Contents
CHARGING THE BATTERIES ......................................................................................................................................................... 10
Bstteries thst can be charged ................................................................................................................................................... 10
LOADING THE BATTERIES AND THE MEDIA ............................................................................................................................... 11
Compalible batteries ................................................................................................................................................................. 11
Checking the baUery charge .................................................................................................................................................... 13
TURNING ON AND OFF ................................................................................................................................................................. 14
SETTING THE DATE AND TIME ..................................................................................................................................................... 15
CORRECTING THE DATE AND TIME / CHANGING THE DATE FORMAT ................................................................................... 16
DISCHARGING RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES ............................................................................................................................ 18
SELECTING THE LANGUAGE ........................................................................................................................................................ 20
BASIC OPERATION GUIDE ............................................................................................................................................................ 21
[PHOTOGRAPHYMODE]
TAKING PICTURES (AUTO MODE) ............................................................................................................................................... 23
USING VIEWFINDER .............................................................................................................................................................. 25
VIEWFINDER LAMP DISPLAY ................................................................................................................................................ 26
NUMBER OF AVAILABLE FRAMES ....................................................................................................................................... 26
[] Blandard number of frames per xD-Ricture Card ............................................................................................................. 26
USING AF/AE LOCK ................................................................................................................................................................ 27
SHOOTING ASSISTANT FUNCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 28
[PLAYBACKMODEl
VIEWING THE IMAGES (_] PLAYBACK) ....................................................................................................................................... 29
Move to Photography mode or Playback mode/Single-f re,me glayback/Selecting images ....................................................... 29
MultMrame glayback/Boding by date ....................................................................................................................................... .30
Playback zoom ........................................................................................................................................................................ 32
ERASING IMAGE (ERASE FRAME) ............................................................................................................................................... 33
STILL PHOTOGRAPHY
I PHOTOGHAPHY FUNBTIONB I
FOCUSING (DISTANCE) ................................................................................................................................................................. 34
EXPOSURE (SHUTTER SPEED AND APERTURE) ...................................................................................................................... 35
TAKING PICTUREB -- SELECTING THE CAMERA SETTINGS ................................................................................................... 36
SELECTING PHOTOGRAPHY MODE ............................................................................................................................................ 38
AUTO/SCENE POSITION ........................................................................................................................................... 38
PROGRAMMED AUTO ........................................................................................................................................................ 39
BHUTTER-PRIORITY AUTO ............................................................................................................................................... 40
APERTURE-PRIORITY AUTO ............................................................................................................................................ 41
[_ MANUAL .............................................................................................................................................................................. .42
EXPOSURE COMPENSATION ................................................................................................................................................ 43
MACRO (CLOSE-UP) .............................................................................................................................................................. 44
_, FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY ......................................................................................................................................................... 45
At Auto flash ........................................................................................................................................................................... 46
Red-eye reduction ............................................................................................................................................................... 46
Forced flash ........................................................................................................................................................................ 46
st Slow synchro ....................................................................................................................................................................... 46
Red-eye reduction + Slow synchro .................................................................................................................................... 46
CONTINUOUS SHOOTING .................................................................................................................................................... 48
Top 4-frame continuous shooting ........................................................................................................................................ 49
e_ Auto bracksting ................................................................................................................................................................... 49
Final 4-frame continuous shooting ...................................................................................................................................... 49
Long-period continuous shooting ........................................................................................................................................ 50
PHOTOGRAPHY INFORMATION ................................................................................................................................................... 51
[F PHOT0 MOBE PHOTOGHAPHY I
[] QUALITY MODE (NUMBER OF RECORDED PIXELB) .......................................................................................................... 52
Quality settings in Photography mode ...................................................................................................................................... 53
[] BENSITIVITY ........................................................................................................................................................................... 54
I_ FinePix COLOR ........................................................................................................................................................................ 55
[PHOTOGRAPHY MENU]
BETTING PHOTOGRAPHY MENU .................................................................................................................................................56
PHOTOGRAPHY MENU ..................................................................................................................................................................58
BELF-TIMER PHOTOGRAPHY .........................................................................................................................................58
PHOTOMETRY .................................................................................................................................................................59
[] WHITE BALANCE (SELECTING THE UGHT SOURCE) ................................................................................................ 60
[] FOCUSING ................................................... 62
AF (CENTER)/AF (MULTI) ............................................ 62
AF AREA / CONTINUOUS AF ........................................... 63
MF (Manual Focus) ................................................ 64
BHARPNESS ................................................... 64
[] FLASH BRIGHTNESSADJUSTMENT ...................................... 64
BRACKETING .................................................. 65
PLAYBACK
IPLAYBABKFUNCTIONSI
PLAYBACK INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................................................ 66
[PLAYBACK MENU]
[] ERASING SINGLE / ALL FRAMES .........................................................................................................................................67
[] IMAGE ROTATE ........................................................................................................................................................................69
IF PHOTO MODE PLAYBACK]
[] HOW TO SPECIFY PRINT OPTIONS (DPOF) ........................................................................................................................70
[] SPECIFYING DPOF SETTINGS EASILY ...............................................................................................................................71
[PLAYBACK MENU]
[] DPOF SET FRAME ..................................................................................................................................................................79
[] DPOF ALL RESET ...................................................................................................................................................................75
m PROTECTING IMAGES: FRAME / SET ALL / RESET ALL .....................................................................................................76
[] AUTOMATIC PLAYBACK .........................................................................................................................................................78
[] RECORDING VOICE MEMOS .................................................................................................................................................79
[] PLAYING BACK VOICE MEMOS .............................................................................................................................................81
[] TRIMMING ................................................................................................................................................................................83
[_ MOVIE
_,_ RECORDING MOVIES ............................................................................................................................................................85
[] Recording times per xD-Picture Card ..................................................................................................................................86
[f PHOTOMODEMOVIE]
[] OUALITY SETTINGS IN MOVIE MODE .................................................................................................................................. 87
[PLAYBACK MODE]
PLAYING BACK MOVIES ................................................................................................................................................................88
[] Playing b_ck movies ............................................................................................................................................................88
Adjusting volume of movies ......................................................................................................................................................89
SET-UP ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 90
[] USING THE SET-UP SCREEN ........................................... 90
[] SET-UP menu options ................................................ 92
[] IMAGE DISPLAY / [] PLAYBACK VOLUME .................................. 93
[] FRAME NCX/ [] LCD BRIGHTNES_ ...................................... 94
[] DIGITALZOOM/_ CCD-RAW .............................. 95
[] AUTO POWER OFF / _ LCD POWER SAVE ......................... 96
[] FORMAT / [] TIME DIFFERENCE ....................................... 97
5.1 INSTALLATION ON A Windows PC ........................................... 99
5.2 INSTALLATION ON A Mac OS X ............................... 101
&l CAMERA CONNECTION ......................................................................................................................................................... 104
6.1 _ Using the AC Power adapter ................... 104
6.12 Connecting to a TV ................................. 104
_2 CONNECTING THE CAMERA DIRECTLY TO THE PRINTER -- PictBfidge FUNCTION ..................................................... 105
&2.1 Specifying images for printing on the camera .................................. 105
&2.2 Specifying images for printing without using DPOF (single-frame printing) ................................................................... 107
6.3 CONNECTING TO A PC ................................. 109
&&l Connecting to a PC ............................................... 109
&&2 Disconnecting the camera ........................................... 112
&4 USING FinePixViewer ................................................. 113
&4.1 Mastering FinePixViewer ............................................ 113
&zL2 Ur_instalHng the software ............................................ 113