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.
• Only horizontal (landscape-orientation) framing is 
available in continuous shooting mode.
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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 button to return to shoot-
ing mode.
 4 Ta k e  p i c t u r e s .
1 Note
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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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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1 Note
Pictures taken using other cameras are indicated by a m (“gift image”) icon during playback.
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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.  
Playback zoom is not available with copies resized or 
cropped to a size of a or smaller.
 Intelligent Face Detection
Pictures taken with Intelligent 
Face Detection (P 30) are 
indicated by a g icon.  Press 
the f button to zoom in on 
the subject selected with In-
telligent Face Detection.  You 
can then use the zoom control to zoom in and out.
BACK ZOOM
II 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 Tip: Favorites
Ratings can be used for image search (P 51).
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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), 
!0  Histogram
 Histograms
Histograms show the distribution of tones in the im-
age.  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.
Overexposed: Pixels are clustered 
at the right side of the graph.
Underexposed: Pixels are clustered 
at the left side of the graph.
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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 
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.
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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 
be selected for photobooks.
5  Scroll through the images and press the selec-
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.
6 Press MENU/OK to exit when the book 
is complete.
7 Highlight COMPLETE PHOTOBOOK.
EXIT
SELECT IMAGES FOR PHOTOBOOK
SELECT ALL
COMPLETE PHOTOBOOK
1 Note
Choose SELECT ALL to select all photos, or all pho-
tos matching the specified search conditions, for 
the book.
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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 
pictures.  Press DISP/BACK to return to the photo-
book assist menu.
Editing and Deleting PhotoBooksEditing and Deleting PhotoBooks
1 Display the photobook and press 
MENU/OK to view book edit options.
2  Choose from the following options:
• EDIT: Edit the book as described in “Creating a 
PhotoBook” on page 49.
• ERASE: Delete the current photobook.
3  Follow the on-screen instructions.
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