Casio EX-Z1080 - EXILIM Digital Camera User manual

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Digital Camera

EX-Z1080

User's Guide

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product, visit the official EXILIM

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K848PCM1DMX

As you unpack your camera, check to make sure that all items shown below are included. If anything is missing, contact your original

retailer.

To attach the strap to the camera.

The shape of the AC power cord _

plug varies according to country or / Attach strap here.

geographic area.

AC Power Cord *Strap

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USB Cable A V Cable CD-ROM Basic Reference

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UNPACKING

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 ............................ 20

Deleting a File ............................. 21

INTRODUCTION 22

Features .................................. 22

Read this first! ............................. 23

Precautions during Use ..................... 27

GETTING READY 36

Charging the Battery ........................ 36

J To charge the battery 36

J To load the battery 38

J Replacing the Battery 41

W Battery Precautions 41

Using the Camera in another Country .......... 42

Turning Power On and Off ................... 43

Using a Memory Card ....................... 46

J Supported Memory Cards 47

i Loading a Memory Card into the Camera 48

Replacing the Memory Card 49

W Formatting a Memory Card 49

Using On-screen Menus ..................... 51

Configuring Monitor Screen Settings .......... 52

@ Selecting a Screen Layout 52

I Turning Display Information On and Off 56

If you lose your way .......................... 57

CONTENTS

SHOOTING A SNAPSHOT 59

Holding the Camera Correctly ................ 59

Shooting a Snapshot ........................ 60

J Specifying Irnage Size 63

J Specifying Image Quality 65

J Turning Off the AF Assist Lamp 66

J Snapshot Shooting Precautions 67

J Auto Focus Restrictions 67

Shooting with Zoom ........................ 68

Using Flash ............................... 71

Using the Self-Timer ........................ 76

Using Continuous Shutter ................... 78

J Selecting the Continuous Shutter Mode 78

J Recording with Normal-speed Continuous

Shutter, High-speed Continuous Shutter,

and Flash Continuous Shutter 79

W Recording with Zoom Continuous Shutter 79

m Continuous Shutter Precautions 80

Adding Audio to a Snapshot ................. 81

Face Recognition ........................... 83

J Perforrning a face recognition recording

operation (Normal Mode) 84

J Using the Family First Mode to Give Priority

to Particular Faces 85

W Face Recognition Precautions 89

SHOOTING A MOVIE 91

Movie Image Quality ........................ 91

Shooting a Movie ........................... 92

W Movie Recording Precautions 93

Using Short Movie .......................... 94

Using Past Movie ........................... 95

USING BEST SHOT 97

Reducing the Effects of Hand and Subject

Movement ................................ 102

Taking Bright Images without Flash .......... 104

Shooting Images of Business Cards

and Documents (Business Shot) ............. 105

Shooting ID Photographs ................... 107

Restoring an Old Photograph ................ 109

Recording Snapshots into a Multi-image

Layout (Layout Shots) ...................... 112

Auto Tracking a Moving Subject

(Auto Framing) ............................ 114

CONTENTS

ADVANCED SETTINGS 115

Changing the Focus Mode .................. 115

J Using Auto Focus 116

J Using Macro Focus 117

J Using Fixed Focus (Pan Focus) 123

J Using Infinity Focus 123

WUsing Manual Focus 123

Correcting Image Brightness (EV Shift} ....... 125

Controlling White Balance .................. 126

Specifying ISO Sensitivity .................. 129

Specifying the Metering Mode ............... 130

Reducing the Effects of Overexposure and

Underexposure ........................... 131

Enhancing Human Skin Textures ............. 132

Using the Camera's Color Filter Effects ....... 133

Controlling Image Sharpness ................ 133

Controlling Color Saturation ................ 134

Adjusting Image Contrast ................... 134

Date Stamping Snapshots .................. 135

Using the On-screen Histogram to

Check Exposure ........................... 136

Other Useful Recording Functions ........... 138

J Using Key Custornize to Assign Functions

[_1] and [1_-] 138

J Displaying an On-screen Grid 139

J Displaying the Image You Just Recorded

(image Review) 139

J Using Icon Help 140

J Using Mode Memory to Configure

Power On Default Settings 141

J Resetting the Camera to Its Initial

Factory Defaults 143

VIEWING SNAPSHOTS

AND MOVIES 144

Viewing a Snapshot ........................ 144

W Listening to the Audio of an Audio Snapshot 145

Viewing a Movie ........................... 146

J Playing Back a Movie with Anti Shake 148

Playing a Slideshow on the Camera .......... 148

Viewing Camera Images on a TV ............. 153

Zooming the Displayed Image ............... 156

Using the 12-image Screen .................. 157

Using the Calendar Screen .................. 158

CONTENTS

EDITING IMAGES 160

Resizing a Snapshot ....................... 160

Cropping a Snapshot ...................... 161

Keystone Correction ....................... 162

Using Color Restoration to Correct

the Color of an Old Photograph .............. 163

Editing the Date and Time of an Image ........ 165

Rotating an Image ......................... 166

Combining Multiple Snapshots into

a Single Image (Layout Print) ................ 167

Adjusting White Balance of

a Recorded Image ......................... 168

Adjusting Image Brightness ................. 170

Reducing the Effects of Underexposure ....... 171

Editing a Movie on the Camera .............. 172

Creating a Snapshot of a Movie Frame

(MOTION PRINT) .......................... 175

USING AUDIO 177

Adding Audio to a Snapshot ................. 177

Recording Audio Only (Voice Recording) ...... 179

MANAGING YOUR FILES 181

Files and Folders .......................... 181

Protecting a File Against Deletion ............ 182

Using the FAVORITE Folder ................. 184

Copying Files ............................. 186

DELETING FILES 188

Deleting a Specific File ..................... 188

Deleting All Files .......................... 189

Deleting FAVORITE Folder Snapshots ........ 189

CONTENTS

OTHER SETTINGS 190

Configuring Camera Sound Settings .......... 190

Turning the Startup Screen On or Off ......... 192

Specifying the File Name Serial Number

Generation Rule ........................... 193

Changing the Camera Date and Time Setting... 194

Using World Time ......................... 196

i Configuring World Time Settings 196

Changing the Display Language ............. 198

Changing the Brightness of

the Monitor Screen ........................ 199

Changing the USB Port Protocol ............. 200

[I_B] (REC) and [1"_1] (PLAY)

Button Settings ........................... 201

Formatting Built-in Memory ................. 202

PRINTING 203

Types of Printing .......................... 203

Using Professional Print Service ............. 204

Using Your Printer to Print Images ........... 204

Using DPOF to Specify Images to be

Printed and the Number of Copies ............ 208

Date Stamping 210

Supported Protocols ....................... 211

USING THE CAMERA WITH A

COMPUTER 212

What you can do .......................... 212

Using the Camera with a Windows Computer .. 213

J Viewing and Storing Images on a Computer 215

J Transfer of Images from the Camera and

Management of Images on the Computer 221

J Playing Movies 223

J Uploading Movie Files to YouTube 224

J Transferring Images to the Camera 226

J Viewing User Documentation (PDF Files) 229

J User Registration 230

W Exiting the CD-ROM Menu 230

Using the Camera with a Macintosh .......... 230

J Viewing and Storing Images on a Macintosh 231

J Transfer of Images from the Camera and

Management of Images on Your Macintosh 236

J Playing Movies 236

J Viewing User Documentation (PDF Files) 237

Registering as a User 237

Reading Files Directly from a Memory Card .... 237

Memory Card Data ......................... 238

CONTENTS

APPENDIX 242

General Guide ............................ 242

Monitor Screen Contents ................... 244

Menu Reference ........................... 247

Indicator Lamps ........................... 251

WBattery Charger Larnp Reference 252

Troubleshooting Guide ..................... 253

J Finding the Problem and Fixing It 253

m Display Messages 258

Specifications ............................ 260

CONTENTS

IUsing the Battery Charger to Charge

1. Load the battery intothe battery charger.

(page 36)

2. Plug the battery charger into a household

power outlet.

[CHARGE] lamp lights red during charging.

[CHARGE] lamp goes out when charging is complete.

• It takes about 150 minutes to achieve a full charge.

QUICK START BASICS

ILoading the Battery into the Camera 3. Close the battery cover.

1. Open the battery cover.

While pressing lightly on the

cover, slide it in the direction

indicated by the arrow to open.

2. Load the battery into the camera.

Battery contacts

Front

QUICK START BASICS

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