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Contents
ATTACHING THE LENS CAP AND STRAP
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LOADING THE BATTERIES
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INSERTING THE MEDIA
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CHECKING THE BATTERY CHARGE
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TURNING ON AND OFF / SETTING THE DATE AND TIME
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CORRECTING THE DATE AND TIME / CHANGING THE DATE ORDER
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SELECTING THE LANGUAGE
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Warning
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IMPORTANT
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EC Declaration of Conformity
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Preface
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Accessories included
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Camera parts and features
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Example of screen text display
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■ Still photography mode
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■ Playback mode
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1 Getting Ready
BASIC OPERATION GUIDE
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LCD monitor brightness / Volume adjustment
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TAKING PICTURES (AUTO MODE)
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INDICATOR LAMP DISPLAY
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NUMBER OF AVAILABLE FRAMES
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USING AF/AE LOCK
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USING THE ZOOM (OPTICAL ZOOM / DIGITAL ZOOM)
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BEST FRAMING
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VIEWING THE IMAGES (PLAYBACK)
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Single-frame playback / Fast-forwarding through the images / Multi-frame playback
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Single-frame playback / Playback zoom / Panning / Trimming
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ERASING IMAGES (ERASE FRAME)
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PLAYBACK MODE
STILL PHOTOGRAPHY MODE
2 Using the Camera
B STILL PHOTOGRAPHY / MOVIE
y QUALITY MODE (NUMBER OF RECORDED PIXELS)
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Quality settings in Still photography mode
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Quality settings in Movie mode
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B STILL PHOTOGRAPHY
S SENSITIVITY
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High-sensitivity photography (1600)
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J FinePix COLOR
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FOCUSING (DISTANCE)
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EXPOSURE (SHUTTER SPEED AND APERTURE)
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TAKING PICTURES — SELECTING THE CAMERA SETTINGS
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■ List of functions available in each mode
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■ List of menu options available in each mode
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AUTO
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SCENE POSITION
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m Portrait
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, Landscape
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. Sports
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/ Night scene
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PROGRAMMED AUTO
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SHUTTER-PRIORITY AUTO
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APERTURE-PRIORITY AUTO
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MANUAL
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d FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY
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x Auto flash mode
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b Red-eye reduction
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d Forced flash
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c Slow synchro
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n Red-eye reduction + Slow synchro
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Increasing the monitor brightness
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MANUAL FOCUS
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CONTINUOUS AF
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f CONTINUOUS SHOOTING
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f Top 10-frame continuous shooting
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j Auto bracketing
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