Fujifilm A310 Manuel D’Utilisation

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Press the shutter button down halfway. Focusing is
complete when the AF frame on the LCD monitor
shrinks and the viewfinder lamp (green) stops
blinking and remains lit.

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

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There is a slight delay between the shutter button being
pressed and the shot being taken. If necessary, play back the
shot to check the image.

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If you press the shutter button down fully in one motion, the
shot is taken without the AF frame changing.

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When you take the shot, the viewfinder lamp lights orange
(shooting disabled). The viewfinder lamp then changes to
green to indicate that the next picture can be taken.

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The viewfinder lamp blinks orange while the flash is charging.
If the LCD monitor is switched on, the screen may go dark for
a moment. This is normal and does not indicate a fault.

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See P.75-76 for information on the warning displays.

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Though the FinePix A310 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.

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)

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.21).

■ Viewfinder Lamp Display

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 green
(1-second intervals)

Camera in Power Save mode (

➡P.51).

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.

✽ When the LCD monitor is switched on, more detailed warning messages are displayed (➡P.75-76).

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If “

{

” appears on the LCD monitor, the camera cannot focus.

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When you press the shutter button down halfway, the image
on the LCD monitor freezes briefly. However, this is not the
recorded image.

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If “

{

” is displayed on the screen (e.g. the shot is too dark

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

If you want to zoom in on your subject, press zoom
switch “a” (

[

telephoto).  To zoom out, press “b”

(

]

WIDE). A “zoom bar” appears on the LCD

monitor when you zoom in or out.

h Optical zoom focal length (35 mm camera

equivalent)
Approx. 38 mm-114 mm 
Maximum zoom scale: 3

×

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Zooming stops briefly when the camera switches between
optical zoom and digital zoom (

➡P.22). Pressing the same

zoom switch again switches between zoom modes.

Using the viewfinder or LCD monitor, frame your
shot so that the subject fills the entire AF (Auto
Focus) frame.

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If your subject is not in the center of the picture, use AF/AE
lock to take the picture (

➡P.21).

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The image shown on the LCD monitor before you take the
shot may differ in its brightness, color, etc. from the image
actually recorded. If necessary, play back the recorded image
to check it (

➡P.23).

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To frame your shot precisely, you should take the picture
using the LCD monitor.

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In some conditions it may be difficult to see your subject
clearly on the LCD monitor. (Such as in sunny weather
outdoors or when you are shooting dimly lit scenes.) In such
situations, use the viewfinder to take the shot.

When you are using the viewfinder to take a picture
at a distance of 0.6 m to 1.5 m (2.0 ft. to 4.9 ft.), only
the shaded area in the figure is photographed.

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1M

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1M

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AF frame

LCD monitor

View finder

AF frame

SHOOTING STILL IMAGES (a AUTO MODE)