Casio YC-430 PJ Manuale utente

MULTI PJ CAMERA

Multifunctional Camera System

Camera User’s Guide

Thank you for purchasing this CASIO product.

• Before trying to use this camera, be sure to

carefully read “Safety Precautions”in the

MULTI PJ CAMERA/Multifunctional Camera

System YC-430 User’s Guide.

• Be sure to keep all user documentation

handy for future reference.

2CONTENTS

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 9

About This Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Read this first! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Precautions during Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

GETTING READY 23

Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

■To load the battery 23

■To charge the battery 24

■Replacing the Battery 28

■Battery Precautions 28

Turning Power On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Using a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

■Loading a Memory Card into the Camera 34

■Replacing the Memory Card 35

■Formatting a Memory Card 36

Using On-screen Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

■Configuring Monitor Screen Settings 39

■Selecting a Screen Layout (Layout) 40

■Turning Display Information On and Off (Info.) 43

■Adjusting Monitor Screen Brightness (Brightness) 45

■Adjusting Monitor Screen Image Quality (Type) 46

If you lose your way... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Using the Camera on a Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

■Extra Batteries 48

■Using the Camera in another Country 48

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SHOOTING A SNAPSHOT 49

Holding the Camera Correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Shooting a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

■Changing the Image Size 54

■Specifying Image Quality 55

■Turning Off the AF Assist Lamp 56

■Snapshot Shooting Precautions 57

■Auto Focus Restrictions 58

Shooting with Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Using Instant Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Using Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Using the Self-Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Using Continuous Shutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

■Selecting the Continuous Shutter Mode 71

■Recording with Normal-speed Continuous

Shutter, High-speed Continuous Shutter,

and Flash Continuous Shutter 71

■Recording with Zoom Continuous Shutter 72

■Continuous Shutter Precautions 73

Adding Audio to a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

SHOOTING A MOVIE 76

Movie Image Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Shooting a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

■Movie Recording Precautions 78

USING BEST SHOT 80

Reducing the Effects of Hand and Subject

Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Taking Bright Images without Flash . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Shooting Images of Business Cards

and Documents (Business Shot) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Shooting ID Photographs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Restoring an Old Photograph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

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ADVANCED SETTINGS 96

Changing the Focus Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

■Using Auto Focus 98

■Using Macro Focus 99

■Using Fixed Focus (Pan Focus) 102

■Using Infinity Focus 103

■Using Manual Focus 103

Correcting Image Brightness (EV Shift) . . . . . . . 105

Controlling White Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Specifying ISO Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Specifying the Metering Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Using the Camera’s Filter Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Controlling Image Sharpness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Controlling Color Saturation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Adjusting Image Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Date Stamping Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Using the On-screen Histogram to

Check Exposure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Other Useful Recording Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 119

■Using Key Customize to Assign Functions

[W] and [X]119

■Displaying an On-screen Grid 120

■Displaying the Image You Just Recorded

(Image Review) 121

■Using Icon Help 121

■Using Mode Memory to Configure Power

On Default Settings 122

■Resetting the Camera to Its

Initial Factory Defaults 124

VIEWING SNAPSHOTS AND MOVIES126

Viewing a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

■Listening to the Audio of an Audio Snapshot 127

Viewing a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Playing a Slideshow on the Camera . . . . . . . . . . 130

Viewing Camera Images on a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Zooming the Displayed Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Using the 12-image Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Using the Calendar Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

5CONTENTS

EDITING IMAGES 140

Resizing a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Cropping a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Keystone Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Using Color Restoration to Correct the Color

of an Old Photograph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Editing the Date and Time of an Image . . . . . . . . 146

Rotating the Displayed Image of a Snapshot . . . 147

Editing a Movie on the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Creating a Snapshot of a Movie Frame

(MOTION PRINT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

USING AUDIO 155

Adding Audio to a Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Recording Audio Only (Voice Recording) . . . . . . 158

MANAGING YOUR FILES 161

Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Protecting a File Against Deletion . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Using the FAVORITE Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Copying Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

DELETING FILES 168

Deleting a Specific File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Deleting All Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Deleting FAVORITE Folder Snapshots . . . . . . . . 169

6CONTENTS

OTHER SETTINGS 171

Configuring Camera Sound Settings. . . . . . . . . . 171

Turning the Startup Screen On or Off . . . . . . . . . 173

Specifying the File Name Serial Number

Generation Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Changing the Date and Time Setting . . . . . . . . . . 174

Using World Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

■Configuring World Time Settings 176

Changing the Display Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Changing the USB Port Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

[ ] (REC) and [ ] (PLAY) Button Settings . . 179

Formatting Built-in Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

PRINTING 182

Types of Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Using Professional Print Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Using Your Printer to Print Images . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Using DPOF to Specify Images to be Printed

and the Number of Copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

■Date Stamping 190

Supported Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

USING THE CAMERA WITH A

COMPUTER 193

What you can do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Using the Camera with a Windows Computer . . 194

■Viewing and Storing Images on a Computer 196

■Managing Images on Your Computer 202

■Retouching, Reorienting, or Printing Snapshots 204

■Playing Movies 205

■Viewing User Documentation (PDF) Files 206

■Exiting the CD-ROM Menu 206

Using the Camera with a Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . 207

■Viewing and Storing Images on a Macintosh 209

■Managing Images on Your Macintosh 215

■Playing Movies 216

■Viewing User Documentation (PDF Files) 216

■Registering as a User 217

Reading Files Directly from a Memory Card . . . . 217

Memory Card Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

7CONTENTS

APPENDIX 221

General Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Monitor Screen Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Menu Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Display Menu Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Indicator Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Troubleshooting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

■Find the Problem and Fixing It 235

■Display Messages 239

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Getting the Most Out of Your Camera

Snapshots

Shooting with Optimum Setups

➞USING BEST SHOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Portrait, Scenery, Night Scene, Night Scene Portrait, Children, etc

Adding Special Effects

➞USING BEST SHOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Monochrome, retro, etc.

Compensating for Hand or Subject Movement

➞

Reducing the Effects of Hand and Subject Movement . . 85

Increasing Sensitivity when Lighting is Dim

➞Taking Bright Images without Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Making Images of Business Cards, Documents, and

Meeting Information (White Board) Easier to Read

➞Shooting Images of Business Cards and Documents

(Business Shot) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Shooting ID Photos

➞Shooting ID Photographs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Selecting the Best Focus Mode for Shooting Conditions

➞Changing the Focus Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Eliminating Light Source Color Cast

➞Controlling White Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Sharpening or Softening Subject Outlines

➞Controlling Image Sharpness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Enhancing or Reducting Color Saturation

➞Controlling Color Saturation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Increasing or Decreasing Contrast

➞Adjusting Image Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Movies

➞Shooting a Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Snapshots

CONTENTS

9INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION

This manual covers the stand-alone operation of the digital

camera that is part of the CASIO MULTI PJ CAMERA/

Multifunctional Camera System.

■BEST SHOT for beautiful shots simply by

selecting a sample image built into the

camera

Simply select the scene that is similar to what you want to shoot

(Night Scene Portrait, Flower, etc.), for instant camera setups. A

dedicated [BS] button gives you direct access to the BEST

SHOT library of sample scenes.

■Direct Mode Power On

About This Manual

Features

Example: Select for skillful shots of a fast-moving pet.

BEST SHOT Screen

Example: Select for beautiful portraits.

To record, press [ ] to

power up in the REC mode.

To view images, press

[ ] to power up in the

PLAY mode.

10 INTRODUCTION

■A powerful collection of useful recording

features

•Hand movement and subject movement reduction using high

shutter speed (page 85)

•High-sensitivity recording avoids dark images, even when the

flash is not being used (page 87)

•Quick Shutter for very high-speed focus (page 102)

■High-quality (Motion JPEG) movie recording

(page 76)

•MOTION PRINT for printing of a

movie scene as a single image

(page 153)

■Powerful Print Features

•DPOF feature for easy specification of date stamping and the

number of copies (page 187)

•Timestamp feature that stamps the date into the image data

(page 115)

•Support for PictBridge and USB DIRECT-PRINT for easy at-

home printing on a printer that supports one of these

standards, without a computer (page 184)

■Multi-function USB Cradle

You can place the camera on the USB cradle to perform the

following operations.

– Battery charging (page 23)

– Photo Stand slideshow of images (page 132)

– Connection to a TV for viewing on the TV screen (page

134)

– Connection to a printer for image printing (page 184)

– Connection to a computer for transfer of images to the

computer (pages 196, 209)

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