Casio EX-Z850 Review



Playback Modes
Pressing the Play button brings up the image last captured. The default information is
displayed: image size (8-megapixel), quality (Fine), file number, battery level indicator, and
time and date of capture are shown. Pressing the 4-way controller left or right scrolls through
the stored images. A "musical note" icon (not shown) indicates there is an audio memo attached,
press the SET button to play the audio.
Pressing the DISP button enables the display of the exposure data: EV compensation (0.0), ISO
used (ISO 100) Best Shot mode used (Auto), flash mode, white balance (AWB), metering, Aperture
value (f4.0), Shutter speed (1/60) as well as the histogram.
The playback image can be magnified up to 8x when you press
the telephoto button. You can scroll around inside of the enlarged
image. Pressing the wide angle button will
shrink it back down again.
Here you can see the playback of a movie, which is saved in .AVI format. It gives you "VCR" like
buttons to control Rewind, Play, Fast-Foward, Stop, and volume.
You can edit the length of the movie clips.
From the Play menu you can start an automated Slideshow, create a MotionPrint from a movie, edit
a movie, turn Anti-Shkae on or off, change the white balance, adjust the brightness, use
Keystone correction, correct the color of an image, copy Favorite pictures to the FAVORITES
folder in internal memory, set DPOF printing information, Protect image(s) from deletion, change
the time and date and image was captured, Rotate portrait mode images, Resize images for web use
or email, Trim (crop) images, include a voice memo (Dubbing), and Copy images from the internal
memory to an SD card or vice-versa.
Audio memos up to 30 secs. can be recorded and attached to still images.
You can also play back your audio-only clips. The
sound will be heard through the camera's built in speaker.
If you shot your picture at the highest resolution and need it for email or web use then select
the Resize option and create a 6m (2816x2112), 4m (2034x1728) or VGA (640x480) size image.
Sounds - Adjust camera sounds (Startup, Shutter, Operation, and Volume) Startup - On (Selectable image), Off File No. - Continue or Reset World Time - Home and World Time setup (city, DST, etc.) Timestamp - Date, Date&Time, Off Adjust - Set Time and Date Date Style - YY/MM/DD, DD/MM/YY, MM/DD/YY Language - Choose menu language Sleep - 30 sec, 1 min, 2 min, Off Auto Power Off - 2 min, 5 min REC / Play - Power On, Power On/Off, Disable USB - Mass Storage (USB DIRECT-PRINT), PTP (PictBridge) Video Out - NTSC or PAL Format - Format, Cancel Reset - Restore factory defaults |
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