Casio QV-R51 Review


Record Screens & Menus
(Note: These screen shots were taken from a .pdf user manual as the QV-R51
lacks a video output port which we use for our normal screen captures.)
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Here's the LCD display in record mode with all possible screen icons shown. The actual
amount of screen information shown is dependant on camera settings and you can have a
perfectly "clear" view by pressing the DISPlay button several times.
![]() Pressing the DISP button toggles the realtime histogram display ![]()
In Manual Focus mode you can adjust the focus from 14cm (0.5ft) to infinity in wide angle
or 40cm (1.3ft) to infinity in telephoto using the
Left and Right of the 4-way selector. An on-screen distance slider will be displayed.
![]() The Best Shot mode has 21 pre-defined "scenes" that you can select from to suit your shooting conditions. These scenes will automatically set the appropriate camera functions and values to produce the best possible images.
Select from: portrait, scenery, portrait
w/scenery, coupling shot, pre-shot,
children, candlelight portrait, party, pet, flower, natural green,
sundown, night scene, night scene portrait, fireworks, food, text, collection,
monochrome, retro, twilight
or create your own Best Shot scene.
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Movie Mode lets you record up to 60 seconds of 320 x 240 motion video. There is
no microphone so the movies are silent. Using the internal 10MB of memory you can record
a total of 60 seconds, using a 64MB SD card you can record ~410 seconds. Movie clips are
saved in standard AVI format (Motion JPEG).
The Coupling Shot mode lets you record images of two people and combine them into a single image. This makes it possible for you to include yourself in group images, even when there is no one else available to take the picture.
Another unique recording mode is Pre-Shot. With this feature you can compose the
background you want and record it. A transparnet view of the background image remains on
the monitor screen so you can ask someone to record you against the background, using the
monitor screen image as a guide. Only the second image is stored in camera memory,
showing you against the background you want.
Recording options:
Self-timer - 2 sec, 10 sec, x3 Size - 2560x1920, 2560x1712 (3:2), 2048x1536, 1600x1200, 1280x960 or 640x480 Quality - Fine, Normal, Economy EV Shift - Exposure compensation +/- 2EV in 0.3EV steps White Balance - Auto, Sunlight, Shade, Incandescent, Fluorescent or Manual ISO - Auto, 50, 100, 200, 400 AF Area - Auto focus area: Spot or Multi Metering - Multi, Center-Weighted, Spot Filter - Off, B&W, Sepia, Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Pink, Purple Sharpness - Soft, Normal, Hard Saturation - Low, Normal, High Contrast - Low, Normal, High Flash Intensity - Weak, Normal, Strong Grid - Off, On Digital Zoom - Off, On Review - Off, On L/R Key - REC Mode, EV Shift, White Balance, ISO, Self-timer, Off The MEMORY options allow you to memorize the settings of the REC Mode, Flash, Focus, White Balance, ISO, , AF Area, Metering, Flash Intensity, Digital Zoom, Manual Focus Position and Zoom Position, retaining them from power off to power on.
The SETUP menu options let you number files sequentially, turn the beep sounds
on or off, select a startup image, set the home time and world time, adjust the clock,
set the menu language (English, French, German, Spanish or Italian), set the sleep
timer (30s, 1m, 2m, Off), set the auto power off time (2m, 5m, Off), Format the
memory or perform a system reset to default values.
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When adjusting the White Balance settings you can actually "see" what difference
there is in the colors of your subject thanks to a live preview.
![]() The World Time feature lets you keep track of the current time at home and in another time zone when traveling or for any other reason. It also eliminates the need to make troublesome clock settings whenever you travel to another time zone. You can set up to three alarm times and even have a specific image appear on the monitor screen as a reminder when an alarm time is reached. |
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