Contents

Warning .............................................................

2

Accessories included ........................................ 8

IMPORTANT .....................................................

2

Camera parts and features ............................... 9

EC Declaration of Conformity ............................

3

Example of screen text display .................... 10

Disposal of Electric and Electronic Equipment in

 

Photography mode .............................. 10

Private Households .............................................

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Playback mode .................................... 10

Preface .............................................................. 7

 

1 Getting Ready

ATTACHING THE STRAP, LENS CAP AND LENS HOOD ................................................................ 11

Attaching the lens cap .................................................................................................................... 11

Attaching the lens hood ................................................................................................................. 12

LOADING THE BATTERIES ............................................................................................................... 13

Compatible batteries ...................................................................................................................... 13

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 FORMAT ...................................... 17

SELECTING THE LANGUAGE ........................................................................................................... 19

2 Using the Camera

BASIC OPERATION GUIDE ............................................................................................................... 20

PHOTOGRAPHY MODE

TAKING PICTURES (AUTO MODE) ................................................................................................... 23

INDICATOR LAMP DISPLAY ........................................................................................................ 26

AF-ASSIST ILLUMINATOR ........................................................................................................... 26

NUMBER OF AVAILABLE FRAMES ............................................................................................. 27

Standard number of frames per media .................................................................................... 27

USING AF/AE LOCK ..................................................................................................................... 28

USING ZOOM FUNCTION ............................................................................................................ 29

SHOOTING ASSISTANT FUNCTION

........................................................................................... 30

PLAYBACK MODE

 

.......................................................................................... 31

VIEWING THE IMAGES (w PLAYBACK)

Single-frame playback / Selecting images / Multi-frame playback ................................................. 31

Sorting by date ............................................................................................................................... 32

Playback zoom ............................................................................................................................... 34

Zoom scales ............................................................................................................................. 34

ERASING IMAGE (ERASE FRAME) ................................................................................................... 35

3 Advanced Features

BSTILL PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPHY FUNCTIONS

FOCUSING (DISTANCE) .................................................................................................................... 36

EXPOSURE (SHUTTER SPEED AND APERTURE) .......................................................................... 37

TAKING PICTURES — SELECTING THE CAMERA SETTINGS ....................................................... 38

SELECTING PHOTOGRAPHY MODE ................................................................................................ 40

B AUTO ....................................................................................................................................... 40

SCENE POSITION .............................................................................................................................. 40

 

 

N

...........................................................................................................PROGRAMMED AUTO

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M

...................................................................................................SHUTTER-PRIORITY AUTO

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<

................................................................................................APERTURE-PRIORITY AUTO

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>

..................................................................................................................................MANUAL

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D

EXPOSURE COMPENSATION ..................................................................................................... 45

 

 

 

USING AE LOCK ..................................................................................................................... 46

 

 

AE-L

 

 

ADJUSTING LIGHT METERING (PHOTOMETRY) ............................................................................. 47

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CONTINUOUS AF ............................................................................................................................... 48

MANUAL FOCUS ................................................................................................................................ 49

e MACRO (CLOSE-UP) ....................................................................................................................

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d FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY ...............................................................................................................

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x Auto flash ...................................................................................................................................

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bRed-eye reduction .....................................................................................................................

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d Forced flash ...............................................................................................................................

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c Slow synchro .............................................................................................................................

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n Red-eye reduction + Slow synchro ............................................................................................

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f CONTINUOUS SHOOTING............................................................................................................

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fTop 4-frame continuous shooting ..............................................................................................

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j Auto bracketing ..........................................................................................................................

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kFinal 4-frame continuous shooting ............................................................................................

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hLong-period continuous shooting ..............................................................................................

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INCREASING MONITOR BRIGHTNESS ............................................................................................

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PHOTOGRAPHY INFORMATION .......................................................................................................

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pPHOTO MODE PHOTOGRAPHY

 

 

 

 

˘QUALITY MODE (NUMBER OF RECORDED PIXELS) ................................................................

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Quality settings in Photography mode ...........................................................................................

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ûSENSITIVITY .................................................................................................................................

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üFinePix COLOR .............................................................................................................................

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PHOTOGRAPHY MENU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SETTING PHOTOGRAPHY MENU .....................................................................................................

PHOTOGRAPHY MENU .....................................................................................................................

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Ä SELF-TIMER PHOTOGRAPHY .....................................................................................................

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»WHITE BALANCE (SELECTING THE LIGHT SOURCE) ..............................................................

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âHIGH-SPEED SHOOTING ............................................................................................................

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H AF MODE .......................................................................................................................................

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ÔFLASH BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT ..........................................................................................

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G SHARPNESS

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SATURATION ................................................................................................................................

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CONTRAST ...................................................................................................................................

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Á BRACKETING ................................................................................................................................

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È MULTIPLE EXPOSURE ................................................................................................................

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Ê USING AN EXTERNAL FLASH .....................................................................................................

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B PLAYBACK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHOTOGRAPHY FUNCTIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLAYBACK INFORMATION ................................................................................................................

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PLAYBACK MENU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ÒERASING SINGLE / ALL FRAMES ...............................................................................................

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ÚIMAGE ROTATE ............................................................................................................................

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pPHOTO MODE PLAYBACK

 

 

 

 

 

 

¸HOW TO SPECIFY PRINT OPTIONS (DPOF) .............................................................................

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¸SPECIFYING DPOF SETTINGS EASILY ......................................................................................

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PLAYBACK MENU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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¸DPOF SET FRAME .......................................................................................................................

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¸DPOF ALL RESET

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ÇPROTECTING IMAGES: FRAME / SET ALL / RESET ALL ..........................................................

84

 

 

AUTOMATIC PLAYBACK ..............................................................................................................

86

 

 

ÂRECORDING VOICE MEMOS ......................................................................................................

87

 

 

ÂPLAYING BACK VOICE MEMOS ..................................................................................................

89

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Playing back voice memos .........................................................................................................

89

Adjusting volume of voice memos

.................................................................................................

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¯TRIMMING .....................................................................................................................................

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B MOVIE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MOVIE MODE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

r RECORDING MOVIES ..................................................................................................................

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Recording times per media ........................................................................................................

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pPHOTO MODE MOVIE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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˘QUALITY SETTINGS IN MOVIE MODE

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