E Digital Camera EX-Z65 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/. K826PCM1DMX 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-20) Battery Charger (BC-11L) 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 34 34 36 39 39 Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Deleting a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Using the Camera in another Country . . . . . . . . . . 40 Turning Power On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Using a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Supported Memory Cards Loading a Memory Card into the Camera Replacing the Memory Card Formatting a Memory Card 44 46 47 48 INTRODUCTION 21 Using On-screen Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Configuring Monitor Screen Settings . . . . . . . . . . 51 Selecting a Screen Layout Turning Display Information On and Off 51 55 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Read this first! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Precautions during Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 If you lose your way... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 B 3 CONTENTS SHOOTING A SNAPSHOT 57 SHOOTING A MOVIE 81 Holding the Camera Correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Shooting a Snapshot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Specifying Image Size Specifying Image Quality Using the easy Mode Snapshot Shooting Precautions Auto Focus Restrictions 61 63 64 66 67 Movie Image Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Shooting a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Movie Recording Precautions 83 USING BEST SHOT 84 Shooting with Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Using Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Using the Self-Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Using Continuous Shutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Adding Audio to a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Reducing the Effects of Hand and Subject Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Taking Bright Images without Flash . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Shooting Images of Business Cards and Documents (Business Shot) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Restoring an Old Photograph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 B 4 CONTENTS ADVANCED SETTINGS Using Auto Focus Using Macro Focus Using Fixed Focus (Pan Focus) Using Infinity Focus Using Manual Focus 97 98 99 104 104 104 Other Useful Recording Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 118 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 119 120 120 121 122 124 Changing the Focus Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Correcting Image Brightness (EV Shift) . . . . . . . 106 Controlling White Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Specifying ISO Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Specifying the Metering Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Using the Camera's Filter Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Controlling Image Sharpness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Controlling Color Saturation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Adjusting Image Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Date Stamping Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Using the On-screen Histogram to Check Exposure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 VIEWING SNAPSHOTS AND MOVIES Listening to the Audio of an Audio Snapshot 125 126 Viewing a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Viewing a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Playing a Slideshow on the Camera . . . . . . . . . . 129 Viewing Camera Images on a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Zooming the Displayed Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Using the 12-image Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Using the Calendar Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 B 5 CONTENTS EDITING IMAGES 137 MANAGING YOUR FILES 153 Resizing a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Cropping a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Keystone Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Using Color Restoration to Correct the Color of an Old Photograph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Editing the Date and Time of an Image . . . . . . . . 142 Rotating an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Editing a Movie on the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Creating a Snapshot of a Movie Frame (MOTION PRINT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Protecting a File Against Deletion . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Using the FAVORITE Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Copying Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 DELETING FILES 160 Deleting a Specific File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Deleting All Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Deleting FAVORITE Folder Snapshots . . . . . . . . 161 USING AUDIO 149 Adding Audio to a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Recording Audio Only (Voice Recording) . . . . . . 151 B 6 CONTENTS OTHER SETTINGS 162 Configuring Camera Sound Settings . . . . . . . . . . 162 Turning the Startup Screen On or Off . . . . . . . . . 163 Specifying the File Name Serial Number Generation Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Changing the Camera Date and Time Setting . . . 165 Using World Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Configuring World Time Settings 168 USING THE CAMERA WITH A COMPUTER 182 What you can do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Using the Camera with a Windows Computer . . 183 Viewing and Storing Images on a Computer Transfer of Images from the Camera and Management of Images on the Computer Playing Movies 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 186 192 194 194 198 198 198 200 203 204 204 204 Changing the Display Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Changing the USB Port Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 [ ] (REC) and [ ] (PLAY) Button Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Formatting Built-in Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Using the Camera with a Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . 199 PRINTING 173 Types of Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Using Professional Print Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Using Your Printer to Print Images . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Using DPOF to Specify Images to be Printed and the Number of Copies . . . . . . . . . 177 Date Stamping 180 Reading Files Directly from a Memory Card . . . . 205 Memory Card Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Supported Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 B 7 CONTENTS APPENDIX 209 General Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Monitor Screen Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Menu Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Indicator Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Battery Charger Lamp Reference Finding the Problem and Fixing It If you have problems installing the USB driver... Display Messages 219 220 224 225 Troubleshooting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 B 8 CONTENTS QUICK START BASICS First, charge the battery (page 34) 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 90 minutes to achieve a full charge. 9 QUICK START BASICS Loading the Battery into the Camera 3. Close the battery cover. 1. Open the battery cover. While pressing lightly on the cover, slide it in the direction indicated by the arrow to open. 2. Load the battery into the camera. 10 QUICK START BASICS Configuring Display Language, Date, and Time Settings (pages 165, 169) [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 ] ] [SET] will use the camera and then press [SET]. [BS] ] 5. Use [ ] and [ ] to select the summer time (DST) setting you want and then press [SET]. 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 165, 169). B 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 all the settings are the way you want, press [SET]. 9. Press [ON/OFF] to turn off the camera. · After finishing this procedure, advance to the procedure on the next page. 12 QUICK START BASICS Using a Memory Card (page 44) Loading a Memory Card into the Camera When a memory card is loaded, the camera stores images you shoot on the card. 2. Load a memory card into the camera. MEMORY CARD ORY MEMCARD NOTE · Though the camera has built-in memory, using a memory card provides additional capacity you can use to store more images, high-quality and large-size images, and longer movies. · The camera will store images in its built-in memory if there is no memory card loaded. If you prefer to use built-in memory, skip this procedure and go to "Shooting a Snapshot" on page 15. · For information about memory card capacity, see page 227. Front Back With the front of the memory card facing upwards (towards the monitor screen side of the camera), slide it into the card slot and press until it clicks securely into place. 3. Close the battery cover. 1. Open the battery cover. While pressing lightly on the cover, slide it in the direction indicated by the arrow to open. 13 QUICK START BASICS Formatting a Memory Card Before you can use a memory card with your camera, you must format it. 5. Press [ ] to select "Format" and then press [SET]. · To cancel formatting, select "Cancel" and then press [SET]. · Wait until the "Busy... Please wait..." message disappears from the monitor screen before doing anything else. "Set Up" Tab IMPORTANT! · Formatting a memory card that already has snapshots or other files on it, will delete its contents. Normally you do not nee ...