Casio EX-M20U User's Guide Part 3

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You can use the camera’s built-in monitor screen to view
images after you record them.

Basic Playback Operation

Use the following procedure to scroll through files stored in
the camera’s memory.

1.

Press the power button
to turn on the camera.

• This causes an image or a
message to appear on the
monitor screen.

2.

Align the mode selector
with “ ” (PLAY).

• This enters the PLAY
mode.

Power button

ON/OFF

Mode selector

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3.

Use [왘] (forward) or [왗] (back) to scroll
through files on the monitor screen.

NOTES

• Holding down [왗] or [왘] scrolls images at high
speed.

• In order to allow for faster playback image scrolling,
the image that initially appears on the monitor screen
is a preview image, which is of somewhat lower
quality than the actual display image. The actual
display image appears a short while after the preview
image. This does not apply to images copied from
another digital camera.

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Playing an Audio Snapshot (EX-M20U Only)

Perform the steps below to display an audio snapshot
(indicated by a indicator) and play its audio.

1.

In the PLAY mode, use [왗] and [왘] until the
image you want is displayed.

2.

Press [SET].

• This plays back the
audio that accompanies
the displayed image.

• You can perform the
following operations
while audio is playing.

To do this:
Fast forward or fast reverse

the audio
Pause and unpause audio

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Adjust audio volume

Cancel playback

Do this:

Hod down [왗] or [왘].

Press [SET].

Press [왖] or [왔].

Press [MENU].

IMPORTANT!

• Audio volume can be adjusted only when playback is
being performed or is paused.

• When you have the LCD remote controller connected
to the camera, audio is output through the stereo
headphones (page 155) instead of the camera’s
speaker. Output through the headphones is
monaural.

• The volume of audio recorded with the camera
cannot be adjusted using the LCD remote controller.
Use the camera’s controller to adjust volume level in
this case.

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Flipping the Display

The following procedure flips the image 180 degrees. This
comes in handy when you want to show someone standing
in front of you an image on the monitor screen.

[SET]

DISP

MENU

Shutter release
button

DISP

MENU

1.

In the PLAY mode, use [왗] and [왘] to scroll
through images on the monitor screen and
display the one you want.

2.

Press the shutter release button and [SET] at
the same time.

• This flips the image 180 degrees. The histogram or
any other display information you had displayed is
cleared automatically whenever you flip the image.

• While an image is flipped, you can use [왗] and [왘] to
scroll to another image, if you want.

3.

To return the image to its normal orientation,
press any button other than [왖], [왔], [왗], or
[왘].

IMPORTANT!

• Note that you cannot play an audio snapshot (EX­M20U only), or a voice recording file (EX-M20U only)
on the monitor screen while a flipped image is
displayed.

• You cannot use the above procedure to flip an image
while a zoomed image, calendar screen image, an
audio snapshot (EX-M20U only), or a voice recording
file image (EX-M20U only) is on the display.

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Zooming the Display Image

Perform the following procedure to zoom the image
currently on the monitor screen up to four times its normal
size.

1.

In the PLAY mode, use [왗] and [왘] to display
the image you want.

2.

Press [왖] ( ) to
enlarge the image.

• This displays an
indicator that shows the
current zoom factor.

Current zoom factor

3.

To scroll the image
on the display, press
[SET], and then press
[왖], [왔], [왗], or [왘].

• To display the indicator
for further zooming,
press [SET] again.

4.

Press [MENU] to return the image to its
original size.

IMPORTANT!

• Depending on the original size of the recorded
image, you may not be able to zoom a display image
the full four times its normal size.

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Resizing an Image

You can use the following procedure to change a snapshot
image to either SXGA size (1280 x 960 pixels) or VGA size
(640 x 480 pixels).

• VGA is the optimum image size for attachment to e-mail
messages or incorporation into Web pages.

1.

In the PLAY mode, press [MENU].

2.

Select the “PLAY”
tab, select “Resize”,
and then press [왘].

3.

Use [왗] and [왘] to scroll through images and
display the one you want to resize.

4.

Use [왖] and [왔] to select the setting you
want, and then press [SET].

To do this:
Resize to 1280 x 960 pixels (SXGA)
Resize to 640 x 480 pixels (VGA)
Cancel the resizing operation

IMPORTANT!

• Resizing an image creates a new file that contains
the image in the size you select. The file with the
original image also remains in memory.

• Images smaller than 640 x 480 pixels cannot be
resized.

• An image recorded using the 1600 x 1072 (3:2) pixel
size cannot be resized.

• Note that you can resize snapshots recorded with
this camera only.

• If the message “This function is not supported for this
file.” appears, it means that the current image cannot
be resized.

• The resize operation cannot be performed if there is
not enough memory to store the resized image.

Select this:
1280 x 960
640 x 480
Cancel

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Cropping an Image

Use the following procedure when you want to crop a
portion of an enlarged image and use the remaining part of
the image as an e-mail attachment, Web page image, etc.

1.

In the PLAY mode, use [왗] and [왘] to scroll
through images and display the one you want
to crop.

2.

Press [MENU].

3.

Select the “PLAY”
tab, select
“Trimming”, and then
press [왘].

• This causes a cropping
boundary to appear.

4.

Use [왖] and [왔] to make the cropping
boundary smaller or larger.

• The size of the cropping boundary depends on the
size of the image on the display.

5.

When the cropping
boundary is the size
you want, press [DISP]
to lock it.

• After pressing [DISP] to
lock the size of the
cropping boundary, you
can press [DISP] again to
unlock it. After that, you
can repeat steps 4 and 5
to change the cropping
boundary size.

6.

Use [왖], [왔], [왗], and [왘] to move the
cropping boundary up, down, left, or right
until the area of the image you want to extract
is within the boundary.

7.

Press [SET] to extract the part of the image
enclosed in the cropping boundary.

• If you want to cancel the procedure at any point,
press [MENU].

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