Fujifilm FinePix 50i Manuel D’Utilisation

Auto/Manual Shooting Modes
In auto shooting mode, the camera controls everything, automati-
cally choosing the combination of shutter speed and aperture to
realize the ideal exposure for each situation. The highly accurate
and swift auto-focus system gives you sharp, in-focus images
throughout the shooting range. 

Manual shooting mode gives a higher degree of control over

the camera to handle various shooting situations and express your
creativity. It lets you choose from
six positions of white balance, expo-
sure compensation in a range from
–1.5 EV to +1.5 EV in 1/3 EV steps,
and flash intensity in five levels.

Consecutive Shooting
Mode
FinePix 50i offers you high-

speed continuous shooting, allowing capture of a sequence of
shots at 0.2 seconds per frame for up to 3 frames.

Sound-sync Mode
In this mode, the camera shutter can be triggered by voice or
sound to take a picture automatically. This mode is convenient
for photographs at parties and commemorative events.

Macro Mode
Macro setting allows shooting from as close as 6cm (2.4 in.)
from your subject.

As in shooting mode, the playback mode on

the FinePix 50i is very swift. A
wide range of playback features
is available including single
frame, 9 multi-frame and 15x
zoom playback. Playback images
are shown on the high-resolution
1.5-inch low-temperature polysil-

icon TFT color LCD monitor.

The FinePix 50i can be used as a
digital camcorder to capture movie
images with sound for up to 80
seconds of 320 

´ 240 pixels at 10

frames per second. The video clips

are stored in a
standard AVI
Motion-JPEG format, and
can be viewed on a com-
puter using QuickTime™
3.0 or later. Movies can
be shown on a TV or sent
to friends as video e-mail. 

In addition to movie recording with sound, the FinePix 50i
allows you to take up to nine hours of audio recording*. In
this mode, audio files are stored in WAVE format on the
SmartMedia™ card, and can be played back on the FinePix
50i itself or on your computer using applications such as
FinePixViewer, QuickTime™ or Windows Media™ Player.

* When using a 128MB SmartMedia™ card and the AC power adapter.

The FinePix 50i is also provided
with a convenient voice captioning
function. This enables the camera
to record up to 30 seconds of voice
captions (comments) after each shot

is taken. This audio file is given the same file number and
“attached” to the image file. Voice captions can be listened
to in playback mode.

Completing its lineup of functions, the FinePix
50i is also an MP3 player allowing up to four
hours of listening with a fully charged battery.

You can listen to your favorite songs anytime, anywhere simply
by storing music data from CDs or from the Internet via your
computer onto a SmartMedia™ card (with ID protection)* that
you can insert into your camera. Up to 160 minutes of MP3
music may be stored on a 128 MB SmartMedia™ card. The
FinePix 50i is capable of displaying the titles of music stored on
SmartMedia™ cards on the camera’s LCD. It is also possible to
delete all the stored music tracks at once or one track at a time.

* The use of SmartMedia™ with InfoBind (a copyright protection system) and a unique ID

effectively protects copyrights by encrypting music data to prevent unauthorized copying.

Easy Operation Using the Remote Controller
The FinePix 50i comes with a wired stereo headphone set
equipped with a stylish remote controller to make it even easier
to enjoy the MP3 music you have recorded. During playback,
you can view the music title and artist’s name on the remote
controller’s LCD. When using as a digital camera, you can
also use the remote controller to take and play back images
with the camera.

The FinePix 50i
comes with two appli-
cations (RealJukeBox
Plus™ 2 for
Windows

®

and

MacMP3 for
Macintosh

®

) for creat-

ing MP3 files from
audio CDs or down-
loading them from

web sites. The applications convert MP3 files to encrypted files
before recording them on the SmartMedia™ card. 

PictureCradle
The FinePix 50i comes with the stylish and translucent
“PictureCradle”, a neat solution for transferring picture files

from the camera to a computer. With
the cradle connected to a power
source using the supplied AC adapter
and the USB cable joined to your
computer, simply place the FinePix
50i in the cradle to automatically
begin battery charging and remotely
open a connection with your com-
puter. The cradle lets you transfer and
organize images, movie or sound
files, and MP3 files between the cam-
era and your computer.

In addit

ion to transfer and checking of

image, movie and sound files, the
FinePixViewer software enables
connection to the Internet to access
FinePix Internet services*.
Windows users can take advantage

of the FinePix 50i Webcam function using the included
“PictureHello**” utility program that is part of the
FinePixViewer software, making the digital camera an effec-
tive Internet videoconferencing tool.  

* The contents of this service will dif-

fer depending on the country in
which you live.

** PictureHello can currently only be

used for FinePix 50i, FinePix 6800
Zoom and FinePix 4800 Zoom
cameras.

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DISPLAY
Button

HOLD
Switch

VOLUME
Button

PLAY/PAUSE/
STOP
Button

P-MODE
Button

REW
Button

FF
Button

BASS
Button

Track No./Volume/ Number of remaining
shots/ Information display

Battery charge
indicator

BASS indicator

Mode display

Audio mode icon

Text display

Playback mode
display

Outstanding Image Quality Using the Fujifilm Super CCD
Fujifilm incorporates a 1/1.7-inch 2.4-million pixel Super CCD in
the FinePix 50i that realizes high-resolution image files with 4.3
million pixels (2400 

´ 1800 pixels). Compared with conventional

CCDs, Fujifilm’s Super CCD offers higher image quality with nat-
ural, clear and sharp images.

The FinePix 50i uses a Super EBC Fujinon lens that is equivalent

to 36mm on a 35mm camera. This high-performance, multi-coated
lens with low chromatic aberration and a large aperture of f2.8 maxi-
mizes the potential of the Super CCD to deliver excellent images.

3.75✕ Digital Zoom
FinePix 50i features a high precision 3.75✕ digital zoom function*.
The Super CCD and high performance Super EBC Fujinon lens of
the FinePix 50i allows capture of beautiful images with little loss of
image quality even at maximum zoom.  

* When file size is set to 640 

´ 480 pixel mode.

Quick Response
The FinePix 50i is ready to shoot around 1.5 seconds after switch-
ing on. The ASIC chip used for high speed processing of all camera
functions offers swift start-up as well as fast shooting interval times
of minimum 1.1 seconds.

World’s Slimmest*
Extremely slim and highly compact, the FinePix 50i’s small dimen-
sions of 85.5 (W) 

´ 71.0 (H) ´ 23.5 (D) mm (3.4 ´ 2.8 ´ 0.9 inches)

easily slip into a jacket pocket and fit nicely into your hand. Weighing-
in at only 160g (5.6oz) without the battery pack, the FinePix 50i is
very lightweight. In order to realize this world’s slimmest digital cam-
era in its class, the internal structure of the camera was revised and a
new original slim lithium-ion battery was developed.

* As of May 2001 among 2-megapixel class digital cameras.

Sophisticated Design
The square stylish design is
just the right size to be com-
fortable for holding. The main
characteristic of the styling is
the combined use of circular
and rectangular motifs, so that
the nearly square aluminum
body contrasts with the half-
moon shaped aluminum front
cover. Lightly pressing the
closed front cover in direction

causes it to slide open auto-

matically in the opposite direction (

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Images with

clearer highlights

and shadows

Highly detailed images

Images with colors

that look just like

the subject

Images with no noise, even in shadows, 

and no blurring due to camera shake

Smooth image

tones throughout

Clear images

with low noise

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Simulated LCD display image

Simulated display image

Fine mode, 2400 

´ 1800 pixels, 1/180 sec, f/9.5, ISO 125 equivalent

135mm (3.75✕ digital zoom)

67mm (1.87✕ digital zoom)

36mm

Fine mode, 2400 

´ 1800 pixels, 1/500 sec, f/2.8, ISO 125 equivalent