Clicking noises when zooming

I have had my S9600 for a few months now and I am still getting used it. One thing that irritates me is a clicking noises that happen every time I zoom in or out. There are other wee noises too. Is this normal?

Also, I am not convinced my landscapes are in focus...can't make my mind up if the camera is faulty, I have the shakes, my PC screen is out of focus or my eyesight is bad.

The clicking noises are probably the drive motors auto-focusing the camera. It's normal.

My landscapes are fine. Check them out on another PC screen at your library or something.

The 3 metering modes on S9600

Togglehead was almost correct in what he said above, except that the multi-mode uses automatic scene recognition to decide where in the scene it should use to set the exposure. Most modern cameras have this sort of mode now (Canon call it Evaluative Metering) and it is a little more sophistocated than just the middle x % of the frame. The Fuji splits the image into 256 zones to make it's decision.

The multi mode should be your default mode for most shooting purposes. If using spot, you should be careful to ensure you point the centre of the image on your subject, half press the shutter to focus and set exposure, and then recompose before fully pressing. Spot metering is not even included on many entry level DSLRs as it's not actually that good for general purpose shooting.

Also worth remembering that the spot mode using only the middle 3% of the frame so if someone is wearing a black suit and that just happens to be in the centre, the camera will assume the scene to be darker than it really is and will over expose the shot.

As for the use of these exposure settings in MANUAL mode, although they actual exposure is decided by the user, the camera still uses the exposure mode to compute what it thinks is the optimum, and uses this in displaying the over/under exposure bar at the bottom of the screen which appears only in the manual mode.

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Problems With S9500 Command Dial

Hi there, I am in Australia and I would just like to share my experience with my s9500 command dial. I bought the camera in January of this year.

My command dial broke at my son's first birthday party, and I returned it on August the 8th to Fuji for repair. I was warned it would be a 2-3 week turn around.

A month went by without so much as a telephone call from Fuji advising its status. I called up in early September only to be told that they were waiting on parts that were going to arrive on Sep 12th.

Yesterday (19th) I got a call from them to say that the parts would not be arriving until September 26. This was frustrating, because I am going on holiday in October.

I asked them if they would be able to guarantee its return by Friday 29 as I obviously don't want to go on holiday without the camera. The operator was polite but told me he couldn't help me. He gave me an email address to send an email to.

I sent them an email yesterday asking if they could either return my camera by this date or provide a replacement or refund, and that it was really important to me that I had this camera for my holiday.

I got a call today from them to say no they wouldn't be providing a refund, and no they wouldn't be guaranteeing its return. In not so many words they told me that they appreciate my frustration but bad luck.

Anyone else had a better response from Fuji in Australia? If so - who did you speak to? The fact that I had the camera for 6 months and have now been without it for 2 months has left a really bad taste in my mouth I have to say....

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XD Card Reader Problem and Two Cards Trick

When you use Fujifilm Finepix DC, it seems to work fine, then put the card into a card reader that were told was compatable with the card (the fujifilm xD card). The card only downloads some of the pictrues then says the files are corrupt. The card was replaces without question by Curreys but the new one has done the same thing. When put the card back in the camera it then says "card not initialized".

You'd recommend doing this (losing all current photos of course.) Also try downloading directly from the camera and not using an external reader. The reader may be causing the problem. Ensure the reader/camera is directly connected to the PC, and not linked via USB extensions or hubs. The camera batteries will drain while using the USB socket. Just make sure they're reasonably charged before using the USB.

You can use both cards in the camera. I used to load my camera with two cards at the same time. A quick menu switch to go from one to the other. Although, I used to use the CF as my first card, set so in menu, so that when it was full I just pulled it out and the camera then defaulted to XD.

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Subject Distance Range Macro

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Digital Camera FinePix S9500 Ver1.02
Subject Distance Range: Macro
Sensing Method: One-chip colour area sensor

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The Different Between Finepix S9500 And Finepix S9600

The Fujifilm Finepix S9600 is an upgrade of the S9500 model that was first introduced back in 2005, a long time ago in the ever-changing world of digital cameras.

The new S9600 is still being heavily promoted as a better alternative to a digital SLR camera by Fujifilm, and it's not hard to see why by looking at the headline specifications. A 9 megapixel sensor, 28-300mm lens, RAW mode and full manual control are features in common with entry-level DSLRs that cost a lot more than the Fujifilm S9600.

The Fujifilm Finepix S9600 also has a lot of other DSLR-like features - completely manual zoom control and focusing ring on the lens, flash hotshoe, viewfinder and an ISO range of 80-1600. Fujifilm have really pulled out all the stops to make the S9600 as similar to a digital SLR as possible. But they haven't stopped there - this camera also offers features that are unique to compact digital cameras and which, the company hopes, will persuade buyers to choose the S9600.

There's a new 2 inch inch tilting LCD screen with an improved resolution of 235,000 pixels, integrated lens which avoids problems with dust getting onto the camera's sensor, and a 30fps, 640x480 movie mode. So does the Fujifilm Finepix S9600 have what it takes to really be a viable alternative to the digital SLR? Carry on reading to find out.

It’s never wise to alter a successful formula. So rather than reinvent the hugely successful S9500, the new S9600 sees the introduction instead of some carefully-chosen improvements. Improving LCD size, image sharpness and low light autofocus, the new camera acts as a definite upgrade to its predecessor.

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How to convert the RAW images into other formats

Question:

Over the last few weeks I've been experimenting with shooting in the RAW mode as I want to get as high quality images as possible. The problem is that I can't now convert the RAW images into anything viewable. Stupidly I've lost the CD that came with the camera, but I have downloaded the Finepix viewer software. However that won't convert any of my images for me (it comes up with an error message, something about queueing - I'll post it later if it will help).

Basically I wondered if anyone here can tell me if there's another way to convert the RAW images - i have photoshop CS but it says it can't open them... I'm sure i'm missing the obvious answer, so if anyone can help I'd be really grateful.

Answer:

You probably need to download the latest ACR plugin free from Adobe. It can definitely read the .RAF files. If you're using a Mac and CS1. Otherwise just go to the Photoshop downloads page for Windies or CS2.

And never mind about losing the Fuji software. It was crap, believe me, the biggest waste of a CD ever.