FujiFilm DL-290S ZOOM Date User manual

OWNER,S MANUAL
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ments of the EU (European Union) regarding safety, public
health, environment and consumer protection. (“CE” is the
abbreviation of Conformité Euroéepnne.)
This product conforms with Directive 89/336/EEC.

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CONTENTS
Special features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Names of parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
I. BASIC PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Load the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Using the date (or time) printing unit
(for the dating model only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Attach the strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Load the film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Taking pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
End of film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
II. ADVANCED TECHNIQUES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Using the Autofocus Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Selecting the exposure mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using the self-timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using the remote control switch . . . . . . . . . . 22
Camera faults, possible causes, and remedies . . 25
Print faults, possible causes, and remedies . . . . 27
Camera care and cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
SPECIAL FEATURES
●A fully automatic 35 mm compact zoom camera
1. High Quality 38-90mm Autofocus zoom.
2. Drop-in Film Loading.
3. Film Pre-winding.
4. Red-eye Reduction
5. Automatic Flash.
6. Large Viewfinder.
7. Date or Time Printing Capability (for the dating
model only).
This manual will show you how to use your
camera correctly. Please follow the instructions
carefully.

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NAMES OF PARTS
qStrap Lug
wShutter Release
eAutofocus Windows
rFinder Window
tLiquid Crystal Display
yFlash Lampface
uRed-eye Reducting Lamp
iLens Cover Button (Power Switch)
oAE Light Sensor
!0 Lens
!1 Zoom Button (wide)
!2 Zoom Button (tele)
!3 Remote Control Sensor
!4 Self-timer/Remote Control Lamp
!5 Self-timer/Remote Control Button
!6 Exposure Mode Button
!7 Finder Eyepiece
!8 Autofocus Lamp
!9 Camera Back
@0 Date display Window (for the dating model only)
@1 Date Mode/Select Button (for the dating model only)
@2 Date Set Button (for the dating model only)
@3 Battery Compartment Cover
@4 Camera Back Lock
@5 Film Confirmation Window
@6 Mid-roll Rewind Button
@7 Tripod Socket
@8 Self-timer Mode Sing
@9 Exposure Counter Number
#0 Red-eye Reducing Flash Mode Sign
#1 Remote Control Mode Sign
#2 Flash Mode Sign
(When reading this manual, leave this page open for quick reference)
Liquid Crystal Display
qwerty !5 !6 !7 !8 !9 @0 @1 @2
@8 @9 #0
u i o !0 !1!2!3 @3 @4 @5 @6 @7 #1 #2
!4

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I. BASIC PROCEDURE
LOAD THE BATTERY
●Use one 3V CR123A lithium battery.
●A new lithium battery will provide power for taking
about 400 pictures, including 200 with flash (as
tested according to Fujifilm’s battery testing
procedure).
1. Open the battery compartment cover (Fig. 1)
Push the Cover’s grained part up (toward the
camera back) and open the Cover toward you.
2. Insert the battery (Fig. 2)
Insert the battery in the Battery Compartment, minus
– end first, then press in the plus + end and close
the Battery Compartment Cover.
Fig. 1
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3. Check the loaded battery (Fig. 3)
Push the Lens Cover Button downward. If the Lens
Cover opens and the lens barrel moves out into
shooting position (wideangle), the battery is loaded
correctly.
●If the Flash Sign ( c) in the LCD blinks for 12
seconds or more after taking a flash picture, the
battery is spent. Change the battery with a new
one as soon as possible.
●Always reset the date after changing the battery
(for the dating model only)
●If you are going on a trip or are planning to take
lots of pictures, take a spare battery along with
you just in case you might need it. This is
especially true if you are travelling abroad
because in some countries you may not be able
to obtain the type of battery you want.
USING THE DATA (OR TIME)
PRINTING UNIT
This section applies only to the model with a dating
unit.
1. Printing dates (or time) on your pictures
(Fig. 4)
M... Stands for month (Fig. 4 - A)
Fig. 3
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Year
Month
Day
Day
Month
Day
Month
Hour
Day
Year
Year
Minute
↓
↓
↓
↓
↓
To change the order of the year, month, and day,
press in the Date Mode/Select Button q. The order
will change as shown above. The date Showing in
the Date Display Window is the date that will be
printed in the bottom right of your picture.
If you don’t want dates on your pictures, bring out
the Dating Unit Off sign (-- -- --) in the Date Display
Window.
lAfter changing the Camera battery, always check
and reset the date (or time).
2. Correcting the date (Fig. 5)
PRINT... Printing Mark (Fig. 5 - A)
(1) Make the number for the year blink by pressing
in the Date Mode/Select Button q.
(2) Change the blinking number to the one you
want by pressing in the Date Set Button w.
(3) Make the next number (the number for the
month) blink by pressing in the Date Mode/
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Select Button again then correct the number
with the Date Set Button.
(4) After correcting the number for the “minute”,
press in the Date Mode/Select Button to bring
out the “PRINT” sign in the Date Display
Window. The Dating Unit is now ready for
printing.
●Your camera’s quartz date-printing unit has an
auto-calendar that is designed to function up
through the year 2020. The Dates (or time) are
represented by the following numbers:
Year: 89 - 20 Hour: 0 - 23
Month: 1 - 12 Minute: 00 - 59
Day: 1 - 31
●The year, month, and day are interlocked with the
hour and minute.
●When the shutter is released to take your picture,
the “PRINT” sign in the Date Display Window will
blink for about two seconds to tell you the date
has been printed on it.
ATTACH THE STRAP (Fig. 6)
Pass the looped end of the strap through the
camera’s Strap Lug, then pass the other end of the
strap through the loop and pull it firmly.
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LOAD THE FILM
1. Open the camera back (Fig. 7)
To open, hold the camera bottom side up and push
the Camera Back Lock downward.
2. Insert the film (Fig. 8)
Just push the film gently into the Film Chamber.
●Do not open the Camera Back all the way. It is
normally set to open about 15° or just enough to
drop the film in smoothly and surely.
●Film with a mark (Advanced photo sytem) on
it cannot be used.
●Always use your film before the expiration date
printed on the film box.
Fig. 7
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3. Check the film tip position (Fig. 9)
Make sure the film tip falls within the Film Tip Mark
(green lines in the far end of the film track).
4. Close the camera back (Fig. 10)
As soon as you close the Camera Back, the
Exposure Counter will run though rapidly and the
film will prewind itself up to the very end. (If the film
is a 24-exposure roll, it will prewind itself in about 20
seconds and the Exposure Counter will stop at the
number “24”).
●If the film leader (the length of film protruding from
the cartridge) is too short or too long, however,
you’ll have to adjust it before dropping the
cartridge into the camera. To adjust, pull the film
out or wind it in so that the film tip will fall within
the camera’s Film Tip Mark (green lines).
●The Film Confirmation Window will show the type
and speed of the loaded film and the number of
exposures it contains.
Fig. 9
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TAKING PICTURES
1. Turn on the power (Fig. 11)
To turn it on, press the Power Switch downward.
The Lens Cover will automatically open and the
Lens will move out into shooting position. If the Lens
is in retracted position, the shutter won’t trip.
2. Standard 35 mm size covering area (Fig. 12)
●Parallax Correction Mark (Fig. 12 - A)
●Bright Frame (Fig. 12 - B)
You’ll get in your picture everything you see within
the Bright Frame. But if you are shooting your
subject form about 1.2 meters away or closer, you’ll
get in your picture only the area falling within the
Parallax Correction Mark.
Fig. 11
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Fig. 13
Fig. 14
3. Zooming to telephoto (Fig. 13)
To zoom to telephoto, press in the upper Zoom
Button. The size of the Finder image will change
with the movement of the Lens.
●Do not block the Lens or apply pressure to it while
it is zooming.
●If the camera is left for approximately 5 minutes
with the Power Switch on, the lens is retracted
automatically, the liquid crystal display goes off,
and the camera's power goes off. If the power
switch is turned off, then again, the camera is
again set ready for photographing.
4. Zooming to wideangle (Fig. 14)
To zoom to wideangle, press in the lower Zoom
Button.

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5. Hold the camera still (Fig. 15)
When taking pictures, hold the camera still with both
hands (camera shake can result in fuzzy pictures).
To shoot with the camera held vertically, position the
Flash side up.
●Before pressing down the Shutter Release, take
your finger off the Zoom Button.
●Keep your fingers and camera strap away from
the Lens, Autofocus Windows, and Flash
Lampface.
6. Aim the autofocus spot at your subject (Fig. 16)
●Autofocus Spot (Fig. 16 - A)
Aim the Autofocus Spot at your subject. Make sure
your subject fills the Finder’s Autofocus Spot
completely.
Fig. 15
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7. Press the shutter release about halfway down
(Fig. 17)
If the Autofocus Lamp (green lamp next to the
Finder Eyepiece) turns on and glows when the
Shutter Release is pressed about halfway down, the
Lens has completed focusing. But if you are too
close to your subject, the Autofocus Lamp will blink
to warn you to move back.
●The Autofocus Lamp will blink if you are too close
to your subject. If it blinks, check the camera-to-
subject distance once again.
●When you press the Shutter Release about
halfway down, do it slowly and gently.
8. Take your picture (Fig. 18)
To take your picture, press the Shutter Release
gently all the way down. As soon as the shutter trips,
the film will automatically advance into position for
the next shot.
●The number in the film counter decreases by one
each time a frame is exposed.
●The AF lamp (or self-timer Lamp) will extinguish
once and reappear immediately after the shutter
is released.
●The shooting distance is 0.65 m - ∞at f=90 mm
(0.9 m - ∞at other focal lengths).
Fig. 17
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●Though rarely, the Lens may not be able to focus
itself sharply in the following situations. To take
your picture, you’ll have to use the Autofocus
Lock (see page 16).
qIf there is a very bright light shining in the vicinity
of your subject, such as blazing streaks of
sunlight, dazzling light reflections from the
windshield of a car, etc.
wIf your subject is a black object, such as a bunch
of black hair, which cannot reflect enough light.
eIf you are shooting through a glass window.
rIf there is a strongly reflecting object, such as a
mirror or shiny piece of metal, near the center of
your subject.
END OF FILM
●Your camera will expose the film frames in
descending order, starting from the highest
numbered frame, and rewind each frame into its
cartridge as soon as it is exposed.
●You can unload the film as soon as the last frame
(frame No. 1) is exposed and the camera motor
comes to a halt because there is no need to
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Fig. 19
Fig. 20
1. After exposing the last frame (Fig. 19)
As soon as the last frame (frame No. 1) is exposed,
the Exposure Counter will switch from “0” to “E” and
the camera motor will come to a halt.
2. Unload the exposed film (Fig. 20)
Make sure the Exposure Counter is showing the “E”
sign then open the Camera Back and take the film
out.

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■Unloading the film in mid-roll (Fig. 21)
With the tip of a ball-point pen or something similar,
press in the Mid-roll Rewind Button. Wait until the
Exposure Counter shows the “E” sign and the
camera motor comes to a halt, then take the film
out.
●Do not use anything with too sharp a point to
press in the Mid-roll Rewind Button.
●If the Camera Back is accidentally opened in mid-
roll, close it quickly, wait until the film winds itself
back into its cartridge, then it out. All the exposed
frames, except the last, will be saved.
●If the film is unloaded before the Exposure
Counter shows the “E” sign, the next roll you load
will immediately wind itself back into its cartridge
and the Exposure Counter will blink continuously
(see page 25).
USING THE AUTOFOCUS LOCK
1. This is the picture you want but.... (Fig. 22)
the Autofocus Spot is off your subject. It means the
Lens is not focused on your subject.
Fig. 21
Fig. 22
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2. Move the camera slightly and.... (Fig. 23)
aim the Autofocus Spot so that it covers some part
of your subject, then press the Shutter Release
about halfway down (to lock the focus) and make
sure the Autofocus Lamp (focusing completed
signal) has turned on.
3. While pressing the shutter release about
halfway down... (Fig. 22)
move the camera back to its original position,
recompose your picture, then take it by pressing the
Shutter Release all the way down.
●The autofocus Lock can be used as many times
as necessary before tripping the shutter.
SELECTING THE EXPOSURE MODE
■A word on the camera’s flash exposure
modes
Each time you press in the Exposure Mode Button,
the exposure mode setting will switch in the order
shown below:
Auto flash (No sign), Red-eye Reducing (b), Fill-in
Flash (c) and Flash off (d) mode.
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■Effective flash range
(Using color negative film; distance in meters).
The effective range of your camera’s built-in flash
will differ with the speed of the film you are using
and the lens focal length as shown below.
ISO 100 ISO 200 ISO 400
38 mm wideangle 0.9 ~ 5 0.9 ~ 7 0.9 ~ 10
90 mm telephoto 0.65 ~ 2.2 0.65 ~ 3.3 0.65 ~ 4.4
(Using colour negative film: units; m)
Taking ordinary pictures
1. Automatic-flash mode in low light (Fig. 24)
If you don’t see any sign in area “A” of the LCD (see
illustration) and the light is low, the Flash will
automatically fire when you press down the Shutter
Release. And as soon as the blinking Flash Sign (c)
in the LCD turns off, you can take your next
autoflash picture.
Fig. 24

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If you want your subject’s eyes to look natural
and beautiful...
2. Red-eye reducing mode (Fig. 25)
Bring out the Red-eye Reducing Mode Sign (b) in
the LCD by pressing in the Exposure Mode Button,
then take your picture.
●The red-eye reducing mode setting will remain on
ever after you turn off the power.
●The Autofocus Lamp (next to the Finder Eye-
piece) will turn on the moment the Red-eye
Reducing Lamp turns on then turn off the instant
the Flash fires. Be sure to hold the camera still
while the Autofocus Lamp is on.
■A word on red-eye effect
When you photograph a person’s face in dim light
with Flash, the eyes will sometimes turn out red in
the picture. This is because the light from the Flash
enters the person’s eyes and is reflected back into
the camera lens. To reduce the chances of getting
red-eye pictures, observe the following rules:
qTake your picture with the camera set to the Red-
eye Reducing Mode.
wAsk your subject to stare at the camera.
eBring the camera up as close as possible to your
subject.
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To take backlighted pictures of subjects against
a window or in the shade of a tree...
3. Fill-in flash mode (Fig. 26)
Bring out the Flash Sign (c) in the LCD by pressing
in the Exposure Mode Button. The Flash will now
fire even in bright sunlight.
Taking non-flash pictures
4. Flash off mode (Fig. 27)
Bring out the Flash Off Sign (d) in the LCD by
pressing in the Exposure Mode Button, then take
your non-flash (existing light) picture.
●The flash mode settings will remain on until you
switch them off by closing the Lens Cover.
●To take stage scenes and indoor sports events
that are beyond reach of the camera’s built-in
flash, shoot with the Flash turned off (flash off
mode).
●When stooting in the flash off mode, keep the
camera as still as possible by mounting it on a
tripod.
Fig. 26
Fig. 27