Fujifilm FinePix S7000 Camera

Fujifilm FinePix S7000 offers a compact body with a SLR style design. With a 6.3-megapixel Fujifilm Super CCD, FinePix S7000 is a great choice for professional and advanced amateurs photographers. It comes with manual control features that will let you explore your creativities and combined with a powerful optics with manual zoom control that will give you great shoot. And just like other modern digital camera, S7000 also supports movie mode with audio, dual memory slots (XD and CompactFlash), and USB 2.0 connectivity.

Fujifilm FinePix S7000 can be a substitute for an SLR camera. The features I like most from this camera are the 6x zoom lens, wide range of creative options, ease of use, good exposure under a range of conditions, good macro mode. Their manual features will help you more creative in your photography. This camera is easy to use, a good alternative to slr camera without the high price tag.

fuji FinePix S7000 Features:

• Compact, SLR-style body shape to give you features and performance without the bulk
• Fourth Generation Super CCD HR sensor with 6.3 million effective pixels, delivering 12 million recorded pixels
• 230,000 electronic viewfinder pixels, for accurate image viewing RAW file format
• Super EBC 6x optical Fujinon zoom lens equivalent to 35-210mm on a 35mm camera
• Manual zoom ring control
• Dual card format: xD-Picture Card™ and Microdrive ™, for added flexibility
• Full manual control
• USB 2.0 socket, allowing rapid transfer of images from camera to PC
• VGA movie recording (30 fps) with sound, for ultra-smooth movie recording
• High sensitivity settings (up to ISO 800) to allow photography in a wide range of situations, including low light without flash
• Manual (threaded) cable release socket

fuji FinePix S7000 Specifications

:

Number of Effective Pixels: 6.3 million pixels
CCD Sensor: 1/1.7-inch 4th Generation Super CCD HR System (Number of Total Pixels: 6.63 million pixels)
Number of Recorded Pixels: 4048 x 3040 (12.3 million)
File formats: Still image: JPEG (Exif Ver 2.2), RAW; Movie: AVI (Motion JPEG), WAV
Storage media: xD-Picture Card (3.3V, 16MB to 512MB), Microdrive
Optical zoom: 6x
digital zoom: 3.2x
Focus: TTL contrast multi-zone auto, area auto, center point auto, focus lock, manual focus
Focus Range: Normal: 1.6ft to infinity; Super Macro: 0.4in-7.9in
Aperture: F 2.8-F8 (W); 10 segments in 1/3 increments
Viewfinder: Ultra high resolution electronic viewfinder (0.44inch with 235,000 pixels)
Exposure control: Auto/P/A/S/Manual EV/Scene Position
Exposure modes: TTL-64 zone multi, average, spot
Sensitivity: Auto: equivalent to ISO 160-800; Manual: equivalent to ISO 200 400 600 800
Shutter speed: 15 sec. – 1/10,000 sec.
White balance: Automatic, Manual (Fine, Shade, Fluorescent light (Daylight), Fluorescent light (Warm White), Fluorescent light (Cool White), Incandescent light), Custom
Flash: Auto flash using flash control sensor
Flash mode: Auto, Red-eye Reduction, Forced Flash, Suppressed Flash, Slow Synchro
Flash effective range: At ISO 200: 1.0ft-27.9ft (W)/3.0ft-25.9ft (T)
LCD monitor: 1.8-inch TFT (118,000 pixels)
camera terminal: USB interface
Power source: 4 AA alkaline batteries or AC-5V AC Adapter (optional)
Dimensions: 4.8(W) x 3.2(H) x 3.8(D) inch
Weight: 17.6 oz. (excluding batteries and media)
Shooting modes: Auto, Exposure Combination, Macro, Movie
Movie recording: 640×480 pixels up to 13 sec.; 320 x 240 pixels up to 26 sec.: 30 fps, VGA (Motion JPEG) with sound
Video out: NTSC and PAL switchable
Voice memo: 30 seconds
Playback: Single frame (with 14.4 playback zoom), 9 multi-frame
Special shooting modes: Continuous autofocusing, continuous 5 frame 12MP shooting, 40 frame 1/2/3MP continuous shooting, auto bracketing, photo mode control – ISO/Resolution/Color, sharpness, multi-exposure, custom white balance
Continuous shooting modes: Continuous first or last 5 frame 12MP shooting; 40 frame 1/2/3MP continuous shooting
Accessories included: 16MB xD-Picture Card, 4 AA alkaline batteries, Shoulder Strap, USB Cable, AV Cable, FinePix Viewer, ImageMixer VCD for FinePix, Lens cap

Customer Reviews: A Classic Already
The fact that this fuji Finepix S7000 came out nearly four years ago and is still so highly regarded give one an idea of its good qualities. It is ergonomic - the fingers and thumb find the zoom, AE lock, flash, exposure compensation, viewfinder/LCD toggle without much struggle. The viewfinder is excellent - detailed and has as much info as you could want.

It eats up standard AA batteries, so get some NiCads, NiMetalhydride, or some other type of rechargeable. But they are a good point - available everywhere.

I have been astounded at the quality of the images shot at the highest resolution, written to the CF or xD card as 12 megapixel images. The lens, even racked out to maximum telephoto is tack sharp and contrasty. I’ve used many cameras in my life and this is a favorite. For the amount of money you can get one of these new or used, you can’t go wrong. It is a winner.

It also does 30 fps VGA video with the highest quality I’ve seen so far. Also, although it doesn’t seem to have an image stabilization system, I have been amazed how little the images deteriorate due to low shutter speeds or normal camera shake. Maybe it uses a ’stealth’ stabilization! Anyhow, I love it and have rediscovered the joy of photography through finding how much I could do with this beauty.

Recommended.

Customer Review: Awesome camera - if you love photography, you will love this!
This is an awesome camera. One of my great investment ever! I had bought it from Sears as closeout model for under $[…].

I own this camera for more than 1.5 years now - just never got a chance to write review on it. I am not a professional cameraman but I love taking pictures. And any give time, pictures taken from this camera just come out great. All of my friends & co-workers always envy my camera. I ended up buying the same camera for my brother too.

When I originally bought the camera, 6.3MP was a lot for most of the people. Now you can even find 7MP camera. Most of the time I actually take picture with 3MP but they still 100 times better than regular 3-4MP cameras. I have taken some great skyline pictures in the night with this camera too. My advice will be to get 1GB SD memory card along with this camera so you don’t need to worry about any space issue.

The only pictures I don’t like with this camera are fast activity picture and the one mainly in low light. I just find the speed slow that it’s not able to take very good pictures. For that I use, small point & shoot digital camera. But with this small disadvantage this is still an awesome camera and so I am giving 5 stars!

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This entry was posted on Friday, May 25th, 2007 at 1:07 pm and is filed under Other Brands. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Fujifilm FinePix S7000 offers a compact body with a SLR style design. With a 6.3-megapixel Fujifilm Super CCD, FinePix S7000 is a great choice for professional and advanced amateurs photographers. It comes with manual control features that will let you explore your creativities and combined with a powerful optics with manual zoom control that will give you great shoot. And just like other modern digital camera, S7000 also supports movie mode with audio, dual memory slots (XD and CompactFlash), and USB 2.0 connectivity.

Fujifilm FinePix S7000 can be a substitute for an SLR camera. The features I like most from this camera are the 6x zoom lens, wide range of creative options, ease of use, good exposure under a range of conditions, good macro mode. Their manual features will help you more creative in your photography. This camera is easy to use, a good alternative to slr camera without the high price tag.

fuji FinePix S7000 Features:

• Compact, SLR-style body shape to give you features and performance without the bulk
• Fourth Generation Super CCD HR sensor with 6.3 million effective pixels, delivering 12 million recorded pixels
• 230,000 electronic viewfinder pixels, for accurate image viewing RAW file format
• Super EBC 6x optical Fujinon zoom lens equivalent to 35-210mm on a 35mm camera
• Manual zoom ring control
• Dual card format: xD-Picture Card™ and Microdrive ™, for added flexibility
• Full manual control
• USB 2.0 socket, allowing rapid transfer of images from camera to PC
• VGA movie recording (30 fps) with sound, for ultra-smooth movie recording
• High sensitivity settings (up to ISO 800) to allow photography in a wide range of situations, including low light without flash
• Manual (threaded) cable release socket

fuji FinePix S7000 Specifications

:

Number of Effective Pixels: 6.3 million pixels
CCD Sensor: 1/1.7-inch 4th Generation Super CCD HR System (Number of Total Pixels: 6.63 million pixels)
Number of Recorded Pixels: 4048 x 3040 (12.3 million)
File formats: Still image: JPEG (Exif Ver 2.2), RAW; Movie: AVI (Motion JPEG), WAV
Storage media: xD-Picture Card (3.3V, 16MB to 512MB), Microdrive
Optical zoom: 6x
digital zoom: 3.2x
Focus: TTL contrast multi-zone auto, area auto, center point auto, focus lock, manual focus
Focus Range: Normal: 1.6ft to infinity; Super Macro: 0.4in-7.9in
Aperture: F 2.8-F8 (W); 10 segments in 1/3 increments
Viewfinder: Ultra high resolution electronic viewfinder (0.44inch with 235,000 pixels)
Exposure control: Auto/P/A/S/Manual EV/Scene Position
Exposure modes: TTL-64 zone multi, average, spot
Sensitivity: Auto: equivalent to ISO 160-800; Manual: equivalent to ISO 200 400 600 800
Shutter speed: 15 sec. – 1/10,000 sec.
White balance: Automatic, Manual (Fine, Shade, Fluorescent light (Daylight), Fluorescent light (Warm White), Fluorescent light (Cool White), Incandescent light), Custom
Flash: Auto flash using flash control sensor
Flash mode: Auto, Red-eye Reduction, Forced Flash, Suppressed Flash, Slow Synchro
Flash effective range: At ISO 200: 1.0ft-27.9ft (W)/3.0ft-25.9ft (T)
LCD monitor: 1.8-inch TFT (118,000 pixels)
camera terminal: USB interface
Power source: 4 AA alkaline batteries or AC-5V AC Adapter (optional)
Dimensions: 4.8(W) x 3.2(H) x 3.8(D) inch
Weight: 17.6 oz. (excluding batteries and media)
Shooting modes: Auto, Exposure Combination, Macro, Movie
Movie recording: 640×480 pixels up to 13 sec.; 320 x 240 pixels up to 26 sec.: 30 fps, VGA (Motion JPEG) with sound
Video out: NTSC and PAL switchable
Voice memo: 30 seconds
Playback: Single frame (with 14.4 playback zoom), 9 multi-frame
Special shooting modes: Continuous autofocusing, continuous 5 frame 12MP shooting, 40 frame 1/2/3MP continuous shooting, auto bracketing, photo mode control – ISO/Resolution/Color, sharpness, multi-exposure, custom white balance
Continuous shooting modes: Continuous first or last 5 frame 12MP shooting; 40 frame 1/2/3MP continuous shooting
Accessories included: 16MB xD-Picture Card, 4 AA alkaline batteries, Shoulder Strap, USB Cable, AV Cable, FinePix Viewer, ImageMixer VCD for FinePix, Lens cap

Customer Reviews: A Classic Already
The fact that this fuji Finepix S7000 came out nearly four years ago and is still so highly regarded give one an idea of its good qualities. It is ergonomic - the fingers and thumb find the zoom, AE lock, flash, exposure compensation, viewfinder/LCD toggle without much struggle. The viewfinder is excellent - detailed and has as much info as you could want.

It eats up standard AA batteries, so get some NiCads, NiMetalhydride, or some other type of rechargeable. But they are a good point - available everywhere.

I have been astounded at the quality of the images shot at the highest resolution, written to the CF or xD card as 12 megapixel images. The lens, even racked out to maximum telephoto is tack sharp and contrasty. I’ve used many cameras in my life and this is a favorite. For the amount of money you can get one of these new or used, you can’t go wrong. It is a winner.

It also does 30 fps VGA video with the highest quality I’ve seen so far. Also, although it doesn’t seem to have an image stabilization system, I have been amazed how little the images deteriorate due to low shutter speeds or normal camera shake. Maybe it uses a ’stealth’ stabilization! Anyhow, I love it and have rediscovered the joy of photography through finding how much I could do with this beauty.

Recommended.

Customer Review: Awesome camera - if you love photography, you will love this!
This is an awesome camera. One of my great investment ever! I had bought it from Sears as closeout model for under $[…].

I own this camera for more than 1.5 years now - just never got a chance to write review on it. I am not a professional cameraman but I love taking pictures. And any give time, pictures taken from this camera just come out great. All of my friends & co-workers always envy my camera. I ended up buying the same camera for my brother too.

When I originally bought the camera, 6.3MP was a lot for most of the people. Now you can even find 7MP camera. Most of the time I actually take picture with 3MP but they still 100 times better than regular 3-4MP cameras. I have taken some great skyline pictures in the night with this camera too. My advice will be to get 1GB SD memory card along with this camera so you don’t need to worry about any space issue.

The only pictures I don’t like with this camera are fast activity picture and the one mainly in low light. I just find the speed slow that it’s not able to take very good pictures. For that I use, small point & shoot digital camera. But with this small disadvantage this is still an awesome camera and so I am giving 5 stars!

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Tags: digital camera, canon, electronics, buying guide, review, digital camera review, camera, nikon

This entry was posted on Friday, May 25th, 2007 at 1:07 pm and is filed under Other Brands. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.