Casio EX-Z2000 - EXILIM Digital Camera User manual

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Digital Camera
EX-Z2000
User's Guide
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This section explains menu items that you can use to configure settings and perform
other playback operations.
[i-_-I] (PLAY) ---_ [MENU] ---_ PLAY Tab ---_ Slideshow
Starts the slideshow.
Specifies the type of images to be included in the slideshow
All images: Snapshots, movies, and audio recordings
[] Only: Snapshots and audio snapshots only
[] Only: Movies only
One Image: One single selected image (selected using [,] and [1_])
Time from the start to the end of the slideshow
1 to 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 60 minutes
Amount of time each image remains displayed
Use [,] and [1_] to select a value from 1 to 30 seconds, or "MAX".
If you specify a value from 1 to 30 seconds, images change at the specified
interval, but the audio portion of movies and audio snapshots will continue to
play until the end.
When the slideshow reaches a movie file while "MAX" is selected, only the first
frame of the movie will displayed. Voice Recording files are not played back
when "MAX" is selected.
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Select the effect you want.
Pattern 1 to 5: Plays background music and applies an image change effect.
• Patterns 1 through 4 have different background music, but they all use the
same image change effect.
• Pattern 5 can be used for playback of snapshots only, and the "Interval"
setting is ignored.
• The currently selected image change effect setting is disabled automatically
in following cases.
- When playing a slideshow for which "C'61Only" or "One Image" is selected
for the "Images" setting
- When the interval setting is "MAX", 1 second or 2 seconds.
- Before and after playback of a movie or Voice Recording file
Off: No image change effect or background music
• To stop the slideshow, press [SET]. Pressing [MENU] instead of [SET] stops the
slideshow and returns to the menu screen.
• Adjust audio volume by pressing [V] and then press [A] or [V] during playback.
• All button operations are disabled while the slideshow is transitioning from one
image to another.
• The time required for transition from one image to another may be longer in the
case of an image that was not recorded with this camera.
You can replace the built-in slideshow background music with other music from your
computer.
Supported File Types:
• PCM format (16-bit, monaural) WAV files
• Sampling Frequencies: 11.025 kHz/22.05 kHz/44.1 kHz
Number of Files: 9
File names: SSBGM001.WAV to SSBGM009.WAV
• Create the music files on your computer using the above names.
• Regardless of which effect pattern you select, the BGM files you store in camera
memory are played back in name sequence.
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1. Connect the camera to your computer (pages 122, 131).
If you plan to save the music files to the camera's memory card, make sure the
card is loaded in the camera.
.Perform one of the following operations to open the memory card or
built-in memory.
This will cause the camera to be recognized by your computer as a Removable
Disk (Drive).
• Windows
OWindows 7 /Windows Vista: Start ---_ Computer
Windows XP: Start ---_ My Computer
Windows 2000: Double-click "My Computer".
_)Double-click "Removable Disk".
• Macintosh
ODouble-click the camera's drive icon.
3. Create afolder named "SSBGM".
4. Double-click the "SSBGM" folder you created and copy the
background music file to it.
• See the user documentation that comes with your computer for information
about moving, copying, and deleting files.
• If there are background music files both in built-in memory and on the memory
card loaded in the camera, the files on the memory card take priority.
• See page 138 for information about camera folders.
5. Disconnect the camera from the computer (pages 124, 133).
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[r_]] (PLAY) --_ Spnapshot Screen --_ [MENU] --_ PLAY Tab ---_
Layout Print
You can use the following
procedure to insert existing
snapshots into the frames of a
layout and produce a new image
that contains multiple snapshots.
1. Use [,] and [P.] to select
the layout pattern you want
and then press [SET]. Layout Pattern Layout Pattern
(2 images) (3 images)
2. Use [,] and [P.] to select the background color and then press [SET].
3. Use [_] and [_.] to select the images you want to include in the layout
then press [SET].
4. Press [SET] and repeat step 3 for the remaining frames in the layout.
The final layout image will be saved after you insert the final snapshot into it.
_NOTE
• You will not be able to save the new image unless there is a snapshot in all of the
layout frames.
• 3:2 and 16:9 images cannot be included in a Layout Print image.
• The recording date of the resulting Layout Print image is the recording date of the
image you place into the final frame, not the date you create the Layout Print
image.
• The Layout Print image is saved as 7M (3072×2304 pixels) size.
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[r_-I] (PLAY) --_ Movie Screen to be Used ---_ [MENU] ---_ PLAY Tab ---_
MOTION PRINT
.Use [,] and [,] to scroll
through the movie frames
and display the one you
want to use as the image
of the MOTION PRINT
image.
Holdingdown [,] or [1_]
scrolls at high speed.
.
9 frames 1 frame
Use [A] and [V] to select either "9 frames" or "1 frame" and then
press [SET].
• When "9 frames" is selected, the frame you select in step 1 will be in the center
of the MOTION PRINT image.
• Only the frames of movies recorded on this camera can be used in a MOTION
PRINT image.
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[r_-i] (PLAY) --* Movie Screen of Movie to be Edited ---* [MENU] ---*
PLAY Tab ---* Movie Editing
The Movie Editing feature lets you use one of the following procedures to edit out a
specific part of a movie.
Cuts everything from the beginning of the movie up to the
t) _:i_ current location.
Outs everything between two points.
Cuts everything from the current location to the end of the
_Oi_iC_)" movie.
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.
Use [A] and [V] to select the editing method you want to use and then
press [SET].
Use [,] and [,] to scroll through the movie and
search for the frame (point) from which or to
which you want to cut the movie (the cut point).
• You also can search for the cut location by playing
back the movie and pressing [SET] to pause. During
playback, you can press [,] or [1_] to perform fast
reverse or fast forward. Cut range (red)
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3. When the frame where you want the cut point to be is displayed, press
[V]. Whiletheframeyouwantthecuttobeuptois
.... d,sp.ayed,pressE"1.
OWhile the frame you want the first (From) cut to be is
displayed, press [V].
(_)While the frame you want the second (To) cut to be
is displayed, press [V].
While the frame you want the cut to be from is
displayed, press [V].
4. Use [A] and [V] to select "Yes" and then press [SET].
The selected cut operation will take considerable time to complete. Don't try to
perform any camera operation until the "Busy... Please wait..." message
disappears from the monitor screen. Note that a cut operation can take a long
time if the movie being edited is long.
• When you edit a movie, only the result is saved. The original movie is not retained.
An editing operation cannot be undone.
_NOTE
• A movie that is shorter than five seconds cannot be edited.
• Editing of movies recorded with a different type of camera is not supported.
• You will not be able to edit a movie if the amount of remaining memory capacity is
less than the size of the movie file you want to edit. If there is not enough memory
available, delete files you no longer need to free up more.
• Splitting of a movie into two movies and splicing of two different movies into a
single movie are not supported.
• You also can start a movie editing operation while the movie you want to edit is
playing back. Press [SET] to pause playback, and then press [V] to display the
menu of editing options. Perform editing using the same procedures as described
above.
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[i-_-I] (PLAY) ---_ Snapshot Screen ---_ [MENU] ---_ PLAY Tab ---_ Lighting
You can use this setting to optimize the balance between bright areas and dark areas
in existing images.
Performs a higher level of brightness correction than the "+1" setting.
Performs brightness correction.
Does not perform brightness correction.
_NOTE
• Correcting the lighting when shooting produces better results (page 82).
• Altering the lighting of an image causes the original image and the new (altered)
version to be stored as separate files.
• When you display an altered image on the camera's monitor screen, the date and
time indicates when the image was originally recorded, not when the image was
altered.
[i-_-I] (PLAY) ---_ Snapshot Screen ---_ [MENU] ---_ PLAY Tab ---_ Red Eye
Using the flash to shoot at night or in a dimly lit room can cause red spots inside the
eyes of people who are in the image. This is caused when the light from the flash
reflects off of the retina of the eye. Red eye correction corrects the eye colors of
subjects to their normal colors when red eye occurs while using the flash.
Turns on red eye correction.
Turns off red eye correction.
_NOTE
• The original snapshot is retained in memory and not deleted.
• Red eye correction may not be possible in the case of small faces or profiles.
• Red eye correction may not produce the desired effect under certain conditions.
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[i-_-I] (PLAY) ---_ Snapshot Screen ---_ [MENU] ---_ PLAY Tab ---_
White Balance
You can use the white balance setting to select a light source type for a recorded
image, which will affect the colors of the image.
Outdoors, fair weather
Outdoors, cloudy to rain, in tree shade, etc.
Very high temperature light, such as building shade, etc.
White or daywhite fluorescent lighting, without suppressing
co cast
Daylight fluorescent lighting, while suppressing color cast
Suppressing of the appearance of light bulb lighting
No white balance adjustment
_NOTE
• You also can adjust the white balance when recording images (page 80).
• The original snapshot is retained in memory and not deleted.
• When you display an altered image on the camera's monitor screen, the date and
time indicates when the image was originally recorded, not when the image was
altered.
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