User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- Unpacking
- Read this first!
- Contents
- General Guide
- Monitor Screen Contents
- Quick Start Basics
- What is a digital camera?
- What you can do with your CASIO camera
- First, charge the battery prior to use.
- Configuring Basic Settings the First Time You Turn On the Camera
- Preparing a Memory Card
- Turning the Camera On and Off
- To shoot a snapshot
- Holding the Camera Correctly
- Viewing Snapshots
- Deleting Images
- Snapshot Shooting Precautions
- Snapshot Tutorial
- Using the Control Panel
- Changing the Image Size (Size)
- Using Flash (Flash)
- Using Face Detection (Face Detection)
- Reducing the Effects of Camera and Subject Movement (Anti Shake)
- Specifying ISO Sensitivity (ISO)
- Adjusting White Balance (White Balance)
- Correcting Image Brightness (EV Shift)
- Using the easy Mode
- Changing the Control Panel Date/Time Style
- Shooting with Zoom
- Recording Movie Images and Audio
- Using BEST SHOT
- Advanced Settings
- Using On-screen Menus
- REC Mode Settings (REC)
- Selecting a Focus Mode (Focus)
- Using Continuous Shutter (CS)
- Using the Self-timer (Self-timer)
- Shooting with Face Detection (Face Detection)
- Reducing the Effects of Camera and Subject Movement (Anti Shake)
- Specifying the Auto Focus Area (AF Area)
- Using the easy Mode (easy Mode)
- Assigning Functions to the [<] and [>] Keys (L/R Key)
- Displaying the On-screen Grid (Grid)
- Turning Digital Zoom On or Off (Digital Zoom)
- Turning on Image Review (Review)
- Using Icon Help (Icon Help)
- Configuring Power On Default Settings (Memory)
- Image Quality Settings (Quality)
- Specifying Snapshot Size (Size)
- Specifying Snapshot Image Quality (Quality (Snapshot))
- Specifying Movie Image Quality (Quality (Movie))
- Correcting Image Brightness (EV Shift)
- Controlling White Balance (White Balance)
- Specifying ISO Sensitivity (ISO)
- Specifying the Metering Mode (Metering)
- Using Built-in Color Filters (Color Filter)
- Controlling Image Sharpness (Sharpness)
- Controlling Color Saturation (Saturation)
- Adjusting Image Contrast (Contrast)
- Specifying Flash Intensity (Flash Intensity)
- Viewing Snapshots and Movies
- Other Playback Functions (PLAY)
- Printing
- Using the Camera with a Computer
- Other Settings (Set Up)
- Selecting a REC Mode Screen Layout (_ Panel)
- Selecting a PLAY Mode Screen Layout (> Display)
- Turning off Eye-Fi Card Communication (Eye-Fi)
- Configuring Camera Sound Settings (Sounds)
- Configuring a Startup Image (Startup)
- Specifying the File Name Serial Number Generation Rule (File No.)
- Configuring World Time Settings (World Time)
- Time Stamping Snapshots (Timestamp)
- Setting the Camera’s Clock (Adjust)
- Specifying the Date Style (Date Style)
- Specifying the Display Language (Language)
- Configuring Sleep State Settings (Sleep)
- Configuring Auto Power Settings (Auto Power Off)
- Configuring [_] and [>] Settings (REC/PLAY)
- Configuring USB Protocol Settings (USB)
- Selecting the Screen Aspect Ratio and Video Output System (Video Out)
- Formatting Built-in Memory or a Memory Card (Format)
- Resetting the Camera to Factory Defaults (Reset)
- Configuring Monitor Screen Settings
- Appendix
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Configuring Monitor Screen Settings
A histogram is a graph that represents the lightness of an image in terms of the
number of pixels. The vertical axis indicates the number of pixels, while the horizontal
axis indicates lightness. If the histogram appears too lopsided for some reason, you
can use EV shift to move it left or right in order to achieve better balance. Optimum
exposure can be achieved by EV shifting so the graph is as close to the center as
possible. For snapshots, you can even display individual histograms for R (red), G
(green), and B (blue).
Example Histograms
How to Use the Histogram
A histogram towards the left side results when the
overall image is dark. A histogram that is too far to
the left may result in “black out” of the dark areas
of an image.
A histogram towards the right side results when
the overall image is light. A histogram that is too
far to the right may result in “white out” of the light
areas of an image.
An overall well-balanced histogram results when
the overall image is at optimal lightness.