Casio QV-7000SX Camera Shake Indicator, Flash Indicator, 2. Press

RECORDING

Using the Flash

• The monitor screen goes blank and the operation indicator

IMPORTANT!

•

The flash unit will not charge when battery power is

flashes amber while the flash unit is charging.

low. The

indicator flashes red to warn you that the

• Never use the flash in areas where combustible or ex-

You can use the built-in flash unit to provide illumination dur-

flash will not fire correctly, which may affect exposure

plosive gas is present. Doing so creates the danger of

ing recording.

of the image. Replace batteries as soon as possible

fire and explosion.

when this happens.

• Never fire the flash in the direction of a person operat-

1.S l i d e

t h e F u n c t i o n

•

Red-eye reduction may not work well when the cam-

ing a motor vehicle. Doing

so can interfere with the

era is not pointed directly at the subject or when the

Switch to REC.

driver’s vision and create the danger of accident.

subject is far from the camera.

• Never fire the flash while it is too close to the subject’s

2. Press

eyes. Intense light from the flash can cause eye dam-

• In the Red-eye Reduction Mode, the flash is fired au-

Operation indicator

tomatically in accordance with exposure. Because of

age if it is fired too

to the eyes,

especially with

• Each

press of

cycles

this, the flash will not fire in a well-lit area.

young children. When

using

the flash,

the camera

through

the flash

mode in

button

Camera Shake Indicator

should be at least one meter (40") from the eyes of the

•

White balance is fixed while the flash is being used, so

the following sequence:

the coloring of the recorded image may be affected by

subject.

Auto

Off

Red-

The

(camera shake indicator) appears on

the monitor

sunlight, fluorescent lighting, or other sources of illu-

• Make sure that you do not touch or block the flash or

eye Reduction.

mination in the immediate area.

screen whenever flash is turned off and shutter speed is

light sensor with your fingers. Doing so can soil these

slow.

appears, use the flash or

components and interfere with correct flash operation.

Indicator

Flash Mode

Description

• If the camera shake indicator

• Flash should be used for distances within the range of

None

Auto Flash

Flash is automatically enabled and

use a tripod to steady the camera.

does not appear

about 0.7 meters to 2 meters (2.3 to 6.6'). Flash does

• Note that the camera shake indicator

not work well outside this range.

disabled in accordance with expo-

sure conditions.

in the Night Mode (page 54).

• Depending on operating conditions (type of battery

being used, temperature, etc.), it may take up to 10

Flash On

Flash is always fired, regardless of

Flash Indicator

seconds for the flash unit to charge.

exposure conditions.

• The flash is disabled during movie recording. The

Flash Off

Flash is never fired, regardless of

When you press the shutter button half way, the flash icon

indicator flashes to indicate this condition.

exposure conditions.

appears on the monitor screen to indicate that the flash will

Red-eye

Fires a pre-flash followed by re-

fire when shutter button is pressed the rest of the way down.

Reduction

cording with flash, which reduces

the chance of red-eye.

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RECORDING

Changing the Lens Orientation

Resolution Settings

•

Numbers in parentheses are compressed image file sizes.

• The figures in the left are approximations only. The actual

The lens of the camera is built into a lens body that is de-

The camera has four resolution modes: SUPER FINE (

number of images depends on image subject matter.

signed to rotate. This means you can change the angle of

FINE ( ), NORMAL (

), ECONOMY (

Use the procedure under “Using the Record Menu” on

the lens without moving the rest of the camera.

•

To determine the number of images that can be stored on a

page 59 for details on changing the resolution modes.

memory card of a different capacity, multiply the capacities

• Note that the maximum number of images that can be

in the table by the appropriate value.

stored in a single folder is 250. Because of this, even if you

•

The actual number of images that can be stored in memory

are using a card that allows storage of more than 250 im-

cannot be specified precisely because the amount of

ages, the camera’s monitor screen will show capacity for

memory required for storage of each image differs accord-

up to 250 images only. You will be able to store the addi-

A .......LCD when shutter but-

ing to image contents.

tional images by changing to another folder.

ton is pressed (in the Re-

• The number of images that can be recorded may be less

cord Mode)

Setting Indicator

when HTML file generation is turned on (page 114).

B ....... LCD when image is play-

Rotates up to 90

Rotates up to 180

ed back from

camera

towards the front

towards the back

memory

Resolution

SUPER

FINE

NORMAL

ECONOMY

FINE

• Any images recorded while the lens body is rotated so the

IMPORTANT!

Number of Images

lens is pointed from the back of the camera are stored as

8MB memory card

mirror images of the image that appears in the LCD before

• Do not apply excessive force when rotating the lens

Number of Images

the shutter button is pressed.

body. Doing so can cause serious damage to the lens.

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• Do not carry the camera or move it around while hold-

48MB memory card

(option)

ing onto only the lens body.

File Size

• Return the lens body

to its normal position (with the

500KB

350KB

200KB

112KB

lens pointing from the front of the camera) before stor-

(per image)

ing the camera.

Computer

1280 x 960

1280 x 960 1280 x 960

640 x 480

Output image

pixels

4344