Casio QV-2900 Review

By Movable Type Admin


Steve's Digicams


Casio

QV-2900UX





Playback Modes & Screens

Casio QV-2900


Flipping the mode dial to Play will display the last image captured full screen as shown above. Pressing the SET/DISP button will cycle between this display and the two following frames with different exposure information shown.




Casio QV-2900

Here you can see the drive mode (single or continuous), the exposure mode (P, A, S, M), the metering mode (multi, center or spot), the white balance, the flash mode, the aperture value and shutter speed.




Casio QV-2900

The final play info screen shows a histogram which displays the dynamic range of the captured image as indicated by the black to white bar underneath. If you press the DISP button again all of the overlay info is removed, this is useful when doing a slideshow on a TV screen.




Casio QV-2900

If you push the zoom control lever to the wideangle position during playback it toggles the thumbnail index mode. Nine small images are displayed per screen and you can move the arrow to the desired image to quickly display it fullscreen.




Casio QV-2900

If you push the zoom control lever to the telephoto position it enlarges the image 2x or push it again to enlarge 4x, then you can scroll around the magnified image to check for critical focus, composition or color.




Casio QV-2900

The QuickTime movies can also be displayed in the camera.




Casio QV-2900

While displaying a 1600 x 1200 size still image you can press the focus button and resize it down to the smaller 800 x 600 size.




Casio QV-2900

From the Play menu you can enter the SETUP sub menu (shown on the previous page), Delete one or all images, set DPOF print information, Protect one or all images or start a Slideshow.




Casio QV-2900

You can use the Folders option to create or change to different image folders on your memory card.







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