Casio QV-700 How to avoid hand movement…, Fluorescent Lighting, NORMAL/MACRO Switch, Caution, Important, Shooting with the Flash, back from camera memory

Recording Images Operation

Caution	Shooting Images Outdoors
Never open the battery compartment cover, disconnect the AC	Note that strong direct or reflected light can cause vertical lines in an
adaptor from the camera or unplug it from the wall socket while the	image. This is due to the characteristics of the camera’s charge-cou-
“WAIT” message is on the LCD. Doing so will not only make storage	pled device (CCD), and it does not indicate malfunction of the cam-
of the current image impossible, it can also corrupt other image data	era.
already stored in camera memory.
	Shooting with the Flash
How to avoid hand movement…	With the AUTO Flash Mode, the camera automatically fires the flash
Any hand movement when you press the shutter button can causes	whenever it	detects that	lighting is	too low. Note	that the monitor
	screen image	disappears and	the charger	lamp flashes	to indicate
blurring of the recorded image. Note the following points on avoiding
	that the flash unit is recharging. See “Using the Flash” on page 41 for
hand movement.
	full details on using the flash.
• Make sure there is no excessive movement of the image of the ob-
ject on the LCD.	Important!
	Do not fire the flash when it is located a very short distance from a
Fluorescent Lighting	person, especially when it is pointed at the person’s face. Doing so
	creates the danger of eye damage.
Fluorescent lighting actually flickers at a frequency that cannot be
detected by the human eye. When using the camera indoors under	Changing the Lens Orientation
such lighting, you may experience some brightness or color problems	The lens of the camera is built into a			lens body that is designed to
with recorded images.
	rotate. This means you can change the angle of the lens without mov-
	ing the rest of the camera.

Rotates up to 90	°	Rotates up to 180	°
towards the front		towards the back

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	Recording Images	Operation
• Any images recorded while the lens body is rotated so the lens is		NORMAL/MACRO Switch
pointed from the back of the camera are stored as mirror images of		The NORMAL/MACRO switch tells the camera
the image that appears in the LCD before the shutter button is
		how much distance there	will be between the
pressed.
		lens and the object whose image you are record-
		ing. The following table describes the conditions
		covered by each switch setting.
		is shown on the monitor screen whenever the
		macro position is in use.
			(NORMAL)		(MACRO)
		Focus Range	0.7 meters to	∞	14 to 16 cm
	A		(2.3' ~ ∞	)	(5.5" ~ 6.3")
		The above figures indicate the distance from the lens protection filter
		to the subject.
A ....... LCD when shutter button is		Resolution Modes
pressed (in the Record Mode)		The camera has three resolution modes: FINE (			), NORMAL (	),
B ....... LCD when image is played		and ECONOMY (	). The following shows the number of images that
	B	can be recorded on a 2MB memory card in each mode.
back from camera memory		• 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. In the case of a 4MB memory card, for example,
		multiply by 2.
Important!		• The actual number of images that can be recorded may differ some-
• Do not apply excessive force when rotating the lens body. Doing so		what from the values provided below, due to the amount of memory
		required for storage of different types of images.
can cause serious damage to the lens.
• Do not carry the camera or move it around while holding onto only		Resolution	Indicator	Number of Images
the lens body.		Mode
		FINE			Approximately 14
• Return the lens body to its normal position (with the lens pointing
			(approximately 133KB compressed)
from the front of the camera) before storing the camera.
		NORMAL			Approximately 26
			(approximately 70KB compressed)
		ECONOMY			Approximately 47
			(approximately 38KB compressed)
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