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EX-Z1200
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 USB Cradle (CA-36) (NP-40) 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 37 Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 QUICK START BASICS 9 ■ To load the battery 37 ■ To charge the battery 38 First, charge the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 ■ Replacing the Battery 42 Configuring Display Language, Date, ■ Battery Precautions 42 and Time Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Using the Camera in another Country . . . . . . . . . . 43 Using a Memory Card . .
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Face Recognition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 SHOOTING A SNAPSHOT 62 ■ Performing a face recognition recording Specifying the Recording Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 operation (Normal Mode) 94 Holding the Camera Correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 ■ Using the Family First Mode to Give Priority to Particular Faces 95 Shooting a Snapshot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 ■ Face Recognition Precautions 99 ■ Specifying Image Size 68 ■ Spe
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Other Useful Recording Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 154 ADVANCED SETTINGS 127 ■ Using Key Customize to Assign Functions Changing the Focus Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 [ ] and [ ]154 ■ Using Auto Focus128 ■ Displaying an On-screen Grid 155 ■ Using Macro Focus 129 ■ Displaying the Image You Just Recorded ■ Using Fixed Focus (Pan Focus) 135 (Image Review)156 ■ Using Infinity Focus 135 ■ Using Icon Help 156 ■ Using Manual Focus 135 ■ Using Mode Memory to Configure Power On De
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EDITING IMAGES 177 USING AUDIO 194 Resizing a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Adding Audio to a Snapshot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Cropping a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Recording Audio Only (Voice Recording) . . . . . . 196 Keystone Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Using Color Restoration to Correct the Color MANAGING YOUR FILES 198 of an Old Photograph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
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OTHER SETTINGS 207 USING THE CAMERA WITH A COMPUTER 229 Configuring Camera Sound Settings. . . . . . . . . . 207 Turning the Startup Screen On or Off . . . . . . . . . 209 What you can do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Specifying the File Name Serial Number Using the Camera with a Windows Computer . . 230 Generation Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 ■ Viewing and Storing Images on a Computer 234 Changing the Camera Date and Time Setting. .
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APPENDIX 263 General Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Monitor Screen Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Menu Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 Display Menu Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 Indicator Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 Troubleshooting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 ■ Finding the Problem and Fixing It 275 ■ If you have problems in
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QUICK START BASICS First, charge the battery (page 37) ■ Loading the Battery into the Camera 3. Close the battery cover. 1. Open the battery cover. While pressing lightly on the cover, slide it in the direction indicated by the arrow to open. 2. Load the battery into the camera. 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 AC power cord 2. Place the camera onto the USB cradle. [CHARGE] lamp Red: Charging Green: Charged (Full) • It takes about 180 minutes to achieve a full charge. QUICK START BASICS 10
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Configuring Display Language, Date, and Time Settings (pages 211, 215) 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 [ ] SET will use the camera and then press [SET]. [ ] [BS] 5. Use [ ] and [ ] to select the summer tim
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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 47) ■ 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. MEMORY CARD NOTE • Though the camera has built-in memory, using a memory card provides additional capacity you can use to store more Front Back images, high-quality and large-size images, and longer With the front of the memory card facing upwards (towards movies. the monitor screen side of the camera), slid
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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 62) 1. Press [ ] to turn on the camera. Snapshot mode icon This enters a REC mode and displays “ ” (Snapshot mode icon) on the monitor screen. Operation Lamp • If “ ” does not appear on the monitor screen, you need to select Snapshot as the recording mode “ (Snapshot)” (page 62). Shutter Button 2. Point the camera at the subject. 3. While taking care to keep the camera still, half- press the shutter button. When the image is in focus, the camera will beep, the opera
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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 160) Fully pressing the shutter button without waiting for Auto [ ] (PLAY) Focus to operate will record using Quick Shutter (page 134). 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 101) 1. Press [ ] to enter a REC mode. Remaining Recording Time 2. Press [SET]. Movie Icon 3. Use [ ] and [ ] to select the top option in the [] (REC) operation panel (Recording mode). 4. Use [ ] and [ ] to select “ (Movie)” and then press [SET]. Shutter Button “” (movie icon) remains on the monitor screen. 5. Press the shutter button to start shooting the movie. • Audio is also recorded during movie recording. Recording Time 6. Press the shutter button again to sto
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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 162) 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. [] (PLAY) 3. Press [SET] to start playback. The monitor screen will return to the image selection screen in step 2 after the end of the movie is reached. [
