Casio QV-5500SX manual

LCD Digital Camera Owner’s Manual QV-5500SX If you need help with your camera, please call: 1(800)435-7732 2 QUICK REFERENCE • Be sure to use alkaline, lithium or Ni-MH batteries. Never use manganese batteries. • Press down on the battery compartment cover at the point marked A A A A A in the above illustration until the cover locks into plac[...]

5 QUICK REFERENCE Deleting Images (page 79) 2 1 Slide the Function Switch to PLAY. Press MENU. 5 Press DISP. Use [+] and [–] to select “YES”, and then press the shutter button. 4 3 Use [+] and [–] to select “Delete”, and then press the shutter button. Use [+] and [–] to select “Select”, and then press the shutter button. Use [+] a[...]

9 FEATURES Movie and panorama images (pages 51, 53) Movie Play includes a buffer that lets you capture images of events that occurred before you pressed the shutter release. A built-in function lets you combine up to nine images into breathtaking panoramas. Quick Shutter Hold down the shutter button to record high-resolution images at a rate of one[...]

13 PRECAUTIONS Operating conditions • This camera is designed for use in temperatures ranging from 0 ° C to 40 ° C. • Do not use or keep the camera in the following areas. — In areas subject to direct sunlight — In areas subject to high humidity or dust — Near air conditioners, heaters, or other areas subject to temperature extremes —[...]

17 UNPACKING Loop Monitor screen facing down The soft case protects the camera against damage when it is dropped. Be sure to pass the strap through the loop on the soft case and keep the camera in its case when you are not using it. Using the Soft Case Keep the camera in its soft case to protect it when not in use. Using the Lens Cap Make sure the [...]

21 GENERAL GUIDE Lamp Color On Flashing Green Amber Red Auto Focus operation complete Exposure warning Cannot focus Memory full Cannot charge the flash Please wait (after power on) Image store operation in progress Flash is charging Memory error Lamps • The power/card access lamp is lit whenever power is turned on, re- gardless of whether the mon[...]

25 MONITOR SCREEN Pressing DISP causes various indicators to appear on the monitor screen. If the monitor screen is turned off, press DISP to turn on the monitor screen. To turn off the monitor screen, press the DISP button the re- quired number of times. You can then use the viewfinder to compose images. Turning off the monitor screen conserves ba[...]

29 Formatting a Memory Card You can format a memory card to delete all of the data stored on it. IMPORTANT! • Formatting a memory card deletes all images on the card, even if some or all of the images are protected. • Data deleted by a memory card format operation can- not be recovered! Be sure to carefully check and con- firm that you no longe[...]

33 POWER SUPPLY AC power terminal Using AC Power Use the optional AC adaptor (AD-C620) to power the cam- era from standard AC power. AC Adaptor precautions • Never use an electrical outlet whose voltage is outside the rating marked on the AC adaptor. Doing so can create the danger of fire or elec- trical shock. Use only the optional AC adaptor sp[...]

37 To select the date format Example: May 12, 1999 You can select any one of the following formats for the above date: 99/5/12, 12/5/99, 5/12/99. 1. Slide the Function Switch to PLAY. 2. Press MENU. 3. Select “Set Up” “Date” “Style”. 4. Use [+] and [–] to select the date format you want, and then press the shutter button. SETTING THE [...]

41 RECORDING 2. While keeping the shut- ter button depressed half way, move the cam- era and compose the im- age as you want. 3. Press the shutter button all the way down to record the image. Using Focus Lock Normally, Auto Focus automatically focuses on the object that is inside the Auto Focus Frame. Focus lock is a tech- nique that lets you lock [...]

45 RECORDING Resolution Settings The camera has four resolution modes: Super Fine ( ), Fine ( ), Normal ( ), Economy ( ). • To determine the number of images that can be stored on a memory card of a different capacity, multiply the capacities in the table by the appropriate value. • The actual number of images that can be stored in memory canno[...]

49 OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS IMPORTANT! • The focus range for Auto Focus depends on the digital zoom setting as shown below. Digital Zoom Focus Range OFF 0.3m to ∞ (1.0´ to ∞ ) 2X 0.5m to ∞ (1.6´ to ∞ ) 4X 0.8m to ∞ (2.6´ to ∞ ) • The camera may not be able to focus on an image within the Auto Focus frame if the subject is closer[...]

53 OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS Panorama Recording With panorama recording you record a series of images and then link them to create a single panoramic effect. 1. Slide the Function Switch to REC. 2. Press MODE and then select (PANORAMA). Panorama Recording Mode IMPORTANT! • Flash is disabled during movie recording. • Movie images that are upload[...]

57 OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS Using the Self-timer You can use the self-timer for either of the two following re- cording operations. 10-second recording .... Records about 10 seconds after the shutter button is pressed. Use this method when you want to be included in the image that is re- corded. 2-second recording ...... Records about two seconds [...]

61 OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS To make Record Menu settings 1. Slide the Function Switch to REC. 2. Press MENU. 3. Use [+] and [–] to select the category you want to set. 4. Use [+] and [–] to select the item you want to set. 5. Make the setting. • If you want to change other settings, repeat steps 4 and 5. • After you make the Record Menu se[...]

65 PLAYBACK PLAYBACK The following describes the different techniques that you can use to playback recorded images. Basic Playback Operation The built-in monitor screen of the camera lets you play back recorded images without connecting an external monitor. 1. Slide the Function Switch to PLAY. 2. Use [+] and [–] to scroll through the images stor[...]

69 PLAYBACK Regrouping Panorama Images Transferring a panorama to a personal computer causes its images to become ungrouped. If you download the pan- orama back to the camera, you will be unable to play it back as a panorama unless you use the following procedure to re- group the images. To re-group panorama images IMPORTANT! • You cannot group m[...]

73 PLAYBACK 1. Slide the Function Switch to PLAY. 2. Press MENU. 3. Select “View” “Slide Show”. 4. To stop Slide Show, press any button besides MENU. • Pressing MENU while a Slide Show is in progress dis- plays a screen that lets you change the interval within the range of 5 to 30 seconds. • Note that all buttons are disabled while an i[...]

77 To Protect and Unprotect a Single Image 1. Slide the Function Switch to PLAY. 2. Press MENU. 3. Select “Tools” “Protect”. 4. Select “Select”. 5. Select the image you want to protect. • Selected images are indicated by . • Repeat step 5 to select other images if you want. 6. After all the images you want to protect are se- lected,[...]

81 DELETING IMAGES To Delete All Unprotected Images 1. Perform steps 1 through 3 under “To Delete a Single Image” on page 79. 2. Select “All”. 3. Select “YES” to delete all unprotected images, or “NO” to abort the delete operation without deleting anything. • When the above procedure is performed while there are protected images i[...]

85 CONNECTING TO OTHER EQUIPMENT • See the documentation that comes with the QV Color Printer for details. • Performing a print operation for a movie prints the in- dividual frames that make up the movie. • Printing a panorama prints the individual images that make up the panorama. • Movie images contained in an AVI folder cannot be printed[...]

89 USING CompactFlash CARDS WITH YOUR COMPUTER Card Browser Card Browser makes it possible to use a browser application to view images recorded with the QV-5500SX. • The HTML file generated by this camera is best viewed us- ing Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or later, or Netscape Navigator 2.0 or later. It cannot be viewed using QV-LINK. • Qui[...]

93 1. Batteries not loaded correctly. 2. Dead batteries 3. Wrong AC adaptor 1. Auto Power Off 2. Low battery power 3. Use of manganese batteries. Use of the camera in cold temperatures. 1. Function Switch set to PLAY. 2. Flash unit is charging. 3. The message “MEMORY FULL” is on the moni- tor screen. 4. Insufficient memory card capacity or no m[...]

97 CF ERROR You must format the CompactFlash card before using it with this camera. FORMAT MENU MESSAGES Insert memory card! This camera cannot display the image you selected! This folder is full! MEMORY FULL Delete unneeded images. NO FORMAT There are no images on this memory card! There is no memory card installed in the camera. The JPEG image fi[...]

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