Fujifilm FinePix A303 Manuel D’Utilisation

■ Viewfinder Lamp Display    

✽ When the LCD monitor is switched on, more detailed warning messages

are displayed (

➡P.114-116).

Lit green

Ready to shoot.

Blinking green

AF/AE in progress, camera shake warning or AF warning (Ready to shoot).

Blinking green and
orange alternately

Recording to xD-Picture Card (Ready to shoot).

Lit orange

Recording to xD-Picture Card (Not ready).

Blinking orange

Flash charging (Flash will not fire).

Blinking red

h xD-Picture Card Warnings

No card loaded, card not formatted, incorrect format, card full, xD-Picture Card error.

h Lens operation error.

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 When the subject is dark.
h When there is very little contrast between the subject

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

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h Subjects moving at high speed.
h When something other than your subject is close to the

AF frame, has contrasting areas of light and dark and
is either closer or further away than your subject (as
when you photograph someone against a background
with strongly contrasting elements).

For subjects of this type, use AF/AE lock (

➡P.30).

Though the FinePix A203/FinePix A303 uses an accurate autofocus mechanism, it may have difficulty focusing
or not be able to focus at all for the types of subject and situation listed below. In such cases, the image may be
out of focus.