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When you cannot get the correct exposure
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Advanced
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✽2 Switching Macro mode ON/OFF
0.9 m (3.0 ft.) to infinity
0.1 m to 2.0 m (0.3 ft. to 6.6 ft.)
Macro OFF Macro ON
FOCUSING
(
DISTANCE
)
STILL PHOTOGRAPHY FUNCTIONS
FOCUSING
■ Causes of focusing errors and the solutions
Cause Solution
The subject is not suited to AF.
Use AF lock (Focus mode : AF (CENTER)) ✽1 or MF.
The subject is outside the shooting range.
Switch Macro mode on or off ✽2.
The subject is moving too quickly. Use MF (pre-setting the shooting distance for a shot (lock pin))
✽1 Taking pictures using AF lock
Press the Shutter button down
halfway to focus.
Capture the subject
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Subjects Not suitable for Auto focus
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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 When the subject is dark.
h When there is very little contrast between the
subject and the background (such as white
walls or subjects dressed in the same color as
the background).
h Subjects moving at high speed.
h When there is a high-contrast subject other
than the main subject at or near the center of
the image and that subject is closer to or further
from the camera than the main subject (as
when you photograph someone against a
background with strongly contrasting elements).
Recompose the shot and take the picture.
EXPOSURE
(
SHUTTER SPEED AND APERTURE
)
STILL PHOTOGRAPHY FUNCTIONS
EXPOSURE
Exposure refers to the light that hits the CCD or the total amount of captured light and determines
the brightness of the image.
The exposure is determined by the combination of aperture and shutter speed. In AE (automatic
exposure), the camera automatically determines the correct exposure, allowing for factors such as
the brightness of the subject and the ISO setting.
The graph at left shows the way the aperture and shutter speed settings can
be changed while maintaining the same exposure level.
h When the exposure is decreased by one step, the shutter speed also
decreases by one step (the dot moves up and left).
h When the exposure is increased by one step, the shutter speed also
increases by one step (the dot moves down and right).
h Combinations that result in the shutter speed or aperture being outside the
available range of settings cannot be selected (white dots).
h In the “
N”, “M” and “<” photography modes, it is easy to select different
settings along this line.
h Selecting settings that run parallel to this line by adjusting the brightness of
the photographed image is referred to as exposure compensation.
Exposure compensation :
This function uses the exposure level set by the AE
function as a reference (0) and then brightens (+) or
darkens (–) the image. By selecting Auto bracketing,
you can shoot 3 frames, one underexposed (–), one
at the reference exposure (0) and one overexposed
(+).
OpenClosed
(
A
p
erture
)
Slow
(Shutter speed)
Fast
–0+
Closed Open
When you are shooting a moving subject, you can either “freeze the motion” or “capture the sense
of movement” by adjusting the shutter speed.
Freezes the motion of the
subject.
Photographs the traces left
by the subject's movement.
By adjusting the aperture, you can change the depth of focus (depth of field).
The area in front of and
behind the subject is also in
focus in the shot.
The background is out of
focus.
Fast Slow
Shutter speed
Aperture
The distance from the subject to the camera is referred to as the shooting distance.
The image is said to be focused when the image appears sharp at the correct shooting distance.
■ Three focusing methods
The FinePix S5000 now offers a choice of 3 focusing mechanisms : Auto focus (S-AF),
Continuous AF (C-AF) and Manual focus (M-AF).
S-AF : Allows the camera to focus on the subject automatically. The camera focuses when the
Shutter button is pressed down halfway.
C-AF : The camera focuses continuously on the main subject in the AF frame. Use this mode to
photograph moving subjects. See P.51 for details.
MF : With the “
D
” button held down, press the “T” or “W” button to focus the shot. See P.52 for
details.
Main subject
Main subject