FujiFilm F200EXR manual

Owner’s Manual

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Before You BeginFirst Steps

Basic Photography and Playback

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Contents

Owner’s Manual Before You Begin First Steps More on Playback Movies For Your Safety For Your Safety Be sure to read these notes before use Safety Notes WARNING CAUTION Page NOTICES Page About This Manual Camera Q & A Taking Pictures How many pictures can I take Is there a quick and easy way to take snapshots Bmode How can I avoid blurred pictures Viewing Pictures Table of Contents Table of Contents More on Playback Movies Connections Technical Notes Troubleshooting Appendix Introduction Introduction Parts of the Camera For more information, refer to the page listed to the right of each item Selector button Move cursor up d(exposure compensa Camera Displays ■Shooting Before 17 Begin You The Mode Dial M (MANUAL) F(MOVIE): Record movies with sound (pg. 45) (MOVIE) Charging the Battery Inserting the Battery Inserting the Batteries 3Close the battery-chambercover Removing the Battery Turn the camera off before removing the battery 2Tips: Using an AC Adapter Inserting a Memory Card http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_ cameras/index.html Inserting a Memory Card ■Inserting a Memory Card 1 Open the battery-chambercover Be sure the camera is off before opening the bat- tery-chambercover 2Insert the memory card FUJIFILM xD-Picture Cards •Movie recording may be interrupted with some types of SD memory card Turning the Camera on and Off Basic Setup Basic Setup 3Choose power management options 3.1 Press the selector up or down to highlight one of the following options: •nPOWER SAVE: Save battery power POWER SAVE Taking Pictures in B(Auto) Mode 4Frame the picture 87)can be used to zoom in closer Holding the Camera 2Tip: Focus Lock DISP/BACK Avoiding Blurred Pictures HD framing •HD framing: Displays the High Defi nition (HD) 16 : 9 crop fis displayed when dual IS is on hSilent Mode 5Focus Focus frame The lens may make a noise when the camera fo- cuses. This is normal 6Shoot Smoothly press the shutter button the rest of the way down to take the picture 2Tip: The Shutter Button Double Viewing Pictures gIntelligent Face Detection and Red-EyeRemoval gIntelligent Face Detection and Red-EyeRemoval 4Shoot Press the shutter button all the way down to shoot 3 Caution Focus Lock Autofocus The AF-AssistIlluminator 1Notes dExposure Compensation dExposure Compensation Choosing an Exposure Compensation Value Backlit subjects • Highly reflective subjects or very bright scenes (e.g., snowfi elds): +1 EV •Scenes that are mostly sky: +1 EV FMacro Mode (Close-ups) NUsing the Flash (Intelligent Flash) NUsing the Flash (Intelligent Flash) 3Shoot Press the shutter button the rest of the way down to shoot Red-EyeRemoval FACE DETECTION hUsing the Self-Timer hUsing the Self-Timer Shooting Mode Shooting Mode 4 Press the selector up or down to highlight one of the following op- tions OptionDescription The camera automatically selects REXR AUTO the scene and O mode ac REXR AUTO CNATURAL & N a AUTO •Only available if memory remains for two pictures DNATURAL LIGHT SP SCENE POSITION 1 Rotate the mode dial to SP 2 Press MENU/OK to display the following menu 3Highlight ASCENE POSITION Scene LPORTRAIT Choose for soft-tonedportraits with natural skin tones Choose for a smooth skin effect in soft-focusportraits MLANDSCAPE MMANUAL 1Rotate the mode dial to M 2Press the dbutton. Shutter speed and aperture will be displayed 3 Press the selector up or down to choose the aperture 4 Press the selector left or right to choose the shutter speed program AE aperture priority AE 9Press MENU/OK to return to shooting mode 10 Take pictures Playback Options Playback Zoom Press DISP/BACK to exit zoom O RE- SIZE Playback on More Multi-FramePlayback Select ito reduce the number of images displayed 2Tip: Two-FrameDisplay Two-framedisplay can be used to compare pictures taken in C mode Sort by Date ADeleting Pictures recovered) ADeleting Pictures Selecting displays the dialog shown at right FRecording Movies FRecording Movies 3Press the shutter button all the way down to start recording displayed 2Tip aViewing Movies Viewing Pictures on TV Printing Pictures via USB Printing Pictures via USB 2Tip: Printing the Date of Recording During Printing PRINT WITH DATE If printing is interrupted, press ato turn the camera off and then on again Printing the DPOF Print Order KPRINT ORDER (DPOF) F-MODE PRINT DPOF Creating a DPOF Print Order option in the playback menu can be used to create digital “print order” for DPOF ■RESET ALL To cancel the current print or- der, select RESET ALL in the menu. The confirmation shown at right will be displayed; press MENU/OK to remove all pictures from the order Pressing MENU/OK cancels the print order; a new print order Viewing Pictures on a Computer connect the camera to the computer until installation is complete Viewing Pictures on a Computer Exit any applications that may be running and insert the installer CD in a Windows Vista SETUP.exe Allow Installing FinePixViewer: Macintosh CPU PowerPC or Intel com/) 256 MB or more Remove the installer CD from the Select Applications Image Capture Preferences… Cancel How to Use FinePixViewer Help The camera will not turn off automatically while connected to a computer •Disconnect the camera before inserting or removing memory cards •Use FinePixViewer to copy voice memos Updating FinePixViewer http://www.fujifilm.com Uninstalling FinePixViewer Using the Menus: Shooting Mode Using the Menus: Shooting Mode F-ModeMenu Options Menu item Description Default NISO NISO AUTO (3200) AUTO (1600) AUTO (800) AUTO (400) OIMAGE SIZE Prints at sizes up to O4 : O3 : O16 : TIMAGE QUALITY FINE DWHITE BALANCE AUTO White balance adjusted automatically hMeasure a value for white balance (pg. 65). i For subjects in direct sunlight ■h: Custom White Balance white object so that it fills the monitor and press the shutter button all the way down to measure white balance If “UNDER” is displayed, raise exposure compensation (pg. 25) and try again If “OVER” is displayed, lower exposure compensation and try again Using the Shooting Menu Shooting Menu Options ASCENE POSITION Choose a scene for SP mode (pg. 35) L/Z/M/N/O/H/P/Q R/S/F/T/U/V/W RCONTINUOUS Capture motion in a series of pictures ■MFINAL 12 / LFINAL ■JTOP 12 / ITOP ■NLONG PERIOD 1Notes: JTOP 12 / MFINAL 12 / ITOP 3 / LFINAL •Focus and exposure are determined by the fi rst frame in each series be recorded depends on the memory available. Additional pictures when shooting ends FAF MODE •rCENTER: The camera focus- es on the subject in the cen ter of the frame. This option can be used with focus lock •s MULTI: When the shutter s MULTI SPOWER MANAGEMENT •pQUICK AF: Reduces focusing time, ensuring a quick shutter response •oCLEAR DISPLAY: Choose this option for a bright- er, higher quality display CLEAR DISPLAY •nPOWER SAVE does not take effect when Intelli- gent Face Detection is on Using the Menus: Playback Mode Using the Menus: Playback Mode ISLIDE SHOW MENU/ OK Displayed in Press selector left or right to go back or Using the Playback Menu Playback Menu Options The following options are available: Option AERASE BRED-EYE CIMAGE ROTATE By default, pictures taken in tall orientation are displayed in wide orientation. Use this option to display pictures in the correct orientation in the monitor. It has no effect on pictures displayed on a computer or other device CIMAGE ROTATE The next time the picture is played back, it will automatically be rotated DPROTECT Protect pictures from accidental deletion. The following options are available ■FRAME Protect selected pictures 1 Press the selector left or right to display the desired picture ECOPY Copy pictures between internal memory and a memory card INTERNAL MEMORY CARD 2 Press the selector right to display options for the highlighted item Copy selected frames ■ALL FRAMES 2 Press MENU/OK to copy the picture •Copying ends when the destination is full •DPOF print information is not copied (pg. 52) FVOICE MEMO 1Hold the camera at a distance of about 20 cm (8 in.) and face the microphone 2 Press MENU/OK to start recording Playing Voice Memos MENU/ OK GTRIMMING The camera may not play voice memos recorded with other devices Do not cover the speaker during playback ORESIZE 1 Press the selector up or down to highlight aSTANDARD or STANDARD 2 Press MENU/OK. A confirmation dialog will be displayed 3 Press MENU/OK to save the cropped copy to a separate file The Setup Menu Setup Menu Options AIMAGE DISP BFRAME NO DDIGITAL ZOOM FDATE/TIME AIMAGE DISP Choose how long pictures are displayed in the monitor after shooting 3 SEC 1.5 SEC ZOOM (CONTINUOUS) BFRAME NO New pictures are stored in im number used. The file num FRAME NO RENEW DDIGITAL ZOOM Zoom i j Digital zoom KFORMAT MAUTO POWER OFF OFF 2Tip: Reactivating the Camera NTIME DIFFERENCE 1Specify the difference between local time and your home time zone 1.1 Press the selector up or down to highlight gLOCAL LOCAL 1.4Press MENU/OK when settings Optional Accessories http://www.fujifilm. com/products/digital_cameras/index.html WP-FXF200 waterproof case HDC-1 Caring for the Camera Troubleshooting Menus and Displays ENGLISH Page Shooting Memory is full No picture is Memory is not formatted taken when the Turn RCONTINUOUS off RCONTINUOUS Pictures are not recorded memory card or internal memory Recording is Movies Playback grainy model of camera unavailable with a different make or model of camera Miscellaneous Warning Messages and Displays Format the memory card (pg. 88) the camera the memory card is damaged Incompatible memory card Use a compatible memory card SET-UP CONTINUOUS justing the volume mode cable is connected other device ror Glossary Internal Memory/Memory Card Capacity Internal Memory/Memory Card Capacity Q4 : Q3 : Q16 : 128 MB Specifications Scene modes R(SNOW), S(BEACH), F(UNDERWATER), T(MUSEUM), U(PARTY), V(FLOWER), W(TEXT) Picture stabilization Optical stabilization (CCD shift) Available Monitor 3.0-in., 230k-dotamorphous silicon TFT color LCD monitor Frame coverage Approx. 100% Shooting options Power supply/other Power supply NP-50rechargeable battery; optional AC power adapter AC-5VXand DC coupler CP-50 operation digital still camera battery consumption (extract): Nominal voltage Nominal capacity Weight Rated input Input capacity Color Television Systems Notices FUJIFILM Digital Camera Worldwide Network Page Page Page End User License Agreement