Fuji Natura Black: I need an English Manual [Archive]

raid

07-20-2007, 18:03

Does anyone here speak Japanese?
The manual for the Natura is in Japanese.
My camera suddenly flashes the digit 8, and everything is locked.
It is a hassle when nobody is willing to take a look at this camera in the USA.

Does anyone here have such a camera?
I need your help.

Raid

RayPA

07-20-2007, 18:14

I have the camera, but no English manual. Maybe you could get it translated by someone here.

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raid

07-20-2007, 18:19

Ray,
It suddenly started flashing the number 8 today, and all functions are locked up. What would you do if this happened to your camera?
I have taken out the battery, with the hope that the camera unlocks.

Raid

IGMeanwell

07-20-2007, 18:25

Raid

do you know what you were doing at the time it started flashing that?

When I had the Natura there were a couple times when I took a picture outside of my moving car and the force of the wind wouldn't allow the lens to move causing the film advance to seize

Each time I would have to take out the film and allow it to rewind ... with the film in nothing would help (removing the battery or anything like that)... only removing the film

Anyways

I once had the link the online manual which I was able to translate with google ... but I must have lost it when upgrading my computer earlier in the year

raid

07-20-2007, 19:02

Pete,
I really did not do anything special when it happened.
The good news is that after removing the battery for 15 minutes and putting it back, the camera works again. It may have a difficult temper, as you said above.

I need to search for the online manual.

Raid

shiro_kuro

07-20-2007, 19:19

Raid I'll see if I can translate the manual for you .... I found the manual online so no need to scan it ; ).. I can also call Fuji in Japan and ask about your specific problem if you would like .....here is the link if someone wants have a go at it ...I will work on it at any rate .......
http://fujifilm.jp/support/filmandcamera/download/manual.html

raid

07-20-2007, 19:22

shiro-kuro,

Thanks a lot. I will do that as soon as possible.
I need to know how to operate the camera fully and how to understand error messages.

Raid

shiro_kuro

07-20-2007, 19:33

Is it the Natura S , Classica or NS ?

IGMeanwell

07-20-2007, 19:39

Is it the Natura S , Classica or NS ?

Shiro I believe Raid has the Natura S Black 1.9

shiro_kuro

07-20-2007, 19:46

Natura S it is ..... Raid incase you don't catch the edit in my above post
No need to scan the manual ...I can just download it from Fuji ... I wiil call about the the flashing 8 and the camera locking up.......

raid

07-20-2007, 20:14

Natura S it is ..... Raid incase you don't catch the edit in my above post
No need to scan the manual ...I can just download it from Fuji ... I wiil call about the the flashing 8 and the camera locking up.......

Thank you, shiro-kuro. That would be very useful to me.

Raid

laptoprob

07-20-2007, 21:35

So in everything with batteries the windows method might work: restart.
Or in this case, batteries out and in again. Good to remember!

raid

07-21-2007, 05:25

Rob,
Yes, it seems to work with electronic cameras. I first took the battery out and returned it after a few seconds; this approach did not work. I then left the battery out for about 15 minutes, and the camera recovered.

The camera was rewinding the film when the flashing 8 started. It was a regular 36 exposure XP2 roll of film.

Raid

chair_man

07-21-2007, 06:08

I have a manual of Natura, and have read now.
May be the closest situation is;
Indication: The digit of film counter is flashing.
Cause: You may took out the film before rewinding.
Provision: You can take out the battery following the film. And confirm that the digit of film counter is went out after pressing the power switch. Then you can load the battery into the camera.

raid

07-21-2007, 06:31

I have a manual of Natura, and have read now.
May be the closest situation is;
Indication: The digit of film counter is flashing.
Cause: You may took out the film before rewinding.
Provision: You can take out the battery following the film. And confirm that the digit of film counter is went out after pressing the power switch. Then you can load the battery into the camera.

Thanks! This is what it looks like in my case. Somehow, the camera thought that I removed the film to early. :)

shiro_kuro

07-22-2007, 16:59

Fuji Film just returned my call ... Chair_Man is correct .... Also these cameras have no error codes .... and they have no english manual which of course they apologized profusely : ) Japan has amazing customer service ...any way I can see what I can do with the manual translation ..in the meantime if you have any specific questions just post them here as I am sure they will get answered also I am willing to call Fuji Film on your behalf anytime ...

raid

07-22-2007, 17:17

Fuji Film just returned my call ... Chair_Man is correct .... Also these cameras have no error codes .... and they have no english manual which of course they apologized profusely : ) Japan has amazing customer service ...any way I can see what I can do with the manual translation ..in the meantime if you have any specific questions just post them here as I am sure they will get answered also I am willing to call Fuji Film on your behalf anytime ...

Shiro-kuro,

Thanks a lot for your efforts.
I think that what happened is that the camera thought that I was using a 24 exposure roll when in fact it was a 36 exposure roll. When only 8 frames were left, it rewound the roll.

Raid

DougK

07-26-2007, 16:49

Shiro-kuro,

Thanks a lot for your efforts.
I think that what happened is that the camera thought that I was using a 24 exposure roll when in fact it was a 36 exposure roll. When only 8 frames were left, it rewound the roll.

Raid
Good information. I'll keep this in mind in case I run into the same thing with my Natura.