Casio Exilim EX-S770 User manual

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Digital Camera
EX-S770
User’s Guide
K837PCM1DMX
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/.

2UNPACKING
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) USB Cradle (CA-34)
Special AC Adaptor (AD-C52S or AD-C52G)/AC Power Cord *Strap
CD-ROMs (2) USB Cable AV Cable Basic Reference
*The shape of the AC
power cord plug varies
according to country or
geographic area.
Attach strap here.
To attach the strap to the camera.
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3CONTENTS
CONTENTS
UNPACKING 2
QUICK START BASICS 10
First, charge the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Configuring Display Language, Date, and
Time Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Using a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Shooting a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Viewing Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Shooting a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Viewing a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Deleting a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
INTRODUCTION 22
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Read this first! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Precautions during Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
GETTING READY 37
Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
■To load the battery 37
■To charge the battery 38
■Replacing the Battery 42
■Battery Precautions 42
Turning Power On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
■Loading a Memory Card into the Camera 48
■Replacing the Memory Card 49
■Formatting a Memory Card 50
Using On-screen Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
■Configuring Monitor Screen Settings 53
■Selecting a Screen Layout (Layout) 54
■Turning Display Information On and Off (Info.) 57
■Adjusting Monitor Screen Brightness (Brightness) 59
■Adjusting Monitor Screen Image Quality (Type) 60
If you lose your way... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Using the Camera on a Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
■Extra Batteries 62
■Using the Camera in another Country 62

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SHOOTING A SNAPSHOT 63
Holding the Camera Correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Shooting a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
■Specifying Image Size 67
■Specifying Image Quality 69
■Turning Off the AF Assist Lamp 70
■Snapshot Shooting Precautions 71
■Auto Focus Restrictions 72
Shooting with Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Using Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Using the Self-Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Using Continuous Shutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
■Selecting the Continuous Shutter Mode 83
■Recording with Normal-speed Continuous
Shutter, High-speed Continuous Shutter,
and Flash Continuous Shutter 84
■Recording with Zoom Continuous Shutter 84
■Continuous Shutter Precautions 85
Adding Audio to a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
SHOOTING A MOVIE 89
Movie Image Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Shooting a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
■Movie Recording Precautions 91
Using Short Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Using Past Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Shooting a Snapshot while Shooting a Movie
(Snapshot-In-Movie) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
USING BEST SHOT 98
Reducing the Effects of Hand and Subject
Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Taking Bright Images without Flash . . . . . . . . . . 105
Shooting Images of Business Cards and
Documents (Business Shot) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Restoring an Old Photograph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
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ADVANCED SETTINGS 112
Changing the Focus Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
■Using Auto Focus 113
■Using Macro Focus 114
■Using Fixed Focus (Pan Focus) 118
■Using Infinity Focus 119
■Using Manual Focus 119
Correcting Image Brightness (EV Shift) . . . . . . . 121
Controlling White Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Specifying ISO Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Specifying the Metering Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Using the Camera’s Filter Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Controlling Image Sharpness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Controlling Color Saturation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Adjusting Image Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Date Stamping Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Using the On-screen Histogram to
Check Exposure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Other Useful Recording Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 135
■Using Key Customize to Assign Functions
[W] and [X]135
■Displaying an On-screen Grid 136
■Displaying the Image You Just Recorded
(Image Review) 137
■Using Icon Help 137
■Using Mode Memory to Configure
Power On Default Settings 138
■Resetting the Camera to Its Initial Factory
Defaults 140
VIEWING SNAPSHOTS
AND MOVIES 142
Viewing a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
■Listening to the Audio of an Audio Snapshot 143
Viewing a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
■Playing Back a Movie with Anti Shake 146
Playing a Slideshow on the Camera . . . . . . . . . . 147
Viewing Camera Images on a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Zooming the Displayed Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Using the 12-image Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Using the Calendar Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Using Image Roulette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

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EDITING IMAGES 158
Resizing a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Cropping a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Keystone Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
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
Editing a Movie on the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Creating a Snapshot of a Movie Frame
(MOTION PRINT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
USING AUDIO 173
Adding Audio to a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Recording Audio Only (Voice Recording) . . . . . . 176
MANAGING YOUR FILES 179
Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Protecting a File Against Deletion . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Using the FAVORITE Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Copying Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
DELETING FILES 186
Deleting a Specific File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Deleting All Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Deleting FAVORITE Folder Snapshots . . . . . . . . 187
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 . . . 192
Using World Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
■Configuring World Time Settings 194
Changing the Display Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Changing the USB Port Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
[ ] (REC) and [ ] (PLAY) Button Settings . . 197
Formatting Built-in Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

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PRINTING 200
Types of Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Using Professional Print Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Using Your Printer to Print Images . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Using DPOF to Specify Images to be
Printed and the Number of Copies. . . . . . . . . . . . 205
■Date Stamping 208
Supported Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
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 215
■Transfer of Images from the Camera and
Management of Images on the Computer 224
■Retouching, Reorienting, or Printing Snapshots 227
■Playing Movies 228
■Editing a Movie 231
■Transferring Images to the Camera 232
■Viewing User Documentation (PDF) Files 236
■User Registration 237
■Exiting the CD-ROM Menu 237
Using the Camera with a Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . 237
■Viewing and Storing Images on a Macintosh 239
■Transfer of Images from the Camera and
Management of Images on Your Macintosh 245
■Playing Movies 246
■Viewing User Documentation (PDF Files) 248
■Registering as a User 249
Reading Files Directly from a Memory Card . . . . 249
Memory Card Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
TRANSFERRING DOCUMENTS TO
YOUR CAMERA (DATA STORAGE) 254
Transferring Documents to the Camera . . . . . . . 254
■Transferring documents from a computer
running Windows 254
■Transferring documents from a Macintosh 256
Viewing a Transferred Document on
the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Deleting Documents from Camera Memory . . . . 260
■Deleting a Document Page 260
■Deleting Documents 261

8CONTENTS
APPENDIX 263
General Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Monitor Screen Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Menu Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Display Menu Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Indicator Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Troubleshooting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
■Find the Problem and Fixing It 276
■If you have problems installing the USB driver... 280
■Display Messages 281
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

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Getting the Most Out of Your Camera
Snapshots
Shooting with Optimum Setups
➞USING BEST SHOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Portrait, Scenery, Night Scene, Night Scene Portrait, Children, etc
Adding Special Effects
➞USING BEST SHOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Monochrome, retro, etc.
Compensating for Hand or Subject Movement
➞ Reducing the Effects of Hand and Subject Movement . 104
Increasing Sensitivity when Lighting is Dim
➞Taking Bright Images without Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Making Images of Business Cards, Documents, and
Meeting Information (White Board) Easier to Read
➞Shooting Images of Business Cards and Documents
(Business Shot) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Selecting the Best Focus Mode for Shooting Conditions
➞Changing the Focus Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Eliminating Light Source Color Cast
➞Controlling White Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Sharpening or Softening Subject Outlines
➞Controlling Image Sharpness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Enhancing or Reducting Color Satuation
➞Controlling Color Saturation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Increasing or Decreasing Contrast
➞Adjusting Image Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Movies
Normal Movie Recording
➞Shooting a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Limiting Movie Length
➞Using Short Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Capturing Action Occurring before
the Shutter Button is Pressed
➞Using Past Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Snapshots
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10 QUICK START BASICS
QUICK START BASICS
(page 37)
■Loading the Battery into the Camera
1. Open the battery cover.
2. Load the battery into the camera.
3. Close the battery cover.
First, charge the battery
While pressing lightly on
the cover, slide it in the
direction indicated by the
arrow to open.