Fujitsu Fujifilm X S1 Instruction Manual

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Ta k i n g  P i c t u r e s
This section explains basic photography.
 1  Select a mode.When you rotate the mode dial to  EXR, the  R display will appear in the LCD monitor.
 The o Icon
In  R mode, the camera continuously adjusts focus and searches for faces, increasing the drain on the 
battery.  o is displayed in the LCD monitor.
 Scene Icon ( P 27)
The camera automatically selects the appropriate scene.
a
•  The camera analyses the scene and selects the preferred  E...

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 2  Frame the picture.Use the zoom ring to 
frame the picture in the 
display.  The zoom indica-
tor appears.
 Zoom  ring
 Zoom  indicator
b Focus Lock
Use focus lock ( P 34) to focus on subjects that are not 
in the focus frame.
  Holding the Camera
Hold the camera steady with 
both hands and brace your 
elbows against your sides.  
Shaking or unsteady hands 
can blur your shots.
To prevent pictures that are 
out of focus or too dark (un-
derexposed), keep your fin-
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   3 Focus.Press the shutter button halfway 
to focus.
If the camera is able to focus , it will beep twice 
and the indicator lamp will glow green.
If the camera is unable to focus , the focus frame 
will turn red,  s will be displayed, and the 
indicator lamp will blink green.  Change the 
composition or use focus lock ( P 34).
   4 Shoot.
Smoothly press the shutter button 
the rest of the way down to take 
the picture.
b  The Shutter Button...

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  Silent Mode
In situations in which camera sounds or lights may be 
unwelcome, hold the DISP/BACK  button down until o 
is displayed.
The camera speaker, flash, and AF-assist illuminator/
self-timer lamp turn off and flash and volume settings  
can not be adjusted (note that the flash will still fire 
when  C is selected in scene mode).  To restore nor-
mal operation, press the  DISP/BACK button until the  o 
icon is no longer displayed.
  The Indicator Lamp
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 Viewing  Pictures
Pictures can be viewed in the monitor.  When taking important photographs, take a test shot and 
check the results.
 1 Press the a button.
The most recent picture will be displayed in 
the monitor.
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 2  View additional pictures.
Press the selector right to view 
pictures in the order recorded, left 
to view pictures in reverse order.
Press the shutter button to exit to shooting 
mode.
  Deleting...

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 Shooting  Mode
Choose a shooting mode according to the scene or type of subject.  To 
choose a shooting mode, rotate the mode dial to the desired setting.  The 
following modes are available:
P, S , A , M : Select for full control over camera settings, including 
aperture ( M and A) and/or shutter speed ( M and S) (P 23).
C1/C2/C3  (CUSTOM) : Recall stored set-
tings for modes  P,  S,  A , M and all EXR  
modes except R ( P 26).
EXR: Improve clarity, reduce noise, in-
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Shooting Mode
 P P: PROGRAM AE: PROGRAM AE
In this mode, the camera sets exposure 
automatically.  If desired, you can choose 
different combinations of shutter speed 
and aperture that will produce the same 
exposure (program shift).
c
If the subject is outside the metering range of the cam-
era, the shutter speed and aperture displays will show 
“---”.  Press the shutter button halfway to measure ex-
posure again.
 Program Shift
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Shooting Mode
 S S: SHUTTER PRIORITY AE: SHUTTER PRIORITY AE
Choose the shutter speed using the 
command dial, while the camera ad-
justs aperture for optimal exposure.
2000F6.4S
 Shutter  speed
c
• If the correct exposure can not be achieved at the 
selected shutter speed, aperture will be displayed in 
red.  Adjust shutter speed until the correct exposure 
is achieved.  If the subject is outside the metering 
range of the camera, the aperture display will show 
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Shooting Mode
 M M: MANUAL: MANUAL
In this mode, you choose both shutter 
speed and aperture.  If desired, expo-
sure can be altered from the value sug-
gested by the camera.
Press the d button to choose between shutter 
speed and aperture and rotate the command dial 
to adjust the selected setting.
2000F5.6M
 Shutter  speed
 Aperture
c
• Noise in the form of randomly-spaced bright pixels 
may occur in long exposures.
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Shooting Mode
 C1/C2/C3 C1/C2/C3: CUSTOM MODE: CUSTOM MODE
In P, S , A , M and all EXR  modes except 
R , the  K CUSTOM SET  option in 
the shooting menu ( P 89) can be used 
to save current camera and menu set-
tings.  These settings are recalled when-
ever the mode dial is rotated to  C1/C2/
C3  (custom mode).
Menu/settingMenu/settingSettings savedSettings saved
Shooting Shooting menumenu N ISO
, O IMAGE SIZE , T IMAGE QUAL-
ITY , U DYNAMIC RANGE , P FILM SIMULA-
TION , d WB SHIFT , f COLOR, H...