FujiFilm FinePix S1 Pro Quick start guide

User's Guide
This manual describes how to use the Camera Shooting Software
photography application for the FUJIFILM Digital Camera FinePix S1 Pro.
Read it carefully to ensure that you use this product correctly.
Camera Shooting Software
for FinePix S1 Pro

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IMPORTANT .............................................................................. 2
Preface ...................................................................................... 4
Using the Camera Shooting Software ........................................5
Connecting the Camera and PC ....................................................5
Launching the Camera Shooting Software ....................................6
Shooting Window Details ...............................................................7
Large Preview Window Details ......................................................9
Specifying the Photography Settings ...........................................10
Setting the Image Display Orientation .........................................13
Taking Pictures ............................................................................14
Selecting Images .........................................................................15
Checking the Image Histogram ...................................................16
Setting the File Format and Image Size for Saved Files .............17
Importing Images (Save files as...)...............................................18
Importing Images (Save) ..............................................................19
Erasing Images ............................................................................21
Using Time-lapse Photography ...................................................22
Exiting the Camera Shooting Software ........................................25
Contents

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Thank you for purchasing this FUJIFILM product.
This User's Guide describes how to use the Camera Shooting Software for FinePix S1
Pro (referred to hereafter as the Camera Shooting Software). The Camera Shooting
Software allows you to control your Digital Camera FinePix S1 Pro (referred to hereafter
simply as the camera), take pictures and specify the photography settings from a
personal computer. You can also use this software to import the images you have shot
into your PC and save them on your hard disk.
Preface

* The examples used in these descriptions are for Windows 98. The screens
shown on Macintosh computers are different, but the procedures are the same.
Connecting the Camera and PC
Refer to the Owner's Manual supplied with your camera for information on using the
camera.
CAUTION Do not connect the camera to your PC until you have installed the Camera
Shooting Software. Refer to the Camera Shooting Software Quick Start
Guide for information on installing the software.
1. Switch on your PC.
2. Connect the AC power adapter to the camera
and switch the camera on. In the Setup screen,
select "PC Mode > Shoot" and then close the
Setup screen.
3. Connect the camera to your PC using a
USB cable.
CAUTION •Only one camera can be
connected to the PC.
Successful operation is not
guaranteed if multiple
cameras are connected all at
once.
•Connect the camera and PC
using a direct USB cable
connection. Successful
operation is not guaranteed if
the camera is connected
through a USB hub.
•If you are using Windows
2000, the "Digital Signature
Not Found" message appears
the first time you connect the
camera after installing the
Camera Shooting Software. Click [Yes] and continue with the installation.
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Using the Camera Shooting Software

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Launching the Camera Shooting Software
1. Click the [Start] button and select [Programs] - [Camera Shooting Software for
FinePix S1 Pro] - [Camera Shooting Software for FinePix S1 Pro].
On a Macintosh computer, double-click the [S1 Pro Shooting] icon.
2. After the opening flash screen, the Shooting window and Large Preview window
appears.

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Shooting Window Details
When you launch the Camera Shooting Software, the Shooting window appears.
(Time-lapse) settings button
Opens the " Time-lapse settings" dialog
box. This button can only be clicked
when the "Time-lapse photography"
checkbox is selected.
Camera option button
Switches to shooting from the camera.
When this button is selected, the
[Shoot] and [Shoot Settings] buttons
are disabled.
Host option button
Switches to shooting from the PC.
Time-lapse photography checkbox
Switches to "Time-lapse Photography"
mode. This mode cannot be selected
when the [Camera] option button is
selected.
Focus lock checkbox
Locks the camera focus. This option is
disabled when the camera's focusing
mode is in "M(Manual)".
Shoot Conditions button
Opens the "Shoot Conditions" dialog
box. This button is disabled when the
[Camera] option button is selected.
Shoot button
Takes a picture on the camera from the
PC. This button is disabled when the
[Camera] option button is selected
Auto Acquire checkbox
Automatically imports the photographed
image onto the PC and saves it on your
hard disk.
(Time-lapse) settings
button
Focus Lock
checkbox
Host
option button
Shoot button
Time-lapse
photography
checkbox
Camera
option button
Display orientation box
Scroll preview
Shoot Settings
button
Histogram button
Save file as...
button
Save button
Edit folder display
Clear button
Select All button
Set Folder button
File format box
Image size
box
< Shooting window >
Auto Acquire
checkbox

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Histogram button
Opens the "Histogram" dialog box. This
button is disabled if no image is
selected or if multiple images are
selected.
File format box and Image size box
Use these boxes to select the file
format and the image size when you
use the "Save" or "Save file as.."
function.
Display orientation box
Sets the orientation in which the
photographed image is displayed.
Clear button
Erases an image selected using scroll
preview from the camera's memory.
This button is disabled if no image is
selected.
Select All button
Selects all the images shown in the
scroll preview. This button is disabled if
there are no images in the scroll
preview.
Save button
Imports the image selected in the scroll
preview from the camera and saves it
to a file in the folder displayed in the
"Edit folder display" box. This button is
disabled if no image is selected.
Save file as... button
Imports the image selected in the scroll
preview from the camera and saves it
as a file on your PC. This button is
disabled if no image is selected.
Set Folder button
Opens the "Set Folder" dialog box.
Scroll preview
Shows previews of the images shot
using the camera or the images saved
in the camera memory.
Edit folder display
Shows the name of the folder to which
images are saved when you click the
[Save] button.

Large Preview Window Details
1. When you launch the Camera Shooting Software, the Large Preview window opens
at the same time as the Shooting window.
< Large Preview Window >
2. You can use the Large Preview window to check an image you have shot.
When you select an image in the Scroll Preview, the selected image is displayed in
the Large Preview window.
TIP •If you select "Fine detail" from
the "View" menu in the Large
Preview window or if you
simply double-click the
displayed image, the full-size
image (3040x2016) is imported
from the camera and displayed in the window.
•See " Selecting Images" (-> P.15) for more information on selecting an
image.
•It takes roughly 10 seconds to import an image displayed in fine detail
from the camera to your PC. Depending on the hardware and software
provided on your PC, it might also take some time to display the image.
For optimum performance, you should have at least 128 MB of additional
memory installed on your PC.
•To revert to the standard window size or image size, select "Normal"
from the "View" menu in the Large Preview window.
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Specifying the Photography Settings
1. Before taking a picture, use the procedure described here to check photography
settings such as the sensitivity and shutter speed and to change the settings as
desired.
When you click on the [Shoot Conditions] button in the Shooting window, the "Shoot
Settings" dialog box opens.
TIP When you launch the Camera Shooting Software, the photography
settings from the last time you used the software are set in the camera.
Also, after you exit the Camera Shooting Software, the photography
settings prior to launching the software are set in the camera.
2. If you specify the photography settings and then click the [Apply] button, the settings
are transferred to the camera.
• Clicking the [Apply] button validates the settings currently shown in the "Shoot
Conditions" dialog box.
• Clicking the [Open] button opens the "Open file" dialog box and allows you to
import a photography settings file saved on the PC.
• Click the [Save as...] button to open the "Save file as..." dialog box and save the
photography settings currently shown in the "Shoot Settings" dialog box as a
photography settings file on your PC.
• Clicking the [Default] button restores the current settings in the "Shoot Settings"
dialog box to the default values. The initial default settings are as follows:
Sensitivity : ISO 400
Exposure : Auto
Exposure Compensation : 0
White Balance : Auto
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• Clicking the [Cancel] button discards the current settings and closes the "Shoot
Settings" dialog box.
Sensitivity
Selects the ISO film speed. The following 4 film speeds can be selected:
ISO 320, ISO 400, ISO 800 or ISO 1600
Metering
Displays the metering mode set on the camera. The following 2 types of metering
mode can be displayed:
Multi-Pattern / Center-Weighted
Refer to the Owner's Manual for the camera for details.
Exposure
Selects the exposure mode. The following 10 types of mode can be selected:
Auto / Programmed Auto / Aperture-Priority
Auto / Shutter-Priority Auto / Manual / Portrait /
Sports / Night scene / Landscape / Close-up
You can also set the exposure compensation value by moving the button on the
slider bar. You can set the exposure compensation value in the Programmed
Auto, Aperture-Priority Auto, Shutter-Priority Auto and Manual exposure modes.
Refer to the Owner's Manual for the camera for details.
Shutter Speed
Selects the shutter speed. This can be selected when the aperture mode is set to
Shutter-Priority Auto or Manual.
Aperture
Selects the aperture setting. This can be selected when the aperture mode is set
to Aperture-Priority Auto or Manual.
White Balance
Selects the white balance mode. The following 8 types of white balance mode can
be selected:
Auto / Custom / Fine / Incandescent Light / Shade (fine weather)
Fluorescent Light 1 / Fluorescent Light 2 / Fluorescent Light 3
Refer to the Owner's Manual for the camera for details.
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AWB
Performs "one-push AWB" (automatic white balance setting). This option can be
specified when the white balance mode is set to "Custom".
TIP Set the white balance mode to "Custom" and click the [Apply] button to
enable the [AWB] button.
To perform "one-push AWB":
1 Hold up a piece of white paper in front of the viewfinder so that completely
covers the area photographed.
2 Click the [AWB] button. The shutter operates exactly as if the camera was taking
a picture and a white image is stored in the camera memory. The camera then
automatically sets the white balance based on the captured image.
3 Because the automatically set image is displayed in the scroll preview in the
Shooting window, you can visually check the results of "one-push
AWB".Subsequently, when you select "Custom", the camera uses the
automatically set white balance to take the picture. To change the "Custom"
white balance, click the [AWB] button again.
CAUTION • If you click the [Save] button to save photography settings file, do not
use "Initial 60", "System 60" or "Camera 60" as the file name since these
names are used by the Camera Shooting Software.
• if the "Cannot take the picture - the Camera is out of focus" message
appears, tick the "Focus lock" checkbox or set the camera focusing
mode to "M(Manual)" and then perform "one-push AWB".
TIP • You can enter a short comment for each set of photography settings.
This comment is saved in the photography settings file when you click
the [Save as...] button.
• If you open the "Shoot Conditions" dialog box after launching the
Camera Shooting Software, the current camera settings are imported
and displayed.

Setting the Image Display Orientation
1. The "Display orientation" box sets the orientation in which photographed images are
displayed. The orientation specified here governs the way images are displayed in
the Scroll Preview and Large Preview window.
2. Click on the arrow button in the "Display Orientation" box and select the display
orientation. The following 4 orientations can be selected:
Rotate Off
The image is displayed unrotated.
Rotate 90 - cw
The image is displayed rotated 90° to the right
Rotate 90 - ccw
The image is displayed rotated 90° to the left.
Rotate 180 -
The image is displayed rotated 180°.
TIP • When the Camera Shooting Software is launched, images in the Scroll
Preview are displayed with the orientation set in the "Display Orientation"
box.
• Photographed images are always saved to files unrotated.
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Taking Pictures
When you have specified the photography settings and the display orientation, you are
ready to take pictures on the camera.
1. When the "Host" option button is selected, click the [Shoot] button in the "Shoot"
window to take a picture. If the "Camera" option button is selected, press the shutter
button on the camera.
If you take a picture when the "Focus lock" checkbox is ticked, the camera releases
the shutter immediately without performing auto focusing. If the "Focus lock"
checkbox is not ticked, the camera's auto focusing feature operates and the shutter
releases after the image is focused.
CAUTION • If the shutter does not release when you click the [Shoot] button, set the
focus mode on the camera to "M(Manual)" or tick the "Focus lock"
checkbox before shooting.
•If you tick the [Auto Acquire] checkbox before shooting, the
photographed image is saved on the PC and then automatically erased
from the camera memory.
If you tick the [Time-lapse photography] checkbox before shooting, time-lapse
photography is performed.
See " Using Time-lapse Photography" (-> P.22) for more information on time-lapse
photography.

2. When you take the picture, the image is stored in the camera's memory and
displayed in the "Scroll Preview" in the Shooting window.
TIP Up to 5 shots can be taken on the camera. To continue taking additional
pictures, erase some unwanted images or save the images to your PC
and then erase them. Then continue taking pictures.
Selecting Images
To select an image in the Scroll Preview, simply click the image. The selected image
appears as a depressed button.
To cancel an image selection, click another image. To select multiple images, hold
down the [Ctrl] key and click the images with the left mouse button.
On Macintosh computers, hold down the [Shift] key and click.
You can also select multiple images in either of the following ways:
• Hold down the [Ctrl] key and as you click other images.
On Macintosh computers, hold down the [Shift] key as you click.
• Click the [Select All] button.
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Selected image

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Checking the Image Histogram
Before you save a photographed image, you can use the histogram to check the color
distribution in the image.
1. Select the image to be checked and click the [Histogram] button in the Shooting
window. The Histogram dialog box then appears.
2. Click the arrow in the [channel] box to select the color to be shown in the histogram.
The 4 settings that can be selected are "Master", "Red", "Green" and "Blue".
When you have checked the histogram, click the [Close] button to exit the Histogram
dialog box.
CAUTION • You can only use the Histogram dialog box to check the color
distribution, not to modify it.

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Setting the File Format and Image Size for Saved Files
Before you save a photographed image, set the file format and the image size.
1. Select the file format to be used when the image is saved in the "File format" box in
the Shooting window. The following 5 file formats can be selected:
Exif-JPEG (Basic) Exif-TIFF (YCC)
Exif-JPEG (Normal) Exif-TIFF (RGB)
Exif-JPEG (Fine)
Refer to the Owner's Manual for the camera for details.
2. Select the image size to be used when the image is saved in "Image size" box in the
Shooting window. The following 3 image sizes can be selected:
1,440 X 960 2,304 X 1,536 3,040 X 2,016

Importing Images (Save files as...)
There are two functions that import photographed images to your PC: "Save file as..."
and "Save".
Save file as...:
In this function, you specify the folder in which the image file is to be saved and the file
name to be used when the image is imported. Select the image to be saved and click
the [Save file as...] button in the Shooting window.The images in the camera memory
are imported to the PC and the "Save file as..." dialog box appears.
Specify the save destination folder and file name and then click the [Save] button. The
image is saved under the specified file name.
TIP • See " Selecting Images" (-> P.15) for more information on selecting an
image.
• When an image is saved, the file format and image size specified in the
Shooting window are used. See "Setting the File Format and Image Size
for Saved Files" (-> P.17).
•You cannot open and view a saved file in the Camera Shooting
Software. Use the Exif Viewer software application provided on the
enclosed CD-ROM.
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Importing Images (Save)
Save:
This function saves the photographed image to a destination folder specified
beforehand and automatically generates a file name.
1. Specify the destination folder before using the Save function.
Click the [Set Folder] button in the Shooting window to open the Set Folder dialog
box.
2. Select the drive and then the folder from the pull-down lists to specify the destination
folder.
• Click the [Set] button to validate the specified settings and close the Set Folder
dialog box.
• To discard the settings and close the Set Folder dialog box, click the [Cancel]
button.
3. The selected folder and the file format to be used for saving the file appear in the
"Edit folder display" box.
Select the image you want to import and click the [Save] button in the Shooting
window.
The image on the camera is transferred to the PC and saved to the destination folder
shown in the "Edit folder display" box.

TIP • See " Selecting Images" (-> P.15) for more information on selecting an
image.
• When an image is saved, the file format and image size specified in the
Shooting window are used. See "Setting the File Format and Image Size
for Saved Files" (-> P.17).
•You cannot open and view a saved file in the Camera Shooting
Software. Use the Exif Viewer software application provided on the
enclosed CD-ROM.
•File names are automatically assigned in the "DSCFxxxx.jpg" or
"DSCFxxxx.tif" format (where "xxxx" is a number between 0000 and
9999).
• The setting in the "Edit folder display" box is saved.
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