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Getting Ready
Basic Photography
Advanced Features
Photography
Advanced Features
Playback
Setting
This manual will show you how to use your FUJIFILM DIGITAL CAMERA
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FinePix4900 ZOOM correctly. Please follow the instructions carefully. BB11855 200 1
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Warning — Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture. CAUTION technician for help. This symbol is intended to alert the user to This equipment has been tested and found to You are cautioned that any changes or the presence of uninsulated “dangerous comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, modifications not expressly approved in this voltage” within the product’s enclosure pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rul
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Contents ............................ ................................... b SELF-TIMER PHOTOGRAPHY 60 [ DPOF REVIEW/RESET 92 ................................................................... Warning 2 3 Advanced Features Photography ............................. .......................... PHOTOGRAPHY INFORMATION 62 [ DPOF SET ALL/RESET ALL 93 .................................................................... Preface 6 .................................. .......................................
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Preface Camera Features and Accessories Test Shots Prior to Photography Notes on Electrical Interference Features Accessories ( For particularly important photographs such as weddings If the camera is needed be used in hospitals or aircrafts, and overseas trips), always take a test photograph to check please note that this camera may cause interference to ( ) SmartMedia Shoulder strap 1 Uses the 1/1.7-inch Super CCD with 2.4 million pixels which that the camera is functioning normally.
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✽ Nomenclature Refer to the pages in parentheses for more details AE-L (AE lock) button (P.54) (Self-timer) button (P.60) MENU/OK button (Continuous shooting) button(P.59) (Focus Check) button (P.57) Command dial (Macro : close-up photography) button (P.53) EVF/LCD (viewfinder/monitor Hot shoe (P.70) selector) button (P.22, 32) Strap mount (P.14) (Flash) button (P.49) Focusing ring (P.56) Viewfinder (EVF) SmartMedia slot cover Mode dial (P.11) (P.17) DISP button (P.30) SmartMedia slot SHIFT
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Nomenclature Mode switch (Exposure compensation) Flash control sensor button (P.55) Photography mode (P.22) (Power) button (P.19) (Custom white balance) Flash (P.49) Playback mode (P.32) button (P.65) Mode switch (P.22, 32) Flash pop-up button DIGITAL (USB) socket (P.107) (P.49) Video out socket (P.38) Mode dial DC IN 5V (power input) Shutter-priority Auto (P.42) Aperture-priority Auto (P.42) socket (P.16) Manual (P.44) Programed Auto (P.42) Terminal cover (P.16) Setup (P.97) Lens Auto (P.40) F
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Nomenclature Shutter Speed and Aperture Setting Displays If you exceed the control range for a photography mode (as with a scene that is extremely overexposed Example of Monitor Text Display • Shooting Number of remaining shots or underexposed), the shutter speed or aperture is displayed in red on the screen. For dimly lit scenes, “----” is displayed on the screen as the shutter speed and aperture setting. When File size/ Image quality this occurs, press the shutter button down halfway so that t
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1 Getting Ready ATTACHING THE LENS CAP AND SHOULDER STRAP SELECTING THE POWER SUPPLY Loading the Battery 1 2 2 ➀ ➁ ➀ 1 ➀ ➁ Arrow mark ➁ 1 ➀ Pull the lens cap cord through the strap ➀ Hold the battery in, ➁ and close the battery mount. cover. ➁ Fit and remove the lens cap by squeezing the Attach the shoulder strap by threading it through Slide the battery cover in the direction of the ➀ left and right sides of the cap. the strap mount. Attach the other end of the arrow and lift it ope
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™ SELECTING THE POWER SUPPLY LOADING THE SmartMedia ( ) Connecting the AC Power Adapter Charging the Battery SmartMedia™ sold separately ➀ ➂ Only use 3.3V SmartMedia DC IN 5V MG-4S ( 4MB), MG-16SW (16MB, ID) Socket MG-8S ( 8MB), MG-32SW (32MB, ID) MG-16S (16MB), MG-64SW (64MB, ID) MG-32S (32MB) MG-64S (64MB) ➁ 1 Check that the camera is switched off. Open the Load the battery and connect the AC power terminal cover and insert the AC power adapter adapter. After approximately 3
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™ ✽ See P.67 – 68 for information on selecting the language REMOVING THE SmartMedia SWITCHING ON AND OFF Blank 1 2 1 2 ➀ ➁ Lit yellow Lit red Lit red With the LCD monitor on, you can check the remaining charge in the battery. Battery has ample charge. (No indicator ➀ displayed.) The battery is approximately half charged. ➁ 1 Grasp the SmartMedia with your fingertips and ➀ Check that the indicator lamp is green and ➂ Battery charge low. Replace or recharge the pull it out. switch the camer
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SETTING THE DATE AND TIME 1 2 3 4 ➀ ➁ ➀ ➁ 1 When you have finished setting the date and time, press the “MENU/OK” button to confirm the setting. The SET-UP screen then reappears. To exit the “2” mode, set the mode dial to any mode other than the “2” mode. Use the “dc” button to select the desired item Set the Mode switch to “0” Set the Mode ➀ Use “a” or “b ” to select “DATE/TIME”. ➀ ➁ Press the “MENU/OK” button. and then use the “a” and “b ” buttons to correct dial to “2”. The SET-UP scr
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Basic 2 Photography ( ) TAKING PICTURES AUTO MODE EVF photography LCD photography EVF photography LCD photography 1 2 3 ➀ ➁ ➂ You can switch between using the viewfinder Put your arm through the shoulder strap so that When taking pictures with the camera held on its (EVF) and the monitor (LCD) to take pictures by the strap is looped around your shoulder. Hold side, grasp the camera firmly so that your left pressing the EVF/LCD button. the camera grip with your right hand and use hand take
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( ) TAKING PICTURES AUTO MODE 4 5 6 7 Beep Frame the shot so that the subject fills the entire If you press the shutter button down halfway and AF (Auto Focus) frame. then press the shutter button down fully without releasing it (push down fully), the camera beeps Zoom bar and takes the picture. The camera then records 2 the image data. ! If you press the shutter button down fully in a single motion, the AF frame does not change size and the You can use the “Zoom” button or the 4-direction Whe
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( ) TAKING PICTURES AUTO MODE The number of available shots is displayed on Indicator Lamp Display Subjects Not Suitable for Autofocus Number of Available Frames the monitor in the position shown in the figure at Though the FinePix4900 ZOOM uses an Color Status Meaning left. accurate autofocus mechanism, it may have difficulty focusing or not be able to focus at all Lit Ready to shoot. ! See P.99 for information on changing the File size for the types of subject and situation listed and
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/ USING AF AE LOCK 1 2 3 4 Beep In a shot with this type of composition, the Move the camera slightly so that one of the subjects (two people in this case) are not in the subjects in the AF frame. AF frame. If the shot is taken at this point, the subjects will not be in focus. 2 Press and hold the shutter button down halfway With the shutter button still held down halfway (AF/AE lock). The AF frame on the screen (AF lock), move the camera back to the original ! Check that the focus selector swit
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FRAMING GUIDELINE FUNCTION Portrait Scene Group Shot 1 2 (Vertical shot frame) Use this frame when you want to Use this frame when you are Use this frame for portrait photography. Fit the subject’s face position your main subject in shooting groups of 2 or more into one of the 3 frames to shoot a center of the frame or when you people. close-up portrait (large frame), a want to align your shot with the By composing the shot so that head and shoulders shot (middle horizon. your subjects are as la
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( ) VIEWING YOUR IMAGES PLAYBACK FAST FORWARDING IMAGES 1 2 1 2 ➀ ➁ Normal playback During fast forward, 3 frames are shown No text displayed together in miniature on the monitor. When you You can fast forward through the frames by stop fast forward, the image enclosed in the Multi-frame playback Set the Mode switch to “#”. holding down “d ” or “c” button for about ➀ frame is displayed on the monitor as a single The setting toggles between the viewfinder ➁ 3 seconds during playback. 2 image
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- PLAYBACK ZOOM MULTI FRAME PLAYBACK 1 2 1 2 ➀ ➁ ➁ ➀ After you have zoomed an image, ➀ you can Zoom bar move around the image by holding down the “SHIFT” button, ➁ and pressing “a”, “b ”, “d” 2 and “c” on the 4-direction button. Pressing “a” and “b ” button during playback Pressing the “DISP” button twice switches to the ➀ Use the “abdc” buttons to move the cursor zooms in and out on (enlarges and reduces) the multi-frame (9-frame) display. (the orange outline) to the desired frame. sti
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ERASING SINGLE FRAME 1 2 3 4 ➀ ➁ Press the “MENU/OK” button to erase the displayed image. When erasing is complete, the next image appears and the “” 2 message is displayed. Press “d” or “c” button to display the image to Set the Mode switch to “#”. Select “FRAME” in the “c ERASE” menu and ➀ be erased. ➁ Press the “MENU/OK” button to display the press the “MENU/OK” button. ! If “+” is displayed, the image protection Menu screen on the monitor. must be removed to erase the image (➡P.82). !I
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Advanced Features 3 Photography USING A TV MONITOR ADVANCED PHOTOGRAPHY The Advanced Photography section introduces a range of camera functions that you can access by VIDEO OUT socket 1 2 setting the Mode switch to “0”. Photography mode specifications To the video Flash Macro Exposure Continuous Self-Timer Photography Accessible menu Factory AE lock MF Photography Photography Compensation Shooting Photography input socket mode settings default (P.54) (P.56) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) P.49 P.53 P.55 P
