Casio QV-R3 User's Guide Part 2

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This chapter describes the other powerful features and functions that are available for recording.

Selecting the Focus Mode

You can select one of four different focus modes: Auto Focus, Macro, Infinity, and Manual.

Enter a recording mode.

Press MF .

• Each press of MF cycles thorough the focus mode settings in the sequence shown below.

No indicator (Auto Focus)

(Macro)

(Infinity)

MF (Manual Focus)

Focus mode indicator

DPOF

PREVIEW

Using Auto Focus

As its name suggests, Auto Focus focuses the image automatically. The automatic focus operation starts when you press the shutter release button down half way. The following is the Auto Focus range.

Range: Approximately 40cm to ∞ (1.3´ to ∞)

Keep pressing MF until there is no focus mode indicator on the display.

Compose the image so the main subject is within the focus frame, and then press the shutter release button half way.

• You can tell whether the image is focused by observing the focus frame and the green operation lamp.

Focus frame

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When you see this:

Green focus frame Green operation lamp

Green flashing focus frame Flashing green operation lamp

Press the shutter release button the rest of the

It means this:

The image is focused. The image is not in

focus.

way to record the image.

Using the Macro Mode

The Macro Mode lets you focus automatically on close up subjects. The automatic focus operation starts when you press the shutter release button down half way. The following is the focus range in the Macro Mode.

Approximately 14cm to 50cm (5.5˝ to 19.7˝)

Keep pressing MF until the is on the display.

Record the image.

• The focus and image recording operations are identical to those in the Auto Focus Mode.

• You can tell whether the image is focused by observing the focus frame and the green operation lamp. The indications of the focus frame and green operation lamp are the same as those in the Auto Focus Mode.

IMPORTANT!

• Optical zoom is disabled in the Macro Mode. Zoom is fixed at maximum wide angle.

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Using the Infinity Mode

The Infinity Mode fixes focus at infinity (∞). Use this mode when recording scenery and other faraway images.

Keep pressing MF until the is on the display.

Record the image.

Using Manual Focus

With the Manual Focus Mode, you can adjust the focus of an image manually. The following shows focus ranges in the Macro Mode for two optical zoom factors.

Optical Zoom Factor

Keep pressing

1X 3X

Approximate Focus Range

14cm (0.5´) to infinity (∞) 40cm (1.3´) to infinity (∞)

MF until MF

is on the display.

• At this point, a boundary also appears on the display, indicating the part of the image that will be used for manual focus.

Boundary

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While watching the image on the monitor screen, use [ ] and [ ] to focus.

Manual focus position

To do this: Focus out on the subject Focus in on the subject

• Pressing [ ] or [ ] causes the area inside of the boundary displayed in step 1 to fill the monitor screen momentarily to aid in focus. The normal image reappears a short while later.

Press the shutter release button to record the

Do this: Press [ ]. Press [

image.

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Using Focus Lock

Focus lock is a technique you can use to focus on a subject that is not located within the focus frame when you record an image. You can use focus lock in the Auto Focus Mode and the Macro Mode ( ).

Using the monitor screen, compose the image so the main subject is within the focus frame, and then press the shutter release button half way.

• The focus and image recording operations are identical to those in the Auto Focus Mode.

Focus frame

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pose the image as you like.

When the image is composed the way you want, press the shutter release button the rest

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of the way to record it.

NOTE

• Locking the focus also locks the exposure.

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Exposure Compensation (EV Shift)

Exposure compensation lets you change the exposure setting (EV value) manually to adjust for the lighting of your subject. This feature helps to achieve better results when recording a backlit subject, a strongly lit subject indoors, and a subject that is against a dark background.

Exposure Compensation Range: –2.0EV to +2.0EV Steps: 1/3EV

In a recording mode, press [ ] and [ ].

• This causes the exposure compensation value to appear on the monitor screen.

EV value

Press [ ] to increase the EV value. A higher EV value is best used for light-colored subjects and backlight subjects.

Press [ ] to decrease the EV value. A lower EV value is best for dark-color subjects and for shooting outdoors on a clear day.

• To cancel exposure compensation, adjust the value until it becomes zero.

Compose the image and then press the shutter relese button.

IMPORTANT!

• When shooting under very dark or very bright conditions, you may not be able to obtain satisfactory results even after performing exposure compensation.

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Recording Consecutive Images (Continuous Shutter Mode)

The Continuous Shutter Mode records images as long as you keep the shutter release button depressed. Note that the length of the interval between images depends on the image quality setting.

Press / DPOF to select the Continuous Shutter Mode (page

49).

• The Continuous Shutter Mode is selected when the indicator is on the monitor screen.

Hold down the shutter release button to record the images you want.

IMPORTANT!

• The flash does not fire during continuous shutter recording.

• You cannot use the self-timer in combination with the continuous shutter mode.

• Never remove the battery or memory card from the camera or unplug the AC adaptor while images are being saved to memory.

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Combining Shots of Two People into a Single Image (Coupling Shot)

The Coupling Shot Mode lets you record images of two people and combine them into a single image. This makes it possible for you to include yourself in group images, even when there is no one else around to record the image for you.

• Combined Images

• First Image This is the part

• Second

Image

of the image that does not include the person who is recording the first image.

Making sure that the background of the image is aligned correctly, record the image of the person who recorded the first image.

Align the mode dial with (Coupling Shot Mode).

First, align the focus frame on the monitor screen with the subject you want on the left side of the image, and then press the shutter release button to

Focus frame

record the image.

• The following settings are fixed for this image: focus, exposure, white balance, zoom, flash.

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Next, align the focus frame with the subject you want in the right side of the image, taking care to align the actual background with the semi-transparent image of the back-

Semi-transparent image

ground of the first image, which is shown on the monitor screen. When everything is aligned correctly, record the image.

• Pressing MENU any time after step 2 of the above procedure cancels the first image and returns to step

NOTE

• The Best Shot Mode (page 64) includes three sample scenes that use Coupling Shot. One of the scenes uses two shots on the left half and the right half of the image, as described in the procedure above. The first shot of the other two Coupling Shot sample scenes uses the left 1/3 of the image, while that of the remaining sample scene uses the right 1/3 of the image. Note, however, that the Coupling Shot sample scenes in the Best Shot Mode cannot be used in the Coupling Shot Mode.

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Recording a Subject onto an Existing Background Image (Pre-shot)

Pre-shot helps you get the background you want, even if you need to ask someone else to record the image for you. Basically, Pre-shot is a two-step process.

1. You compose the background you want and press the shutter release button, which causes a semi-transparent image of the background to remain on the monitor screen.

2. Ask someone else to record a shot of you against your original background, telling them to compose the image by using the semi-transparent monitor screen image as a guide.

• The camera stores the image produced by step 2 only.

• Depending on how the image is actually composed in

step 2, its background may not be exactly the same as the one you composed in step 1.

Note that Pre-shot is available in the Best Shot Mode only (page 64).

• Freeze the background on the monitor screen.

• Record the image, using the background on the monitor screen as a guide.

• This records the image.

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Align the mode dial with .

Use [ ] and [ ] to select “Pre-shot,” and then press SET.

Freeze the background on the monitor screen.

• Though a semi-transparent image of the background appears on the monitor screen in step 4, the background image is not saved in memory at this time.

• The following settings are fixed for this image: focus, exposure, white balance, zoom, flash.

Next, align the focus frame with the subject, composing the subject with the semitransparent background shown on the monitor screen. When everything is aligned

Semi-transparent image

correctly, record the image.

• This records the image composed on the monitor screen in step 4. The reference background image is not recorded.

• Pressing MENU any time after step 3 of the above procedure cancels the background image and returns to step 3.

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Using the Best Shot Mode

Selecting one of the 33 Best Shot scenes automatically sets up the camera for recording a similar type of image.

■ Example Sample Scene

■ Composition Outline

Selecting certain Best Shot scenes causes a composition outline to appear on the monitor screen. Use the composition outline to compose your image and achieve proper balance. The location of the composition outline depends on the sample scene you select.

Focus frame

Composition outline

Align the mode dial with .

• This enters the Best Shot Mode and displays a sample scene.

Use [ ] and [ ] to select the sample scene you want, and then press SET.

Record the image.

IMPORTANT!

• Sample scenes numbered 5 through 7 are Coupling Shot scenes (page 60). Sample scene number 8 is a Pre-shot scene (page 62).

• Best Shot scenes were not recorded using this camera. They are provided as samples only.

• Images recorded using a Best Shot scene may not produce the results you expected due to shooting conditions and other factors.

• You can change to a different sample scene by using [ ] and [ ] to select the scene you want and pressing SET.

Example: Recording a

portrait.

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Creating Your Own Best Shot Setup

You can use the procedure below to save the setup of an image you recorded for later recall when you need it again. Recalling a setup you save automatically sets up the camera accordingly.

Align the mode dial with .

• This enters the Best Shot Mode and displays a sample scene.

Use [ ] and [ ] to display “Register Favorites.”

Press SET.

Use [ ] and [ ] to display the image whose setup you want to register as a Best Shot scene.

Use [ ] and [ ] to select “Save,” and then press SET.

• This registers the setup.

• Now you can use the

procedure on page 64 to select your user setup for recording.

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IMPORTANT!

• Setups that you register as Best Shot Mode sample scenes are located after the built-in sample scenes.

• Note that formatting the built-in memory (page 103) deletes all Best Shot Mode user setups.

NOTES

• Best Shot Mode user setups are located in memory after the built-in sample scenes.

• The following are the settings that are included in a Best Shot Mode user setup: focus mode, EV shift value, filter, metering mode, white balance mode, color enhancement, flash intensity, sharpness, saturation, contrast, flash mode, ISO sensitivity, and aperture and shutter speed.

• Note that images recorded with this camera only can be used for registration of Best Shot Mode user setups.

• You can register up to 999 Best Shot Mode user setups.

• You can check the current setup of a scene by displaying the various setting menus.

• User setups are assigned file names using the format “UQVR3nnn.jpe” (where n = 0 to 9) or “UQVR4nnn.jpe”

(where n = 0 to 9).

■ To delete a Best Shot Mode user setup

Align the mode dial with .

• This enters the Best Shot Mode and displays a sample scene.

Use [ ] and [ ] to display the user setup you want to delete.

Press to delete the user setup.

• You can also delete a user setup by using your computer to delete its file in the “SCENE” folder in camera memory (page 122).

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Using the Night Scene Mode

The night scene mode extends the exposure time to produce beautiful night images.

Align the mode dial with .

Record the image.

NOTE

• When recording a portrait of a subject against a twilight or nighttime background, you can use the Night Scene Mode in combination with the flash to achieve a slow sync effect that causes the subject to stand out better.

IMPORTANT!

• Always mount the camera on a tripod when using the Night Scene Mode. This protects against blurred images caused by slow shutter speeds.

• Auto Focus may not be able to work properly when lighting is low. If this happens, focus the image manually (page 55). Trying to record a fast moving object can cause blurring of the image.

• The slower the shutter speed, the more likely it is that the recorded image will not match the image that is on the monitor screen when you press the shutter release button.

Shooting with Manual Exposure

In the Manual Exposure Mode, you can manually adjust shutter speed and aperture.

• Shutter Speed Setting Range

Shutter Speed

Brightness Movement

Slower Faster 2 seconds 1/1000 second (F2.6) 2 seconds 1/2000 second (F5.0)

Brighter Darker Flowing

Stopped

• Aperture Setting Range

Aperture

Brightness Focus

Wider Smaller

F2.6, F5.0 (Wide angle zoom)*

Brighter Darker Shallow

Deep

* The following shows how the optical zoom setting affects

aperture.

Zoom Wide Aperture Small Aperture

(Wide Angle) (Telephoto)

F2.6/3.0/3.4/3.8/4.2/4.6/4.8 F5.0/5.8/6.5/7.3/8.0/8.7/9.2

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Align the mode dial with M (Manual Exposure).

Use [ ] and [ ] to

Shutter speed value

specify the shutter speed, and then use [ ] and [ ] to specify the aperture value.

Aperture value

Compose the image and then press the shutter release button.

IMPORTANT!

• The shutter speed and aperture value on the monitor screen will turn orange when you press the shutter release button half way if the image is over-exposed or under-exposed.

• You may not be able to achieve the brightness you want when recording an image that is very dark or very bright. If this happens, adjust the shutter speed.

• Using slow shutter speeds can cause static noise to appear in the image.

• At shutter speeds slower than 1/8 second, the brightness of recorded image may not be the same as the brightness of the image that appears on the monitor screen.

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