Casio QV-7000SX Performing Manual White Balance, Customizing Record Mode Power On Set, tings, To turn power on default settings on and off, WB, ting, button, button, and off

OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS		OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS

SPOT ........ Measures light in a limited

To make Record Menu settings

4. Use [+] and [–] to select the setting you want

Performing Manual White Balance

area in the center of the im-

and then press the shutter button.

Certain lighting conditions can cause Auto white balance to

age. Use this

setting when

1.Slide the Function Switch to REC.

• If you want to change other settings, press MENU and

take a very long time or can result in a limitation of the ad-

you want exposure to be in

then repeat steps 3 and 4.

justable range (color temperature). If you suspect your cur-

accordance with the lighting

2. Press MENU.

• The QUALITY, MOVIE MODE, and MOVIE TIME set-

rent lighting conditions are causing problems, try performing

of the subject itself, without

• MENU is disabled while the

tings you

make are always retained,

even when you

manual white balance. This sets white balance to a level that

being affected

by the light-

dial

is set to

turn off the camera.

can be used under any lighting conditions.

ing around the

periphery of

nothing happens

when

• For the WB, APERTURE, DIGITAL ZOOM, and ME-

The following procedure describes how to

perform manual

the subject.

white balance using a white piece of paper. For optimum re-

you

press MENU, change

TERING settings, you can use the procedure under

sults, you should use a special reflective plate that should be

SHARPNESS

......SOFT, NORMAL, HARD

the dial setting.

“Customizing Record Mode Power On Settings” on

commercially

available from a local

camera equipment

This setting is used when recording por-

page 63

specify whether or not settings should be re-

shop.

traits to control outlines.

3. Use [+] and [–] to select

tained when camera power is turned off.

SOFT ......... Select for a soft image.

the item whose setting

1.Slide the Function Switch to REC.

HARD ........ Select for a sharp image.

you want to change, and

TIME STAMP .......This setting controls whether or not a

then press the shutter

2. Press MENU.

time is imprinted inside the image.

button.

Turning on this feature causes the cur-

rent date to be “stamped” on the recorded

image. The date cannot be removed once

it is stamped.

FOLDER

..............Use this setting to select a folder in which

to store a recorded image.

OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS

3. Use [+] and [–] to select

7. After the camera finishes making the white bal-

To turn power on default settings on and off

Item

OFF

WB,

and then press the

ance setting, it returns to the screen shown in

(camera preset)

shutter button.

step 4 above. Press the shutter button to exit

Current Manual Mode white

AUTO

1.Slide the Function Switch to REC.

balance setting (page 59).

the manual white balance procedure.

2. Align the dial with

APERTURE

Current Manual Mode aper-

AUTO

Customizing Record Mode Power On Set-

ture setting (page 60).

DIGITAL ZOOM

Current Manual Mode digital

OFF

tings

4. Use [+] and [–] to select

zoom setting (page 60).

A power on setting is one that is set by the camera automati-

FLASH

Current flash mode

setting

AUTO

MWB, and then press the

(page 41).

shutter button.

cally whenever you turn it on. Normally, the camera uses its

AF/MF/MACRO

Current focus

mode setting:

own built-in

power on default

settings. With

the procedure

described here, however, you can tell the camera to save the

Auto Focus,

Manual

Focus

3. Use [+] and [–] to select

(page 49),

or Macro Mode

camera’s current WB (white balance), APERTURE, DIGI-

(page 50).

M O D E

M E M O R Y a n d

TAL ZOOM, FLASH, AF/MF/MACRO, and METERING set-

METERING

Current Manual Mode meter-

MULTI

tings in mode

memory when it is

turned off, and

to restore

then

press the shutter

5. Press MENU to start manual white balance set-

ing setting (page 60).

the setting when power is turned on again. Settings stored in

button.

ting.

mode memory override the camera’s preset defaults.

• Keep the camera pointed at the white piece of paper.

The following table shows the items whose settings you can

save in mode memory. Note that the procedure described

• Pressing the shutter button at this time returns the

here only lets you select ON (save current setting in mode

4. Use [+] and [–] to select the item you want, and

camera to the white balance setting that was obtained

memory) or OFF (use the camera’s preset default setting).

the last time you performed this manual white balance

The procedures for changing current settings can be found

then press the shutter button to toggle it on

procedure.

on the pages noted in the table.

and off.

6. The manual white balance procedure stops au-

• Turning an item on stores its current setting in mode

memory when the camera is turned

off, while turning

tomatically when it is done.

an item off tells the camera to use its preset default

• If the manual white balance procedure does not end

setting.

automatically, press the shutter button to interrupt it.