Casio QV-5500SX User Manual
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OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS
To make Record Menu settings
1.
Slide the Function Switch to REC.
2.
Press MENU.
3.
Use [+] and [–] to select the category you want
to set.
4.
Use [+] and [–] to select the item you want to
set.
5.
Make the setting.
• If you want to change other settings, repeat steps 4
and 5.
• After you make the Record Menu settings you want,
select EXIT.
• For the Focus, Metering, and White Blance settings,
you can use the procedure under “Customizing
Record Mode Power On Settings” on page 63 specify
whether or not settings should be retained when cam-
era power is turned off. All other settings are retained
when power is turned off.
Item
Category
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OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS
Performing Manual White Balance
Certain lighting conditions can cause Auto white balance to
take a very long time or can result in a limitation of the ad-
justable range (color temperature). If you suspect your cur-
rent lighting conditions are causing problems, try performing
manual white balance. This sets white balance to a level that
can be used under any lighting conditions.
The following procedure describes how to perform manual
white balance using a white piece of paper. For optimum re-
sults, you should use a special reflective plate that should be
commercially available from a local camera equipment
shop.
1.
Slide the Function Switch to REC.
2.
Press MENU.
3.
Select “Record Options 1”
“White Balance”
“Manual”.
4.
Keeping the camera pointed at the white sheet
of paper, press DISP to make the manual white
balance settings.
• Pressing the shutter button at this time returns the
camera to the white balance setting that was obtained
the last time you performed this manual white balance
procedure.
5.
The manual white balance procedure stops au-
tomatically when it is done.
• If the manual white balance procedure does not end
automatically, press the shutter button to interrupt it.
6.
After the camera finishes making the white bal-
ance setting, it returns to the screen in step 3
above. Select “Exit” to exit the manual white
balance procedure.
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OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS
Customizing Record Mode Power On Set-
tings
A power on setting is one that is set by the camera automati-
cally whenever you turn it on. Normally, the camera uses its
own built-in power on default settings. With the procedure
described here, however, you can tell the camera to save the
camera’s current Recording Mode, Flash, Focus, Metering
and White Balance settings in mode memory when it is
turned off, and to restore the setting when power is turned on
again. Settings stored in mode memory override the
camera’s preset defaults.
The following table shows the items whose settings you can
save in mode memory. Note that the procedure described
here only lets you select ON (save current setting in mode
memory) or OFF (use the camera’s preset default setting).
The procedures for changing current settings can be found
on the pages noted in the table.
Single
Auto
Auto
Multi
Auto
Recording
Mode
Flash
Focus
Metering
White Balance
R e c o r d i n g M o d e w h e n
power is turned off.
Current flash mode setting
(page 43).
Current focus mode setting:
Auto Focus, Manual Focus
(page 50), or Macro Mode
(page 50).
Current Manual Mode meter-
ing setting (page 59).
Current Manual Mode white
balance setting (page 59).
Item
ON
OFF
(camera preset)
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OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS
To turn power on default settings on and off
1.
Slide the Function Switch to REC.
2.
Press MODE, and then select
.
3.
Select “Mode”.
4.
Select the item whose setting you want to
change.
5.
Select “On” or “Off”.
• Repeat steps 4 and 5 for other items if you want.
• After you are finished making the settings you want,
press MENU.
Initializing Mode Memory
Use the following procedure to initialize the mode memory.
IMPORTANT!
Note that performing the following procedure to initialize
mode memory also initializes power save trigger time
settings (page 35).
1.
Perform steps 1 through 2 under “To turn
power on default settings on and off”.
2.
Select “Restore”.
• The following table shows the mode memory status of
each item following the above procedure.
Item
Initialized Setting
Recording Mode
Off
Flash
On
Focus
Off
Metering
Off
White Balance
Off
• An item that is “On” stores its current setting in mode
memory when camera power is turned off, and restores the
setting when power is turned back on again.
• An item that is “Off” uses the camera’s preset power on
default setting.