Casio EX-Z4 - EXILIM Digital Camera 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.
MENU
RECPLAY
Mode selector
ON/OFF
Power button

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Playing an Audio Snapshot
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.
To do this:
Fast forward or fast reverse
the audio
Pause and unpause audio
playback
Adjust audio volume
Cancel playback
Do this:
Hold down [] or [].
Press [SET].
Press [] or [].
Press [MENU].

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SET
SET
[SET]
Shutter release button
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,or a voice recording file on the monitor
screen while a flipped image is displayed.
•You cannot use the above procedure to flip an image
while a zoomed image, 9-image screen, calendar
screen image, a movie image, an audio snapshot, or
a voice recording file image is on the display.

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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 the zoom
button ( ) to enlarge
the image.
•This displays an
indicator that shows the
current zoom factor.
•You can toggle between
the zoomed image and
normal image by
pressing [MENU].
Current zoom factor
3. Use [], [], [], and [] to shift the image
up, down, left, or right.
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.

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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 2304 x 1536 (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 the zoom button ( ) to make the
cropping boundary larger or smaller.
•The size of the cropping boundary depends on the
size of the image on the display.
5. 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.
6. Press [SET] to extract the part of the image
enclosed in the cropping boundary.
•If you want to cancel the procedure at any point,
press [MENU].
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 2304 x 1536 (3:2) pixel
size cannot be cropped.
•Movie and voice recording file images 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
is not enough memory to store the cropped image.

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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.
•You can perform the following operations while a
movie is playing.
Movie icon
IMPORTANT!
•You cannot repeat play a movie. To play a movie
more than once, repeat the steps of the above
procedure.
•This camera 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.
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
Do this:
Hold down []
or [].
Press [SET].
Press [] or [].
Press [MENU].
Press [] or [].

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Displaying the 9-image View
The following procedure displays nine images on the
monitor screen at the same time.
1. In the PLAY mode, press the zoom button
().
•This displays the 9-image screen with the image that
was on the monitor screen in step 2 in the center,
with a selection boundary around it.
•Pressing the zoom button ( ) twice displays the
calendar screen.
•is displayed in the calendar screen to indicate
voice recording file images (page 79).
•When there are nine or fewer images, they are
displayed in order with Image 1 in the upper left
corner, with the selection boundary around it.
2. Use [], [], [], and [] to move the
selection boundary to the image you want.
Pressing [] while the selection boundary is
in the right column or [] while it is in the left
column scrolls to the next full screen of nine
images.
3. Pressing any button besides [], [], [], or
[] displays the full-size version of the image
where the selection boundary is located.
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Example: When there are 20 images in memory, and
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Selecting a Specific Image in the 9-
image View
1. Display the 9-image view.
2. Use [], [], [], and
[] to move the
selection boundary
up, down, left, or right
until it is located at
the image you want to
view.
3. Pressing any button
besides [], [], [],
or [] displays the
selected image.
•This displays the full-
size version of the
image you selected.
Selection boundary
Month/Year
Date selection cursor
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 the zoom button ( )
twice.
•You can also display the calendar screen (in the
PLAY mode) by pressing [MENU], selecting the
“PLAY”tab, selecting “Calendar”, and then pressing
[].
2. Use [], [], [], and
[] to move the date
selection cursor.
•Use the procedure
under “Changing the
Date Format”on page
129 to specify the date
format.
•The image displayed on
the calendar for each
date is the first image
that was recorded on
that date.

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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] or the ( )
zoom button.
•is displayed in the calendar screen to indicate
voice recording file images (page 79).
•appears in place of the image when the date
contains data that cannot be displayed by this
camera.
3. 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.
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 [].