Casio Exilim EX-S770 User manual

Digital Camera

EX-S770

User’s Guide

K837PCM1DMX

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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) USB Cradle (CA-34)

Special AC Adaptor (AD-C52S or AD-C52G)/AC Power Cord *Strap

CD-ROMs (2) USB Cable AV Cable 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 10

First, charge the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Configuring Display Language, Date, and

Time Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Using a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Shooting a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Viewing Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Shooting a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Viewing a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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

INTRODUCTION 22

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

Read this first! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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

GETTING READY 37

Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

■To load the battery 37

■To charge the battery 38

■Replacing the Battery 42

■Battery Precautions 42

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

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

■Loading a Memory Card into the Camera 48

■Replacing the Memory Card 49

■Formatting a Memory Card 50

Using On-screen Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

■Configuring Monitor Screen Settings 53

■Selecting a Screen Layout (Layout) 54

■Turning Display Information On and Off (Info.) 57

■Adjusting Monitor Screen Brightness (Brightness) 59

■Adjusting Monitor Screen Image Quality (Type) 60

If you lose your way... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Using the Camera on a Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

■Extra Batteries 62

■Using the Camera in another Country 62

4CONTENTS

SHOOTING A SNAPSHOT 63

Holding the Camera Correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Shooting a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

■Specifying Image Size 67

■Specifying Image Quality 69

■Turning Off the AF Assist Lamp 70

■Snapshot Shooting Precautions 71

■Auto Focus Restrictions 72

Shooting with Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Using Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Using the Self-Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Using Continuous Shutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

■Selecting the Continuous Shutter Mode 83

■Recording with Normal-speed Continuous

Shutter, High-speed Continuous Shutter,

and Flash Continuous Shutter 84

■Recording with Zoom Continuous Shutter 84

■Continuous Shutter Precautions 85

Adding Audio to a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

SHOOTING A MOVIE 89

Movie Image Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Shooting a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

■Movie Recording Precautions 91

Using Short Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

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

Shooting a Snapshot while Shooting a Movie

(Snapshot-In-Movie) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

USING BEST SHOT 98

Reducing the Effects of Hand and Subject

Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Taking Bright Images without Flash . . . . . . . . . . 105

Shooting Images of Business Cards and

Documents (Business Shot) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

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

5CONTENTS

ADVANCED SETTINGS 112

Changing the Focus Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

■Using Auto Focus 113

■Using Macro Focus 114

■Using Fixed Focus (Pan Focus) 118

■Using Infinity Focus 119

■Using Manual Focus 119

Correcting Image Brightness (EV Shift) . . . . . . . 121

Controlling White Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Specifying ISO Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Specifying the Metering Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Using the Camera’s Filter Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Controlling Image Sharpness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Controlling Color Saturation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Adjusting Image Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Date Stamping Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Using the On-screen Histogram to

Check Exposure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Other Useful Recording Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 135

■Using Key Customize to Assign Functions

[W] and [X]135

■Displaying an On-screen Grid 136

■Displaying the Image You Just Recorded

(Image Review) 137

■Using Icon Help 137

■Using Mode Memory to Configure

Power On Default Settings 138

■Resetting the Camera to Its Initial Factory

Defaults 140

VIEWING SNAPSHOTS

AND MOVIES 142

Viewing a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

■Listening to the Audio of an Audio Snapshot 143

Viewing a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

■Playing Back a Movie with Anti Shake 146

Playing a Slideshow on the Camera . . . . . . . . . . 147

Viewing Camera Images on a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Zooming the Displayed Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Using the 12-image Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Using the Calendar Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Using Image Roulette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

6CONTENTS

EDITING IMAGES 158

Resizing a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Cropping a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Keystone Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Using Color Restoration to Correct

the Color of an Old Photograph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Editing the Date and Time of an Image . . . . . . . . 164

Rotating an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Editing a Movie on the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Creating a Snapshot of a Movie Frame

(MOTION PRINT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

USING AUDIO 173

Adding Audio to a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Recording Audio Only (Voice Recording) . . . . . . 176

MANAGING YOUR FILES 179

Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Protecting a File Against Deletion . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Using the FAVORITE Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Copying Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

DELETING FILES 186

Deleting a Specific File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Deleting All Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Deleting FAVORITE Folder Snapshots . . . . . . . . 187

OTHER SETTINGS 189

Configuring Camera Sound Settings . . . . . . . . . . 189

Turning the Startup Screen On or Off . . . . . . . . . 191

Specifying the File Name Serial Number

Generation Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Changing the Camera Date and Time Setting . . . 192

Using World Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

■Configuring World Time Settings 194

Changing the Display Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Changing the USB Port Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

[ ] (REC) and [ ] (PLAY) Button Settings . . 197

Formatting Built-in Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

7CONTENTS

PRINTING 200

Types of Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Using Professional Print Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Using Your Printer to Print Images . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Using DPOF to Specify Images to be

Printed and the Number of Copies. . . . . . . . . . . . 205

■Date Stamping 208

Supported Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

USING THE CAMERA WITH A

COMPUTER 211

What you can do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Using the Camera with a Windows Computer . . 212

■Viewing and Storing Images on a Computer 215

■Transfer of Images from the Camera and

Management of Images on the Computer 224

■Retouching, Reorienting, or Printing Snapshots 227

■Playing Movies 228

■Editing a Movie 231

■Transferring Images to the Camera 232

■Viewing User Documentation (PDF) Files 236

■User Registration 237

■Exiting the CD-ROM Menu 237

Using the Camera with a Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . 237

■Viewing and Storing Images on a Macintosh 239

■Transfer of Images from the Camera and

Management of Images on Your Macintosh 245

■Playing Movies 246

■Viewing User Documentation (PDF Files) 248

■Registering as a User 249

Reading Files Directly from a Memory Card . . . . 249

Memory Card Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

TRANSFERRING DOCUMENTS TO

YOUR CAMERA (DATA STORAGE) 254

Transferring Documents to the Camera . . . . . . . 254

■Transferring documents from a computer

running Windows 254

■Transferring documents from a Macintosh 256

Viewing a Transferred Document on

the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Deleting Documents from Camera Memory . . . . 260

■Deleting a Document Page 260

■Deleting Documents 261

8CONTENTS

APPENDIX 263

General Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Monitor Screen Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Menu Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Display Menu Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Indicator Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Troubleshooting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

■Find the Problem and Fixing It 276

■If you have problems installing the USB driver... 280

■Display Messages 281

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Getting the Most Out of Your Camera

Snapshots

Shooting with Optimum Setups

➞USING BEST SHOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Portrait, Scenery, Night Scene, Night Scene Portrait, Children, etc

Adding Special Effects

➞USING BEST SHOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Monochrome, retro, etc.

Compensating for Hand or Subject Movement

➞

Reducing the Effects of Hand and Subject Movement . 104

Increasing Sensitivity when Lighting is Dim

➞Taking Bright Images without Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Making Images of Business Cards, Documents, and

Meeting Information (White Board) Easier to Read

➞Shooting Images of Business Cards and Documents

(Business Shot) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Selecting the Best Focus Mode for Shooting Conditions

➞Changing the Focus Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Eliminating Light Source Color Cast

➞Controlling White Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Sharpening or Softening Subject Outlines

➞Controlling Image Sharpness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Enhancing or Reducting Color Satuation

➞Controlling Color Saturation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Increasing or Decreasing Contrast

➞Adjusting Image Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Movies

Normal Movie Recording

➞Shooting a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Limiting Movie Length

➞Using Short Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Capturing Action Occurring before

the Shutter Button is Pressed

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

Snapshots

CONTENTS

10 QUICK START BASICS

QUICK START BASICS

(page 37)

■Loading the Battery into the Camera

1. Open the battery cover.

2. Load the battery into the camera.

3. Close the battery cover.

First, charge the battery

While pressing lightly on

the cover, slide it in the

direction indicated by the

arrow to open.

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