Taking Pictures — Selecting The Camera Settings; Movie Mode - FujiFilm FinePix E500 Owner's Manual

PHOTOGRAPHY FUNCTIONS
TAKING PICTURES — SELECTING THE CAMERA SETTINGS
Consider the scene you are photographing and the sort of image you want to
achieve when you specify the camera settings. A general guide is given below.
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Select the Photography mode (➡P.32-36, 64, 65).
B Specifies all settings other than Quality, Sensitivity and FinePix COLOR
on the camera.
m/,/.// Selects the best Scene position setting for the scene being shot.
N/M/<
Changes the aperture or shutter speed setting so that the action is
frozen, the flow of the motion is conveyed, or the background is out of
focus.
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Adjust all the camera settings yourself.
r
Record a movie.
2
Specify the photography settings (➡P.37-41).
e Macro/ ¤ Super macro Use for close-up shots.
d Flash
D
Exposure compensation Use the AE exposure as a reference value of 0. This
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Take the pictures (check the exposure and focus ➡ adjust
the shot composition ➡ press the shutter button down fully).
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You can use the menus for more detailed settings (➡P.42-49, 66).
The table below provides a number of sample settings. Use the settings effectively.
To achieve this result
To express the motion of the subject
To freeze the subject's movement
To make the subject stand out by having the background
out of focus
To get a very large depth of focus
To prevent the image from having a red or blue cast
due to the light source
To avoid missing snapshot opportunities
To prevent the subject from being overexposed or
underexposed and to show the substance and textures
of the subject clearly.
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Use for shots in dark locations or for backlit subjects,
etc.
function brightens (+) or darkens (–) the shot.
Sample settings
Set the Mode dial to "M" and select a slow shutter speed. (Use a
tripod to avoid camera shake.)
Set the Mode dial to "M" and select a fast shutter speed.
Set the Mode dial to "<" and select a wide aperture setting.
Set the Mode dial to "<" and select a narrow aperture setting.
Change the "White balance" setting in the photography menu.
Take pictures in AUTO mode (see "Using the Camera").
Use exposure compensation.
Select (+) if the background is pale and (–) if the background is
dark.
■ List of functions available in each mode
Photography mode
Function
e Macro / ¤ Super macro P.37
x Auto flash
P.39
b Red-eye reduction P.39
d Flash d Forced flash
P.39
c Slow synchro
P.39
n Red-eye reduction + Slow synchro P.39
D Exposure Compensation
P.41
■ List of menu options available in each mode
Factory
Defaults
4 N (FinePix E500)
P.42,
y Quality
÷ N (FinePix E510)
P.66
FinePix
✽1
S ISO
Photo P.43 AUTO
mode
J FinePix COLOR P.44 p-STANDARD
* Self-timer P.46 OFF
) Multi
P.47
ç
) Multi
Photometry
_ Spot P.47
A White balance P.47 AUTO
Menu
AF P.48
H
Options
AF
Focusing
MF P.48
G Sharpness P.49 NORMAL
z Flash
P.49 ±0
(brightness adjustment)
✽1 AUTO can only be set in "
✽2 The factory default resolution for Movie mode is 320 × 240 pixels.
When shutter speed and aperture adjustments alone do not give the correct exposure.
When the image is too bright
S
Lower the sensitivity setting.
m , . /
B N M < >
YES NO NO NO NO YES YES YES YES
YES YES NO YES NO YES NO NO NO
YES YES NO NO NO YES YES YES YES
YES YES NO YES NO YES YES YES YES
NO YES NO NO YES YES NO YES NO
NO YES NO NO YES YES NO YES NO
NO NO NO NO NO YES YES YES NO
m, ,, ., /
B N M < >
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
YES YES YES YES YES YES
YES YES YES YES YES YES
YES YES YES YES YES YES
NO NO YES YES YES YES
NO NO YES YES YES YES
NO NO YES YES YES YES
YES YES YES YES YES YES
NO NO YES YES YES YES
NO NO YES YES YES YES
NO NO YES YES YES YES
B
" mode.
When the image is too dark
S
Raise the sensitivity setting.
Use flash or the brightness adjustment
function.
r
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
r
✽2
NO
NO
NO
3
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
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