UNPACKING QUICK START BASICS 2 9 GETTING READY To charge the battery To load the battery Replacing the Battery Battery Precautions 36 36 38 41 41 Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 First, charge the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Configuring Display Language, Date, and Time Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Using a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Shooting a Snapshot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Viewing Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Shooting a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Viewing a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Deleting a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Using the Camera in another Country . . . . . . . . . . 42 Turning Power On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Using a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Supported Memory Cards Loading a Memory Card into the Camera Replacing the Memory Card Formatting a Memory Card 47 48 49 49 INTRODUCTION 22 Using On-screen Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Configuring Monitor Screen Settings . . . . . . . . . . 52 Selecting a Screen Layout Turning Display Information On and Off 52 56 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Read this first! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Precautions during Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 If you lose your way... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 3 CONTENTS SHOOTING A SNAPSHOT 59 SHOOTING A MOVIE 91 Holding the Camera Correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Shooting a Snapshot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Specifying Image Size Specifying Image Quality Turning Off the AF Assist Lamp Snapshot Shooting Precautions Auto Focus Restrictions 63 65 66 67 67 Movie Image Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Shooting a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Movie Recording Precautions 93 Using Short Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Using Past Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Shooting with Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Using Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Using the Self-Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Using Continuous Shutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Selecting the Continuous Shutter Mode Recording with Normal-speed Continuous Shutter, High-speed Continuous Shutter, and Flash Continuous Shutter Recording with Zoom Continuous Shutter Continuous Shutter Precautions 78 USING BEST SHOT 97 79 79 80 Adding Audio to a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Face Recognition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Performing a face recognition recording operation (Normal Mode) Using the Family First Mode to Give Priority to Particular Faces Face Recognition Precautions 84 85 89 Reducing the Effects of Hand and Subject Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Taking Bright Images without Flash . . . . . . . . . . 104 Shooting Images of Business Cards and Documents (Business Shot) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Shooting ID Photographs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Restoring an Old Photograph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Recording Snapshots into a Multi-image Layout (Layout Shots) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Auto Tracking a Moving Subject (Auto Framing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 4 CONTENTS ADVANCED SETTINGS Using Auto Focus Using Macro Focus Using Fixed Focus (Pan Focus) Using Infinity Focus Using Manual Focus 115 116 117 123 123 123 Other Useful Recording Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Using Key Customize to Assign Functions [ ] and [ ] Displaying an On-screen Grid Displaying the Image You Just Recorded (Image Review) Using Icon Help Using Mode Memory to Configure Power On Default Settings Resetting the Camera to Its Initial Factory Defaults 138 139 139 140 141 143 Changing the Focus Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Correcting Image Brightness (EV Shift) . . . . . . . 125 Controlling White Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Specifying ISO Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Specifying the Metering Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Reducing the Effects of Overexposure and Underexposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Enhancing Human Skin Textures. . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Using the Camera's Color Filter Effects . . . . . . . 133 Controlling Image Sharpness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Controlling Color Saturation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Adjusting Image Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Date Stamping Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Using the On-screen Histogram to Check Exposure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 VIEWING SNAPSHOTS AND MOVIES Listening to the Audio of an Audio Snapshot Playing Back a Movie with Anti Shake 144 145 148 Viewing a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Viewing a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Playing a Slideshow on the Camera . . . . . . . . . . 148 Viewing Camera Images on a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Zooming the Displayed Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Using the 12-image Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Using the Calendar Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 5 CONTENTS EDITING IMAGES 160 USING AUDIO 177 Resizing a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Cropping a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Keystone Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Using Color Restoration to Correct the Color of an Old Photograph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Editing the Date and Time of an Image . . . . . . . . 165 Rotating an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Combining Multiple Snapshots into a Single Image (Layout Print) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Adjusting White Balance of a Recorded Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Adjusting Image Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Reducing the Effects of Underexposure . . . . . . . 171 Editing a Movie on the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Creating a Snapshot of a Movie Frame (MOTION PRINT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Adding Audio to a Snapshot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Recording Audio Only (Voice Recording) . . . . . . 179 MANAGING YOUR FILES 181 Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Protecting a File Against Deletion . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Using the FAVORITE Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Copying Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 DELETING FILES 188 Deleting a Specific File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Deleting All Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Deleting FAVORITE Folder Snapshots . . . . . . . . 189 6 CONTENTS OTHER SETTINGS 190 Configuring Camera Sound Settings . . . . . . . . . . 190 Turning the Startup Screen On or Off . . . . . . . . . 192 Specifying the File Name Serial Number Generation Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Changing the Camera Date and Time Setting . . . 194 Using World Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Configuring World Time Settings 196 USING THE CAMERA WITH A COMPUTER 212 What you can do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Using the Camera with a Windows Computer . . 213 Viewing and Storing Images on a Computer Transfer of Images from the Camera and Management of Images on the Computer Playing Movies Uploading Movie Files to YouTube Transferring Images to the Camera Viewing User Documentation (PDF Files) User Registration Exiting the CD-ROM Menu Viewing and Storing Images on a Macintosh Transfer of Images from the Camera and Management of Images on Your Macintosh Playing Movies Viewing User Documentation (PDF Files) Registering as a User 215 221 223 224 226 229 230 230 231 236 236 237 237 Changing the Display Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Changing the Brightness of the Monitor Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Changing the USB Port Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 [ ] (REC) and [ ] (PLAY) Button Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Formatting Built-in Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Using the Camera with a Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . 230 PRINTING 203 Types of Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Using Professional Print Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Using Your Printer to Print Images . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Using DPOF to Specify Images to be Printed and the Number of Copies. . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Date Stamping 210 Reading Files Directly from a Memory Card . . . . 237 Memory Card Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Supported Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 CONTENTS 7 APPENDIX 242 General Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Monitor Screen Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Menu Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Indicator Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Battery Charger Lamp Reference Finding the Problem and Fixing It Display Messages 252 253 258 Troubleshooting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 8 CONTENTS QUICK START BASICS First, charge the battery (page 36) Using the Battery Charger to Charge 2. Plug the battery charger into a household power outlet. 1. Load the battery into the battery charger. [CHARGE] lamp lights red during charging. [CHARGE] lamp goes out when charging is complete. · It takes about 150 minutes to achieve a full charge. 9 QUICK START BASICS Loading the Battery into the Camera 3. Close the battery cover. 2 1 1. Open the battery cover. 1 While pressing lightly on the cover, slide it in the direction indicated by the arrow to open. 2 2. Load the battery into the camera. Front (EXILIM logo) Stopper Battery contacts EXILIM logo Front 10 QUICK START BASICS Configuring Display Language, Date, and Time Settings (pages 194, 198) [ON/OFF] (Power) 1. Press [ON/OFF] to turn on the camera. 2. Use [ ], [ ], [ ], and [ ] to select the language you want and then press [SET]. 3. Use [ ], [ ], [ ], and [ ] to select the area [ [ [ ] ] ] [ ] where you will use the camera and then press [SET]. 4. Use [ ] and [ ] to select the city where you will use the camera and then press [SET]. [SET] [BS] The settings on this page are required the first time you turn on the camera after purchasing it. · If you make a mistake when configuring the language, date, and time settings, you can change the settings (pages 194, 198). 5. Use [ ] and [ ] to select the summer time (DST) setting you want and then press [SET]. 11 QUICK START BASICS 6. Use [ ] and [ ] to select the date format and then press [SET]. Example: December 19, 2007 To display the date like this: 07/12/19 19/12/07 12/19/07 Select this option: YY/MM/DD DD/MM/YY MM/DD/YY 7. Set the date and the time. Use [ ] and [ ] to select the setting you want (year, month, day, hour, minute) and then use [ ] and [ ] to change the setting. To switch between 12-hour and 24-hour format, press [BS]. 8. When settings are completed, press [SET]. 9. Press [ON/OFF] to turn off the camera. · After finishing this procedure, advance to the pr ...