FujiFilm FinePix A340 User Manual

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Using

the

Camera

Press the Shutter button down halfway. The
camera emits a short double-beep and focuses on
your subject. The AF frame on the LCD monitor
becomes smaller (the viewfinder lamp (green)
stops blinking and remains lit).

To take the picture, press the Shutter button down
fully without lifting your finger off. The camera beeps
and takes the picture. The data is then recorded.

●

There is a slight delay between the Shutter button being
pressed and the picture being taken. Playback the shot to
check the image.

●

When pressing the Shutter button down fully in one motion,
the camera takes the picture without the AF frame changing.

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When the camera takes the picture, the viewfinder lamp lights
orange (shooting disabled). The viewfinder lamp then turns
green and the next picture can be taken.

●

The viewfinder lamp blinks orange while the flash is charging.
If the LCD monitor is turned on, the screen goes dark. This is
normal.

●

See P.78, 79 for information on the warning displays.

Bebeep

●

If the camera does not emit a short double-beep and “

{

”

appears on the LCD monitor, the camera cannot focus.

●

Pressing the Shutter button down halfway freezes the image
on the LCD monitor briefly. This is not the recorded image.

●

If “

{

” appears on the LCD monitor (e.g. the shot is too dark

for the camera to focus), stand about 2 m (6.6 ft.) from your
subject to take the picture.

Beep

Use the LCD monitor to frame the shot so that the
subject fills the entire AF (Auto Focus) frame.

●

When the subject is not in the AF frame, use AF/AE lock to
take the picture (

➡P.20).

●

The image on the LCD monitor before the picture is taken
may differ in brightness, color, etc. from the image actually
recorded. Play back the recorded image to check it (

➡P.22).

AF frame

LCD monitor

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Subjects not suitable for autofocus

◆

The FinePix A330/FinePix A340 uses a high-precision autofocusing mechanism. However, it may have
difficulty focusing on the following:
h Very shiny subjects such as a mirror or car

body

h Subjects photographed through glass
h Subjects that do not reflect well, such as hair

or fur

h Subjects with no substance, such as smoke or

flames

h Dark subjects
h Subjects with little or no contrast between the

subject and the background (such as white
walls or subjects dressed in the same color as

the background)

h Fast moving subjects
h Shots where another high-contrast object (not

the subject) is close to the AF frame and is
either closer or further away than your subject
(such as a shot of someone against a
background with strongly contrasting
elements)

For such subjects, use AF/AE lock (

➡P.20).