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Using the Camera
2
Bebeep
●
!
The image shown 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.26).
Use the LCD monitor to frame the shot so that the
subject fills the entire AF (Autofocus) frame.
5
Press the shutter button down halfway. When a
short double-beep is heard, the camera focuses on
your subject. The AF frame on the LCD monitor
becomes smaller and the camera sets the shutter
speed and aperture. The indicator lamp (green)
changes from blinking to lit.
●
!
When a short double-beep is not heard and “{” appears on
the LCD monitor, the camera cannot focus.
●
!
Pressing the shutter button down halfway freezes the image
on the LCD monitor briefly. This image is not the recorded
image.
●
!
When “{” appears on the LCD monitor (e.g. the shot is too
dark for the camera to focus), try standing about 2 m (6.6 ft.)
from the subject to take the picture.
6
Before the flash fires, “∑” appears on the LCD monitor. When selecting a slow shutter speed will
cause camera shake, “
|” appears on the LCD monitor. Use the flash to take pictures. According
to the scene or mode being shot, use a tripod.
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1 250 2 5 0 F5F 5 6 61 2 5 0 F 5 61 2 5 0 F 5 61 250 F5 6
AF frame
Press the shutter button down fully. When a
clicking sound is heard, the camera records the
image.
●
!
There is a slight delay between the shutter button being
pressed and the picture being taken. Play back the shot to
check the image.
●
!
When pressing the shutter button down fully in one motion,
the camera takes the picture without the AF frame changing.
●
!
When the camera takes the picture, the indicator lamp lights
orange (shooting disabled).
●
!
When taking a picture using the flash, the image may
disappear and go dark briefly due to flash charging. The
indicator lamp blinks orange during charging.
●
!
See P.110-111 for information on the warning displays.
7
Click
◆
Subjects not suitable for autofocus
◆
The FinePix F10 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 Fast moving 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 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.24).
Display Status
Lit green Locking the focus
Blinking green AF/AE in progress, camera shake warning or AF warning (ready to shoot)
Blinking green and
orange alternately
Recording to xD-Picture Card (ready to shoot)
Lit orange Recording to xD-Picture Card (not ready)
Blinking orange Charging the flash (flash will not fire)
Blinking red
i xD-Picture Card Warnings
No card inserted, card not formatted, incorrect format, card full and xD-Picture Card error
i Lens operation error
✽ Detailed warning messages appear on the LCD monitor (➡P.110-111).
INDICATOR LAMP DISPLAY
AF-ASSIST ILLUMINATOR
Press the shutter button down halfway in dimly lit
conditions. The camera fires the AF-assist
illuminator (green) to allow easier focusing.
Note that the effective range decreases for
telephoto shots.
●
!
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 from a short distance.
●
!
The camera focuses most easily when a picture is taken at a
distance of around 4 m (13.1 ft.) with wide-angle and 2.3 m
(7.5 ft.) with telephoto.
●
!
See P.81 for information on turning the AF-assist illuminator
off.
NUMBER OF AVAILABLE FRAMES
The number of available frames appears on the
LCD monitor.
●
!
See P.41 for information on changing the quality setting.
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!
The default quality “˘” set at shipment is “5 N”.
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■ Standard number of frames per xD-Picture Card
The table below shows the standard number of frames for a new xD-Picture Card formatted on the camera. The larger the
xD-Picture Card capacity, the bigger the difference between the actual number of frames and the number shown here. Also,
the size of an image file varies depending on the subject. So the number of remaining shots may decrease by 2 or may
remain the same. For this reason, the number displayed may not show the actual number of frames.
5
F
2848 × 2136
5
10
21
42
85
170
5
N
10
20
42
84
169
339
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3024 × 2016
10
20
42
84
169
339
Quality setting
Number of recorded pixels
DPC-16 (16 MB)
2
1600 × 1200
25
50
101
204
3
2048 × 1536
19
40
81
162
325
651
409
818
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640 × 480
122
247
497
997
1997
3993
DPC-32 (32 MB)
DPC-64 (64 MB)
DPC-128 (128 MB)
DPC-256 (256 MB)
DPC-512/M512 (512 MB)
341 680 680 1305 1639 7995DPC-M1GB (1 GB)
TAKING PICTURES
(
B AUTO MODE
)
PHOTOGRAPHY MODE