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Advanced Features
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PLAYING BACK MOVIES

PLAYBACK MODE
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Movies cannot be played back using multi-frame playback.
Press the “BACK (DISP)” button to select single-frame
playback.
21Press “b” to play the movie.
2The playback time appears on the LCD monitor
along with a progress bar.
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Take care not to block the speaker.
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When the sound is difficult to hear, adjust the volume (P.68).
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If the subject of the shot is very bright, white vertical streaks
or black horizontal streaks may appear in the image during
playback. This is normal.
Indicated by the “r” icon.
Movies are displayed one size smaller than still
images.
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1Set the Mode switch to “w”.
2Press “d” or “c” to select the movie file.
When paused
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yQUALITY SETTINGS IN MOVIE MODE

pPHOTO MODE MOVIE
11Set the Mode switch to “q”.
2Set the Mode dial to “r”.
3Press the “p” button.
21Press “d” or “c” to select the “y” QUALITY
setting and then press “a” or “b” to change the
setting.
2 levels of quality can be selected. For better
image quality, select “$”, and for longer
photography time, select “#”.
2Press the “MENU/OK” button to confirm the
setting.
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The quality setting is retained even when the
camera is off or the Mode dial setting is changed.
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In “r” Movie mode, do not set the “S” (sensitivity) setting.
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In “r” Movie mode, do not set the “J” FinePix COLOR
setting.
Recording times per movie
$(320 ×240)
#(160 ×120)
Quality mode maximum recording time
60 sec.
180 sec.
Playing back movies
Playback
Pause/Resume
Stop
Fast forward/Rewind
Control Description
Playback begins.
Playback stops when the end of the movie is reached.
Pauses the movie during playback.
Press “b” again to resume playback.
Stops playback.
Press “d” or “c” while playback is stopped to go back to the
previous file or advance to the next file respectively.
Press “d” or “c” during playback to skip forwards or
backwards through the movie.
Skip playback Press “d” or “c” when the movie is paused, the movie
advances or goes back one frame.
Hold down “d” or “c” to move through the frames quickly.
Rewind
Fast forward

Playing movie files

iYou may not be able to play back some movie files recorded on other cameras.
iTo play back movie files on a PC, save the movie file on the xD-Picture Card to the PC’s hard disk
and then playback the saved file.