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Fujifilm FinePix 1400 Zoom: manual and user guide

Fujifilm’s 1.3 MP compact, with a 3× zoom and AA batteries. Its official PDF manual, then the essentials for using it.

Fujifilm’s official PDF, which it no longer publishes: the link opens the copy kept by Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.

Getting started

Batteries Slide the battery cover in the direction of the arrow and open it. Insert 4 new AA batteries of the same type (alkaline, Ni-MH or Ni-Cd), with the polarity as shown in the diagram, then close it. Never use lithium or manganese batteries: their heat can damage the camera.
Card With the camera off, open the card cover in the direction of the arrow. Push the 3.3 V SmartMedia card in straight, all the way, until it locks, then close the cover. The wrong way round, it won’t go all the way in: don’t force it.
Switching on Slide the lens cover to the side until it locks. Turn the Mode switch from OFF to the photo position: the green viewfinder lamp lights up and the lens extends. If the screen shows LENS COVER, the cover isn’t open far enough.
Date and time Press MENU/EXE, choose MODE then SET-UP with the arrow buttons and confirm. Under DATE/TIME, set the year, month, day, hour, minute and the date order (DATE TYPE), then press MENU/EXE. The menus are in English: SET-UP has no language setting.
Your first photo Press DISP to turn on the screen, or look through the viewfinder, with the subject in the AF frame. Press halfway: it’s in focus when the viewfinder lamp turns steady green or STANDBY appears. Press all the way: a beep, then the lamp turns orange while the image is recorded.

A macro mode from 10 to 80 cm: MENU/EXE, then MACRO set to ON. The lens goes to wide angle and the optical zoom is locked. Frame on the screen: the viewfinder doesn’t show the right field of view. It is cancelled when you switch off.
A Manual mode (MENU/EXE, MODE, MANUAL): exposure compensation in 9 steps, from -0.9 to +1.5 EV, and white balance on Auto or set for six types of lighting (sun, shade, three kinds of fluorescent tube, incandescent lamp).
In Manual mode, the photo is shown after you take it: MENU/EXE saves it, CANCEL/BACK discards it. The settings stay in memory when you switch off.
A 2× digital zoom takes over at the end of the optical zoom, at 640 × 480 only and with the screen on.
A 10-second self-timer (MENU/EXE, TIMER set to ON), not available in Manual mode: the lamp stays lit for 5 seconds, then blinks for 5 seconds.

The flash button cycles through five modes: Auto (no icon), red-eye reduction, forced flash, flash off and slow sync for night scenes.
Range: 0.2 to 3.5 m at wide angle, 0.8 to 3.5 m at telephoto. In macro with the flash, stay at least 20 cm from the subject.
The viewfinder lamp blinks orange while the flash charges: wait for it to stop before pressing the shutter button.
In low light without flash, or with slow sync, use a tripod to avoid camera shake.

In normal mode, it can’t focus at 80 cm or closer: switch to Macro. If it’s too dark to focus, step back to at least 1.5 m.
The viewfinder shows 80% of the image and, between 0.8 and 1.5 m, the photo only captures part of what you see in it: for precise framing, use the screen.
Steady orange lamp: it’s recording. Don’t switch off, and don’t open the battery cover or the card cover.
It switches itself off after 2 minutes without use. To turn it back on, move the switch back to OFF, then to photo or playback.
Change the batteries with the camera off and in under 5 minutes: any longer and it may go back to its factory settings and lose the date.

Below 10 °C, batteries weaken, especially alkalines: keep them warm in a pocket before putting them in.
Don’t leave Ni-MH or Ni-Cd batteries in it for long: it draws a little current even when off and can drain them to the point of making them unusable. For long storage, remove the batteries and the card.
It doesn’t like sand, which can damage it for good: protect it at the beach.
Lens and screen: blower brush, then a dry, lint-free cloth. Never use solvent or benzine on the body.

Sensor: 1/2.7-inch CCD, 1.31 million pixels
Images: 1280 × 960 or 640 × 480, JPEG (Exif 2.1, DCF), FINE, NORMAL and BASIC quality
Lens: Fujinon 3× optical zoom, 6-18 mm (38-114 mm in 35 mm equivalent), marked F3.5/F8.7, 2× digital zoom
Focusing: autofocus, 0.8 m to infinity, macro 10 to 80 cm
Exposure: 64-zone TTL metering, programmed auto, ISO 125 equivalent, 1/2 to 1/750 s
Screen and viewfinder: 1.6-inch D-TFD colour screen, 55,000 pixels, reverse Galilean optical viewfinder, 80% of the image
Card: 3.3 V SmartMedia only, 2 to 64 MB
Power: 4 AA alkaline, Ni-MH or Ni-Cd batteries, or AC-5V AC adapter, about 180 shots with the screen on, 450 with it off (alkalines, flash on every other shot)
Connexion: USB, for transferring images to a computer
Dimensions and weight: 125 × 65 × 39 mm, about 250 g without batteries or card, 350 g ready to shoot