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In a shot with this type of composition, the
subjects (two people in this case) are not in the
AF frame. If the shot is taken at this point, the
subjects will not be in focus.
Move the camera slightly so that one of the
subjects in the AF frame.
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USING AF/AE LOCK
QMODE
◆
AF (Autofocus)/AE (Auto exposure) Lock
◆
On the FinePix A204, when you press the shutter button down half way, the focus and exposure settings
are fixed (AF/AE lock). If you want to focus on a subject that is off to one side of the image or if you want
to set the exposure before you compose the final shot, lock the AF and AE settings and then compose
and shoot your picture to get the best results.
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✽ Number of available shots displayed on the camera for a new xD-Picture Card formatted in the camera.
Number of Available Frames
■ Standard number of shots per xD-Picture Card
Because the amount of data recorded varies depending on the subject, the number of available shots may not
decrease when recording ends, or may decrease by 2 frames. The discrepancy between the standard number of
available shots and the actual number of available shots increases in proportion to the capacity of the xD-Picture Card.
The number of available shots is displayed on
the LCD monitor.
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!
See P.39 for information on changing the quality.
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The default quality setting “y” set at shipment is
1M.
Quality mode
Image Data Size
DPC-16 (16 MB)
DPC-32 (32 MB)
Approx. 620 KB Approx. 390 KB
2M
•
F2M
•
N
DPC-64 (64 MB)
DPC-128 (128 MB)
101
204
50
25
159
319
79
39
Number of recorded pixels
1600 × 1200 640 × 480
49
99
122
247
Approx. 320 KB Approx. 130 KB
198
398
497
997
1280 × 960
1M 0.3M
TAKING PICTURES
(
A AUTO MODE
)
QMODE