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Fujifilm FINEPIX F10 DIG CAM 3X OPT ZOOM-6.3 MEGAPIXEL SUPER CCD
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- Display
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- Image Processor
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- Lens
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- LCD Screen
- Exposure Controls
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Image Processor
| Number of image sensor pixels | 6.3 megapixels |
| Image sensor | CCD |
| Maximum horizontal image resolution | 2848 |
| Maximum vertical image resolution | 2136 |
| Image sensor quantity | 1 |
| Image format | JPEG |
| White balance | 0 |
Exposure Controls
| Maximum shutter speed | 2000 |
| Minimum shutter speed | 3 |
| Bulb setting | 0 |
| ISO equivalencies |
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| Exposure settings | 0 |
| Exposure compensation range | 0 |
| Number of scene modes | 5 |
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Pros
High image quality
Cons
Digital noise apparent at higher ISOs
Bottom Line
The F10 has strong image quality, easy storage, and a high ISO setting, but images had significant noise even at lower ISOs.
Fujifilm FinePix F10
FINEPIX F10 DIG CAM 3X OPT ZOOM-6.3 MEGAPIXEL SUPER CCD Review, by Paul Jasper June 10, 2005
The $370 Fujifilm FinePix F10 looks neat and businesslike with its brushed aluminum body. And its excellent image quality speaks for itself, challenging cameras that are much larger and more expensive.
As evaluated at the PC World Test Center, the F10's image quality earned the highest overall score among recently tested point-and-shoot cameras. Most notably, the lack of distortion in its images tied the F10 with a single-lens-reflex camera (the Canon Rebel XT). That's remarkable for a little 6.3-megapixel camera relying on a built-in 3X lens. Also, the F10 scored higher for its color and exposure accuracy than any other point-and-shoot camera we tested, almost matching the scores of the Canon Rebel XT.
The F10 impressed me with its performance in low light. Most cameras of this size offer a sensitivity that tops out at ISO 400, but the F10 goes up to ISO 1600. This is helpful if, as I do, you shoot a lot of photos at evening social occasions, when the light is dim but you'd prefer not to use a flash. The F10's image quality was most impressive at ISO 400 and 800; at these settings I noticed less graininess than I typically see from cameras at their maximum setting of ISO 400. However, at ISO 1600 the F10 created images with a lot of noise, which increased with longer exposure times. The camera's sensitivity does make it easier to take portraits without having to resort to flash. But if you do use the flash, you'll likely be pleased with the results: The image quality of the F10's flash photography scored above the average for point-and-shoot cameras.
The F10's automatic mode is good enough that you don't need a slew of scene modes to prompt the camera that you're shooting at the beach or in a forest. In addition to the ubiquitous portrait, landscape, and sports modes, the F10 takes advantage of its heightened sensitivity with two modes that don't use the flash: natural light, which is ideal for spots where flash photography is prohibited, such as in museums and churches, and night scene, which uses a long exposure and is meant for shots using a tripod. The F10 offers no shutter speed or aperture priority modes, but in the advanced mode you can manually adjust the exposure, focus, and white balance settings.
The slim F10 slips easily into a pocket and sports a 2.5-inch LCD display for composing shots and showing them off to your friends. This display dominates the back of the camera and pushes the F10's controls to a narrow panel on the right of the screen. With a little practice, they're surprisingly easy to operate with your thumb. The "F" button lets you adjust the most common shooting settings, but you access most items through a more deeply nested menu system. There is a slight lag in the display, but unless you're trying to snap rapidly moving subjects, you're unlikely to miss an optical viewfinder. I did notice the lack of an orientation sensor, commonly found in competing models, for automatically rotating your portrait shots as you upload them to your PC.
A single charge of the F10's lithium ion battery exceeded the maximum 500 shots in our battery test (at which point we stop to preserve our technician's sanity); the only other point-and-shoot to reach our limit was Casio's Exilim EX-Z57. A single port keeps the camera's body simple, but it means using an adapter to connect the battery charger, the USB cable, and the video cable. These items, including the adapter, are all small enough to pack in your bag when you travel, but the setup seems unnecessarily complicated--especially if you find such components easy to lose.
Upshot: For an easy-to-use camera you can carry anywhere, the Fujifilm FinePix F10 is a great value and delivers top-quality images even in low light.
Fujifilm FinePix F10
6.3 megapixels, 2848 by 2136 maximum resolution, 36mm to 108mm focal range (35mm equivalent), f2.8 to f5.0 maximum aperture range, shutter speeds from 3 seconds to 1/2000 second, LCD viewfinder, USB connection, 16MB internal memory and XD-Picture Card slot, rechargeable lithium ion batteries, 5.5 ounces, FinePix Viewer software. One-year parts and labor warranty, 11-hour weekday toll-free support.
$370
800/800-3854
www.fujifilm.com
Paul Jasper
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PCWorld Lab Results
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Performance
| Battery Life (minutes) | 273.5 |
| Battery Life Score | Superior |
| Image Quality Score | Very Good |
| Image Quality, Color | 64 |
| Image Quality, Distortion | 59 |
| Image Quality, Exposure | 65.7 |
| Image Quality, Exposure--Flash | 65 |
| Image Quality, Exposure--Normal | 66 |
| Image Quality, Overall | 64 |
| Image Quality, Sharpness | 42.4 |
| Number of Batteries | 1 |
| Number of Shots | 500 |
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Reviewed by: tacosalami
Strengths: The ISO range is fantastic. The picture quality is great.
Weaknesses: No viewfinder!
Overall: I bought this camera after a lot of research. My background includes 40 years of photography and I was looking for a camera that would be both versatile and small while still producing good pictures. This camera fits the bill entirely, except for the fact that I ignored the warnings about it not having a viewfinder.... a serious shortcoming... Indoors, the ability to take quality pictures without a flash makes the unit unbeatable... but if you are outdoors and use the old adage that the sun should be at your back, you simply cannot see the screen to frame your subject... the sun completely washes out the image and I have found no way to overcome it yet.... Being a tinkerer, I am considering adding my own viewfinder to the top or side of the camera to enhance its outdoor use. It is the only dissapointment and I will continue to use and enjoy the camera indoors...
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Reviewed by: tsunami1
Strengths: Nice low light performance. Battery lasts forever.
Weaknesses: A bit bulky for the pocket, uses dongle connection, poor video mode, and stuck with XD memory.
Overall: Takes great pictures. I love the Natural Light mode. It allows me to take pictures without flash, so I don't have to worry about light reflecting back and drowning out all the details. Low light? No problem. Night time pictures come out pretty decent without using a tripod.It's a little bigger than most ultracompact. I hate connecting to the PC and charging the battery through a dongle. I'm disappointed by the grainy AVI video. I also don't like to be stuck using the prorietary XD memory when there is 150X SD memory available.
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Reviewed by: staffer21
Strengths: Quick between shots. Quick shutter time. Great quality pictures
Weaknesses: Auto - tends to jump to Iso 800 or 1600 to often
Overall: Great camera. It can take a little bit more playing around with to get the pictures to come out appropriately. Pictures are flawless at Iso 400 or below. At 800 and 1600, you can see noise, but they would still be great pictures if you printed them out. I have had no problems with the camera, and it has helped me catch a lot of pictures of my son growing up.
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Reviewed by: 43petty43
Strengths: Many, excellent pictures under ordinary light conditions.
Weaknesses: Performs poorly in low light with flash situations. The small flash just doesn't have the power. I have an older Canon Power Shot S30 that performs much better.
Overall: I was a little let down by the underexposures in low light w/flash. Without flash it performed better on several shots. I've gone to using a supplemental slave flash with it.
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Reviewed by: judy2304
Strengths: Fast start up, great for motion and low light pictures, long battery life, easy to use
Weaknesses: Choice of digital film is poor, use of card reader to delete pictures requires reformat of card for use in camera
Overall: I originally bought this camera for the high ISO settings and for taking pictures in low light of parrots that don't sit still. The picture quality was very good and the colors were great, but I normally use a card reader to transfer the pictures to my computer, and then delete the pictures from the card with the reader. Each time the card had to be reformatted in the camera for re-use. After reading the manual more carefully, I found that deletion of the pictures must be done from the camera, and deletion of each picture, one at a time, must be done to avoid having to reformat. If you have a large XD card and take a number of pictures, this can be a real pain. Because of this, I am considering selling this camera and buying one that uses a more commonly use picture card.
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