Casio Exilim EX V8 User Manual
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101SHOOTING A MOVIE 1.In a REC mode, align the mode dial with “ ”, and then press [SET]. 2.Use [S], [T], [W], and [X] to select the “Short Movie” scene and then press [SET]. This causes “ ” to appear on the monitor screen. Pressing the shutter button at this point will shoot a Short Movie with a 4-second first part and a 4-second second part. 3.With the camera pointed at the subject, press the shutter button. This will shoot a Short Movie that for about four seconds, and then stop shooting automatically. The total length of the Short Movie will be eight seconds (four seconds before the shutter button was pressed plus four seconds after it was pressed). To stop movie recording, press the shutter button again. IMPORTANT! •Movie data is continually recorded and stored in a buffer before you press the shutter button. Keep the camera pointed at the subject. Then at the right moment, press the shutter button. When you press the shutter button, the remaining recording time of part two of the Short Movie counts down on the monitor screen. Downloaded From camera-usermanual.com Casio Manuals
102SHOOTING A MOVIE Past Movie is similar to a normal movie, except that it captures about five seconds of whatever happened in front of the lens before the shutter button was pressed to start shooting. Past Movie is a great way to make sure that you never just miss that special moment because you press the shutter button too late. 1.In a REC mode, align the mode dial with “ ”, and then press [SET]. 2.Use [S], [T], [W], and [X] to select the “Past Movie” scene and then press [SET]. This causes “ ” to appear on the monitor screen, which indicates that Past Movie is enabled. 3.With the camera pointed at the subject, press the shutter button. 4.Press the shutter button again to stop shooting. Movie recording also will stop automatically if memory becomes full before you press the shutter button. •The maximum size allowed for a single movie file is 4 GB. Movie recording stops automatically when a file becomes 4 GB. Using Past Movie Shutter button pressed. Movie Recording Start Past Part Approximately 5 secondsRecording End Shutter button pressed. Downloaded From camera-usermanual.com Casio Manuals
103SHOOTING A MOVIE IMPORTANT! •When Past Movie is selected, the camera continually updates an internal buffer that holds about five seconds of movie images of what has happened in front of the camera’s lens. When you press the shutter button, your movie will start with the buffer’s current contents and continue from there. Be sure to keep the camera still and pointed in the direction of the subject for some time before you press the shutter button to start shooting. Downloaded From camera-usermanual.com Casio Manuals
104USING BEST SHOT USING BEST SHOT With BEST SHOT, you simply select the sample scene that is like the one you are trying to shoot, and the camera sets up automatically. Even difficult backlight scenes (which result in the main subject being too dark if set up improperly) come out looking great! You can select a sample scene by using the mode dial to select “ ” (BEST SHOT) or “ ” (MOVIE BEST SHOT).■Some Sample Scenes •Portrait•Scenery •Night Scene•Night Scene Portrait Downloaded From camera-usermanual.com Casio Manuals
105USING BEST SHOT ■Selecting a Sample Scene 1.In a REC mode, align the mode dial with “” or “” and then press [SET]. This enters the BEST SHOT mode and displays a screen showing thumbnails of 12 sample scenes. •The currently selected sample scene is the one with the boundary around it. 2.Use [S], [T], [W], and [X] to move the boundary to select the scene you want to select. •Pressing [S] or [T] while the red boundary is at the edge of the screen will scroll to the next screen of BEST SHOT scenes. •Sliding the zoom controller towards [ ] or [ ] will display text that explains the settings configured by the selected scene (page 107). Slide the zoom controller towards [ ] or [ ] again to return to the scene selection screen. For this type of sample scene:Select this mode dial setting: Snapshot “ ” (BEST SHOT) Movie “ ” (MOVIE BEST SHOT) Scene Number Boundary Scene Name Downloaded From camera-usermanual.com Casio Manuals
106USING BEST SHOT 3.Press [SET] to apply the settings of the selected scene and return to the recording screen. •The settings of the scene you selected remain in effect until you select a different scene. •To select a different BEST SHOT scene, repeat the above procedure from step 1. 4.Press the shutter button. IMPORTANT! •Night Scene, Fireworks scenes use slow shutter speeds. Since a slow shutter speed increases the chance of digital noise in the image, the camera automatically performs a digital noise reduction process on slow shutter images. Because of this, such images take longer to store after you press the shutter button. Do not perform any key operation while an image is being stored. Also, it is a good idea to use a tripod to avoid image blur due to camera movement when shooting at slow shutter speeds. •Your camera includes a sample scene that optimizes settings for auction site images. Depending on your camera model, the sample scene is named either “For eBay” or “Auction”. Images you record using the auction site sample scene are stored in a special folder so you can easily find them on your computer (page 263).•The BEST SHOT “For YouTube” scene sets up the camera for recording movies that are optimized for uploading to YouTube. Movies recorded with the “For YouTube” scene are stored in a special folder to make them easy to locate for uploading (page 263). Note that the image quality of movies recorded with the “For YouTube” scene is always “Normal”. Maximum recording time is 9 minutes. •BEST SHOT scenes were not shot using this camera. •Images shot using a BEST SHOT scene may not produce the results you expected due to shooting conditions and other factors. •You can change the camera settings that are made when you select a BEST SHOT scene. Note, however, that the BEST SHOT settings revert to their defaults when you select another BEST SHOT scene or turn off the camera. If you think you will later need to use a particular camera setup you configured, save it as a BEST SHOT user setup (page 108). Downloaded From camera-usermanual.com Casio Manuals
107USING BEST SHOT Displaying Detailed Information about a BEST SHOT Scene To display detailed information about a BEST SHOT scene, select it with the red boundary on the scene selection screen and then slide the zoom controller towards [ ] or []. The following are the different operations you can perform while the scene description screen is on the display. •To return to the scene selection screen, slide the zoom controller towards [ ] or [ ] again. •To scroll through available BEST SHOT scenes, use [W] and [X]. •To select the currently displayed scene and configure the camera with its settings, press [SET]. NOTE•If you select a scene by pressing [SET] while the description screen is displayed, the same description scene will appear the next time you press [SET] to view BEST SHOT sample scenes. Downloaded From camera-usermanual.com Casio Manuals
108USING BEST SHOT ■Creating Your Own BEST SHOT Scenes You can use the procedure below to save the setups of snapshots or movies that you shot as BEST SHOT scenes. After that, you can recall a setup whenever you want to use it. 1.Use the mode dial to select “ ” (BEST SHOT) or “ ” (MOVIE BEST SHOT), and then press [SET]. 2.Use [S], [T], [W], and [X] to select “BEST SHOT” (Register User Scene) and then press [SET]. 3.Use [W] and [X] to select the snapshot or movie whose setup you want to register. 4.Use [S] and [T] to select “Save” and then press [SET]. Your BEST SHOT scene will be assigned the name “Recall User Scene”, along with a scene number. IMPORTANT! •Formatting the camera’s built-in memory (page 218) deletes all the user BEST SHOT scene files.For this type of sample scene:Select this mode dial setting: Snapshot “ ” (BEST SHOT) Movie “ ” (MOVIE BEST SHOT) Downloaded From camera-usermanual.com Casio Manuals
109USING BEST SHOT NOTE•Registering a snapshot creates a snapshot setup, while registering a movie creates a movie setup. A snapshot setup can be used to shoot snapshots only, and a movie setup can be used to shoot movies only. •You can check the settings of the currently selected BEST SHOT scene by displaying the camera’s setting menus and looking at its settings. •User BEST SHOT scenes are assigned numbers in the sequence: U1, U2, U3, and so on. •The following are the settings that are included in a user snapshot scenes: Face Recognition, Focus, EV Shift, White Balance, Flash, ISO, Metering, Flash Intensity, Flash Assist, Color Filter, Sharpness, Saturation, Contrast •The following are the settings that are included in a user movie scene: Focus, EV Shift, White Balance, Color Filter, Sharpness, Saturation, Contrast •You can store up to 999 BEST SHOT user scenes. •User BEST SHOT scenes are stored in built-in memory (page 262) in the SCENE folder (snapshots) or MSCENE folder (movies). Deleting a BEST SHOT User Scene Perform the following steps when you want to delete a BEST SHOT user scene. 1.Use the mode dial to select “ ” (BEST SHOT) or “ ” (MOVIE BEST SHOT), and then press [SET]. 2.Slide the zoom controller towards [ ] or [ ] to display its explanation screen. 3.Use [W] and [X] to select the BEST SHOT user scene you want to delete. 4.Press [T] ( ). Downloaded From camera-usermanual.com Casio Manuals
110USING BEST SHOT 5.Use [S] and [T] to select “Delete” and then press [SET]. This will delete the BEST SHOT user scene you selected and display the next screen (either the next user scene or the Register User Scene). 6.Use [W] and [X] to select another scene and then press [SET]. •This returns to the recording state.The BEST SHOT “High Sensitivity” scene makes it possible for you to take natural looking images without using the flash, even when lighting is low 1.In a REC mode, align the mode dial with “ ”, and then press [SET]. 2.Use [S], [T], [W], and [X] to select the “High Sensitivity” scene and then press [SET]. 3.Press the shutter button to shoot the image. High Sensitivity will remain selected until you select a different BEST SHOT scene. Taking Bright Images without Flash Normal Snapshot (With flash) Snapshot with High Sensitivity Downloaded From camera-usermanual.com Casio Manuals