Casio Exilim EX-Z1050 User manual

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E
Digital Camera
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/.
EX-Z1050
K847PCM1DMX
E
Digital Camera
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/.
EX-Z1050
K847PCM1DMX

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-40) Battery Charger (BC-31L)
AC Power Cord *Strap
USB Cable AV Cable CD-ROM 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.

3CONTENTS
CONTENTS
UNPACKING 2
QUICK START BASICS 9
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Deleting a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
INTRODUCTION 21
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Read this first! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Precautions during Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
GETTING READY 35
Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
■To charge the battery 35
■To load the battery 37
■Replacing the Battery 40
■Battery Precautions 40
Using the Camera in another Country . . . . . . . . . . 41
Turning Power On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Using a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
■Supported Memory Cards 46
■Loading a Memory Card into the Camera 47
■Replacing the Memory Card 48
■Formatting a Memory Card 49
Using On-screen Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Configuring Monitor Screen Settings . . . . . . . . . . 52
■Selecting a Screen Layout 52
■Turning Display Information On and Off 56
If you lose your way... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
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4CONTENTS
SHOOTING A SNAPSHOT 59
Holding the Camera Correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Shooting a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
■Specifying Image Size 63
■Specifying Image Quality 65
■Turning Off the AF Assist Lamp 66
■Snapshot Shooting Precautions 67
■Auto Focus Restrictions 68
Shooting with Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Using Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Using the Self-Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Using Continuous Shutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
■Selecting the Continuous Shutter Mode 79
■Recording with Normal-speed Continuous Shutter,
High-speed Continuous Shutter,
and Flash Continuous Shutter 79
■Recording with Zoom Continuous Shutter 80
■Continuous Shutter Precautions 81
Adding Audio to a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
SHOOTING A MOVIE 84
Movie Image Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Shooting a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
■Movie Recording Precautions 86
USING BEST SHOT 87
Reducing the Effects of Hand
and Subject Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Taking Bright Images without Flash . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Shooting Images of Business Cards
and Documents (Business Shot) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Restoring an Old Photograph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Recording Snapshots into
a Multi-image Layout (Layout Shots) . . . . . . . . . . 100
Auto Tracking a Moving Subject
(Auto Framing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
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5CONTENTS
ADVANCED SETTINGS 104
Changing the Focus Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
■Using Auto Focus 105
■Using Macro Focus 106
■Using Fixed Focus (Pan Focus) 112
■Using Infinity Focus 112
■Using Manual Focus 112
Correcting Image Brightness (EV Shift) . . . . . . . 114
Controlling White Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Specifying ISO Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Specifying the Metering Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Reducing the Effects of Underexposure . . . . . . . 121
Enhancing Human Skin Textures. . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Using the Camera’s Color Filter Effects . . . . . . . 123
Controlling Image Sharpness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Controlling Color Saturation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Adjusting Image Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Date Stamping Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Using the On-screen Histogram to
Check Exposure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Other Useful Recording Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 128
■Using Key Customize to Assign Functions
[W] and [X]128
■Displaying an On-screen Grid 129
■Displaying the Image You Just Recorded
(Image Review) 130
■Using Icon Help 130
■Using Mode Memory to Configure Power On
Default Settings 131
■Resetting the Camera to Its
Initial Factory Defaults 133
VIEWING SNAPSHOTS
AND MOVIES 135
Viewing a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
■Listening to the Audio of an Audio Snapshot 136
Viewing a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Playing a Slideshow on the Camera . . . . . . . . . . 139
Viewing Camera Images on a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Zooming the Displayed Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Using the 12-image Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Using the Calendar Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
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6CONTENTS
EDITING IMAGES 148
Resizing a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Cropping a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Keystone Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Using Color Restoration to Correct the Color
of an Old Photograph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Editing the Date and Time of an Image . . . . . . . . 153
Rotating an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Combining Multiple Snapshots into
a Single Image (Layout Print) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Adjusting White Balance of
a Recorded Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Adjusting Image Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Reducing the Effects of Underexposure . . . . . . . 159
Editing a Movie on the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Creating a Snapshot of a Movie Frame
(MOTION PRINT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
USING AUDIO 165
Adding Audio to a Snapshot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Recording Audio Only (Voice Recording) . . . . . . 167
MANAGING YOUR FILES 169
Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Protecting a File Against Deletion . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Using the FAVORITE Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Copying Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
DELETING FILES 176
Deleting a Specific File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Deleting All Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Deleting FAVORITE Folder Snapshots . . . . . . . . 177
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7CONTENTS
OTHER SETTINGS 178
Configuring Camera Sound Settings. . . . . . . . . . 178
Turning the Startup Screen On or Off . . . . . . . . . 179
Specifying the File Name Serial Number
Generation Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Changing the Camera Date and Time Setting. . . 181
Using World Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
■Configuring World Time Settings 184
Changing the Display Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Changing the Brightness of
the Monitor Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Changing the USB Port Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
[ ] (REC) and [ ] (PLAY) Button
Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Formatting Built-in Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
PRINTING 190
Types of Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Using Professional Print Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Using Your Printer to Print Images . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Using DPOF to Specify Images to be Printed
and the Number of Copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
■Date Stamping 197
Supported Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
USING THE CAMERA
WITH A COMPUTER 199
What you can do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Using the Camera with a Windows Computer . . 200
■Viewing and Storing Images on a Computer 203
■Transfer of Images from the Camera
and Management of Images on the Computer 209
■Playing Movies 211
■Transferring Images to the Camera 211
■Viewing User Documentation (PDF Files) 215
■User Registration 216
■Exiting the CD-ROM Menu 216
Using the Camera with a Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . 216
■Viewing and Storing Images on a Macintosh 217
■Transfer of Images from the Camera
and Management of Images on Your Macintosh 221
■Playing Movies 221
■Viewing User Documentation (PDF Files) 222
■Registering as a User 222
Reading Files Directly from a Memory Card . . . . 223
Memory Card Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
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8CONTENTS
APPENDIX 227
General Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Monitor Screen Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Menu Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Indicator Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
■Battery Charger Lamp Reference 237
Troubleshooting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
■Finding the Problem and Fixing It 238
■If you have problems installing the USB driver... 242
■Display Messages 243
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
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9QUICK START BASICS
QUICK START BASICS
(page 35)
■Using the Battery Charger to Charge
1. Load the battery into the battery charger.
2. Plug the battery charger into a household
power outlet.
First, charge the battery
[CHARGE] lamp lights red during charging.
[CHARGE] lamp goes out when charging is complete.
• It takes about 150 minutes to achieve a full charge.

10 QUICK START BASICS
■Loading the Battery into the Camera
1. Open the battery cover.
2. Load the battery into the camera.
3. Close the battery cover.
While pressing lightly on the
cover, slide it in the direction
indicated by the arrow to
open.