Casio Exilim EX-Z11 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-Z11
K829PCM1DMX

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) Battery Charger (BC-11L)
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
GETTING READY 34
Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
■To charge the battery 34
■To load the battery 36
■Replacing the Battery 39
■Battery Precautions 39
Using the Camera in another Country . . . . . . . . . . 40
Turning Power On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
■Supported Memory Cards 44
■Loading a Memory Card into the Camera 46
■Replacing the Memory Card 47
■Formatting a Memory Card 48
Using On-screen Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Configuring Monitor Screen Settings . . . . . . . . . . 51
■Selecting a Screen Layout 51
■Turning Display Information On and Off 55
If you lose your way... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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4CONTENTS
SHOOTING A SNAPSHOT 57
Holding the Camera Correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Shooting a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
■Specifying Image Size 61
■Specifying Image Quality 63
■Using the easy Mode 64
■Snapshot Shooting Precautions 66
■Auto Focus Restrictions 67
Shooting with Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Using Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Using the Self-Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Using Continuous Shutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Adding Audio to a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
SHOOTING A MOVIE 81
Movie Image Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Shooting a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
■Movie Recording Precautions 83
USING BEST SHOT 84
Reducing the Effects of Hand and Subject
Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Taking Bright Images without Flash . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Shooting Images of Business Cards
and Documents (Business Shot) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Restoring an Old Photograph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
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ADVANCED SETTINGS 97
Changing the Focus Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
■Using Auto Focus 98
■Using Macro Focus 99
■Using Fixed Focus (Pan Focus) 104
■Using Infinity Focus 104
■Using Manual Focus 104
Correcting Image Brightness (EV Shift) . . . . . . . 106
Controlling White Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Specifying ISO Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Specifying the Metering Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Using the Camera’s Filter Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Controlling Image Sharpness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Controlling Color Saturation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Adjusting Image Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Date Stamping Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Using the On-screen Histogram to
Check Exposure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Other Useful Recording Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 118
■Using Key Customize to Assign Functions
[W] and [X]119
■Displaying an On-screen Grid 120
■Displaying the Image You Just Recorded
(Image Review) 120
■Using Icon Help 121
■Using Mode Memory to Configure Power
On Default Settings 122
■Resetting the Camera to Its
Initial Factory Defaults 124
VIEWING SNAPSHOTS
AND MOVIES 125
Viewing a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
■Listening to the Audio of an Audio Snapshot 126
Viewing a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Playing a Slideshow on the Camera . . . . . . . . . . 129
Viewing Camera Images on a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Zooming the Displayed Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Using the 12-image Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Using the Calendar Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
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6CONTENTS
EDITING IMAGES 137
Resizing a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Cropping a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Keystone Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Using Color Restoration to Correct the Color
of an Old Photograph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Editing the Date and Time of an Image . . . . . . . . 142
Rotating an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Editing a Movie on the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Creating a Snapshot of a Movie Frame
(MOTION PRINT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
USING AUDIO 149
Adding Audio to a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Recording Audio Only (Voice Recording) . . . . . . 151
MANAGING YOUR FILES 153
Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Protecting a File Against Deletion . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Using the FAVORITE Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Copying Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
DELETING FILES 160
Deleting a Specific File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Deleting All Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Deleting FAVORITE Folder Snapshots . . . . . . . . 161
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7CONTENTS
OTHER SETTINGS 162
Configuring Camera Sound Settings . . . . . . . . . . 162
Turning the Startup Screen On or Off . . . . . . . . . 163
Specifying the File Name Serial Number
Generation Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Changing the Camera Date and Time Setting. . . 165
Using World Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
■Configuring World Time Settings 168
Changing the Display Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Changing the USB Port Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
[ ] (REC) and [ ] (PLAY) Button
Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Formatting Built-in Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
PRINTING 173
Types of Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Using Professional Print Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Using Your Printer to Print Images . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Using DPOF to Specify Images to
be Printed and the Number of Copies . . . . . . . . . 177
■Date Stamping 180
Supported Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
USING THE CAMERA
WITH A COMPUTER 182
What you can do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Using the Camera with a Windows Computer . . 183
■Viewing and Storing Images on a Computer 186
■Transfer of Images from the Camera
and Management of Images on the Computer 192
■Playing Movies 194
■Transferring Images to the Camera 194
■Viewing User Documentation (PDF) Files 198
■User Registration 198
■Exiting the CD-ROM Menu 198
Using the Camera with a Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . 199
■Viewing and Storing Images on a Macintosh 200
■Transfer of Images from the Camera
and Management of Images on Your Macintosh 203
■Playing Movies 204
■Viewing User Documentation (PDF Files) 204
■Registering as a User 204
Reading Files Directly from a Memory Card . . . . 205
Memory Card Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
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8CONTENTS
APPENDIX 209
General Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Monitor Screen Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Menu Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Indicator Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
■Battery Charger Lamp Reference 219
Troubleshooting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
■Finding the Problem and Fixing It 220
■If you have problems installing the USB driver... 224
■Display Messages 225
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
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9QUICK START BASICS
QUICK START BASICS
(page 34)
■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 90 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.