Taking Pictures (B AUTO Mode)

Subjects not suitable for autofocus

FinePix S8100fd uses a high-precision autofocusing mechanism. However, it may have difficulty focusing on the following:

Very shiny subjects such Fast moving subjects as a mirror or car body•Subjects photographed through glass•Subjects that do not reflect well, such as hair or fur•Subjects with no substance, such as smoke or flames•Dark subjects

•Subjects with little or no contrast between the subject and the background (such as subjects dressed in the same color as the background)

•Shots where another high-contrast object (not the subject) is close to the AF frame and is either closer or further away than your subject (such as a shot of someone against a

background with strongly contrasting elements)For such subjects use AF/AE lock (➝p.33) or “MF” Manual focus mode (➝p.84).

AF-assist illuminator

Use this illuminator to focus on the subject in dimly lit conditions.

When pressing the shutter button down halfway, the camera fires the AF-assist illuminator (orange) while focusing on your subject.

AF-assist illuminator

MEMO

•Even when the AF-assist illuminator fires, the camera may have difficulty focusing in some conditions.

•Even though there is no danger to safety, do not expose it directly in someone’s eyes.

•When using the AF-assist illuminator in Macro mode, the camera may have difficulty focusing to take close- up shots.

•See p.111, 112 for information on turning the AF-assistilluminator off.• AF-assist illuminator does not fire in ,, .,, , , , or mode.

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