Fujifilm X30 Manual
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Taking Photographs
2
Ready the camera.
Hold the camera steady
with both hands and brace
your elbows against your
sides. Shaking or unsteady
hands can blur your shots.
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 fi n-
gers and other objects away
from the lens and fl ash.
out of focus or too dark (un-
derexposed), keep your fi n-
gers and other objects away
from the lens and fl ash.
3
Frame the picture.
Use the zoom ring to frame the picture in the
display. The zoom indicator appears.
display. The zoom indicator appears.
Zoom ring
Zoom indicator
4
Focus.
Frame the picture with your subject
in the center of the display and press
the shutter button halfway to focus.
in the center of the display and press
the shutter button halfway to focus.
R If the subject is poorly lit, the AF-assist illumina-
tor may light.
If the camera is able to
focus
focus
, it will beep twice
and focus area and fo-
cus indicator will glow
green. Focus and ex-
posure will lock while
the shutter button is
pressed halfway.
cus indicator will glow
green. Focus and ex-
posure will lock while
the shutter button is
pressed halfway.
Focus frame
Focus indicator
If the camera is unable to focus
, the focus frame
will turn red,
s will be displayed, and the fo-
cus indicator will blink white.
5
Shoot.
Smoothly press the shutter button
the rest of the way down to take the
picture.
the rest of the way down to take the
picture.