Contents
Warning .......................................................................... 2
IMPORTANT .................................................................. 2
Preface ........................................................................... 6
1 Getting Ready
LOADING THE BATTERIES ........................................................................................................................................... 12
INSERTING THE MEDIA ................................................................................................................................................ 14
SELECTING THE LANGUAGE ...................................................................................................................................... 18
2 Using the Camera
BASIC OPERATION GUIDE ........................................................................................................................................... 19
TAKING PICTURES (AUTO MODE) .............................................................................................................................. 23
INDICATOR LAMP DISPLAY ............................................................................................................................. 26
NUMBER OF AVAILABLE FRAMES .................................................................................................................. 26
USING AF/AE LOCK .......................................................................................................................................... 27
USING THE ZOOM (OPTICAL ZOOM / DIGITAL ZOOM) ................................................................................. 28
BEST FRAMING ................................................................................................................................................. 28
PLAYBACK MODE
VIEWING THE IMAGES (PLAYBACK) ........................................................................................................................... 29
Single-frame playback / Fast-forwarding through the images / Multi-frame playback ........................................ 29
Single-frame playback / Playback zoom / Panning / Trimming ........................................................................... 30
ERASING IMAGES (ERASE FRAME) ............................................................................................................................ 31
3 Advanced Features
B STILL PHOTOGRAPHY / MOVIE
PHOTO MODE STILL PHOTOGRAPHY /MOVIE
QUALITY MODE (NUMBER OF RECORDED PIXELS) ................................................................................................. 32
Quality settings in Movie mode ........................................................................................................................... 32
B STILL PHOTOGRAPHY
PHOTO MODE STILL PHOTOGRAPHY
SENSITIVITY .................................................................................................................................................................. 33
FinePix COLOR .............................................................................................................................................................. 35
STILL PHOTOGRAPHY FUNCTIONS
FOCUSING (DISTANCE) ............................................................................................................................................... 36
EXPOSURE (SHUTTER SPEED AND APERTURE) ..................................................................................................... 37
TAKING PICTURES - SELECTING THE CAMERA SETTINGS .................................................................................. 38
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AUTO
SCENE POSITION ......................................................................................................................................................... 40
Portrait ................................................................................................................................................................ 40
Landscape .......................................................................................................................................................... 40
Sports .................................................................................................................................................................. 40
Night scene ......................................................................................................................................................... 40
PROGRAMMED AUTO .................................................................................................................................................. 41
SHUTTER-PRIORITY AUTO .......................................................................................................................................... 42
APERTURE-PRIORITY AUTO ....................................................................................................................................... 43
MANUAL ......................................................................................................................................................................... 44
FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................................................... 45
Auto flash mode .................................................................................................................................................. 46
Red-eye reduction ............................................................................................................................................... 46
Forced flash ........................................................................................................................................................ 47
Slow synchro ....................................................................................................................................................... 47
Increasing the monitor brightness ................................................................................................................ 47
MANUAL FOCUS ........................................................................................................................................................... 48
CONTINUOUS AF .......................................................................................................................................................... 49
CONTINUOUS SHOOTING ............................................................................................................................................ 50
Auto bracketing ................................................................................................................................................... 51
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Final 5-frame continuous shooting ...................................................................................................................... 51
Nomenclature ................................................................. 8
Long-period continuous shooting ........................................................................................................................ 52
EXPOSURE COMPENSATION ...................................................................................................................................... 54
USING AE LOCK ............................................................................................................................................................ 55
MACRO (CLOSE-UP) ..................................................................................................................................................... 56
PHOTOGRAPHY INFORMATION .................................................................................................................................. 57
STILL PHOTOGRAPHY MENU ...................................................................................................................................... 59
SELF-TIMER PHOTOGRAPHY ...................................................................................................................................... 59
WHITE BALANCE ........................................................................................................................................................... 60
AF MODE ........................................................................................................................................................................ 61
MULTI ................................................................................................................................................................. 61
CENTER ............................................................................................................................................................. 62
AREA .................................................................................................................................................................. 62
PHOTOMETRY ............................................................................................................................................................... 63
BRACKETING ................................................................................................................................................................. 63
SHARPNESS .................................................................................................................................................................. 64
MULTIPLE EXPOSURE ................................................................................................................................................. 64
FLASH BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT ........................................................................................................................... 65
USING AN EXTERNAL FLASH ...................................................................................................................................... 65
B MOVIE
PLAYING BACK MOVIES ............................................................................................................................................... 69
B PLAYBACK
PLAYBACK INFORMATION ........................................................................................................................................... 70
ERASING SINGLE / ALL FRAMES ................................................................................................................................ 71
AUTO PLAY (AUTOMATIC PLAYBACK) ....................................................................................................................... 75
RECORDING VOICE MEMOS ....................................................................................................................................... 76
PLAYING BACK VOICE MEMOS ................................................................................................................................... 78
DPOF SET FRAME ........................................................................................................................................................ 80
DPOF ALL RESET .......................................................................................................................................................... 82
4 Settings
SET-UP ........................................................................................................................................................................... 83
I SET-UP menu options ..................................................................................................................................... 83
USING THE SET-UP SCREEN .......................................................................................................................... 83
IMAGE DISPLAY ................................................................................................................................................ 84
Preview zoom / Displaying information for photographed images / Continuous shooting preview (image checking) .. 85
FORMAT (media initialization) ............................................................................................................................ 86
ADAPTER SETTING .......................................................................................................................................... 87
CCD-RAW ........................................................................................................................................................... 88
5 Software Installation
5.1 THE SOFTWARE COMPONENTS ........................................................................................................................... 89
5.3 INSTALLATION ON A Mac OS 9.0 TO 9.2 ............................................................................................................... 92
6 Viewing Images
6.1 CAMERA CONNECTION ......................................................................................................................................... 98
6.2 USING FinePixViewer ............................................................................................................................................. 103
Applicable Batteries .............................................. 107
Notes on the Batteries ........................................... 107
Notes on using the AA-size Ni-MH batteries correctly ... 108
AC Power Adapter ................................................ 108
Procedure for discharging rechargeable Ni-MH batteries ... 109
Notes on the Media (xD-Picture Card™ and Microdrives) ... 110
Troubleshooting ......................................................... 113
Specifications ............................................................ 115
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