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Fujifilm Fuji Discovery mini dual panorama plus User manual
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We FuJl35mm COMPACT CAMERA
DISCOVEFTY
DUAL PNruORAMA PLUS MM
OWNER'S MANUAL
BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG
MODE D'EMPLOI
MANUAL DE INSTRUCCIONES
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dating settings. unit Exposure Mode Button @I . quartzPowered by a long-lasting lithium battery. small, Socket @ TripoO
@ Landscaoe Button(,zl! NAMES OF PARTS @ Panorama Format Switchover Button (P-Button)
@ Panorama Format Indicator Window
O Shutter Release @ Panorama Frame
@ Power Switch @ Camera Back Stopper
@ Wideangle/Normal Switchover Button
(4) Auto-focus Windows Liquid Crystal Display @ Ftash Lampface
@ Strap Lug @ Cartridge Loaded/Unloaded Sign
(D Battery Compartment Cover (9 Battery Low Sign
(9 AE Light Sensor Q! Flash Sign
@ Finder Window Q? Exposure Counter
@ Lens (with Filter) @ fitm Advancing Indicator
e ned-eye Reduction Lamp (E Date
QO Camera Back Lock @ Red-eye Reduction Mark
@ Panorama Format Indicator Window @ Backtilnt Compensation Mode Sign
@ Auto-focus Lamp (3? Landscape Mode Sign
@ rinder Evepiece
@ LiquiO Crystal Display I. BASTC PROCEDURE (D Camera Back
@ Oate Selector Button LOADING THE BATTERY @ Oate Settinq Button
@ Date Mode-Button Use the following lithium battery:
@ Mid-roll Rewind Button Panasonic CR123AView original page 10Page 12 · Read text
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M... Stands for month (Fig. 4-A) numbers willjump suddenly to 87 then continue
-. . . Printing Mark (Fig. a-B) upward one at a time. o The instant you trip the shufter to take your
2. Changing the date and time picture, the Printing Mark in the LCD will blink a
To change the date or time, press in the Date few times to tell you that the date has been
Selector 6utton @ to make the number you want to printed on your picture.
change blink, then press in the Date Setting Button
@ to bring out the number you want. After 3. Exposure mode indicators (Fig. 5)
changing the time numbers, press in the Button @ The exposure modes you selected will show in the press in the Button then blinks, the mark ":"until areas LCD marked of the (see illustra- @ and @ start from now dating unit will clock tne@. 0 tion). But if you leaving are exposure entirely to the
second. Finally, press in the Button @ once again automatic faculties of the camera, you won't see
to show the Printing Mark in the LCD. any signs or indicators in these areas. (For details,. lf any of the date numbers is blinking and the see page 16 and the pages following it).
Printing Mark does not show, the date will not
be printed on your picture. (A word about the camera's built-in battery)o lf a bright-colored object is included in the o The life of the camera's built-in battery (CR
bottom right of your picture, the date will not 2025) that provides power for the dating unit,
show up clearly. LCD, and control circuits is about four years. lf your picture is taken in the panorama mode, under normal use. (However, this depends on
the date will not be orinted on it. when you purchased your camera).r lf you don't want to print dates on your pictures, o lf the date appears faded or does not show on
press in the Date Mode Button until the "Dating the print, or if it appears faded'in the LCD, you'll
Unit Off Sign" (------) shows in the LCD. have to change the battery. Your Fuji distributorr Only the last two digits of the year will appear in will do it for you at a reasonable charge. the LCD and in the picture. From 19, the o lf the battery is weak, the film may wind backView original page 12Page 13 · Read text
into its cartridge in the middle of a roll. Always listed on enclosed panorama photofinishing
keep an eye on the shade (density) ol the LCD sticker squares.
signs and indicators and change the battery as o Please note: lf your panorama-mode film is
soon as they appear faded. printed as a standard roll of film, you will not
obtain satisfactory results. A black band will
ATTACHING THE CAMERA STRAP (Fig. 6,7) appear both above and below the picture area
on your finished print. Please be sure to specify
1. Pass the looped end ol the strap through the "Panorama Developing and Printing Only" when
camera's Strap Lug. you take your panorama-mode exposed film to
2. Next, pass the other end of the strap through the your photofinisher.
loop and pull it. Once again, please follow the instructions listed
on enclosed (fluorescent orange) panorama
TAKING PANORAMA-MODE PICTURES photofinishing sticker squares.
r To take panorama pictures, the camera must be
switched to the panorama mode before loading SWITCHING PICTURE FORMATS
the film. You cannot switch to the Danorama
mode or switch back from the panorama to the To switch picture formats, proceed as follows:
standard mode in the middle of a roll of lilm.
o Panorama mode pictures will measure 31/zxlO 1. Open the camera back (Fig. 8)
inches (8.9x25.4cm), for example, in size as a To open, just push the Camera Back Lock toward the arrow. www.butkus.us finished print.
o When you take your panoramically exposed roll 2. Swing the camera back allthe way out (Fig. 9) of film to your photofinisher for processing and
printing, be sure to specify "Panorama Develop- Insert a coin as shown and twist it to release the
ing and Printing Only". Please see instructions Camera Back Stopper then swing the Camera Back as far out as it will go.View original page 13Page 14 · Read text
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position, picture-taking the camera will switch to to switch picture formats before loading Be sureIa . picture-format you setting selected. the film. the
your panoramic take effects, . For maximum(tz LOADING THE FILM pictures set to 28mm camera Lens with theUJ
wideangle.
Use 35mm DX roll film (film marked with the letters
3. Select your picture format (Fig. 10) DX on the film box and cartridge).
lf you select your picture lormat with the Power . Always set the camera to the desired format
Switch on, the camera will switch to the format you (panorama format or standard 35mm fprmat)
selected as soon as you operate the P-Button. before loading the film.
o To set the camera to the standard 35mm mode,
slide the P-Button all the way uP. 1. Open the camera back (Fig. 12)
. To set the camera to the panorama mode, slide To open, push the Camera Back Lock up toward
the P-Button all the way down. A yellow "P" will the camera top.
now appear in the Panorama Format Indicator
Window to remind you that the camera is set to 2. Load the film (Fig. 13)
the panorama mode. Drop the film gently into the Film Chamber. . lf the length of film protruding from the cartridge
4. Close lhe camera back (Fig. 11) is too short or too long, adjust it (by pulling the
o After setting the P-Button, close the Camera film out or winding it in) so that the film tip lines
Back. up with the Film Tip Mark (provided in the far
o lf the Power Switch is off (the Lens is in end of the film channel), then drop the cartridge
retracted position), the picture-format setting will into the Film Chamber.
not change and will always remain in the Film Tip Mark (Fig. 13-A)
panorama mode, but as soon as the Power
12 Switch is turned onandthe Lens moves out into
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3. Close the camera back (Fig. 14) 2. Frame your picture (Fig. 16)
As soon as you close the Camera Back, the Film Bright Frame (Fig. 16-A)
Advancing Indicator in the LCD will move, the film Parallax Correction Marks (Fig. 16-8)will prewind itself up to the very end in about 20 mzotroIseconds (in the case of a 24-exposure roll), and the 3. Taking pictures in the standard 35mm mode
Exposure Counter in the LCD will show the number Look through the Finder and compose your picture.
of exposures it contiains. You'll get in your picture everything you see within
the Finder's Bright Frame. But if you are shooting a
TAKING PICTURES subject located about 80cm or less from the
camera, you'll get in your picture only the area seen
1. Switching the lens local length (Fig. 15) within the Parallax Correction Marks.
First, turn on the camera by pressing in the Power
Switch. To switch the Lens from wideangle to 4. Taking piclures in lhe panorama mode (Fig. 17)
normal, press in the Wideangle/Normal Switchover Panorama Frame (Fig. 17-A)
Button. To switch it back to wideangle, press in the You will get in your picture everything you see
same button a second time. The image in the within the Panorama Frame (area enclosed with the
Finder will switch together with the Lens. hyphenated lines).
o ll the Lens Mount is blocked while it is sliding in
or out, it will stop moving. To slide back the Lens 5. Hold the camera still
into the camera body, just press in the Wide- When shooting, hold the camera still with both
angle/Normal Switchover Button. hands. lf you are shooting with the camera held
r lf you leave the Lens in shooting position (nor- vertically, position the Flash side up.
mal or wideangle) for five minutes, it will auto-
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o Keep your fingers and camera strap away from gently all the way down. As soon as the shufterra the Lens, Auto-focus Windows, and Flash trips, the film will automatically move into position
shot. the next Lampface. for(Jz . Do not move the camera abruptly right afterUJ 6. Aim the camera al your subject pressing down the Shutter Release.
Auto-focus Bracket (Fig. 16-C) . In the following situations, you'll have to use the
Look through the Finder and aim the Auto-focus Auto-focus Lock or the Landscape Button to
Bracket at your subject. The Lens will focus itself take your picture because the Lens, though
on the oblect at which the Auto-focus Bracket is rarely, may not be able to focus itself properly
aimed. (see page 16).
O lf the subject is illuminated directly from the
7. Press the shutler release about hallway down back; if it is illuminated by a very bright tight
(Fig. 18) source located close to it; or if it is illumi-
lf the Auto-focus Lamp (green lamp) turns on when nated by strong reflected tight such as light
the Shutter Release is pressed about halfway down, reflected from the windshield of a car.
your subject is in sharp focus. But if you move too @ tt tne subject cannot reflect enough ligh!
close to your subject, the Auto-focus Lamp will such as black hair.
blink to warn you to move back. Be careful, @ lf you are shooting your subject through a
however, because it will not warn you if you bring window pane.
the camera closer than 0.2 meter from your subject. @ tt tne Auto-focus Bracket is aimed at a . Always position the Auto-focus Bracket so that it strongly reflecting object such as a mirror or
is completely covered by the subject at which it metal surface.
is aimed.
8. Take your picture
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END OF FILM Printing".
Take the exposed film to your photofinisher for
. Your camera will expose the film frames in processing and printing as soon as possible. descending order, starting from the highest Be sure to use your film before the expiration mzotraI numbered frame, and rewind each frame into date printed on the film box.
the cartridge as soon as it is exposed.
. You can unload the lilm as soon as the last 2. Unload the exposed film (Fig. 20)
frame (frame No. 1) is exposed and the camera Make sure the Exposure Counter is showing the
motor comes to a halt because there is no need "E" sign then open the Camera Back and take the
to rewind it. film out.
o Even if the Camera Back is accidentally opened
in mid-roll, all of the exposed frames, except the 3. Unloadlng lhe film in mid-roll(Fig. 21)
last, will be safe from light To unload the film in the middle of a roll, turn on the
Power Switch, press in the Mid-roll Rewind Button
1. After exposing the last frame (Fig. 19) with a fine-pointed implement, wait unttl the Film
As soon as the last frame (frame No. 1) is Counter shows the "E" sign and the camera motor
exposed, the Film Advancing Indicator in the comes to a halt, then take the film out.
LCD will move toward the left, the Exposure o lf the Camera Back is accidentally opened in the
Counter will return to "0" then switch to "E" and middle of a roll, close it quickly. As soon as it is
come to a halt. closed, the film will automatically wind back into
. When you take your panorama-mode exposed its cartridge.
film to your photofinisher for processing and o lf the film is unloaded before the "E" sign
printing, make sure the supplied "Panorama appears in the Exposure Counter, the next roll of
Photofinishing Sticker Square" is attached to film will not prewind itself but will immediately
your film cartridge and don't forget to tell the wind back into its cartridge (see page 19).
clerk that you want "Panorama Developing andView original page 17Page 18 · Read text
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To II. ADVANCED TECHNIQUES I Using the landscape button (Fig. 2a) To take landscape or distant scenes through a
USING THE AUTO.FOCUS LOCK window pane, press in the Landscape Button, makeJozl! sure the Landscape Mode Sign ( A ) in the LCD
1. lf the auto-focus bracket is off your subject (Fig. has turned on, then compose your picture and take
221 it by pressing down the Shutter Release.
lf the Auto-focus Bracket is aimed at an empty o The Flash won't fire as long as the cahera is set
space in the picture you composed, the Lens will to the Landscape Mode.
not focus on your subject. To focus it on your . To release the landscape mode setting, just
subject, proceed as follows: press in the Landscape Button a second time.
2. Move the camera slightly (Fig. 23) SELECTING THE EXPOSURE MODE
Move the camera slightly so that the Auto-focus
Bracket overlaps some object in your picture then TAKING ORDINARY PICTURES
press the Shutter Release about halfway down (to 1. Aulomatic-flash mode (Fig. 25)
lock the focus) and check to make sure the Auto- lf you don't see any mark or sign in areas A and B
focus Lamp (green lamp) has turned on. of the LCD (see illustration), the flash will fire by
. You can use the Auto-focus Lock as many times itself if the light is low. After taking your flash picture
in the LCD turns as you want before tripping the shutter. and the blinking Flash Sign ( I ) off, you are ready to take your next picture.
3. Take your picture (Fig.22l
While pressing the Shutter Release about halfway I Effective flash range (meters)
down, move the camera back to recompose your (Using color negative film)
picture, then take it by pressing the Shutter Release The effective range of your camera's built-in flash
all the way down. differs with the film speed and the lens focal length
'16 as shown below.
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TAKING DISTANT SUBJECTS AGAINST THE Fildt::;:ti I$0 ls0 rso ,f$CI
Speed 100 2W 400 1 600 LIGHT 4. Backlight compensation mode (Fig. 28)
28mm 0.45 0.45 o.45 o.45 To take distant subjects against the light, turn on
wideangle -4m -5.5m -7m -14m the Backlight Compensation Mode Sign ( 6 ) in 45mm o.45 0.45 o.45 0.45 the LCD by pressing in the Exposure Mode Button
normal three times, and shoot. (The aperture will open up -3m -4m -5m -10m two extra stops in this case and the flash won't fire).
As soon as you take your picture, the camera will
TAKING BACKLIGHTED PICTURES automatically reset itself to the Automatic Flash
2. Fill-in flash mode (Fig. 26) Mode.
The faces of people standing against a window or o The flash exposure mode settings will remain as
in the shade of a tree with the light in the back will they are (even after you take your picture) until
turn out dark if they are taken without fill-in light. To you release them by resetting the camera to
use fill-in light, press in the Exposure Mode Button another mode or by pressing in the Power
in Switch again.once, make sure you see the Flash Sign ( t )the LCD, then shoot. o To take stage scenes and indoor sports events
that are beyond reach ol the camera's built-in
TAKING NON.FLASH PICTURES flash, shoot with the flash turned off.
3. Flash ofl mode (Fig.27l . When shooting with the flash turned off, mount
lf you don't want to use flash, turn on the Flash Off the camera on a tripod or use some other
Sign ( $t ) in the LCD by pressing in the Exposure support.Mode Button twice, then shoot. The flash won't fire . To take backlighted subjects that are beyond
even in dim light. reach of the camera's flash, shoot with the
camera set to the Backlight Compensation
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Iq, REDUCING RED.EYE EFFECTS either press in the Exposure Mode Button once
the Red-eye Reduction lighted, Lamp has your lf you want natural and o After eyes to look subject's
(Fig. the Auto-focus Lamp remain (green) will on beautiful, mode. the red-eye reduction use(,zUJ more or turn off the Power Switch.
18) until the flash is fired to take your picture.
A word on red-eye effects Do not move the camera while the Auto-focus
o When a person is photographed with flash in Lamp is lighting.
dim light, the eyes will sometimes turn out red.
This is because the light from the flash is
reflected back into the Lens from the back
(retina) of the person's eyes.
5. Red-eye reduction mode (Fig. 29, 30)
Thrs is the way to do it: Press in the Exposure
Mode Button four times so that the Red-eye
Reduction Mark ( @ ) appears in the LCD, then
press down the Shutter Release. The Red-eye
Reduction Lamp will turn on for one second, after
which the flash will automatically fire to take your
picture. The Red-eye Reduction Lamp will contract
your subject's pupils to lessen their chance of
turning out red in the picture.
The Red-eye Reduction Lamp will turn on again
when you take your next picture. To switch the
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Faufts' Possible Caiises Remedies FageJ(5zut 3. The film wound back OWnite taking pictures or while OWnen there is film in the 15
into its cartridge in the film was prewinding, either camera, do not open the
the middle of the roll. the Camera Back was opened Camera Back or move the
then closed or the Camera Camera Back Lock.
Back Lock was moved.
@rne CR 2025 battery (which @Replace the CR 2025 battery 10
provides power for the LCD) is with a new one.
nearly spent.
4. The camera is loaded o The film is not loaded cor- o Reload the film correctly. 12
with f ilm and the rectly.
Camera Back is
closed but the Film
Advancing Indicator
in the LCD does not
move.View original page 22Page 23 · Read text
PRINT FAULTS, POSSIBLE CAUSES, AND REMEDIES
Faults Possible Causes Hemedies Page mzotr
1. The Picture looks Ofne Auto-focus Bracket was ORim the Auto-focus Bracket 14, 16 u,r luzzy. aimed incorrectly. accurately at your subject or
use the Auto-focus Lock.
@The Lens (Filter) is not clean. @t<eep the Lens (Filter) clean at 22',
alltimes.
@fne camera was shaken when @HotO the camera stilland press 14
the Shutter Release was the Shutter Release gently
pressed down. down. Also. do not move the
camera abruptly right after
tripping the shutter.
@Wnite taking ordinary pictures, @When taking ordinary pictures, 16
the Landscape Button was make sure not to press in the
pressed in by mistake. Landscape Button.
2. The picture looks Ofne picture was taken against OUse fill-in flash. 17
dark. the light.
@tne subject was beyond reach @tat<e the flash pictures within 17
of the camera's built-in flash. the specified distances.
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U' rewinding unnecessary, provision for mid-roll o Dating Unit
Display o Liquid Crystal day, month-day-year, and day-month-year) and Joz rewinding. Digital quartz watch, 3-way dating (year-month- date LCD shows printing (day-hour-minute); watch and time numbers. flash-mode time UJ
signals (battery charging, automatic flash, fill-in remembers dates up to the year 2019, provision
flash, flash otf and, red-eye reduction signals), for correcting date and time.
back-light compensation mode sign, landscape . Batteries
mode sign, exposure counter, battery low sign, One lithium battery (Panasonic CR123A) pro-
film loaded/unloaded sign, and film advancing vides power for camera operation and one
indicator. lithium battery (CR 2025) provides power for the
o Built-in Flash liquid crystal display, dating function, and
Automatic flash mode, fill-in flash mode, flash off camera sequence control.
mode, red-eye reduction mode, electronically o Others
controlled flashmatic exposure, about 5 sec. Shutter safety lock, tripod socket.
recycle time, provided with red-eye reduction o Dimensions & Weighl
lamp. 121 X 65 X 41 mm, 208 g (less battery).
Effective flash range (meters)
(Using color negative film) Notice: Specifications are subject to change
Film rso rso rso tso without notice.
Speed 100 200 400 1600
28mm o.45 0.45 o.45 0.45
wideangle -4 -5.5 -7 -14
45mm o.45 0.45 o.45 o.45
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