4 5
Getting Ready Using
the Camera
Advanced
Features Settings Software
Installation Viewing Images
ContentsATTACHING THE LENS CAP AND STRAP ...................................................................................................................10
LOADING THE BATTERIES ...........................................................................................................................................12
INSERTING THE MEDIA ................................................................................................................................................ 14
CHECKING THE BATTERY CHARGE ........................................................................................................................... 15
TURNING ON AND OFF / SETTING THE DATE AND TIME ......................................................................................... 16
CORRECTING THE DATE AND TIME / CHANGING THE DATE ORDER ....................................................................17
SELECTING THE LANGUAGE ...................................................................................................................................... 18
Warning .......................................................................... 2
IMPORTANT .................................................................. 2
EC Declaration of Conformity ......................................... 3
Preface ........................................................................... 6
Accessories included ......................................................7
Camera parts and features .............................................8
Example of screen text display .................................. 9
■Still photography mode ..................................... 9
■Playback mode ..................................................9
System Expansion Options ....................................... 105
Accessories Guide .................................................... 106
Using Your Camera Correctly ................................... 107
Power Supply and Batteries ...................................... 107
Applicable Batteries .............................................. 107
Notes on the Batteries ...........................................107
Using the AA-size Ni-MH batteries correctly ......... 108
AC Power Adapter ................................................ 108
Procedure for discharging rechargeable Ni-MH batteries
...109
Notes on the Media (xD-Picture Card™and Microdrives)
...110
Warning Displays ...................................................... 111
Troubleshooting .........................................................113
Specifications ............................................................ 115
Explanation of Terms ................................................ 117
Safety Notes .............................................................. 118
1 Getting Ready
SET-UP ........................................................................................................................................................................... 83
■SET-UP menu options .....................................................................................................................................83
USING THE SET-UP SCREEN .......................................................................................................................... 83
IMAGE DISPLAY ................................................................................................................................................ 84
Preview zoom / Displaying information for photographed images / Continuous shooting preview (image checking)
..85
POWER SAVE SETTING (low power setting) .................................................................................................... 86
FORMAT (media initialization) ............................................................................................................................ 86
ADAPTER SETTING .......................................................................................................................................... 87
FRAME NO. (frame number storage) ................................................................................................................. 88
CCD-RAW ...........................................................................................................................................................88
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4 Settings
5.1 THE SOFTWARE COMPONENTS ...........................................................................................................................89
5.2 INSTALLATION ON A Windows PC ......................................................................................................................... 90
5.3 INSTALLATION ON A Mac OS 9.0 TO 9.2 ...............................................................................................................92
5.4 INSTALLATION ON A Mac OS X ............................................................................................................................. 95
5 Software Installation
6.1 CAMERA CONNECTION ......................................................................................................................................... 98
6.2 USING FinePixViewer .............................................................................................................................................103
6 Viewing Images
BASIC OPERATION GUIDE ...........................................................................................................................................19
LCD monitor brightness / Volume adjustment .................................................................................................... 22
TAKING PICTURES (AUTO MODE) .............................................................................................................................. 23
INDICATOR LAMP DISPLAY ............................................................................................................................. 26
NUMBER OF AVAILABLE FRAMES .................................................................................................................. 26
USING AF/AE LOCK .......................................................................................................................................... 27
USING THE ZOOM (OPTICAL ZOOM / DIGITAL ZOOM) ................................................................................. 28
BEST FRAMING ................................................................................................................................................. 28
VIEWING THE IMAGES (PLAYBACK) ........................................................................................................................... 29
Single-frame playback / Fast-forwarding through the images / Multi-frame playback ........................................ 29
Single-frame playback / Playback zoom / Panning / Trimming ........................................................................... 30
ERASING IMAGES (ERASE FRAME) ............................................................................................................................31
PLAYBACK MODE
STILL PHOTOGRAPHY MODE
2 Using the Camera
BSTILL PHOTOGRAPHY / MOVIE
yQUALITY MODE (NUMBER OF RECORDED PIXELS) .................................................................................................32
Quality settings in Still photography mode .......................................................................................................... 32
Quality settings in Movie mode ........................................................................................................................... 32
BSTILL PHOTOGRAPHY
SSENSITIVITY .................................................................................................................................................................. 33
High-sensitivity photography (1600) ................................................................................................................... 34
JFinePix COLOR .............................................................................................................................................................. 35
FOCUSING (DISTANCE) ............................................................................................................................................... 36
EXPOSURE (SHUTTER SPEED AND APERTURE) ..................................................................................................... 37
TAKING PICTURES — SELECTING THE CAMERA SETTINGS .................................................................................. 38
■List of functions available in each mode ..........................................................................................................39
■List of menu options available in each mode .................................................................................................. 39
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AUTO ........................................................................................................................................................................... 40
SCENE POSITION ......................................................................................................................................................... 40
mPortrait ................................................................................................................................................................ 40
,Landscape .......................................................................................................................................................... 40
.Sports ..................................................................................................................................................................40
/Night scene ......................................................................................................................................................... 40
PROGRAMMED AUTO .................................................................................................................................................. 41
SHUTTER-PRIORITY AUTO .......................................................................................................................................... 42
APERTURE-PRIORITY AUTO ....................................................................................................................................... 43
MANUAL ......................................................................................................................................................................... 44
dFLASH PHOTOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................................................... 45
xAuto flash mode .................................................................................................................................................. 46
bRed-eye reduction ...............................................................................................................................................46
dForced flash ........................................................................................................................................................ 47
cSlow synchro .......................................................................................................................................................47
nRed-eye reduction + Slow synchro ..................................................................................................................... 47
Increasing the monitor brightness ................................................................................................................ 47
MANUAL FOCUS ........................................................................................................................................................... 48
CONTINUOUS AF .......................................................................................................................................................... 49
fCONTINUOUS SHOOTING ............................................................................................................................................50
fTop 10-frame continuous shooting ..................................................................................................................... 51
jAuto bracketing ................................................................................................................................................... 51
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kFinal 10-frame continuous shooting .................................................................................................................... 51
hLong-period continuous shooting with 1280 ×960 -pixel mode .......................................................................... 52
DEXPOSURE COMPENSATION ...................................................................................................................................... 53
USING AE LOCK ............................................................................................................................................................ 54
eMACRO (CLOSE-UP) ..................................................................................................................................................... 55
PHOTOGRAPHY INFORMATION .................................................................................................................................. 56
qSTILL PHOTOGRAPHY MENU OPERATION (Important. Please read.) ....................................................................... 57
STILL PHOTOGRAPHY MENU ...................................................................................................................................... 58
*SELF-TIMER PHOTOGRAPHY ......................................................................................................................................58
AWHITE BALANCE ...........................................................................................................................................................59
+AF MODE ........................................................................................................................................................................60
´MULTI ................................................................................................................................................................. 60
;CENTER ............................................................................................................................................................. 61
˜AREA .................................................................................................................................................................. 61
‘PHOTOMETRY ...............................................................................................................................................................62
jBRACKETING .................................................................................................................................................................62
GSHARPNESS .................................................................................................................................................................. 63
TMULTIPLE EXPOSURE ................................................................................................................................................. 63
zFLASH BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT ........................................................................................................................... 64
∞USING AN EXTERNAL FLASH ...................................................................................................................................... 64
BMOVIE
rRECORDING MOVIES ................................................................................................................................................... 67
PLAYING BACK MOVIES ...............................................................................................................................................69
BPLAYBACK
PLAYBACK INFORMATION ........................................................................................................................................... 70
oERASING SINGLE / ALL FRAMES ................................................................................................................................71
iPROTECTING IMAGES: FRAME / SET ALL / RESET ALL ........................................................................................... 73
gAUTO PLAY (AUTOMATIC PLAYBACK) ....................................................................................................................... 75
tRECORDING VOICE MEMOS ....................................................................................................................................... 76
tPLAYING BACK VOICE MEMOS ................................................................................................................................... 78
uHOW TO SPECIFY PRINT OPTIONS (DPOF) .............................................................................................................. 79
uDPOF SET FRAME ........................................................................................................................................................ 80
UDPOF ALL RESET ..........................................................................................................................................................82
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