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Advanced Features
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B
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PORTRAIT
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LANDSCAPE
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SPORTS
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NIGHT SCENE
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Photography mode
Function
■List of functions available in each mode
dFlash
xAuto Flash
YES NO NO NO NO YES YES YES YES NO
YES YES NO YES NO YES NO NO NO NO
YES YES NO NO NO YES YES YES YES NO
YES YES NO YES NO YES YES YES YES NO
P.46
P.45
P.45
P.43
bRed-Eye Reduction
dForced Flash
eMacro
✽The flash cannot be used for continuous shooting.
✽Long-period continuous shooting and high-sensitivity photography cannot be used together.
✽C-AF and AF AREA cannot be used together.
NO YES NO NO YES YES NO YES NO NO
P.46
cSlow Synchro
f
Continuous
shooting
Selections
NO YES NO NO YES YES NO YES NO NO
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES NO
NO NO NO NO NO YES YES YES YES NO
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES NO
YESP.51
P.50
P.50
P.50
P.48
P.47
P.47
P.47
P.52
P.46
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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Red-Eye + Slow Synchro
fTop 4-frame
jAuto Bracketing
kFinal 4-frame
h
Long-period (up to 40 frames)
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES NO
C-AF Continuous AF
_
Photometry
NO NO NO NO NO YES YES YES YES NO
NO NO NO NO NO YES YES YES YES NO
NO NO NO NO NO YES YES YES YES NO
NO NO NO NO NO YES YES YES NO NO
)Multi
_Spot
+Average
DExposure Compensation
TAKING PICTURES — SELECTING THE CAMERA SETTINGS
PHOTOGRAPHY FUNCTIONS
Consider the scene you are photographing and the sort of image you want to
achieve when you specify the camera settings. A general guide is given below.
1Select the Photography mode (➡P.38-42, 80-81).
BSpecifies all settings other than Quality, Sensitivity and FinePix COLOR
on the camera.
m/,/.//Selects the best Scene position setting for the scene being shot.
N/M/<Changes the aperture or shutter speed setting so that the action is
frozen, so that the flow of the motion is conveyed, or so that the
background is out of focus.
>Adjusts all the camera settings yourself.
rRecords a movie.
2Specify the photography settings (➡P.43-52).
eMacro Uses for close-up shots.
dFlash Uses for shots in dark locations or for backlit subjects,
etc.
_Photometry Use this mode for shots where the brightness of the
subject and background differ markedly and the light is
not metered as desired.
D
Exposure compensation
Uses the AE exposure as a reference value of 0, and
this function brightens (+) or darkens (–) the shot.
fContinuous shooting Uses to take a series of continuous shots or to use
auto bracketing (with exposure compensation).
C-AF Continuous AF Use C-AF when photographing moving subjects.
3Take the pictures (check the exposure and focus ➡adjust
the shot composition ➡press the shutter button down fully).
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You can use the menus for more detailed settings (➡P.53-63, 82).
The table below provides a number of sample settings. Use the settings effectively.
To achieve this result Sample settings
To express the motion of the subject Set the Mode dial to “M” and select a slow shutter speed. (Use a
tripod to avoid camera shake.)
To freeze the subject’s movement Set the Mode dial to “M” and select a fast shutter speed.
To make the subject stand out by having the background
out of focus Set the Mode dial to “<” and select a wide aperture setting.
To get a very large depth of focus Set the Mode dial to “<” and select a narrow aperture setting.
To prevent the image having a red or blue cast due to
the light source
Change the “White balance” setting in the photography menu.
To avoid missing snapshot opportunities Take pictures in AUTO mode (see “Using the Camera”).
To prevent the subject from being overexposed or
underexposed and to show the substance and textures
of the subject clearly.
Use exposure compensation.
Select (+) if the background is pale and (–) if the background is
dark.
When shutter speed and aperture adjustments alone do not give the correct exposure.
When the image is too bright
Lower the Ssensitivity setting.
When the image is too dark
Raise the Ssensitivity setting.
Use flash or the brightness adjustment
function.
✽1 The factory default resolution for Movie mode is 320 ×240 pixels.
✽2 AUTO can only be set in “B” mode.
✽High-sensitivity photography and Long-period continuous shooting cannot be used together.
✽AF AREA and continuous AF (C-AF) cannot be used together.
Menu
Options
*Self-timer
AWhite balance
H
Focusing
AF (CENTER)
AF (MULTI)
AF AREA
MF
YESOFF
AUTO
AF (CENTER)
±1/3EV
NORMAL
±0
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NO NO YES YES YES YES NO
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NO
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NO NO YES YES YES YES NO
NO NO YES YES YES YES NO
NO NO YES YES YES YES NO
NO NO YES YES YES YES NO
jBracketing
GSharpness
zFlash
(brightness adjustment)
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Factory
Defaults m, ,, ., /NM<>
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■List of menu options available in each mode
FinePix
Photo
mode
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P.53, 82
P.54
P.56
P.58
P.59
P.61
P.61
P.62
P.62
P.63
P.63
P.63
AUTO
✽2
p
-STANDARD
YES
YES
YES YES YES YES YES
YES
✽1
NOYES YES YES YES YES
YES YES YES YES YES YES NO
yQuality
SISO
JFinePix COLOR