FujiFilm A205, A210 7, 8

20 21

Usingthe Camera

7Press the Shutter button down halfway. Focusing is

complete when the AF frame on the LCD monitorshrinks and the viewfinder lamp (green) stopsblinking and remains lit.

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If “{” appears on the LCD monitor, the camera cannot focus.

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Pressing the shutter button down halfway, the image on the

LCD monitor freezes briefly. However, this is not the recorded

image.

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If “{” appears on the LCD monitor,(e.g. the shot is too dark

for the camera to focus), try standing about 2 m (6.6 ft.) from

your subject to take the picture.

SHOOTING STILL IMAGES (aAUTO MODE)

STILL PHOTOGRAPHY MODE

8To take the picture, press the Shutter button down

fully without lifting your finger off it. The camera beepsand takes the picture, and the data is then recorded.

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There is a slight delay between the Shutter button being

pressed and the shot being taken. If necessary, play back the

shot to check the image.

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Pressing the Shutter button down fully in one motion, the shot

is taken without the AF frame changing.

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When you take the shot, the viewfinder lamp lights orange

(shooting disabled). The viewfinder lamp then changes to

green to indicate that the next picture can be taken.

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The viewfinder lamp blinks orange while the flash is charging.

If the LCD monitor is switched on, the screen goes dark. This

is normal and does not indicate a fault.

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See P.72-73 for information on the warning displays.

Beep

◆Subjects Not Suitable for Autofocus ◆

Though the FinePix A205/FinePix A210 uses an accurate autofocus mechanism, it may have difficultyfocusing or not be able to focus at all for the types of subjects and situations listed below. In suchcases, the image may be out of focus.hVery shiny subjects such as a mirror or car bodyhSubjects photographed through glasshSubjects that do not reflect well, such as hair or furhSubjects with no substance, such as smoke orflameshWhen the subject is darkhWhen there is very little contrast between thesubject and the background (such as white wallsor subjects dressed in the same color as thebackground)hSubjects moving at high speedhWhen something other than your subject is closeto the AF frame, has contrasting areas of light anddark and is either closer or further away than yoursubject (as when you photograph someoneagainst a background with strongly contrastingelements)For subjects of this type, use AF/AE lock (➡P.22).■Viewfinder Lamp DisplayDisplay Status

Lit green Ready to shoot

Blinking green AF/AE in progress, camera shake warning or AF warning (Ready to shoot)

Blinking green and

orange alternately

Recording to xD-Picture Card(Ready to shoot)

Lit orange Recording to xD-Picture Card(Not ready)

Blinking orange Flash charging (Flash will not fire)

Blinking green

(1-second intervals)

Camera in Power Save mode (➡P.47)

Blinking red hxD-Picture CardWarnings

No card loaded, card not formatted, incorrect format, card full, xD-Picture Carderror

hLens operation error

✽When the LCD monitor is switched on, more detailed warning messages are displayed (➡P.72-73).

Quality mode

DPC-16 (16 MB)

DPC-32 (32 MB)

DPC-64 (64 MB)

DPC-128 (128 MB)

DPC-256 (256 MB)

Number of recorded pixels

NUMBER OF AVAILABLE FRAMES

The number of available frames in this card isdisplayed on the screen.

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See P.30 for information on changing the quality mode.

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The default quality mode “y” set at shipment is 1.

22M

101

204

409

1600 ×1200

11M

137

275

550

1280 ×960

`0.3M

122

247

497

997

1997

640 ×480

■Standard number of frames per xD-Picture Card

The table below shows the standard number of available frames for a new xD-Picture Cardformatted on the camera. The

larger the xD-Picture Card capacity, the greater the divergence between the actual number of available frames and the

number shown here. Also, because the amount of data recorded for a shot varies depending on the subject, in some cases

the number of shots may decrease by 2 or may remain the same. As a result, the actual number of recordable shots may

either decrease or increase.

FinePix A210FinePix A205