Casio QV-100 Owners Manual - Page 6

Recording Images Caution • Never open the battery compartment cover, disconnect the AC adaptor from the camera or unplug it from the wall socket while the "WAIT" message is on the LCD. Doing so will not only make storage of the current image impossible, it can also corrupt other image data already stored in camera memory. How to avoid hand movement... Any hand movement when you press the shutter button can causes blurring of the recorded image. Note the following points on avoiding hand movement. • Make sure there is no excessive movement of the image of the ob- ject on the LCD. • Use a tripod whenever possible when recording images in dim light- ing. The camera automatically adjusts shutter speed in accordance with the brightness of the object whose image is being recorded. Shutter speed is quite slow for dimly lit objects, increasing the possibility of blurring caused by hand movement. Fluorescent Lighting Fluorescent lighting actually flickers at a frequency that cannot be detected by the human eye. When using the camera indoors under such lighting, you may experience some brightness or color problems with recorded images. The actual extent of the problems depends on what cycle of the fluorescent light's flicker is occurring when the camera's shutter actually releases. For best results, use a commercially available video lights. Operation Infrared Light Infrared light generated by a flash or other source can create image color problems, such as red areas being recorded as green. Such color problems will show up in the LCD while you are composing the image. Shooting Images Outdoors Strong direct or reflected sunlight can cause recorded images to take on a greenish tinge. This is due to the characteristics of the camera's charge-coupled device (CCD), and it does not indicate malfunction of the camera. One way you can try to minimize this problem is to set the aperture to [˔] (F8). Changing the Lens Orientation The lens of the camera is built into a lens body that is designed to rotate. This means you can change the angle of the lens without moving the rest of the camera. Rotates up to 90° towards the front Rotates up to 180° towards the back 21 22 Recording Images • Any images recorded while the lens body is rotated so the lens is pointed from the back of the camera are stored as mirror images of the image that appears in the LCD before the shutter button is pressed. PROTECT EFFECT DISP MODE DEL ON/OFPFOWER REC PLAY A A ....... LCD when shutter button is pressed (in the Record Mode) B ....... LCD when image is played B back from camera memory Important! • Do not apply excessive force when rotating the lens body. Doing so can cause serious damage to the lens. • Do not carry the camera or move it around while holding onto only the lens body. • Return the lens body to its normal position (with the lens pointing from the front of the camera) before storing the camera. 23 Operation NORMAL/MACRO Switch The NORMAL/MACRO switch tells the camera NOMAL how much distance there will be between the lens and the object whose image you are record- ing. The following table describes the conditions MACRO covered by each switch setting. Switch position Aperture F2.8(˓) NORMAL 0.5 meters to ∞ For portraits taken indoors MACRO 14 to 18 cm For close ups taken indoors F8 (˔) 0.3 meters to ∞ For general outdoor images 11 to 27 cm For outdoor close-ups * See page 26 for details on how to change the aperture. Resolution Modes In addition to a Normal Mode, this camera also has a Fine Mode for saving images using higher resolution. Use the MODE button to switch between the Normal Mode and Fine Mode. The following table shows how many images can be stored in memory using each resolution mode. Resolution Mode Indicator Number of Images FINE 64 (approximately 480-kbit compressed) NORMAL 192 (approximately 160-kbit compressed) • You can switch between resolution modes at any time before recording an image. 24