■ Indicator Lamp Display
Display
Lit green
Blinking green
Blinking green and orange
alternately
Lit orange
Blinking orange
Blinking red
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Subjects not suitable for autofocus
Though the FinePix 3800 uses an accurate autofocus mechanism, it may have difficulty focusing or not be able
to focus at all for the types of subject and situation listed below. In such cases, the image may be out of focus.
h Very shiny subjects such as a mirror or car body.
h Subjects photographed through glass.
h Subjects that do not reflect well, such as hair or fur.
h Subjects with no substance, such as smoke or
flames.
h When the subject is dark.
h When there is very little contrast between the subject
and the background (such as white walls or subjects
dressed in the same color as the background).
Ready to shoot.
AF/AE operating or camera shake/AF warning (ready to shoot)
Recording data to the xD-Picture Card (ready to shoot).
Recording data to the xD-Picture Card (not ready to shoot)
Charging the flash (flash will not fire)
i xD-Picture Card-related warning
The xD-Picture Card is not loaded, is not formatted, is incorrectly formatted or is fully
recorded. xD-Picture Card fault.
i Lens operation error.
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Status
h Subjects moving at high speed.
h When something other than your subject is close to
the AF frame, has contrasting areas of light and
dark and is either closer or further away than your
subject (as when you photograph someone against
a background with strongly contrasting elements).
For subjects of this type, use AF/AE lock (➡P.29).
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