Casio QV-770 White Balance, Self-timerRecording, Panorama Recording, Manual Recording, times until the screen, shown on the right hand, the Self-timerRecording, hand

OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS		OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS

Self-timer Recording

2. Press MODE a number of

Self-timer

5. Compose the image on the monitor screen and

Panorama Recording

times until the screen

Recording Mode

then press the shutter button to start

the

There are three different Self-timer Recording Modes:

shown on the right hand

record operation.

With panorama recording you record a series of images and

single, movie, and future.

then link them to create a single panoramic effect.

appears, which indicates

• A 10-second countdown starts on the LCD. The shut-

• Single (SINGLE)

the Self-timer Recording

ter will release automatically when

the

end

of the

After about 10 seconds have elapsed, this mode records a

Mode.

countdown is reached.

single image.

• To cancel ongoing Self-Timer operation, press shutter

• Movie (MOVIE)

button.

Starts movie recording 10 seconds after the shutter button

is pressed. See “Movie Recording” on page 27 for details

NOTE

on movie recording.

3. Press MENU.

During self-timer recording,

you may

find

helpful to

• Future (FUTURE)

rotate the swivel lens mechanism

180 degrees

the

1. Slide the Function Switch to REC.

After about 10 seconds have elapsed, this mode

records

monitor screen faces the same direction

as the

lens.

the image in front of the lens the instant the shutter button

This way you can always see how much time is left until

2. Press MODE a number of

Panorama

is pressed, along with four subsequent images.

the start time is reached and recording begins.

times until the screen

Recording Mode

IMPORTANT!

shown on the right hand

The flash fires only when SINGLE is selected.

4. Use [+] and [–] to select the Self-timer Record-

appears, which indicates

the Panorama Recording

ing Mode you want to use, and then press the

1. Slide the Function Switch to REC.

Mode.

shutter button.

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OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS

3. Compose the image on the monitor screen and

Manual Recording

1. Slide the Function Switch to REC.

5. Use [+] and [–] to select the white balance (WB)

then press the shutter button to record.

setting you want to use, and then press the

With this operation you manually set the aperture and white

2. Press MODE a number of

Manual Recording Mode

•

The left edge of the previous image you recorded re-

shutter button.

balance to the settings you want to use in order to produce

times

until

the

screen

mains on the monitor screen, so you can use it to com-

special effects or to compensate for special conditions.

shown

on the

right

hand

•

The

indicator is in the upper left corner of the dis-

pose the next image correctly.

play screen.

• You can override automatic settings and manually set ex-

appears, which indicates

•

Up to nine images can be grouped into a panorama.

posure and white balance to create exactly the effects you

• Manual settings you make remain in effect until you

the

Manual

Recording

Press MENU when you want to stop a panorama re-

want for your images.

turn off power or change to another mode.

cording operation.

Mode.

6. Compose the image on the monitor screen and

•

If you want to link more

than 9 images into a pan-

Aperture

orama, upload the images to a computer and use your

then press the shutter button to record.

You can select AUTO, F2, or F8 as the aperture setting. F8

computer application to link them.

∞

•

The

image is recorded using the

aperture

and white

allows recording of a wider area (NORMAL Mode: 0.3m ~

3. Press MENU.

•

Aperture and white balance settings are locked when

balance settings you made above.

(11.8" ~∞

), MACRO Mode: 11 ~ 26cm (4.3" ~ 10.2")).

you record the first

image

of a panorama, and these

•

return the aperture and white

balance

settings to

settings are applied

to all

subsequent images in that

White Balance

their default (AUTO) settings, turn off the camera or

panorama.

select normal recording again and set the aperture

• See “Panorama Playback” on page 35 for details on

This settings lets you adjust white areas to produce a more

(APT) and white balance (WB) both to AUTO.

playing back panoramas.

natural-looking image.

• Panorama images that

are uploaded to a personal

WB1

.... Use this setting when indoor lighting is making

4. Use [+] and [–] to select

computer and then downloaded back to the camera

WB1

cannot be played back using panorama playback.

the image appear reddish.

the

aperture (APT) set-

WB2

.... Use this setting when indoor lighting is making

ting you want to use, and

WB2

the image appear bluish.

then

press

the

shutter

WB3

.... Use this setting for outdoor recording.

WB3

button.

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