I List Of Functions Available In Each Mode; I List Of Menu Options Available In Each Mode; Taking Pictures — Selecting The Camera Settings - FujiFilm FinePix S20 Pro Owner's Manual

STILL 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.
1
Select the Photography mode (➡P.40-44, 67-68).
Specifies all settings other than Quality, Sensitivity and FinePix COLOR
on the camera.
Selects the best Scene Position setting (
Sports or Night scene) for the scene being shot.
/ / Changes the aperture or shutter speed setting so that the action is
frozen, so that the flow of the motion is conveyed, or so that the
background is out of focus.
Adjusts all the camera settings yourself.
Shoots a movie.
2
Specify the photography settings (➡P.45-55).
Flash
Macro/ Super macro Uses for close-up shots.
AE lock
Exposure compensation
Continuous shooting
3
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.32-35, 57-66).
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 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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Portrait, Landscape,
Uses for shots in dark locations or for backlit subjects,
etc.
Fixes the exposure settings.
Uses the AE exposure as a reference value of 0, this
function brightens (+) or darkens (–) the shot.
Uses to take a series of continuous shots or to use
auto bracketing (with exposure compensation).
Sample settings
Set the Mode dial to " " and select a slow shutter speed. (Use a
tripod to avoid camera shake.)
Set the Mode dial to " " 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.

I List of functions available in each mode

Photography mode
Function
Auto flash mode YES
YES
Red-eye reduction
Flash Forced flash YES
Slow synchro NO
NO
Red-eye reduction+ slow synchro
YES
Macro/ Super macro
YES
AE lock
NO
Exposure compensation
Focus mode (S-AF/MF/C-AF) YES
YES
Top 10-frame
NO
Auto bracketing
Continuous
Final 10-frame YES
shooting
YES
Long-period (up to 40 frames)
✽ The flash cannot be used for Continuous shooting and Super Macro.
✽ Long-period continuous shooting and high-sensitivity photography cannot be used together.

I List of menu options available in each mode

Factory
Defaults
1M YES
QUALITY
✽2
FinePix ISO AUTO YES
Photo mode
YES
FinePix COLOR -STANDARD
OFF YES
Self-timer
White balance AUTO NO
MULTI NO
CENTER NO
CENTER
AF mode
AREA NO
Photography MULTI NO
Photometry
menu
±1/3EV NO
Bracketing
Sharpness NORMAL NO
OFF NO
Multiple exposure
Flash brightness
0 NO
adjustment
OFF NO
External flash
✽1 The factory default quality for Movie mode is 640 × 480 pixels.
✽2 AUTO can only be set in "
✽ High-sensitivity photography cannot be used together with Long-period continuous shooting.
✽ AREA cannot be used together with continuous AF (C-AF).
When shutter speed and aperture adjustments alone do not give the correct exposure.
When the image is too bright
Lower the sensitivity setting.
Use an ND filter (Sold separately).
YES NO YES NO NO NO NO NO
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NO YES YES YES NO
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" mode.
When the image is too dark
Raise the sensitivity setting.
Use flash or the brightness adjustment
function.
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NO
NO
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NO
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NO
NO
✽1
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