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Using the Camera
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Press the Shutter button down halfway. The
camera emits a short double-beep and focuses on
your subject. The AF frame on the LCD monitor
becomes smaller (the viewfinder lamp (green)
stops blinking and remains lit).
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To take the picture, press the Shutter button down
fully without lifting your finger off. The camera beeps
and takes the picture. The data is then recorded.
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There is a slight delay between the Shutter button being
pressed and the picture being taken. Playback the shot to
check the image.
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When pressing the Shutter button down fully in one motion,
the camera takes the picture without the AF frame changing.
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When the camera takes the picture, the viewfinder lamp lights
orange (shooting disabled). The viewfinder lamp then turns
green and the next picture can be taken.
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The viewfinder lamp blinks orange while the flash is charging.
If the LCD monitor is turned on, the screen goes dark. This is
normal.
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See P.78, 79 for information on the warning displays.
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Bebeep
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If the camera does not emit a short double-beep and “{”
appears on the LCD monitor, the camera cannot focus.
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Pressing the Shutter button down halfway freezes the image
on the LCD monitor briefly. This is not the recorded image.
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If “{” appears on the LCD monitor (e.g. the shot is too dark
for the camera to focus), stand about 2 m (6.6 ft.) from your
subject to take the picture.
Beep
Use the LCD monitor to frame the shot so that the
subject fills the entire AF (Auto Focus) frame.
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When the subject is not in the AF frame, use AF/AE lock to
take the picture (➡P.20).
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The image on the LCD monitor before the picture is taken
may differ in brightness, color, etc. from the image actually
recorded. Play back the recorded image to check it (➡P.22).
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AF frame
LCD monitor
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Subjects not suitable for autofocus
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The FinePix A330/FinePix A340 uses a high-precision autofocusing mechanism. However, it may have
difficulty focusing on the following:
h Very shiny subjects such as a mirror or car
body
h Subjects photographed through glass
h Subjects that do not reflect well, such as hair
or fur
h Subjects with no substance, such as smoke or
flames
h Dark subjects
h Subjects with little or no contrast between the
subject and the background (such as white
walls or subjects dressed in the same color as
the background)
h Fast moving subjects
h 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.20).