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Using the Camera
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CHANGE THE SETTING TO WIDE / STD

STD (Standard mode)shooting

WIDE (Widescreen mode)shooting

Slide the “WIDE/STD” switch to the side to “!”.

◆Area shot and quality setting ◆

●
!
Check the quality mode when the camera changes to
Widescreen mode shooting or Standard mode (normal)
shooting.
●
!
Do not take a picture on Widescreen mode shooting when
CCD-RAW mode is selected (➡P.91).
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Slide the “WIDE/STD” switch to the side to “@”.
As well as taking pictures in the
STD aspect ratio of 4:3, WIDE
shooting also provides an aspect
ratio of 16:9.
Images with a 16:9 aspect ratio
are obtained by trimming the top
and bottom edges off a STD
image. As a result, the quality
setting automatically changes
when WIDE shots are taken.

Area shot with STD

Area shot with WIDE

■Quality settings
STD (Standard mode (normal)shooting)
WIDE (Widescreen mode shooting)
TF, N (4048 ×3040 pixels) ≤F, N (3968 ×2232 pixels)
5(2848 ×2136 pixels) µ(3200 ×1800 pixels)
3(2048 ×1536 pixels) £(2304 ×1296 pixels)
2(1600 ×1200 pixels) ™(2048 ×1152 pixels)
`(640 ×480 pixels) E(768 ×432 pixels)
%(640 ×480 pixels)
$(320 ×240 pixels)
Q(640 ×360 pixels)
W(320 ×184 pixels)
Movie
Still photography

◆Using viewfinder for Widescreen mode shooting ◆

◆Images (WIDE and STD) shot ◆

When a picture is taken at a distance of 1.5 m (4.9
ft.) to infinity, only the shaded area in the figure is
photographed.
■LCD monitor (during playback)
●
!
For more precise shot framing or close-up shots, use the
LCD monitor to take the picture.
●
!
When the zoom is set to wide-angle, the end of the lens
may be visible in the viewfinder. This is normal and is not
recorded in the shot.
Shows the image as seen on the LCD monitor. Because the aspect ratio of the LCD monitor is 16:9,
the WIDE image appears as a full-screen image.
!@
■TV
Shows the image as it appears on a normal TV or wide-screen TV. On some TVs, black margins
may appear on the screen.
✽Images are displayed on a TV as full-screen images when viewed using Auto Play (automatic playback) (➡P.69).
!@
■PC
Shows the image as it appears in thumbnail view in FinePixViewer. WIDE images appear with a 16:9
aspect ratio even in thumbnail view.
!@
4:3 TV ✽16:9 wide-screen TV 4:3 TV 16:9 wide-screen TV