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First, charge the battery prior to use. Note that the battery of a newly purchased camera is not charged. Perform the steps under "To charge the battery" to bring the battery to a full charge. • Your camera requires a special CASIO rechargeable lithium ion battery (NP-40) for power. Never try to use any other type of battery. To charge the battery 1. Aligning the positive + and negative - terminals of the battery with those of the charger unit, load the battery into the charger unit. 2. Plug the charger unit into a household power outlet. About 150 minutes are required to reach full charge. The [CHARGE] lamp will go out when charging is complete. Unplug the power cord from the power outlet and then remove the battery from the charger. [CHARGE] lamp Lamp Status Lit Red Flashing Red Off Description Charging Charger unit or battery problem (page 170) Charging complete or standing by, due to abnormally high or low ambient temperature (page 170) 16 Quick Start Basics

Section	Page
Unpacking	2
Read this first!	3
Contents	4
General Guide	9
Monitor Screen Contents	11
Quick Start Basics	14
What is a digital camera?	14
What you can do with your CASIO camera	15
First, charge the battery prior to use.	16
To charge the battery	16
To load the battery	17
Configuring Basic Settings the First Time You Turn On the Camera	19
Preparing a Memory Card	20
Supported Memory Cards	20
To load a memory card	21
To format (initialize) a new memory card	22
Turning the Camera On and Off	23
To turn power on	23
To turn off the camera	23
Holding the Camera Correctly	24
To shoot a snapshot	25
Viewing Snapshots	28
Deleting Images	29
To delete a single file	29
To delete all files	29
Snapshot Shooting Precautions	30
Auto Focus Restrictions	31
Snapshot Tutorial	32
Using the Control Panel	32
Selecting the Exposure Mode	33
Changing the Image Size (Size)	35
Specifying ISO Sensitivity (ISO)	39
Adjusting White Balance (White Balance)	40
Correcting Image Brightness (EV Shift)	41
Shooting with Slow Motion View	42
Using Flash (Flash)	44
Changing the Control Panel Date/Time Style	46
Shooting with Zoom	46
Optical Zoom/Digital Zoom Switch Point	47
Using Continuous Shutter	49
Using Normal-speed Continuous Shutter	49
Using High Speed CS and Prerecord CS	50
Specifying the Method for Saving Continuous Shutter Images	54
Continuous Shutter Precautions	56
Recording Movies	57
To record a movie	57
Audio	58
Recording a High-definition Movie	60
Recording a High Speed Movie	60
Using Prerecord Movie (Prerecord (Movie))	62
Recording a Movie for YouTube (For YouTube)	64
Shooting a Snapshot while Shooting a Movie	65
Using BEST SHOT	66
What is BEST SHOT?	66
Some Sample Scenes	66
To shoot with BEST SHOT	66
Creating Your Own BEST SHOT Setups	69
Shooting with High Speed Night Scene (High Speed Night Scene/High Speed Night Scene and Portrait)	70
Shooting with High Speed Anti Shake (High Speed Anti Shake)	71
Digitally Correcting for Overexposure and Underexposure (High Speed Lighting)	72
Configuring the Camera to Help You Better Time Your Shots (Lag Correction)	73
Isolating Moving Subjects (Multi-motion image)	75
Basic Multi-motion image Procedure	75
Shooting with Priority on Subject Faces (High Speed Best Selection)	77
Shooting an Image in Accordance with Subject Movement (Move Out CS/Move In CS)	78
Using the Situation-specific CS Scenes	83
Using the Situation-specific High Speed Movie Scenes	85
Advanced Settings	86
Using On-screen Menus	86
REC Mode Settings (REC)	88
Selecting a Focus Mode (Focus)	88
Using the Self-timer (Self-timer)	91
Reducing the Effects of Camera and Subject Movement (Anti Shake)	92
Specifying the Auto Focus Area (AF Area)	93
Using the Auto Focus Assist Light (AF Assist Light)	94
Shooting with Face Detection (Face Detection)	94
Shooting with Continuous Auto Focus (Continuous AF)	95
Changing the Continuous Shutter Mode (CS)	96
Configuring the Continuous Shutter Image Save Method (Save CS Images)	96
Turning Digital Zoom On or Off (Digital Zoom)	96
Assigning Functions to the [<] and [>] Keys (L/R Key)	97
Shooting with Quick Shutter (Quick Shutter)	97
Displaying the On-screen Grid (Grid)	98
Turning on Image Review (Review)	98
Using Icon Help (Icon Help)	98
Configuring Power On Default Settings (Memory)	99
Image Quality Settings (Quality)	100
Specifying Snapshot Image Quality (_ Quality (Snapshot))	100
Movie Image Quality Settings (_ Quality (Movie))	100
Setting the High Speed Movie Frame Rate (HS _ Speed)	101
Specifying the Metering Mode (Metering)	101
Optimizing Image Brightness (Lighting)	101
Specifying Flash Intensity (Flash Intensity)	102
Using Built-in Color Filters (Color Filter)	102
Controlling Image Sharpness (Sharpness)	102
Controlling Color Saturation (Saturation)	102
Adjusting Image Contrast (Contrast)	102
Viewing Snapshots and Movies	103
Viewing Snapshots	103
Viewing a Movie	103
Viewing Continuous Shutter Images	104
Deleting Continuous Shutter Images	105
Dividing Up a CS Group	106
Copying a CS Group Image	107
Zooming an On-screen Image	108
Displaying the Image Menu	108
Viewing Snapshots and Movies on a TV Screen	109
Other Playback Functions (PLAY)	111
Playing a Slideshow on the Camera (Slideshow)	111
Transferring Music from Your Computer to Camera Memory	113
Creating a Snapshot of Movie Frames (MOTION PRINT)	114
Editing a Movie on the Camera (Movie Editing)	115
Adjusting White Balance (White Balance)	117
Adjusting the Brightness of an Existing Snapshot (Brightness)	118
Selecting Images for Printing (DPOF Printing)	118
Protecting a File Against Deletion (Protect)	119
Rotating an Image (Rotation)	121
Resizing a Snapshot (Resize)	121
Cropping a Snapshot (Trimming)	122
Copying Files (Copy)	122
Dividing Up a Continuous Shutter Group (Divide Group)	123
Combining CS Images into a Single Still Image (CS Multi Print)	123
Editing a CS Image (CS Frame Edit)	123
Printing	124
Printing Snapshots	124
Connecting Directly to a PictBridge Compatible Printer	124
Using DPOF to Specify Images to be Printed and the Number of Copies	127
Using the Camera with a Computer	132
Things you can do using a computer...	132
Using the Camera with a Windows Computer	133
Viewing and Storing Images on a Computer	134
Playing Movies	138
Uploading Movie Files to YouTube	139
Viewing User Documentation (PDF Files)	140
Transferring Images from Your Computer to Camera Memory	141
User Registration	142
Using the Camera with a Macintosh	143
Connecting the Camera to Your Computer and Saving Files	143
Transferring Images Automatically and Managing Them on Your Macintosh	146
Playing a Movie	146
Viewing User Documentation (PDF Files)	147
User Registration	147
Using an Eye-Fi Wireless SD Memory Card to Transfer Images (Eye-Fi)	147
Files and Folders	149
Memory Card Data	150
Other Settings (Set Up)	152
Adjusting Monitor Screen Brightness (Screen)	152
Turning off Eye-Fi Card Communication (Eye-Fi)	152
Configuring Camera Sound Settings (Sounds)	153
Specifying the File Name Serial Number Generation Rule (File No.)	153
Configuring World Time Settings (World Time)	154
Time Stamping Snapshots (Timestamp)	155
Setting the Camera’s Clock (Adjust)	155
Specifying the Date Style (Date Style)	156
Specifying the Display Language (Language)	156
Configuring Sleep State Settings (Sleep)	157
Configuring Auto Power Off Settings (Auto Power Off)	157
Configuring [_] and [>] Settings (REC/PLAY)	158
Configuring USB Protocol Settings (USB)	158
Selecting the Screen Aspect Ratio and Video Output System (Video Out)	159
Configuring a Startup Image (Startup)	159
Formatting Built-in Memory or a Memory Card (Format)	160
Resetting the Camera to Factory Defaults (Reset)	160
Configuring Monitor Screen Settings	161
Turning Display Information On and Off (Info)	161
Using the On-screen Histogram to Check Exposure (+Histogram)	161
How to Use the Histogram	162
Appendix	163
Precautions during Use	163
Power Supply	170
Charging	170
To replace the battery	171
Battery Precautions	171
Using the Camera in another Country	172
Using a Memory Card	172
To replace the memory card	172
Computer System Requirements for Bundled Software	174
Reset Initial Default Settings	175
When things don’t go right...	177
Troubleshooting	177
Display Messages	181
Number of Snapshots/Movie Recording Time	184