Casio EX FH25 User Manual

31Quick Start Basics
Operation
• Never open the battery cover while the back lamp is flashing green. Doing so can 
result in the image you just shot being sa ved incorrectly, damage to other images 
stored in memory, malfunction of the camera, etc.
• If unwanted light is shining directly ont o the lens, shade the lens with your hand.
Monitor Screen when Shooting Snapshots
• Subject brightness conditions can cause monitor screen response to slow and can 
cause digital noise in the monitor screen image.
•...

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• Any of the following can make proper focus impossible.– Solid color wall or other very low contrast subject
– Strongly back lit subject
– Very shiny subject
– Blinds or other subject with  a repeating horizontal pattern
– Multiple subjects at varyin g distances from the camera
– Subject in a dark location
– Subject that is too far away for light  from the AF assist light to reach
– Camera movement while shooting
– Fast-moving subject
– Subjects outside the focus range of the...

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Snapshot Tutorial
Selecting a Recording Mode
Your camera has a variety of 
different recording modes. Before 
shooting, use the mode dial to 
select the recording mode that suits 
the type of subject you are trying to 
record.
 Flash CS
This mode will record consecutive images while firing the flash. See page 56 for 
details.
 Normal Speed CS/High Speed CS (Prerecord CS)
With Normal Speed CS, the number of  consecutive images you can shoot is 
theoretically unlimited, as long as...

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IMPORTANT!
• When you use a BEST SHOT scene, the camera’s mode changes in accordance 
with specific setup (Single Shot, Conti nuous Shutter, High Speed Movie, etc.) for 
that scene. The recording mode selected by the mode dial is ignored.
• Due to the characteristics of the imagi ng element used by the camera, very fast 
moving objects in an image may appear distorted.
• Depending on the shutter speed setting and the recording mode you used, the 
brightness of what appears on the...

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2.Use [8] and [ 2] to select the setting  you want to change.
This will select one of the contro l panel icons and display its settings. *1
3.Use [4] and [ 6] to change the setting.
4.If you want to configure anothe r setting, repeat steps 2 and 3.
5.After all of the settings are the way you want, press [SET].
This will apply the settings and return to the REC mode.
NOTE
• You also can use on-screen menus to c onfigure settings other than those listed 
above (page 92).
Using the...

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Your camera has a variety of different exposure modes. Before shooting an image, 
select the exposure mode that suits the type of subject you are shooting.
1.In the REC mode, press [8].
2.Use [ 8] and [ 2] to select the top option in  the control panel (Exposure 
mode).
3.Use [ 4] and [ 6] to select the setting you  want and then press [SET].
Selecting the Exposure Mode
Auto
Use this setting for easy image recording.  This is the mode you normally should 
use (page 26).
BEST SHOT...

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IMPORTANT!
• You may not be able to achieve the brightness you want when shooting an image that is very dark or very bright. If  this happens, use the M mode to adjust the 
aperture or shutter speed manually.
•“ S  Image AS” (page 95) does not work in the S mode and M mode. You can, 
however, turn on “ A
 Camera AS”, if you like.
• While A, S, or M is selected for the ex posure mode, the flash will not fire if > (Auto 
Flash) or  ¥ (Red Eye Reduction) is selected as  the flash mode....

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.Pixels
A digital camera image is a collection of small 
dots called “pixels”. The more pixels there are 
in an image, the more detail there will be. 
However, you generally can do with fewer 
pixels when printing an image (L size) 
through a print service, attaching an image to 
e-mail, when viewing the image on a 
computer, etc.
.About image sizes
The size of an image indicates how many pi xels it contains, and is expressed as 
horizontal pixelsxvertical pixels.
Changing the Image...

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Image Size Selection Tips
Note that larger images have more pixels, so they take up more memory space.
• For information about image size, image quality, and number of images that can be  stored, see page 183.
• For information about movie image size, see page 65.
• For information about resizing  existing snapshots, see page 121.
.To select the image size
1.In the REC mode, press [ 8].
2.Use [ 8] and [ 2] to select the second control panel option from the top 
(Image Size).
3.Use...

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Image Size 
(Pixels)Suggested 
Print Size and 
ApplicationDescription
RAW+ RAW+JPEG
(Select when 
you want to 
process image 
data yourself.) Saves the image as both normal JPEG data and 
RAW image data. A 10M size image is stored for 
the JPEG data. RAW image data is unprocessed 
data output by the image sensor and is saved in 
DNG (digital negative) format. Though the image 
of such data is virtually undeteriorated, it cannot 
be viewed on the camera’s monitor screen or 
printed....