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Digital Camera
EX-Z8
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. Rechargeable Lithium Ion Battery Digital Camera Battery Charger (BC-11L) (NP-20) To attach the strap to the camera. * The shape of the AC power cord plug varies according to country or Attach strap here. geographic area. AC Power Cord * Strap USB Cable AV Cable CD-ROM Basic Reference UNPACKING 2
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CONTENTS UNPACKING 2 GETTING READY 36 Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 QUICK START BASICS 9 ■ To charge the battery 36 ■ To load the battery 38 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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SHOOTING A SNAPSHOT 58 SHOOTING A MOVIE 90 Holding the Camera Correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Movie Image Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Shooting a Snapshot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Shooting a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 ■ Specifying Image Size 62 ■ Movie Recording Precautions 92 ■ Specifying Image Quality 64 Using Short Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 ■ Using the eas
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Other Useful Recording Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 138 ADVANCED SETTINGS 115 ■ Using Key Customize to Assign Functions Changing the Focus Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 [ ] and [ ]138 ■ Using Auto Focus 116 ■ Displaying an On-screen Grid 139 ■ Using Macro Focus 117 ■ Displaying the Image You Just Recorded ■ Using Fixed Focus (Pan Focus) 123 (Image Review)139 ■ Using Infinity Focus 123 ■ Using Icon Help 140 ■ Using Manual Focus 123 ■ Using Mode Memory to Configure Power On D
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EDITING IMAGES 159 USING AUDIO 176 Resizing a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Adding Audio to a Snapshot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Cropping a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Recording Audio Only (Voice Recording) . . . . . . 178 Keystone Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Using Color Restoration to Correct MANAGING YOUR FILES 180 the Color of an Old Photograph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Files and Folde
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OTHER SETTINGS 189 USING THE CAMERA WITH A COMPUTER 211 Configuring Camera Sound Settings. . . . . . . . . . 189 Turning the Startup Screen On or Off . . . . . . . . . 191 What you can do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Specifying the File Name Serial Number Using the Camera with Generation Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 a Windows Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Changing the Camera Date ■ Viewing and Storing Imag
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APPENDIX 241 General Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Monitor Screen Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Menu Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Indicator Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 ■ Battery Charger Lamp Reference 251 Troubleshooting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 ■ Finding the Problem and Fixing It 252 ■ Display Messages 257 Specifications . . . . . . . . .
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QUICK START BASICS First, charge the battery (page 36) ■ Using the Battery Charger to Charge 2. Plug the battery charger into a household power outlet. 1. Load the battery into the battery charger. [CHARGE] lamp lights red during charging. [CHARGE] lamp goes out when charging is complete. • It takes about 90 minutes to achieve a full charge. QUICK START BASICS 9
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3. Close the battery cover. ■ Loading the Battery into the Camera 1. Open the battery cover. 1 While pressing lightly on the cover, 2 slide it in the direction indicated by 1 2 the arrow to open. 2. Load the battery into the camera. Front (EXILIM logo) Stopper Battery contacts EXILIM logo Front Back QUICK START BASICS 10
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Configuring Display Language, Date, and Time Settings (pages 193, 197) 1. Press [ON/OFF] to turn on the camera. [ON/OFF] (Power) 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 [][] will use the camera and then press [SET]. [SET] [] [BS] 5. Use [ ] and [ ] to select the summer time (DST) se
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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, press [BS]. 8. When settings are completed, press [SET]. 9. Press [ON/OFF] to turn off the
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Using a Memory Card (page 45) ■ 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 • Though the camera has built-in memory, using a memory card provides additional capacity you can use to store more MEMORY Front CARD images, high-quality and large-size images, and longer movies. Front Back • The camera will store images in its built-in memory if there is no memory card loaded. If you
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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 need to format a mem
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Shooting a Snapshot (page 58) 1. Press [ ] to turn on the camera. Auto icon This enters the REC mode and displays “ ” (Auto icon) on the monitor screen. Operation Lamp 2. Point the camera at the subject. 3. While taking care to keep the camera still, half- Shutter Button press the shutter button. When the image is in focus, the camera will beep, the operation lamp will light green, and the focus frame will turn green. 4. Continuing to keep the camera still, press the Focus Frame shutter butt
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Snapshot Image Size and Image Quality How do I half-press the shutter button? Your camera lets you select from among various image size The shutter button is designed to stop about half way down and quality settings. Note that image size and quality when you press it lightly. Stopping at this point is called a settings affect how many images can be stored in memory. “half-press”. When you half-press the shutter button, the • You can change the image size and quality settings as camera automat
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Viewing Snapshots ■ Fully pressing the shutter button without waiting for Auto Focus (page 144) Fully pressing the shutter button without waiting for Auto [ ] (PLAY) Focus to operate will record using Quick Shutter (page 122). 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. • Whe
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Shooting a Movie (page 90) 1. Press [ ] to enter the REC mode. Movie Icon Remaining Recording Time 2. Press [BS] (BEST SHOT). 3. Use [ ], [ ], [ ], and [ ] to select the “ ” (Movie) scene and then press [SET]. [] (REC) “” (movie icon) remains on the monitor screen. 4. Press the shutter button to start shooting the Shutter Button movie. • Audio is also recorded during movie recording. 5. Press the shutter button again to stop recording. Recording Time Movie Recording Screen [BS] QUICK STAR
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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 146) The film-like frame that appears on the monitor screen indicates 1. Press [ ] to enter the PLAY mode. that this is an image from a movie. 2. Use [ ] and [ ] to select the movie you want “ ” Movie icon to play. When scrolling through images, a movie is displayed on the monitor screen by showing its first frame. 3. Press [SET] to start playback. [] (PLAY) The monitor screen will return to the image selection screen in step 2 after the end of the movie is reached. [
