E Digital Camera EX-Z77 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/ K828PCM2DMX 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 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Supported Memory Cards Loading a Memory Card into the Camera Replacing the Memory Card Formatting a Memory Card 46 47 48 49 INTRODUCTION 22 Using On-screen Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 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 58 SHOOTING A MOVIE 90 Holding the Camera Correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Shooting a Snapshot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Specifying Image Size Specifying Image Quality Using the easy Mode Snapshot Shooting Precautions Auto Focus Restrictions 62 64 65 67 67 Movie Image Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Shooting a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Movie Recording Precautions 92 Using Short Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 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 78 Recording with Normal-speed Continuous Shutter, High-speed Continuous Shutter, and Flash Continuous Shutter 79 Continuous Shutter Precautions 79 USING BEST SHOT 97 Adding Audio to a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Face Recognition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Performing a face recognition recording operation (Normal Mode) Using the Family First Mode to Give Priority to Particular Faces Face Recognition Precautions 83 84 88 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 5 CONTENTS EDITING IMAGES 159 USING AUDIO 176 Resizing a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Cropping a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Keystone Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Using Color Restoration to Correct the Color of an Old Photograph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Editing the Date and Time of an Image . . . . . . . . 164 Rotating an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Combining Multiple Snapshots into a Single Image (Layout Print) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Adjusting White Balance of a Recorded Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Adjusting Image Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Reducing the Effects of Underexposure . . . . . . . 170 Editing a Movie on the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Creating a Snapshot of a Movie Frame (MOTION PRINT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Adding Audio to a Snapshot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Recording Audio Only (Voice Recording) . . . . . . 178 MANAGING YOUR FILES 180 Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Protecting a File Against Deletion . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Using the FAVORITE Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Copying Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 DELETING FILES 187 Deleting a Specific File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Deleting All Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Deleting FAVORITE Folder Snapshots . . . . . . . . 188 6 CONTENTS OTHER SETTINGS 189 Configuring Camera Sound Settings . . . . . . . . . . 189 Turning the Startup Screen On or Off . . . . . . . . . 191 Specifying the File Name Serial Number Generation Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Changing the Camera Date and Time Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Using World Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Configuring World Time Settings 195 USING THE CAMERA WITH A COMPUTER 211 What you can do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Using the Camera with a Windows Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 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 214 221 222 224 226 229 230 230 231 235 236 236 236 Changing the Display Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Changing the USB Port Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 [ ] (REC) and [ ] (PLAY) Button Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Formatting Built-in Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Using the Camera with a Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . 230 PRINTING 201 Types of Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Using Professional Print Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Using Your Printer to Print Images . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Using DPOF to Specify Images to be Printed and the Number of Copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Date Stamping 208 Reading Files Directly from a Memory Card . . . . 237 Memory Card Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Supported Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 7 CONTENTS APPENDIX 241 General Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Monitor Screen Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Menu Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Indicator Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Battery Charger Lamp Reference Finding the Problem and Fixing It Display Messages 251 252 257 Troubleshooting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 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 90 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 2 the arrow to open. 2. Load the battery into the camera. Front (EXILIM logo) Stopper Battery contacts EXILIM logo Front Back 10 QUICK START BASICS Configuring Display Language, Date, and Time Settings (pages 193, 197) [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]. [BS] [ [SET] 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 193, 197). 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 procedure on the next page. 12 QUICK START BASICS Using a Memory Card (page 45) Loadin ...