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FujiFilm NEXIA 3100IXZ MRC Owner's Manual

FujiFilm NEXIA 3100IXZ MRC Owner's Manual

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CERTIFIED PHOTOFINISHING SERVICE
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Have your film processed by a Photo Finisher which displays the above sign.
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Different Photo Finishers may provide different services.
Consult them for details of their services.
Owner's Manual
The "CE" mark certifies that this product satisfies the require-
ments of the EU (European Union) regarding safety, public
health, environment and consumer protection. ("CE" is the
abbreviation of Conformité Euroéepnne.)
This product conforms with Directive 89/336/EEC.

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  • Page 1 CERTIFIED PHOTOFINISHING SERVICE Have your film processed by a Photo Finisher which displays the above sign. Different Photo Finishers may provide different services. Consult them for details of their services. Owner’s Manual The “CE” mark certifies that this product satisfies the require- ments of the EU (European Union) regarding safety, public health, environment and consumer protection.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS FEATURES ....... PART NAMES ......1.

  • Page 3: Part Names

    PART NAMES q Shutter Release Button w AE Light Sensor e Viewfinder Window r Film Cartridge Compartment Cover Release Knob t Strap Lug y AF (Autofocus) Window u Flash i Remote Control Sensor o Self-Timer/Remote Controller Lamp !0 Super EBC Fujinon Lens !1 Viewfinder Eye-piece !2 Battery Compartment Cover (See the illustrations while you read this manual.)
  • Page 4 Liquid crystal display Liquid Crystal Display The diagram shows all crystal displays in the “on” state. @4 Red-eye Reduction Flash Mode @5 Fill-in Flash Mode/Flash off Mode @6 Landscape Mode @7 Night Portrait Mode @8 Battery Capacity @9 Date Display (Type of Film Cartridge/Camera ISO Display) #0 Exposure Counter/Self-timer Count #1 Film Cartridge Mark...

  • Page 5: Preliminary Steps Attaching The Strap

    1. PRELIMINARY STEPS ATTACHING THE STRAP Pass the smaller loop end of the strap through the Fig. 1 camera’s strap lug. Next, pass the longer loop end of the strap through Fig. 2 the smaller loop, and pull the longer loop end.

  • Page 6: Loading The Battery

    LOADING THE BATTERY Use the following lithium battery. # (One) 3V lithium battery. CR2/DL CR2 or equivalent. ✻ One lithium batter y has enough power for taking approximately 300 shots (Based on our test conditions). ✻ If many rolls of Film are used, when travelling, for example, it is desirable to take spare batteries (particular in areas where it may be difficult to obtain batteries).

  • Page 7: Power On/Off

    Check the battery capacity sign on the Liquid Crystal Fig. 5 Display. q on: Battery capacity is OK. w on: Battery capacity is insufficient; provide a new battery. e blink: Shutter release will not trip because the battery has no charge; change the battery. ✻...

  • Page 8: Setting And Correcting The Date (Year:month:day/Hour:minute)

    When the power is turned on, the lens cover opens, Fig. 7 the lens unit extends toward the front and the flash unit pops up, setting the camera in a condition where it is ready to take pictures. ✻ Do not restrict the motion of the lens cover with your fingers when you turn the power on.
  • Page 9 Press the DATE button to select the next number Fig. 9 blinking in the order Year ¡ Month ¡ Day ¡ Hour ¡ Minute. Press the r button q to correct the numerals blinking in the liquid crystal display. If you press the DATE button w at this time, the blinking numerals to be corrected will change in sequence from Year ¡...

  • Page 10: Selecting The Date Mode

    SELECTING THE DATE MODE Fig. 11 The date (year/month/day, hour/minute) can be printed on the front and back of the print. Frontprinting, which can be seen when inserted in an album, and backprinting, which is convenient for cataloging. Either can be used depending on the purpose.

  • Page 11: Basic Procedures Loading The Film Cartridge

    The date mode will alter nate as shown in the Fig. 13 diagram whenever the DATE Button is pressed. ✻ The date mode will be displayed in the [Year, Month, Day] sequence when the date is realigned even when a date mode other than [Year, Month, Day] has been selected.
  • Page 12 Make sure that the film cartridge mark Fig. 15 displayed in area A of the Liquid Crystal Display. ✻ If Move the car tridge cover released knob in the Fig. 16 direction of q and open the cartridge cover slightly. Open the cartridge cover in the direction of w.
  • Page 13 Drop the cartridge q into place and then close the Fig. 17 cartridge cover w. ✻ Inser t the batter y before inser ting the film cartridge. When the film car tridge compar tment cover is Fig. 18 closed, the film advances automatically to the first frame.

  • Page 14: Selecting The Print Format

    When the first frame of the film is set, the usable Fig. 19 number of frames (specified number of exposures in the film) is displayed in the exposure counter. ✻ The number indicated in the exposure counter decreases by one each time a picture is taken. SELECTING THE PRINT FORMAT With the Advanced Photo System Three print formats - C, H and P can be chosen.
  • Page 15 The view through the finder will change to the style Fig. 21 of photographs shown when the print format switch is operated. The angle of the exposure will not change. A : C Print (2 : 3) B : H Print (9 : 16) C : P Print (1 : 3) ✻...
  • Page 16 Near-distance exposure Fig. 22 The area visible in the part shown will be printed when an exposure closer than approximately 1.5m is taken. As the area visible through the finder and the area actually exposed will differ with near-distance exposures (owing to the positions of the finder and the exposure lens being different), correcting the visible range through the finder with the near- distance correction mark provides a useful yardstick...

  • Page 17: Taking Pictures

    H & P H & C Even when anyone of the C/H/P print format has Fig. 23 been selected, the size of the photograph on the film remains the same (approx. 17 x 30mm). Print format selection will record the print format for each frame and the exposure will be printed within the ranges shown in the above illustrations.
  • Page 18 Ensure that fingers or the camera strap are not Fig. 25 obscuring the lens of flash assembly. Press the zoom lever T mark until the required level Fig. 26 of zoom has been acquired when the subject is to be magnified.
  • Page 19 Aim at the subject so that it fills the whole AF frame. Fig. 27 (A : AF (Autofocus) frame) When the shutter release button is pressed halfway Fig. 28 and the AF lamp (green) turns on, focusing is complete. ✻ While the shutter release button is pressed halfway, the film speed and Type of film is indicated in the Liquid Crystal Display.
  • Page 20 When the shutter trips, the flash fires and the film Fig. 29 advances to the next frame. ✻ For bright remote scenes, the flash does not fire. ✻ The AF lamp will go off once and reappear immediately after the shutter is released. ✻...

  • Page 21: Using The Auto-Focus Lock

    In the following cases, the camera may not be able to focus on the subject. Such subjects must be shot using the “AF-lock” or “Landscape Mode”. (refer to pages 21 and 33) q A bright light source such as the sun is near the subject or there is reflected light (from the windscreen of a vehicle, waves, etc.) near the subject.
  • Page 22 Move the camera slightly so that the subject is inside Fig. 31 the AF frame. Press the shutter release button halfway down and Fig. 32 confirm that the AF lamp lights without moving the camera. (Focus is locked on your subject in this condition.)

  • Page 23: Unloading The Film Cartridge

    While holding the shutter release button halfway Fig. 33 down to keep the Auto-Focus lock on, move the camera back to the original position to recompose your picture, then press the shutter release button all the way down. ✻ The Auto-Focus lock operation can be repeated any number of times before the shutter trips.
  • Page 24 Fig. 35 Fig. 36 When the exposure counter shows “ motor stops, move the film cartridge compartment cover release knob as indicated in q, in the direction indicated in w, and open the film car tridge compartment cover. ✻ Always make sure that the motor is stopped and “ ”...

  • Page 25: Cartridge Mid-Roll Change Function

    Press the Mid-Roll Change Button to rewind the film Fig. 37 when the cartridge is to be ejected in the middle of the roll. Do not remove the cartridge until “ displayed in the exposure counter and the rewind motor has ceased to operate. ✻...
  • Page 26 Press in the Mid-Roll Change Button. The film Fig. 39 counter will display as it subtracts from the number of frames. When rewinding is completed, “ be displayed by the film counter. When “ Fig. 40 has stopped, raise the cartridge compartment cover release knob as shown in illustration q, move it in the direction shown in illustration w and open the cartridge compartment cover.
  • Page 27 Remove the cartridge and sign sure the sign Fig. 41 appears white. (A: Film cartridge with unexposed frames) Load a new film cartridge (with a white Fig. 42 status mark). The film will be advanced to the first frame, and number of exposures specified on the film cartridge will appear in the LCD.
  • Page 28 When a cartridge that was removed in mid-roll Fig. 43 re-loaded, the film will automatically be advanced to the first unexposed frame. After that, operation is as before. ✻ Even if you forget how many frames were exposed on a cartridge that was removed in mid-roll, just re-load the car tridge.
  • Page 29 not have the Mid-Roll Change function cannot be used even if loaded into this camera. ✻ If a cartridge is removed in mid-roll processor, all frames on the entire roll will be developed. Expose all frames on the roll before sending the cartridge to the processor for development.

  • Page 30: Advanced Techniques Selecting The Exposure Mode

    3. ADVANCED TECHNIQUES SELECTING THE EXPOSURE MODE Your camera has six exposure modes so that you Fig. 44 can enjoy photography in response to various subjects. These modes are: ) Multi program flash mode (b) Red-eye reduction flash mode ( c ) Back light compensation flash mode (d ) Flash off mode ) Landscape mode ) Night portrait (slow sync) mode...
  • Page 31 Fig. 46 Reduces red-eye The flash lamp will fire briefly five times (pre-flash), then fire the sixth time for taking your picture. ✻ The AF lamp sign in the viewfinder eyepiece stays on from pre-flash to exposure. Do not move the camera while the AF lamp is on.
  • Page 32 Fig. 47 Used when photographing from windows, in the shade of trees and for other backlit exposures. Takes flash exposures even in bright locations. d : Flash Off mode Fig. 48 Use when taking pictures using interior light or for taking distant subjects which the flash lamp light cannot reach, such as in a theater or stadium.
  • Page 33 : Landscape mode Fig. 49 This is used for taking clear landscape pictures or photographing remote (night) scenes through glass. Set the focus in the distance. The flash will not operate. ✻ This feature will be canceled after every exposure. ✻...
  • Page 34 ✻ As a slow shutter speed is used with the night portrait mode, ensure that a tripod is used to prevent camera-shake. It is also important that the subject remains motionless dur ing the exposure. ✻ The daylight flash mode, the Fill-in flash mode, and landscape mode and the night portrait (slow shutter) mode will be canceled when the power is switched off.

  • Page 35: Using The Self-Timer

    USING THE SELF-TIMER Press the r button to show on the Liquid Crystal Fig. 51 Display the self-timer symbol r and the number of shots you selected. Press it as many times as you want to shoot with the self-timer (up to three shots). ✻...
  • Page 36 The self-timer lamp will begin to blink approximately Fig. 53 seven seconds after being illuminated, and the shutter will be released approximately three seconds after that. Subsequent self-timer exposures will be taken at intervals of between three to six seconds when two or three consecutive self-timer exposures have been set.

  • Page 37: Using The Remote Controller

    USING THE REMOTE CONTROLLER Remove the remote controller from its holder by Fig. 54 sliding it in the direction of the arrow. ✻ To replace the remote controller in the holder, ✻ The type of the exclusive remote control, sold Press the r button four times to show the Fig.
  • Page 38 Aim the AF Frame at your subject and compose your Fig. 56 picture. Direct the transmit end of the remote controller Fig. 57 toward the camera and press the Shutter Release Button. The self-timer (remote controller) lamp blinks and the shutter trips in about two seconds.
  • Page 39 Fig. 58 3.5m 20° 20° 3.5m Fig. 59 The coverage of the remote controller is up to about 5 m when used directly in front of the camera, and up to about 3.5 m when used at a ver tical or horizontal angle of 20°.

  • Page 40: Multi Program Flash

    MULTI PROGRAM FLASH A word on multi program flash A new function which allows the camera judging the photographing conditions and automatically adjusting the quantity of light emitted by the flash according to three different data (the brightness of the subject, the distance, and the focal length of the lens).
  • Page 41 Portrait photography at high brightness Fig. 61 When a person is photographed in bright daylight, his (her) face is likely to be spotted with the shades of hair and nose. Even in such a case, the multi program flash automatically fires to reduce the shades.

  • Page 42: Camera Care And Cautions

    CAMERA CARE AND CAUTIONS z Your camera is a precision instrument which requires careful handling. Do not expose it to shock, liquid, or drop it on the floor. q If you use the camera at the seaside or in light rain, be careful not to get it wet.

  • Page 43: Errors, Possible Causes, And Remedies

    ERRORS, POSSIBLE CAUSES, AND REMEDIES During operation Error Exposure counter shows “ B ”, “ ” though film cartridge has been loaded film car tridge compar tment cover has been closed. The shutter release won’t trip. The film car tridge cover cannot be opened.
  • Page 44 Printed pictures Error Picture is not sharp. Picture is dark. Printed date/time incorrect. The date is not printed on the front. Possible Causes q Did you aim the subject properly? w Is the lens dirty? e Is the camera shaking? r You selected e mode when shooting at a close distance.

  • Page 45: Specifications

    SPECIFICATIONS Film IX240 Cartridge film Picture Size 16.7 mm x 30.2 mm Print Format C/H/P switchable Lens Super Fujinon components, 7 elements, f=23 mm ~ 70 mm 1:4.8 ~ 9.5 Viewfinder Super EBC zoom finder, 0.38 ~ 1.00 magnification, C, H and P formats switchable with AF Frame, parallax correction mark, AF Lamp Focusing...
  • Page 46 Flash Multi program flash lamp, 1 ~ 5.5 seconds recycle time, Multi program flash lamp, red-eye reduction flash mode, Daylight flash mode, Fill- in flash mode, night portrait (Slow Sync) mode Self-Timer Electronically controlled, approximately 10 second delay, can be stopped mid-run, self- timer on lamp Liquid Crystal Display Exposure counter, exposure mode index,...
  • Page 47 26-30, Nishiazabu 2-chome, Minato- ku, Tokyo 106-8620, Japan. <FUJIFILM ABROAD> In North America FUJI PHOTO FILM U.S.A., INC. 555 Taxter Road, Elmsford, N.Y. 10523, U.S.A. FUJI PHOTO FILM CANADA INC. 275 Britannia Road East, Mississauga, Ontario , L4Z 2E7, Canada FUJI PHOTO FILM HAWAII, INC.

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