Casio also throws in a copy of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5. Reader Comments! Intro and Highlights 2. Executive Overview 3. Design 4. In normal recording mode, the "Menu" button brings up a screen allowing you to select "manual" mode, by forcing the aperture to either f2 or f8, or by explicitly selecting one of the fixed white balance settings.
Movie Mode In "Movie" mode, the frames-remaining indicator switches to indicate the number of movies that may be recorded in available memory, and the flash indicator blinks, indicating that flash isn't available in this mode. The "menu" button has no function in this mode. Serial-Recording Mode This could also be called "timed exposure mode. When in any of the continuous modes, the flash is disabled, and the flash icon blinks on the LCD screen. Self-Timer Mode Self-Timer mode is indicated by a stopwatch icon.
In this mode, the menu button brings up choices for Single, Movie, or Future recording modes. If you choose one of the continuous modes, the flash is disabled, and the flash icon blinks on the LCD screen. Panorama Mode We discussed panorama mode at some length earlier. On the QV, panoramas may only be taken with the camera in a horizontal "landscape" orientation, so the menu button has no function.
The QV allows panoramas to be captured with the camera oriented either vertically or horizontally. Image Review Once you've taken one or more pictures, you can view them on the LCD panel by flipping the back-panel switch to "Play.
To review your images more quickly, you can switch to a 4-up or 9-up index display via the "menu" button. In Play mode, you also have the option of zooming in on the image, using the LCD screen as a "window" into the full picture. Zoomed in, the full image is about twice as large as the LCD screen, and you can pan around to inspect the full detail of the picture. In-Camera Image Manipulation As digital cameras become increasingly "smarter," it becomes practical to do more and more image manipulation within the camera itself.
Casio has taken this capability to new heights with the QV, allowing you to cut-out one image in any of several different shapes and overlay it on another; change the color of an image; rotate an image in the display, filling the sides of the horizontal frame with any of a choice of colors; or add titles to your images. Titles are created by capturing a high-contrast image using a special recording mode, selecting one of several standard banner formats, choosing title and banner colors, and finally picking an image to drop the title onto.
Title backgrounds can even have varying degrees of transparency! The image manipulation and titling capability is clearly directed at those who would use the camera's video-out capability see below for presentations driven directly from the camera.
Some may question the benefit of assembling presentations in the camera, rather than on a computer and simply uploading the results back to the camera for display. While the camera's standalone capabilities are obviously less than those of a software package running on a host PC, we found the in-camera capabilities both more useful and more fun than we had anticipated: You might not want to rely on the QV's presentation capabilities to sell a multi million-dollar business deal, but they'd be absolutely great for family "slide shows," or school projects.
Memory The QV stores images on 4 megabytes of internal non-removable memory. This will hold 30 images in "fine" mode, 60 in "normal" mode, and in "economy" mode. Movie files occupy the same space as 2 "fine" quality images. The QV-Link software is quite straightforward in its operation, and versions for both Mac and PC platforms ship with the camera.
In the most normal mode of operation for QV-Link, you would most likely begin by opening the camera's memory as an index of thumbnail images. From there, it's easy to select multiple images for download, and then pull down all the selected shots in a single download. Alternatively, the camera's entire memory image can be downloaded for later sorting and culling in a single operation. Images from the host can also be uploaded back to the camera, increasing the QV's usefulness as a presentation device.
On the Windows platform, the maximum data-transfer rate is 57, baud. This translates into an image-transfer time of roughly 7 seconds, with another 3 seconds per image required for processing and screen display on our MHz Pentium.
On the Mac platform, the maximum transfer speed doubles to , baud, which would proportionately reduce the transfer times. This protocol was developed specifically to transfer picture files between digital imaging devices. We don't know much about the details of the QV's implementation, but in many devices, IR-TranP is faster than serial port transfers, and requires no troublesome cabling. Camera-Camera Connections Shoot them, collect them, trade them with your friends!
We're not sure just what application this would serve, other than in a high school full of gadget-happy kids. Its not hard to imagine kids swapping pictures of each other during study hall.
Other than this though, we confess we're hard-pressed to understand how one would effectively use this capability Video Output Casio was one of the first companies to include video output capability on their cameras, a function that is now commonplace.
We've mentioned this ability earlier, and the concept of using the camera as a presentation tool. We vacillate somewhat though, as to how frequently the typical user will take advantage of this capability. For casual one-on-one sharing, the built-in LCD screen is often sufficient. For a better viewing experience, whether in home or office, there's frequently a computer handy, and computer CRTs always look better than televisions.
On the other hand, regardless of where you are, you can probably find a television handy that will either have a jack for direct video input, or have a VCR attached that does.
Overall, video-out is a handy feature, and one that we'd rather have than do without. Power The QV is powered by four standard 1. Casio recommends either alkaline or lithium primary cells, but we also had good luck with Rayovac Renewal rechargeable alkalines, NiCd, and NiMH batteries. A word of caution though: We've heard from earlier QV-camera users that the lower operating voltage of most rechargeable batteries can cause the camera to fatally "hang" as the batteries approach the end of their usable charge.
We can't verify this, but suggest you be very careful not to push your batteries too far: Recharge them fully at the first sign of a low-battery warning! As with most similarly-equipped cameras, the LCD panel on the QV consumes large amounts of power. Extended viewing of images will drastically shorten your battery life. That said, although we didn't conduct any formal tests, our general impression was that batteries lasted somewhat longer in the QV than in other LCD-equipped cameras.
Nonetheless, our standard recommendation that you use high-capacity NiMH rechargeable batteries for all your digital cameras holds here as well. Moderated in this case by Casio's recommendation against that battery type. Included Software The QV has one of the richest assortments of included software we've seen to date in any digital camera. Basic camera operation and connectivity is provided by Casio's own QV-Link application for both Mac and Windows platforms.
All of these basic applications allow full control over uploading and downloading to or from the camera, and are all you really need to get images into or out of the QV Several of the included software packages provide for image manipulation, and the creation of various creative items such as calendars, cards, etc.
All of these provide for basic image manipulation and project creation. PhotoDeluxe includes the greatest number of "guided activities," and the most fonts and project templates, while Ixlaphoto includes "album" organization capabilities, tools for business presentations, and the ability to create simple web pages. ColorDesk's claim to fame is more extensive image manipulation, and a special color-matching system to insure good-looking printouts.
Spin Panorama is a panorama "stitching" program, that lets you combine multiple shots into wide panoramic views. Used in conjunction with the special panorama mode of the QV, it is particularly easy to assemble panoramic images.
The panorama shooting mode helps you line up successive shots, making the final stitching process easier, and the seams between images less evident. Conversely, Spin PhotoObject lets you take pictures of an object from all sides, and then combine them into a QuickTime "object" that you can turn and look at different sides of on your computer. Test Results As with all Imaging Resource camera tests, we encourage you to let your own eyes be the judge of how well the devices performed: Explore the links at the bottom of this page, to see how well the QV performed, and how its images compare to other cameras you may be considering buying.
Overall, we found the image quality of the QV to be a bit better than average for VGA-resolution cameras, with improved color saturation relative to the QV Its resolution measured-out at about line pairs per picture height in both horizontal and vertical directions.
On a positive note though, the QV's images were almost entirely free of the color artifacts that plague most digital cameras when taking pictures of high-contrast objects with fine detail. Color accuracy on the QV was quite good, with good saturation relative to other units we've tested. The increased color saturation was one of the few noticeable differences between its images and those of the earlier QV Overall, the improved color saturation produced brighter, more colorful and more appealing images, although skin tones sometimes came out a little ruddy.
While it didn't prove to be much of a problem under normal shooting conditions, the tonal range of the QV is also somewhat compressed: In scenes with contrasty lighting, you're likely to lose detail in both the shadows and the highlights.
This tendency was more evident in strong highlights, but we found we could generally compensate fairly well by using the manual exposure compensation to bring down the overall exposure level one notch. The QV's macro lens setting performed well: At closest approach, it captured an area as small as 4. We found that flash exposure behaved differently on the QV As noted earlier, under fairly bright incandescent lighting, using the flash resulted in fairly yellowish images.
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