Fujifilm Camera Finepix S8400w Owners Manual

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More on Photography
 The Fn Button
The role played by the Fn button can be selected using the  F Fn BUT TON  
option in the setup menu ( P 10 6).  
The following options are available: 
ISO  (P  84)/ IMAGE SIZE  (P  84)/ IMAGE QUALITY  (P  85)/ WHITE BALANCE ( P 86)/
FINEPIX COLOR  (P  86)/ PHOTOMETRY  (P  87)/ AF MODE ( P 88)/ FACE DETECTION  (P  35)/
INSTANT ZOOM  (P  44)/ LOCATION INFO SEARCH ( P 
63)/GEOTAGGING  (P 64)/
MOVIE MODE ( P 83)
 Fn button
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The  F Fn BUT TON  menu can also be displayed by pressing and holding the Fn  button. 
						

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I Continuous Shooting (Burst Mode)
Capture motion or automatically vary selected settings over a series of pictures.
Press the I button and choose 
from the following options:
OFF : OFF
r  : r CONTINUOUS
t  : t CONTINUOUS
P : BEST FRAME CAPTURE
O : O CONTINUOUS
K : K CONTINUOUS
J : J CONTINUOUS
O : AE BKT c 
•  Focus and exposure are determined by the first frame 
in each series.  The flash turns off automatically; the 
previously-selected flash mode is restored when con-
tinuous shooting is turned off.
•  Frame rate varies with shutter speed, shooting condi- tions, and the number of pictures in each burst.
•  The number of pictures that can be taken in a single  burst varies with the scene and camera settings.  The 
number of pictures that can be recorded depends on 
the memory available.
■■  rr CONTINUOUS/ CONTINUOUS/tt CONTINUOUS/ CONTINUOUS/OO CONTINUOUS/ CONTINUOUS/
KK CONTINUOUS/ CONTINUOUS/JJ CONTINUOUS CONTINUOUS
The camera takes photographs while the shutter 
button is pressed. 
						

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I Continuous Shooting (Burst Mode)
■■  PP BEST FRAME CAPTURE BEST FRAME CAPTURE
The camera takes a series of pictures, starting 
before and ending after the shutter button is 
pressed.  To choose the frame rate and number 
of shots:
1 Press the selector right when the  camera is in shooting mode.
2  Highlight the current frame rate and press the selector right, then press 
selector up or down to choose a 
new value and press  MENU/OK to se-
lect.
c 
Some frame rates may reduce the number of shots 
available in Step 3.
3 Highlight the number of  shots and press the selec-
tor right.  Press the selector 
up or down to choose the 
number of shots in each 
burst and left or right to 
choose their distribution 
(the number on the left is 
taken  before  and the num-
ber on the right after the 
shutter button is pressed).  
Press  MENU/OK  when set-
tings are complete.
CONTINUOUS SHOOTING SETUP
SET CANCEL FRAMES
10
–1S SHUTTER 1S
Shots per burst
Distribution
4 Press  DISP/BACK  to return to shooting 
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I Continuous Shooting (Burst Mode)
5  Take photographs.  The camera begins record-ing while the shutter button is pressed half-
way, and completes the burst when the shut-
ter button is pressed all the way down.  The 
illustration shows a burst of eight shots, three 
before the shutter button is pressed and four 
after.
Shutter button
pressed halfway Shutter button
pressed all the way down
“Af ter ”shots
“Before” shots
c 
•  If the shutter button is pressed all the way down be- fore the number of frames selected for the “before” 
portion is recorded, the remaining frames will be 
taken after the shutter button is pressed all the way 
down.
•  If the shutter button is pressed halfway for an extend- ed period, the camera may record the burst before 
the shutter button is pressed all the way down.
 ■ ■  OO AE BKT AE BKT
Each time the shutter button is pressed, the 
camera takes three shots: one using the metered 
value for exposure, the second overexposed by 
the amount selected for  J AE BKT EV STEPS in 
the shooting menu ( P 89), and the third underex-
posed by the same amount (the camera may not 
be able to use the selected bracketing increment 
if the amount of over- or under- exposure exceeds 
the limits of the exposure metering system). 
						

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 d Exposure Compensation
Use exposure compensation when photographing very bright, very dark, or high-contrast subjects.
 1 Press the d button.
The exposure indicator will be displayed.
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 Exposure  indicator
 2  Choose a value. Rotate the command dial.  The ef-
fect is visible in the display.
Choose negative values  to reduce exposure 
(“–” sign turns yellow)Choose positive values to  increase exposure 
(“+” sign turns yellow)
 3  Return to shooting mode. Press the d button to return to shooting 
mode.
 4 Ta k e  p i c t u r e s .
1 
A  d icon and exposure indicator are displayed at set-
tings other than ±0.  Exposure compensation is not 
reset when the camera is turned off; to restore normal 
exposure control, choose a value of ±0. 
						

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d Exposure Compensation
 Choosing an Exposure Compensation Value
•  Backlit subjects : choose values from +2/3 EV to +12/3 EV
• Highly reflective subjects or very bright scenes  (e.g., snowfields): +1 EV
• 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 
						

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More on Playback
 Playback  Options
 To view the most recent picture in the monitor, 
press the a button.
100-0001100-0001
Press the selector right to view pictures 
in the order recorded, left to view pic-
tures in reverse order.  Keep the selector 
pressed to scroll rapidly to the desired 
frame.
1 
 Pictures taken using other cameras are indicated by a 
m (“gift image”) icon during playback.
 Playback Zoom Playback  Zoom
Select T to zoom in on pictures displayed in sin-
gle-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.
Navigation window 
shows portion of image 
currently displayed in 
monitor Zoom indicator
Press  DISP/BACK  to exit zoom.
1 
 The maximum zoom ratio varies with image size.  
Playback zoom is not available with copies resized or 
cropped to a size of  a or smaller.
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Playback Options
 Intelligent Face Detection
Pictures taken with Intelligent 
Face Detection ( P 35) are indi-
cated by a  g icon.  Press the 
f button to zoom in on the 
subject selected with Intelli-
gent Face Detection.  You can 
then use the zoom control to zoom in and out.
BACK
ZOOM
 I I Favorites: Rating Pictures 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 Favorites
Ratings can be used for image search ( P 59). 
						

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Playback Options
 Multi-Frame Playback Multi-Frame  Playback
To change the number of images dis-
played during playback, select W.
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Select W to 
increase the 
number of pictures  displayed to one 
frame with previ-
ous and next, two, 
nine, or a hundred.Select T to reduce 
the number of im-
ages displayed.
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 Two-Frame Display
Two-frame display can be used 
to compare pictures taken in 
C mode. 
						

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If you press the selector down when a panorama is displayed full frame, the camera will play back the 
picture from left to right or from bottom to top.
PLAY
STOPPAUSE
The following operations can be performed during playback:
OperationOperationButtonButtonDescriptionDescription
Star t /pause  playback
Press the selector down to start playback.  Press again to pause.
End playback
Press the selector up to end playback.
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Once displayed in full-frame playback, panoramas can be zoomed in or out using the zoom lever.
 Viewing  Panoramas