Fujifilm Camera Finepix S8600 Owners Manual

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Z INSTANT ZOOM
 5  Frame the picture.
Use the zoom control to choose the area 
that will be included in the final photograph.
 6  Focus and shoot.
The framed area will 
be enlarged to create a 
full-sized picture.
2  Tip: Intelligent Face Detection
Intelligent Face Detection will not detect faces outside 
the selected frame.
3 Cautions
•  Pictures taken using the instant zoom are lower qual-
ity than pictures taken using normal zoom.
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d Exposure Compensation
Use exposure compensation when photographing very bright, very dark, or high-contrast subjects.
 1  Press the selector up (d).
The exposure indicator will be displayed.
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Exposure indicator
 2  Choose a value.
Press the selector left or right.  The 
effect 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 MENU/OK...

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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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Playback Options
To view the most recent picture in the monitor, 
press the a button.
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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.
 Choosing a Display Format
Press the DISP/BACK button to cycle through playback 
display formats as shown below.
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Playback Options
Playback ZoomPlayback 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 Note
The maximum zoom ratio varies with image size.  
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Playback Options
Viewing Photo InformationViewing Photo Information
To view or hide the photo 
information listed below 
in single-frame playback, 
press DISP/BACK a few times.
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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), 
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 Histograms
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Playback Options
Multi-Frame PlaybackMulti-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 pic-
tures displayed to 
two, nine, or one 
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 
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To view a panorama, display in single-frame view and press the selector down.
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.
Viewing Panoramas
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Create books from your favorite photos.
Creating a PhotoBookCreating a PhotoBook
k PhotoBook Assist
1 Select k PHOTOBOOK ASSIST in the play-
back menu.
2 Highlight NEW BOOK.
3 Press MENU/OK to display the new 
book dialog.
4  Choose pictures for the new book.
• SELECT FROM ALL: Choose from all the 
pictures available.
• SELECT BY IMAGE SEARCH: Choose from pictures 
matching selected search conditions (P 51).
1 Note
Neither photographs a or smaller nor movies can 
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k PhotoBook Assist
8 Press MENU/OK.  The new book will be 
added to the list in the photobook 
assist menu.
3 Cautions
•  Photobooks can contain up to 300 pictures.
• Books that contain no photos are automatically 
deleted.
 PhotoBooks
Photobooks can be copied to a computer using the 
MyFinePix Studio software (P 63).
Viewing PhotoBooksViewing 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...