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EX-V8
User’s Guide
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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-50) USB Cradle (CA-35) To attach the strap to the camera. * The shape of the AC power cord plug varies according to Attach strap here. country or geographic area. Special AC Adaptor (AD-C52G)/AC Power Cord * Strap USB Cable AV Cable CD-ROMs (2) Basic Reference UNPACKING 2
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CONTENTS UNPACKING 2 GETTING READY 36 Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 QUICK START BASICS 9 ■ To load the battery 36 ■ To charge the battery 37 First, charge the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 ■ Replacing the Battery 41 Configuring Display Language, Date, ■ Battery Precautions 41 and Time Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Using the Camera in another Country . . . . . . . . . . 42 Using a Memory Card . .
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Manually Configuring Shutter Speed SHOOTING A SNAPSHOT 56 and Aperture Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Specifying the Recording Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Holding the Camera Correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 SHOOTING A MOVIE 97 Shooting a Snapshot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 ■ Specifying Image Size 62 Movie Image Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 ■ Specifying Image Quality 63 Shooting a Movie . . . .
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Other Useful Recording Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 150 ADVANCED SETTINGS 123 ■ Using Key Customize to Assign Functions Changing the Focus Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 [ ] and [ ]150 ■ Using Auto Focus 124 ■ Displaying an On-screen Grid 151 ■ Using Macro Focus 125 ■ Displaying the Image You Just Recorded ■ Using Infinity Focus 131 (Image Review) 152 ■ Using Manual Focus 131 ■ Using Icon Help 152 ■ Using Mode Memory to Configure Power On Reducing the Effects of Hand and Sub
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EDITING IMAGES 173 USING AUDIO 191 Resizing a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Adding Audio to a Snapshot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Cropping a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Recording Audio Only (Voice Recording) . . . . . . 193 Keystone Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Using Color Restoration to Correct MANAGING YOUR FILES 196 the Color of an Old Photograph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Files and Folde
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OTHER SETTINGS 206 PRINTING 219 Configuring Camera Sound Settings. . . . . . . . . . 206 Types of Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Turning the Startup Screen On or Off . . . . . . . . . 208 Using Professional Print Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Specifying the File Name Serial Number Using Your Printer to Print Images . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Generation Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Using DPOF to Specify Images to be Chang
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USING THE CAMERA WITH APPENDIX 265 A COMPUTER 229 General Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Monitor Screen Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 What you can do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Menu Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Using the Camera with a Windows Computer . . 230 Indicator Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 ■ Viewing and Storing Images on a Computer
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QUICK START BASICS First, charge the battery (page 36) ■ Loading the Battery into the Camera 3. Close the battery cover. 1. Open the battery cover. Monitor Screen 2 1 While pressing lightly on the cover, slide it in the direction 1 2 indicated by the arrow to open. 2. Load the battery into the camera. Stopper Back EXILIM logo Battery contacts Back Front QUICK START BASICS 9
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■ Using the USB Cradle to Charge 1. Plug the USB cradle into a household power outlet. AC adaptor USB cradle AC power cord 2. Place the camera onto the USB cradle. [CHARGE] lamp Red: Charging Green: Charged (Full) • It takes about 150 minutes to achieve a full charge. QUICK START BASICS 10
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Configuring Display Language, Date, and Time Settings (pages 210, 214) 1. Slide open the lens cover to turn on the Lens Cover camera. • Take care that you do not touch the lens when sliding the lens cover. 2. Use [ ], [ ], [ ], and [ ] to select the language you want and then press [SET]. 3. Use [ ], [ ], [ ], and [ ] to select the area where you will use the camera and then press [] [SET]. [] [] 4. Use [ ] and [ ] to select the city where you [SET] will use the camera and the
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6. Use [ ] and [ ] to select the date format and then press [SET]. Example: December 19, 2007 To display the date like this: Select this option: 07/12/19 YY/MM/DD 19/12/07 DD/MM/YY 12/19/07 MM/DD/YY 7. Set the date and the time. Use [ ] and [ ] to select the setting you want (year, month, day, hour, minute) and then use [ ] and [ ] to change the setting. To switch between 12-hour and 24-hour format, slide the Zoom Controller. 8. When settings are completed, press [SET]. 9. Close the lens c
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Using a Memory Card (page 46) ■ Loading a Memory Card into the Camera 2. Load a memory card into the camera. When a memory card is loaded, the camera stores images you shoot on the card. NOTE MEMORY CARD • Though the camera has built-in memory, using a memory card provides additional capacity you can use to store more Front images, high-quality and large-size images, and longer Front Back movies. • The camera will store images in its built-in memory if there With the front of the memory car
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5. Press [ ] to select “Format” and then press ■ Formatting a Memory Card [SET]. Before you can use a memory card with your camera, you must • To cancel formatting, select “Cancel” and then press format it. [SET]. IMPORTANT! • Wait until the “Busy... Please wait...” message disappears from the monitor screen before doing anything else. • Formatting a memory card that already has snapshots or other files on it, will delete its contents. Normally you do not “Set Up” Tab Lens Cover need to f
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Shooting a Snapshot (page 56) 1. Slide open the lens cover to turn on the Shutter Button camera. Lens Cover • Take care that you do not touch the lens when sliding the lens cover. Snapshot icon 2. Align the mode dial with “ ” (Snapshot). This causes “ ” to appear on the monitor screen. • If “ ” (PLAY Mode) is on the monitor screen, make sure that the lens cover is open and then press the shutter button or [ ] (PLAY). This will switch to the currently selected REC Mode. Operation Lamp 3. Poi
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5. Continuing to keep the camera still, press the How do I half-press the shutter button? shutter button all the way down. The shutter button is designed to stop about half way down The recorded image will remain on the display for about one when you press it lightly. Stopping at this point is called a second, and then it will be stored in memory. After that, the “half-press”. When you half-press the shutter button, the camera will be ready to shoot the next image. camera automatically adj
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Viewing Snapshots ■ Fully pressing the shutter button without waiting for Auto Focus (page 156) Fully pressing the shutter button without waiting for Auto [] (PLAY) Focus to operate will record using Quick Shutter (page 129). Quick Shutter lets you capture exactly the moment you want. • With Quick Shutter, the camera uses high-speed Auto Focus, which means you can capture quick moving action more easily. Note, however, that some images may be out of focus when Quick Shutter is used. [ ][
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Shooting a Movie (page 97) 1. Align the mode dial with “ ” (Movie). Movie Icon This causes “ ” (Movie) to appear on the monitor screen. Remaining Recording Time • If “ ” (PLAY Mode) is on the monitor screen, make sure that the lens cover is open and then press the shutter button or [ ] (PLAY). This will switch to the currently selected REC Mode. 2. Press the shutter button to start shooting the Shutter Button movie. • Audio is also recorded during movie recording. 3. Press the shutter button
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Movie Image Quality Your camera lets you select from among six image quality settings (UHQ, UHQ Wide, HQ, HQ Wide, Normal, LP) for movies. To get the most out of the imaging capabilities of your camera, use a quality setting of “HQ” (High Quality) or “HQ Wide” or better. Movie quality is a standard that determines the detail, smoothness, and clarity of the image during playback. Reducing image quality let’s you shoot longer, so you can switch to “Normal”, or “LP” conserve remaining memory
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Viewing a Movie (page 158) The film-like frame that appears on the monitor screen indicates 2. Use [ ] and [ ] to select the movie you want that this is an image from a movie. to play. When scrolling through images, a movie is displayed on the “ ” Movie icon monitor screen by showing its first frame. 3. Press [SET] to start playback. The monitor screen will return to the image selection screen [] (PLAY) in step 2 after the end of the movie is reached. • During movie playback, you can adjus
