The Auto record mode is a simple "Point-n-Shoot" mode. The line of
info across the top starts on the left with AUTO indicating
Auto Record mode. The battery icon represents a partially-depleted battery. The "6M" represents
image resolution of 6 megapixels (2816 x 2112), the "F" indicates Fine
compression, and "92" represents the number of frames that can be recorded
at the current image size. The yellow brackets in the center denotes the
auto focus target area.
Pressing the DISPlay/BACK button next to the LCD toggles to the above grid overlay or the live image
without any data display.
Depressing the MENU button calls-up the AUTO record MENU; options are:
Depressing the "F" button calls up the FinePix Quality, Sensitivity and Color
menu. Menu options are the same for Auto
and Scene modes. Options are:
QUALITY - Choose image size/quality; 6M Fine, 6M Normal, 5M with 3:2 aspect ratio, 3M, 2M, 0.3M
ISO - Choose sensitivity; 64, 100, 200, 400 plus Auto
FinePix Color - Choose B&W, Standard, or Chrome (high contrast and saturation)
This is the Manual record screen, indicated by the "M" in the upper
left corner. In addition to the information present on the Auto screen, indicators
for the selected White Balance and Exposure Compensation are shown. The Hand icon warns of a possible
blurry image due to slow shutter speed.
Manual record menu options:
Shooting Mode - Choose Manual or scene modes of Portrait,
Landscape, Sport, Night, Beach/Snow, Sunset, Museum, Party, Flower Close-up or Text.
EXP. COMPENSATION - +/- 2 EV in 1/3EV steps
WHITE BALANCE - Auto, Daylight, Shade, "Daylight" Fluorescent,
"Warm White" Fluorescent, "cool white" Fluorescent, Incandescent
CONT(inuous) - On/Off
SET - Enter the SETUP menu
The Macro focus mode can be enabled in Auto, Manual and Museum scene mode, and is automatically
enabled in Text and Flower Close-Up scene modes.
It allows you to focus from 3.9 inches to 2.6 feet.
Set-Up menu in Record and Play modes:
IMAGE DISP. - Off, 1.5 secs., 3 secs., or zoomed continuous display of last captured image
SHUTTER VOLUME - Volume of Shutter sound Off/1/2/3
BEEP VOLUME - Volume of camera tones Off/1/2/3
PLAYBACK VOLUME - Audio volume of movie and voice memo playback, 0-10
FRAME NO. - Continuous or renew (file numbering)
LCD BRIGHTNESS - -5 to +5
DIGITAL ZOOM - On/Off, enables digital zoom of up to 5.7x
AUTO POWER OFF - 2min/5 min/off
LCD POWER SAVE - ON/OFF, enables LCD to dim after 10 seconds of no camera use
FORMAT - Formats the xD-Picture Card
DATE/TIME - setting of date and time
TIME DIFFERENCE Time zone difference (World Time)
LANGUAGE - English/French/German/Spanish/Japanese/Chinese
USB MODE - DSC(download to a PC)/PC Cam (webcam mode)/PictBridge
VIDEO SYSTEM - NTSC or PAL video signal timing
RESET - resets all camera settings to default.
The Movie record mode display. The top info line indicates the movie
recording size is 640x480 followed by the remaining recording time at this
quality setting. The f470 records motion video with audio at 30fps with
resolutions of 640x480 and 320x240; recording length is limited only by the
amount or remaining available memory.
The optical zoom lens can be used to compose the movie before recording,
but can not be changed during recording.
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