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Record Screens & Menus
Above you can see the EX-Z2000's Auto or Point-n-shoot exposure mode. This is your basic exposure program that handles all of the exposure
process for you. However, you do have access to settings like ISO, AF
mode, Exposure compensation, white balance, etc. Icons on the screen are
the AF frame, battery level indicator, Anti-Shake is set to Auto (shaky hand
symbol), number of frames remaining and along the right you can see image mode (14m/Fine), flash
mode (off), etc. These settings can be accessed by the short-cut menu
(shown below).
When
you half-press the shutter release the autofocus is locked and the
exposure is calculated and set. If autofocus was successful the AF
marks will turn green, if it fails they turn red and blink. The camera also indicates the aperture and shutter speed values it chose, and the red lighting bolt icon shows that the flash is charged and will fire. This frame also indicates that the camera is using Macro focus.
View of the Premium Auto mode. This is Casio's version of "intelligent Auto", and tries to achieve
the best image quality possible by recognizing the shooting
environment, and selecting the best scene mode settings (like Macro above). This is more
draining on the battery than shooting is standard Auto mode and takes
longer to process photos (meaning a slower shot-to-shot time).
Here you can see the camera in Macro focus mode. This allows the EX-Z2000 to focus from 4.7 - 19.7 inches (12- 50cm).
Super Macro mode locks the zoom to a specific position, and allows you to get as close as 1.9-inched (5cm).
Here is a view
of the movie recording mode. Recording movies is as easy as pressing the movie record button on the back of the camera. Press the button again to stop recording.
Zooming while recording is disabled in movie mode, although you can use the digital zoom (which we recommend using sparingly as it degrades quality). Movies are saved as Motion JPEG (.AVI) files.
View of the Premium Auto mode. This is Casio's version of "intelligent Auto", and tries to achieve
the best image quality possible by recognizing the shooting
environment, and selecting the best scene mode settings (like Macro above). This is more
draining on the battery than shooting is standard Auto mode and takes
longer to process photos (meaning a slower shot-to-shot time).Here you can see the camera in Macro focus mode. This allows the EX-Z2000 to focus from 4.7 - 19.7 inches (12- 50cm).Super Macro mode locks the zoom to a specific position, and allows you to get as close as 1.9-inched (5cm).Here is a view
of the movie recording mode. Recording movies is as easy as pressing the movie record button on the back of the camera. Press the button again to stop recording.
Zooming while recording is disabled in movie mode, although you can use the digital zoom (which we recommend using sparingly as it degrades quality). Movies are saved as Motion JPEG (.AVI) files. 
The Casio EX-Z2000 has 40 Best Shot Presets for a wide variety of shooting conditions. Pressing the telephoto Zoom control allows you to see a brief description of the mode that you currently have selected. These are accessed by
pressing the "BS" button on the top of the camera.
Pressing DISP or "Up" on the 4-way controller allows you the option to control how much
information is shown on the LCD screen. You have the choice of standard information (default), extended info with histogram, or no icons at all. There is also a grid display option available in the Rec. menu that helps with orientation (not shown above).
To
access the shortcut menu, you simply press the SET button. Then
using the Up/Down directions of the 4-way control, you can scroll through the
list. To change a desired setting use the left/right keys of the 4-way
control. The shortcut
list can be customized to your needs by pressing the Menu button at any time when using this interface.
Rec Menu:
- Focus - AF, Macro, Super Macro, Infinity, MF
- CS
- Normal Speed CS, 4fps, 10fps, Flash CS, Off
- Self Timer - 10 Sec, 2 Sec, x3, Off
- Auto Shutter - Detect Blur, Detect Panning, Detect Smile, Off, Sensitivity
- Face Detection - On or Off
- Anti Shake - Auto, Camera AS, Image AS, DEMO, Off
- AF Area - Intelligent,Spot,
Multi, Tracking
- AF Assist Light - On or Off
- Focus Frame - Here you can
change the focus frame to different icons such as a heart, a
flower, etc. or set the camera to select randomly
- Digital Zoom - On or Off
- Quick Shutter - On or Off
- Grid - On or Off
- Review - On or Off
- Icon Help - On or Off
- Memory - Allows the camera to save your last setting for certain features
The Memory tab
in the REC menu is used to set the defaults of listed functions. When
the camera is powered back on the camera it will either restore any changed items
to their original default settings or remember the last setting used.
Quality Menu:
- Size - 14M, 3:2, 16:9, 10M, 6M, 3M, VGA
- Image Quality - Fine, Normal, Economy
- Movie Quality - HD, STD, LP
- Effect - Make-up, Landscape, Off
- EV Shift - ±2.0 EV
- White Balance - Auto, Daylight, Overcast, Shade, Day White Fluorescent, Daylight Fluorescent, Tungsten, Manual WB
- ISO - Auto, 64,
100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200
- Metering - Multi, Center Weighted, Spot
- Lighting - On, Extra or Off
- Color Filter - Off, B&W, Sepia, Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Pink, Purple
- Sharpness - +2, +1, 0, -1, -
- Saturation - +2, +1, 0, -1, -
- Contrast
- +2, +1, 0, -1, -2
- Flash Intensity - +2, +1, 0, -1, -2
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