User manual FUJIFILM FINEPIX S2900

[. . . ] BL01246-200 EN DIGITAL CAMERA FINEPIX Before You Begin First Steps Basic Photography and Playback More on Photography More on Playback Movies Connections Menus S2900 Series Owner's Manual Thank you for your purchase of this product. This manual describes how to use your FUJIFILM FinePix S2900 series digital camera and the supplied software. Be sure that you have read and understood its contents before using the camera. For information on related products, visit our website at http://www. fujifilm. com/products/digital_cameras/index. html Technical Notes Troubleshooting Appendix For Your Safety IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS · Read Instructions: All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the appliance is operated. · Retain Instructions: The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. [. . . ] The Press the effect is visible in the display. Choose negative values Choose positive values to to reduce exposure increase exposure ("­" sign turns yellow) ("+" sign turns yellow) 42 d Exposure Compensation Choosing an Exposure Compensation Value · Backlit subjects: choose values from +2/3 EV to +12/3 EV (for an explanation of the term "EV", see the Glossary on page 117) · Highly reflective subjects or very bright scenes (e. g. , snowfields): +1 EV More on Photography · Scenes that are mostly sky: +1 EV · Spotlit subjects (particularly if photographed against dark backgrounds): ­2/3 EV · Subjects with low reflectivity (pine trees or dark-colored foliage): ­2/3 EV 43 Playback Options To view the most recent picture in the monitor, press the a button. 100-0001 Choosing a Display Format Press the DISP/BACK button to cycle through playback display formats as shown below. Press the selector right to view pictures in the order recorded, left to view pictures in reverse order. Keep the selector pressed to scroll rapidly to the desired frame. 100-0001 100 4:3 N 12/31/2050 10 : 00 AM 1/250 F3. 1 44 More on Playback Information on 100-0001 Information off 3 12/31/2050 10 : 00 AM Favorites (pg. 45) 1 Note Pictures taken using other cameras are indicated by a m ("gift image") icon during playback. Playback Options Playback Zoom Select T to zoom in on pictures displayed in single-frame playback; select W to zoom out. When the picture is zoomed in, the selector can be used to view areas of the image not currently visible in the display. Zoom indicator Navigation window shows portion of image currently displayed in monitor Intelligent Face Detection Pictures taken with Intelligent Face Detection (pg. Press the g button to zoom in on the ZOOM BACK subject selected with Intelligent Face Detection. You can then use the zoom control to zoom in and out. I Favorites: Rating Pictures To rate the picture currently displayed in full-frame playback, press DISP/BACK and press the selector up and down to select from zero to five stars. 2 Tip: Favorites Ratings can be used for image search (pg. 51). More on Playback Press DISP/BACK to exit zoom. 1 Note The maximum zoom ratio varies with image size. Playback zoom is not available with resized copies or copies cropped to a size of a. 45 Playback Options Viewing Photo Information To view or hide the photo information listed below in single-frame playback, press d. 4:3 N ISO 400 F3. 5 1/250 : STD : OFF : : -1 2 3 12/31/2050 10 : 00 AM 100-0001 Histograms Histograms show the distribution of tones in the image. Brightness is shown by the horizontal axis, the number of pixels by the vertical axis. Optimal exposure: Pixels are distributed in an even curve throughout the tone range. Underexposed: Pixels are clustered at the left side of the graph. q Image quality and size, w Sensitivity, e Shutter speed/ aperture, r FinePix color, t Flash mode, y White balance, u Exposure compensation, i Frame number, o Picture (overexposed areas blink on and off ), !0 Histogram 46 Playback Options Multi-Frame Playback To change the number of images displayed during playback, select W. Use the selector to highlight images and press MENU/OK to view the highlighted image full frame. In the nine- and hundred-frame displays, press the selector up or down to view more pictures. 2 Tip: Two-Frame Display Two-frame display can be used to compare pictures taken in C mode. 12/31/2050 10 : 00 AM Select W to increase the number of pictures displayed to one frame with previous and next, two, nine, or a hundred. More on Playback Select T to reduce the number of images displayed. 47 Viewing Panoramas To view a panorama, display in single-frame view and press the selector down. PLAY STOP PAUSE The following operations can be performed during playback: Operation Start/pause playback End playback/ delete Button Description Press the selector down to start playback. Press again to pause. Press the selector up to end playback. 48 k PhotoBook Assist Create books from your favorite photos. Creating a PhotoBook Select k PHOTOBOOK ASSIST in the play- 5 Scroll through the images and press the selec1 back menu. tor up to select or deselect the current image for inclusion in the book. To display the current image on the cover, press the selector down. 1 Note The first picture selected automatically becomes the cover image. Press the selector down to select a different picture for the cover. 2 Highlight NEW BOOK. MENU/OK 3 Press dialog. · SELECT BY IMAGE SEARCH: Choose from pictures matching selected search conditions (pg. 51). 1 Note Neither photographs a or smaller nor movies can be selected for photobooks. Press MENU/OK 6 is complete. to exit when the book More on Playback 7 Highlight COMPLETE PHOTOBOOK. SELECT IMAGES FOR PHOTOBOOK SELECT ALL COMPLETE PHOTOBOOK EXIT 1 Note Choose SELECT ALL to select all photos, or all photos matching the specified search conditions, for the book. 49 k PhotoBook Assist Press MENU/OK. The 8 added to the list innew book will be the photobook assist menu. 3 Cautions · Photobooks can contain up to 300 pictures. PhotoBooks Photobooks can be copied to a computer using the supplied MyFinePix Studio software. Viewing PhotoBooks Highlight a book in the photobook assist menu and press MENU/OK to display the book, then press the selector left and right to scroll through the pictures. [. . . ] Recording times shown here are the approximate total time of all recorded movies. 2 Use a card with a class 4 write speed (4 MB/s) or better when shooting HD movies. Photographs Movies 1 118 Specifications Digital Camera FinePix S2900 series 14 million 1 /2. 3 -in. , square-pixel CCD with primary color filter SD/SDHC memory cards (see page 10) Compliant with Design Rule for Camera File System (DCF), Exif 2. 3, and Digital Print Order Format (DPOF) File format · Still pictures: Exif 2. 3 JPEG (compressed) · Movies: AVI-format Motion JPEG · Audio: monaural WAV Image size (pixels, file size) · O 4 : 3: 4, 288 × 3, 216 (14 M) · O 3 : 2: 4, 288 × 2, 864 (12 M) · O 16 : 9: 4, 288 × 2, 416 (10 M) · P 4 : 3: 3, 072 × 2, 304 (7 M) · P 3 : 2: 3, 072 × 2, 048 (6 M) · P 16 : 9: 3, 072 × 1, 728 (5 M) · Q 4 : 3: 2, 048 × 1, 536 (3 M) · Q 3 : 2: 2, 048 × 1, 360 (3 M) · Q 16 : 9: 1, 920 × 1, 080 (2 M) Lens Fujinon 18 × optical zoom lens, F/3. 1 (wide angle) ­ 5. 6 (telephoto) Focal length f=5 mm­90 mm (35-mm format equivalent: 28 mm­504 mm) Digital zoom · Still pictures: approx. 6. 7 × (up to 120. 6 × with optical zoom) · Movies: approx. 2 × (f, g) F3. 1 and F6. 4 (wide angle), F5. 6 and F11 (telephoto) Aperture Focus range (distance from Approx. 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