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(Note: Please excuse the quality of some screen captures, the EX-Z1000
does not have video out when in record mode so we had to take
these from the user's manual.)
When you press the display button, this menu will appear. If controls the Layout (Normal or
Panel), amount of overlay information, Brightness, and Type of display that is shown. Below you
can see examples of both the Panel and Normal screens.
Here you can see the Panel display, using the typical Auto record mode. Along the right hand side
of the frame are icons for Image size/quality, Flash mode, Self-timer, Anti-Shake, ISO, White
balance, EV compensation, and the Time. On the right you can also see the live histogram
display.
This "Panel" is actually a shortcut menu. Pressing the SET button in the center of the 4-way controller allows
you to toggle settings. A very "cool" feature.
And here is the "Normal" display mode. There is very little information displayed, just the
amount of pictures remaining, image size/quality, time&date, and on the right you can see the
live histogram.
Press the "BS" button to select the Record mode:
- Auto - Program AE snapshot mode
- Movie mode (see below)
- Best Shot "scene" modes:
Portrait, Scenery, Portrait with Scenery, Children, Sports, Candlelight Portrait, Party, Pet, Flower, Natural
Green, Autumn Leaves, Soft Flowing Water, Splashing Water, Sundown, Night Scene, Night Scene Portrait,
Fireworks, Food, Text, Collection, For eBay, Backlight, Anti Shake, High Sensitivity, Pastel, Illustration,
Cross, Monochrome, Retro (sepia), Twilight, ID Photo, Old Photo, Business Card and Documents, White Board, and
Register (custom build your own BS mode)
- Audio only to make voice recordings
When taking a shot of a business card, document, whiteboard, or similarly shaped object from an angle, it
can cause the subject to appear angularly distorted. Business card/Document and White board/etc. modes
automatically correct the shape of rectangular objects to make them appear like the camera was positioned
directly in front of them.
Here is a screen showing the framing Grid display. You activated this via the
record menu. This is a helpful framing guide to ensure you get level shots.
The EX-Z1000 can record high quality motion video at 640x480 (30fps) with sound in one of two
quality settings (HG or Normal) or smaller 320x240 (15fps.) The length is only limited by the
capacity of your memory card and the life of your battery. The zoom can not be used while
recording, but can be preset before. Motion video clips are encoded into MPEG-4 AVI format.
The Z1000 can also be used like an audio recorder. Approx. 25 minutes can be
recorded using the internal memory. When using optional memory card
the length is limited only by available memory, file size is 5.5KB per second.
Standard Windows WAVE/ADPCM ".WAV" format.
MENU (REC tab):
Focus - AF, Macro, PanFocus (movie only), Infinity, MF
Continuous - Continuous drive mode, On or Off
Self-timer - Off, 2 or 10 secs, and 3x (takes a series of three shots)
Anti Shake - Auto, Off (still image mode only)
AF Area - Auto focus area: Spot (center only), Multi (9-area)
AF Assist Light - On, Off
Instant Zoom - On, Off
Digital Zoom - Digital zoom feature, On or Off
L/R Key - Assign function to the Left and Right keys of 4-way controller
Quick Shutter - Super fast snapshot mode, On or Off
Audio Snap - Record audio with snapshots, On or Off
Grid - Display grid lines, On or Off
Review - Review image after capture, On or Off
Icon Help - Onscreen text labels, On or Off
Memory - Memorize settings between power off and on
MENU (Quality tab):
Size - 10m (3648x2736), 10m 3:2 (3648x2432), 10m 16:9 (3648x2048), 5m (2560x1920), 3m (2048x1536), 2m (1600x1200), VGA (640x480)
Snapshot Quality - Fine, Normal, Economy
Movie Quality - HQ, Normal, LP
EV Shift - Exposure compensation ±2.0EV in 0.3EV steps
White Balance - Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Shade, Fluorescent N,
Fluorescent D, Tungsten, and Manual
ISO - Auto, 50, 100, 200, 400
Metering - Multi, Center-weighted, Spot
Filter - Off, BW, Sepia, Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Pink, Purple
Sharpness +2, +1, 0, -1, -2
Saturation +2, +1, 0, -1, -2
Contrast +2, +1, 0, -1, -2
Flash Intensity +2, +1, 0, -1, -2
Flash Assist - Auto or Off
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