Casio YC-430 PJ User manual

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MULTI PJ CAMERA
Multifunctional Camera System
Camera User’s Guide
Thank you for purchasing this CASIO product.
• Before trying to use this camera, be sure to
carefully read “Safety Precautions”in the
MULTI PJ CAMERA/Multifunctional Camera
System YC-430 User’s Guide.
• Be sure to keep all user documentation
handy for future reference.

2CONTENTS
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 9
About This Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Read this first! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Precautions during Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
GETTING READY 23
Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
■To load the battery 23
■To charge the battery 24
■Replacing the Battery 28
■Battery Precautions 28
Turning Power On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
■Loading a Memory Card into the Camera 34
■Replacing the Memory Card 35
■Formatting a Memory Card 36
Using On-screen Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
■Configuring Monitor Screen Settings 39
■Selecting a Screen Layout (Layout) 40
■Turning Display Information On and Off (Info.) 43
■Adjusting Monitor Screen Brightness (Brightness) 45
■Adjusting Monitor Screen Image Quality (Type) 46
If you lose your way... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Using the Camera on a Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
■Extra Batteries 48
■Using the Camera in another Country 48

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SHOOTING A SNAPSHOT 49
Holding the Camera Correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Shooting a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
■Changing the Image Size 54
■Specifying Image Quality 55
■Turning Off the AF Assist Lamp 56
■Snapshot Shooting Precautions 57
■Auto Focus Restrictions 58
Shooting with Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Using Instant Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Using Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Using the Self-Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Using Continuous Shutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
■Selecting the Continuous Shutter Mode 71
■Recording with Normal-speed Continuous
Shutter, High-speed Continuous Shutter,
and Flash Continuous Shutter 71
■Recording with Zoom Continuous Shutter 72
■Continuous Shutter Precautions 73
Adding Audio to a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
SHOOTING A MOVIE 76
Movie Image Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Shooting a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
■Movie Recording Precautions 78
USING BEST SHOT 80
Reducing the Effects of Hand and Subject
Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Taking Bright Images without Flash . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Shooting Images of Business Cards
and Documents (Business Shot) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Shooting ID Photographs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Restoring an Old Photograph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

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ADVANCED SETTINGS 96
Changing the Focus Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
■Using Auto Focus 98
■Using Macro Focus 99
■Using Fixed Focus (Pan Focus) 102
■Using Infinity Focus 103
■Using Manual Focus 103
Correcting Image Brightness (EV Shift) . . . . . . . 105
Controlling White Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Specifying ISO Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Specifying the Metering Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Using the Camera’s Filter Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Controlling Image Sharpness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Controlling Color Saturation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Adjusting Image Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Date Stamping Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Using the On-screen Histogram to
Check Exposure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Other Useful Recording Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 119
■Using Key Customize to Assign Functions
[W] and [X]119
■Displaying an On-screen Grid 120
■Displaying the Image You Just Recorded
(Image Review) 121
■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 MOVIES126
Viewing a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
■Listening to the Audio of an Audio Snapshot 127
Viewing a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Playing a Slideshow on the Camera . . . . . . . . . . 130
Viewing Camera Images on a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Zooming the Displayed Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Using the 12-image Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Using the Calendar Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

5CONTENTS
EDITING IMAGES 140
Resizing a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Cropping a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Keystone Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Using Color Restoration to Correct the Color
of an Old Photograph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Editing the Date and Time of an Image . . . . . . . . 146
Rotating the Displayed Image of a Snapshot . . . 147
Editing a Movie on the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Creating a Snapshot of a Movie Frame
(MOTION PRINT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
USING AUDIO 155
Adding Audio to a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Recording Audio Only (Voice Recording) . . . . . . 158
MANAGING YOUR FILES 161
Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Protecting a File Against Deletion . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Using the FAVORITE Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Copying Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
DELETING FILES 168
Deleting a Specific File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Deleting All Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Deleting FAVORITE Folder Snapshots . . . . . . . . 169

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OTHER SETTINGS 171
Configuring Camera Sound Settings. . . . . . . . . . 171
Turning the Startup Screen On or Off . . . . . . . . . 173
Specifying the File Name Serial Number
Generation Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Changing the Date and Time Setting . . . . . . . . . . 174
Using World Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
■Configuring World Time Settings 176
Changing the Display Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Changing the USB Port Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
[ ] (REC) and [ ] (PLAY) Button Settings . . 179
Formatting Built-in Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
PRINTING 182
Types of Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Using Professional Print Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Using Your Printer to Print Images . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Using DPOF to Specify Images to be Printed
and the Number of Copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
■Date Stamping 190
Supported Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
USING THE CAMERA WITH A
COMPUTER 193
What you can do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Using the Camera with a Windows Computer . . 194
■Viewing and Storing Images on a Computer 196
■Managing Images on Your Computer 202
■Retouching, Reorienting, or Printing Snapshots 204
■Playing Movies 205
■Viewing User Documentation (PDF) Files 206
■Exiting the CD-ROM Menu 206
Using the Camera with a Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . 207
■Viewing and Storing Images on a Macintosh 209
■Managing Images on Your Macintosh 215
■Playing Movies 216
■Viewing User Documentation (PDF Files) 216
■Registering as a User 217
Reading Files Directly from a Memory Card . . . . 217
Memory Card Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

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APPENDIX 221
General Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Monitor Screen Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Menu Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Display Menu Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Indicator Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Troubleshooting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
■Find the Problem and Fixing It 235
■Display Messages 239
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

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Getting the Most Out of Your Camera
Snapshots
Shooting with Optimum Setups
➞USING BEST SHOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Portrait, Scenery, Night Scene, Night Scene Portrait, Children, etc
Adding Special Effects
➞USING BEST SHOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Monochrome, retro, etc.
Compensating for Hand or Subject Movement
➞ Reducing the Effects of Hand and Subject Movement . . 85
Increasing Sensitivity when Lighting is Dim
➞Taking Bright Images without Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Making Images of Business Cards, Documents, and
Meeting Information (White Board) Easier to Read
➞Shooting Images of Business Cards and Documents
(Business Shot) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Shooting ID Photos
➞Shooting ID Photographs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Selecting the Best Focus Mode for Shooting Conditions
➞Changing the Focus Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Eliminating Light Source Color Cast
➞Controlling White Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Sharpening or Softening Subject Outlines
➞Controlling Image Sharpness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Enhancing or Reducting Color Saturation
➞Controlling Color Saturation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Increasing or Decreasing Contrast
➞Adjusting Image Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Movies
➞Shooting a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Snapshots
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9INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
This manual covers the stand-alone operation of the digital
camera that is part of the CASIO MULTI PJ CAMERA/
Multifunctional Camera System.
■BEST SHOT for beautiful shots simply by
selecting a sample image built into the
camera
Simply select the scene that is similar to what you want to shoot
(Night Scene Portrait, Flower, etc.), for instant camera setups. A
dedicated [BS] button gives you direct access to the BEST
SHOT library of sample scenes.
■Direct Mode Power On
About This Manual
Features
Example: Select for skillful shots of a fast-moving pet.
BEST SHOT Screen
Example: Select for beautiful portraits.
To record, press [ ] to
power up in the REC mode.
To view images, press
[ ] to power up in the
PLAY mode.

10 INTRODUCTION
■A powerful collection of useful recording
features
•Hand movement and subject movement reduction using high
shutter speed (page 85)
•High-sensitivity recording avoids dark images, even when the
flash is not being used (page 87)
•Quick Shutter for very high-speed focus (page 102)
■High-quality (Motion JPEG) movie recording
(page 76)
•MOTION PRINT for printing of a
movie scene as a single image
(page 153)
■Powerful Print Features
•DPOF feature for easy specification of date stamping and the
number of copies (page 187)
•Timestamp feature that stamps the date into the image data
(page 115)
•Support for PictBridge and USB DIRECT-PRINT for easy at-
home printing on a printer that supports one of these
standards, without a computer (page 184)
■Multi-function USB Cradle
You can place the camera on the USB cradle to perform the
following operations.
– Battery charging (page 23)
– Photo Stand slideshow of images (page 132)
– Connection to a TV for viewing on the TV screen (page
134)
– Connection to a printer for image printing (page 184)
– Connection to a computer for transfer of images to the
computer (pages 196, 209)