4 5
Getting Ready Using
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Advanced
Features Settings Software
Installation Viewing Images
ContentsATTACHING THE LENS CAP AND CAMERA STRAP .................................................................................................. 10
LOADING THE BATTERIES ...........................................................................................................................................12
INSERTING THE MEDIA ................................................................................................................................................14
CHECKING THE REMAINING 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
Nomenclature .................................................................8
Example of screen text display .................................. 9
■Still photography mode ..................................... 9
■Playback mode ..................................................9
System Expansion Options ....................................... 105
Accessories Guide .................................................... 106
Notes on Using Your Camera Correctly .................... 107
Notes on the Power Supply .......................................107
Applicable Batteries .............................................. 107
Notes on the Batteries ...........................................107
Notes on 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
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 (800) ..................................................................................................................... 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 5-frame continuous shooting ....................................................................................................................... 51
jAuto bracketing ................................................................................................................................................... 51
kFinal 5-frame continuous shooting ......................................................................................................................51
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hLong-period continuous shooting ........................................................................................................................52
DEXPOSURE COMPENSATION ......................................................................................................................................54
USING AE LOCK ............................................................................................................................................................55
eMACRO (CLOSE-UP) .....................................................................................................................................................56
PHOTOGRAPHY INFORMATION ..................................................................................................................................57
qSTILL PHOTOGRAPHY MENU OPERATION (Important. Please read.) .......................................................................58
STILL PHOTOGRAPHY MENU ......................................................................................................................................59
*SELF-TIMER PHOTOGRAPHY ......................................................................................................................................59
AWHITE BALANCE ...........................................................................................................................................................60
+AF MODE ........................................................................................................................................................................61
´MULTI ................................................................................................................................................................. 61
;CENTER ............................................................................................................................................................. 62
˜AREA .................................................................................................................................................................. 62
‘PHOTOMETRY ...............................................................................................................................................................63
jBRACKETING .................................................................................................................................................................63
GSHARPNESS ..................................................................................................................................................................64
TMULTIPLE EXPOSURE ................................................................................................................................................. 64
zFLASH BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT ...........................................................................................................................65
∞USING AN EXTERNAL FLASH ......................................................................................................................................65
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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