Casio EX-P700 Review



Playback Modes
Turning the Mode Dial to the PLAY position brings up the image last captured.
Pressing the 4-way controller left or right scrolls through the stored images.
The "musical note" icon indicates that an audio memo has been attached to the image. To play
the audio you press the SET button.
Photos taken in portrait (vertical) orientation will be auto-rotated during playback
for proper display on the LCD or TV screen.
Pressing the DISP button enables the display of all of the exposure data: Shutter
speed, aperture, ISO value, Shooting mode, Flash mode, White Balance and Metering option
as well as the histogram.
Pressing the zoom control to Wide angle changes the playback display
format to the thumbnail index mode with nine images per page. You can quickly search
through your stored images to find one to display full screen with the 4-way
controller.
The playback image can be magnified up to 8x in many steps each time you press
the zoom Telephoto button. You can scroll around inside of the enlarged
image using the 4-way controller. Pressing the Zoom Wide angle button will
reduce it back down again.
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Pressing the MENU button in PLAY mode brings up this screen. From here you can start
an automated Slide show, display the calendar, copy Favorite pictures to the FAVORITES
folder in internal memory, set DPOF printing information, Protect image(s) from
deletion, Rotate portrait mode images, Resize image to smaller size for web use
or e-mail, Trim (crop) images, create a HTML album of your pictures,
turn the Alarm on or off and Copy images
from internal memory to SD card or vice-versa. The Setup menu is identical to
Setup menu in record mode, see the previous review page.
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, and Stop.
Audio memos up to 30 secs. can be recorded and attached to still images.
Playing back an audio memo attached to the image.
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 e-mail or web
use then select the Resize option and create a 1600 x 1200, 1280 x 960 or 640 x 480 size image.
The Trimming feature allows you to crop photos in the camera. ![]()
Create HTML-based photo albums.
You can select from a variety of page styles and background colors and then the camera
will create all the necessary HTML code. You can now view all your pictures using an
Internet browser like Internet Explorer, no special graphic programs required.
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