Casio EX-M20 - 2 User manual

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3. Use [] (forward) or [] (back) to scroll
through files on the monitor screen.
NOTES
•Holding down [] or [] scrolls images at high
speed.
•In order to allow for faster playback image scrolling,
the image that initially appears on the monitor screen
is a preview image, which is of somewhat lower
quality than the actual display image. The actual
display image appears a short while after the preview
image. This does not apply to images copied from
another digital camera.
You can use the camera’s built-in monitor screen to view
images after you record them.
Basic Playback Operation
Use the following procedure to scroll through files stored in
the camera’s memory.
1. Press the power button
to turn on the camera.
•This causes an image or a
message to appear on the
monitor screen.
2. Align the mode selector
with “ ” (PLAY).
•This enters the PLAY
mode.
Power button
Mode selector
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Playing an Audio Snapshot (EX-M20 Only)
Perform the steps below to display an audio snapshot
(indicated by a indicator) and play its audio.
1. In the PLAY mode, use [] and [] until the
image you want is displayed.
2. Press [SET].
•This plays back the
audio that accompanies
the displayed image.
•You can perform the
following operations
while audio is playing.
IMPORTANT!
•Audio volume can be adjusted only when playback is
being performed or is paused.
•When you have the LCD remote controller connected
to the camera, audio is output through the stereo
headphones (page 160) instead of the camera’s
speaker. Output through the headphones is
monaural.
•The volume of audio recorded with the camera
cannot be adjusted using the LCD remote controller.
Use the camera’s controller to adjust volume level in
this case.
To do this:
Fast forward or fast reverse
the audio
Pause and unpause audio
playback
Adjust audio volume
Cancel playback
Do this:
Hod down [] or [].
Press [SET].
Press [] or [].
Press [MENU].

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MENU
DISP
MENU
DISP
Flipping the Display
The following procedure flips the image 180 degrees. This
comes in handy when you want to show someone standing
in front of you an image on the monitor screen.
1. In the PLAY mode, use [] and [] to scroll
through images on the monitor screen and
display the one you want.
2. Press the shutter release button and [SET] at
the same time.
•This flips the image 180 degrees. The histogram or
any other display information you had displayed is
cleared automatically whenever you flip the image.
•While an image is flipped, you can use [] and [] to
scroll to another image, if you want.
3. To return the image to its normal orientation,
press any button other than [], [], [], or
[].
IMPORTANT!
•Note that you cannot play a movie, an audio
snapshot (EX-M20 only), or a voice recording file
(EX-M20 only) on the monitor screen while a flipped
image is displayed.
•You cannot use the above procedure to flip an image
while a zoomed image, calendar screen image, a
movie image, an audio snapshot (EX-M20 only), or a
voice recording file image (EX-M20 only) is on the
display.
[SET]
Shutter release
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3. To scroll the image
on the display, press
[SET], and then press
[], [], [], or [].
•To display the indicator
for further zooming,
press [SET] again.
4. Press [MENU] to return the image to its
original size.
IMPORTANT!
•You cannot enlarge a movie image.
•Depending on the original size of the recorded
image, you may not be able to zoom a display image
the full four times its normal size.
Zooming the Display Image
Perform the following procedure to zoom the image
currently on the monitor screen up to four times its normal
size.
1. In the PLAY mode, use [] and [] to display
the image you want.
2. Press [] ( ) to
enlarge the image.
•This displays an
indicator that shows the
current zoom factor.
Current zoom factor

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Resizing an Image
You can use the following procedure to change a snapshot
image to either SXGA size (1280 x 960 pixels) or VGA size
(640 x 480 pixels).
•VGA is the optimum image size for attachment to e-mail
messages or incorporation into Web pages.
1. In the PLAY mode, press [MENU].
2. Select the “PLAY”
tab, select “Resize”,
and then press [].
3. Use [] and [] to scroll through images and
display the one you want to resize.
IMPORTANT!
•Resizing an image creates a new file that contains
the image in the size you select. The file with the
original image also remains in memory.
•Images smaller than 640 x 480 pixels cannot be
resized.
•An image recorded using the 1600 x 1072 (3:2) pixel
size cannot be resized.
•Note that you can resize snapshots recorded with
this camera only.
•If the message “This function is not supported for this
file.”appears, it means that the current image cannot
be resized.
•The resize operation cannot be performed if there is
not enough memory to store the resized image.
4. Use [] and [] to select the setting you
want, and then press [SET].
To do this:
Resize to 1280 x 960 pixels (SXGA)
Resize to 640 x 480 pixels (VGA)
Cancel the resizing operation
Select this:
1280 x 960
640 x 480
Cancel

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Cropping an Image
Use the following procedure when you want to crop a
portion of an enlarged image and use the remaining part of
the image as an e-mail attachment, Web page image, etc.
1. In the PLAY mode, use [] and [] to scroll
through images and display the one you want
to crop.
2. Press [MENU].
3. Select the “PLAY”
tab, select
“Trimming”, and then
press [].
•This causes a cropping
boundary to appear.
4. Use [] and [] to make the cropping
boundary smaller or larger.
•The size of the cropping boundary depends on the
size of the image on the display.
5. When the cropping
boundary is the size
you want, press [DISP]
to lock it.
•After pressing [DISP] to
lock the size of the
cropping boundary, you
can press [DISP] again to
unlock it. After that, you
can repeat steps 4 and 5
to change the cropping
boundary size.
6. Use [], [], [], and [] to move the
cropping boundary up, down, left, or right
until the area of the image you want to extract
is within the boundary.
7. Press [SET] to extract the part of the image
enclosed in the cropping boundary.
•If you want to cancel the procedure at any point,
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Playing a Movie
Use the following procedure to play back a movie that was
recorded in the movie mode.
1. In the PLAY mode,
press [] and [] to
scroll through images
until the movie you
want to play is
displayed.
2. Press [SET].
•This start playback of the movie.
Movie icon
IMPORTANT!
•Cropping an image creates a new file that contains
the cropped image. The file with the original image
also remains in memory.
•An image recorded using the 1600 x 1072 (3:2) pixel
size cannot be cropped.
•Movie and voice recording file images (EX-M20 only)
cannot be cropped.
•An image recorded using another camera model
cannot be cropped.
•If the message “This function is not supported for this
file.”appears, it means that the current image cannot
be cropped.
•The cropping operation cannot be performed if there
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IMPORTANT!
•You cannot repeat play a movie. To play a movie
more than once, repeat the steps of the above
procedure.
•The EX-M20 can also play back audio recordings.
Note the following points when playing back audio.
—Audio volume can be adjusted only when
playback is being performed or is paused.
—When you have the LCD remote controller
connected to the camera, audio is output through
the stereo headphones (page 160) instead of the
camera’s speaker. Output through the
headphones is monaural.
—The volume of audio recorded with the camera
cannot be adjusted using the LCD remote
controller. Use the camera’s controller to adjust
volume level in this case.
•You can perform the following operations while a
movie is playing.
To do this:
Fast forward or fast reverse
the movie
Pause and unpause movie
playback
Skip forward or back one
frame while paused
Cancel playback
Adjust audio volume
(EX-M20 only)
Do this:
Hold down [] or
[].
Press [SET].
Press [] or [].
Press [MENU].
Press [] or [].

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•Pressing [] while the date selection cursor is
located anywhere in the top line of the calendar
causes the previous month to appear.
•Pressing [] while the date selection cursor is
located anywhere in the bottom line of the calendar
causes the next month to appear.
•To exit the calendar screen, press [MENU].
•is displayed in the calendar screen to indicate
voice recording file images (page 95, EX-M20 only).
•appears in place of the image when the date
contains data that cannot be displayed by this
camera.
4. To view the large version of a date’s image,
move the date selection cursor to the date,
and then press [SET].
•This displays the first image that was recorded on
the selected date.
Displaying the Calendar Screen
Use the following procedure to display a 1-month calendar.
While the calendar is on the display, you can select a date,
which displays the first image recorded on that date. This
helps to make it easy to find the images you want.
1. In the PLAY mode, press [MENU].
2. Select the “PLAY”tab, select “Calendar”, and
then press [].
3. Use [], [], [], and
[] to move the date
selection cursor.
•Use the procedure
under “Changing the
Date Format”on page
120 to specify the date
format.
•The image displayed on
the calendar for each
date is the first image
that was recorded on
that date.
Month/Year
Date selection cursor

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4. Use [] and [] to select “Start”, and then
press [SET].
•This starts the slide show.
5. To stop Slide Show, press [SET].
•The slideshow will also stop automatically after the
amount of time you specified for “Time”elapses.
3. Configure the slideshow settings.
•See the pages indicated below for more information.
For information about
configuring this setting:
Images
Time
Interval
Go here:
“To specify the slideshow
images”on page 88
“To specify the slideshow
time”on page 89
“To set the slideshow
interval”on page 90
Playing a Slide Show
Slide Show automatically plays back images in sequence
at a fixed interval.
1. In the PLAY mode, press [MENU].
2. Select the “PLAY”tab, select “Slideshow”,
and then press [].