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Casio EX S12 - EXILIM CARD Digital Camera Manual

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E Digital Camera User's Guide Thank you for purchasing this CASIO product. • Before using it, be sure to read the precautions contained in this User's Guide. • Keep the User's Guide in a safe place for future reference. • For the most up-to-date information about this product, visit the official EXILIM Website at http://www.exilim.com/ To go to "Getting the Most Out of Dynamic Photo" click here! 1

Section	Page
Unpacking	2
Read this first!	3
Contents	4
General Guide	9
Monitor Screen Contents	10
Quick Start Basics	13
What is a digital camera?	13
What you can do with your CASIO camera	14
First, charge the battery prior to use.	15
To charge the battery	15
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
To shoot a snapshot	24
Holding the Camera Correctly	27
Viewing Snapshots	28
Deleting Images	29
To delete a single file	29
To delete all files	29
Snapshot Shooting Precautions	30
Auto Focus Restrictions	30
Snapshot Tutorial	31
Using the Control Panel	31
Specifying Control Panel Items	32
Changing the Image Size (Size)	33
Using Flash (Flash)	36
Specifying the Auto Focus Area (AF Area)	38
Optimizing Image Brightness (Lighting)	39
Using Continuous Shutter (CS)	40
Specifying the Method for Saving Continuous Shutter Images	41
Using Face Detection (Face Detection)	43
Shooting with the Make-up Mode (Make-up)	45
Correcting Image Brightness (EV Shift)	46
Changing the Control Panel Date/Time Style	47
Shooting with Zoom	47
Optical Zoom and Digital Zoom Switch Point	48
Recording Movie Images and Audio	50
To record a movie	50
Using Prerecord Movie	52
Shooting a Snapshot while Shooting a Movie	53
Recording Audio Only (Voice Recording)	53
To play back an audio recording	54
Using BEST SHOT	55
What is BEST SHOT?	55
Some Sample Scenes	55
To shoot an image with BEST SHOT	55
Creating Your Own BEST SHOT Setups	58
Shooting with AUTO BEST SHOT	59
Shooting ID Photographs	60
Shooting Images of Business Cards and Documents	61
Recording a Self-portrait	62
Isolating Moving Subjects (Multi-motion Image)	63
Advanced Settings	64
Using On-screen Menus	64
REC Mode Settings (REC)	66
Selecting a Focus Mode (Focus)	66
Using Continuous Shutter (CS)	69
Using the Self-timer (Self-timer)	70
Using Auto Shutter (Auto Shutter)	71
Shooting with Face Detection (Face Detection)	75
Reducing the Effects of Camera and Subject Movement (Anti Shake)	75
Specifying the Auto Focus Area (AF Area)	76
Using the Auto Focus Assist Light (AF Assist Light)	76
Changing the Focus Frame Shape (Focus Frame)	77
Turning Digital Zoom On or Off (Digital Zoom)	78
Assigning Functions to the [<] and [>] Keys (L/R Key)	78
Shooting with Quick Shutter (Quick Shutter)	79
Displaying the On-screen Grid (Grid)	80
Turning on Image Review (Review)	80
Using Icon Help (Icon Help)	80
Configuring Power On Default Settings (Memory)	81
Image Quality Settings (Quality)	82
Specifying Snapshot Size (Size)	82
Specifying Snapshot Image Quality (Quality (Snapshot))	82
Specifying Movie Image Quality (Quality (Movie))	83
Correcting Image Brightness (EV Shift)	83
Controlling White Balance (White Balance)	84
Specifying ISO Sensitivity (ISO)	85
Specifying the Metering Mode (Metering)	86
Optimizing Image Brightness (Lighting)	86
Using Built-in Color Filters (Color Filter)	87
Controlling Image Sharpness (Sharpness)	87
Controlling Color Saturation (Saturation)	87
Adjusting Image Contrast (Contrast)	87
Specifying Flash Intensity (Flash Intensity)	87
Viewing Snapshots and Movies	88
Viewing Snapshots	88
Viewing a Movie	88
Viewing Continuous Shutter Images	89
Deleting Continuous Shutter Images	90
Dividing Up a CS Group	91
Zooming an On-screen Image	92
Displaying the Image Menu	93
Displaying Images in the Calendar Screen	93
Viewing Snapshots and Movies on a TV Screen	94
Using Image Roulette	96
Other Playback Functions (PLAY)	97
Playing a Slideshow on the Camera (Slideshow)	97
Saving Music from Your Computer to Camera Memory	98
Laying Out Snapshots with Layout Print (Layout Print)	100
Creating a Snapshot of Movie Frames (MOTION PRINT)	101
Editing a Movie on the Camera (Movie Editing)	102
Optimizing Image Brightness (Lighting)	104
Using Red Eye Correction (Red Eye)	104
Adjusting White Balance (White Balance)	105
Adjusting the Brightness of an Existing Snapshot (Brightness)	106
Keystone Correction (Keystone)	106
Using Color Correction to Correct the Color of an Old Photograph (Color Correction)	107
Selecting Images for Printing (DPOF Printing)	108
Protecting a File Against Deletion (Protect)	108
Editing the Date and Time of an Image (Date/Time)	109
Rotating an Image (Rotation)	109
Resizing a Snapshot (Resize)	110
Cropping a Snapshot (Trimming)	110
Adding Audio to a Snapshot (Dubbing)	111
To play snapshot audio	112
Copying Files (Copy)	113
Dynamic Photo	114
To create a subject image to be inserted (Dynamic Photo)	114
Inserting a Subject into a Background Image (Dynamic Photo)	116
Printing	117
Printing Snapshots	117
Connecting Directly to a PictBridge Compatible Printer	118
Using DPOF to Specify Images to be Printed and the Number of Copies	120
Using the Camera with a Computer	123
Things you can do using a computer...	123
Using the Camera with a Windows Computer	124
Viewing and Storing Images on a Computer	125
Playing Movies	129
Uploading Movie Files to YouTube	129
Transferring Images from Your Computer to Camera Memory	131
Viewing User Documentation (PDF Files)	133
User Registration	133
Using the Camera with a Macintosh	134
Connecting the Camera to Your Computer and Saving Files	134
Transferring Images Automatically and Managing Them on Your Macintosh	137
Playing a Movie	137
Viewing User Documentation (PDF Files)	138
User Registration	138
Using an Eye-Fi Wireless SD Memory Card to Transfer Images (Eye-Fi)	139
Files and Folders	140
Memory Card Data	141
Transferring Document Data from Your Computer to the Camera	143
Transferring Document Data to the Camera	143
Transferring Data from a Computer Running Windows	143
Transferring Data from a Macintosh	145
To view document images on the camera	146
Managing Document Data on the Camera	148
Protecting Document Data	148
Deleting Document Data	148
Other Settings (Set Up)	150
REC Mode Control Panel Display (_ Panel)	150
Selecting a PLAY Mode Screen Layout (> Display)	151
Adjusting Monitor Screen Brightness (Screen)	152
Turning off Eye-Fi Card Communication (Eye-Fi)	152
Configuring Camera Sound Settings (Sounds)	153
Configuring a Startup Image (Startup)	153
Specifying the File Name Serial Number Generation Rule (File No.)	154
Configuring World Time Settings (World Time)	155
Time Stamping Snapshots (Timestamp)	156
Setting the Camera’s Clock (Adjust)	156
Specifying the Date Style (Date Style)	157
Specifying the Display Language (Language)	157
Specifying the Initial Data Mode Screen (DATA View)	158
Configuring Sleep State Settings (Sleep)	158
Configuring Auto Power Settings (Auto Power Off)	159
Configuring [_] and [>] Settings (REC/PLAY)	159
Configuring USB Protocol Settings (USB)	160
Selecting the Screen Aspect Ratio and Video Output System (Video Out)	160
Formatting Built-in Memory or a Memory Card (Format)	161
Resetting the Camera to Factory Defaults (Reset)	161
Configuring Monitor Screen Settings	162
Using the On-screen Histogram to Check Exposure	162
How to Use the Histogram	163
Appendix	164
Precautions during Use	164
Power Supply	172
Charging	172
To replace the battery	172
Battery Precautions	173
Using the Camera in another Country	173
Using a Memory Card	174
To replace the memory card	174
Computer System Requirements for Bundled Software	176
Reset Initial Default Settings	177
When things don’t go right...	180
Troubleshooting	180
Display Messages	185
Number of Snapshots/Movie Recording Time/ Voice Recording Time	188