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Fuji FinePix S9500 – Digital SLR type.
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I bought this camera as a step up from my Canon PowerShot A70 camera… A big enough step as that just didnt give me the quality and functionality I wanted.
Starting with size/shape/comfort, it’s nicely modeled. The 4 AA batteries sit in a compartment which is held by your right hand and the weight is balanced out by the lense being on the left. There is a nice finish on the grip of the camera which will eliminate any slipping or moving in sweaty hands. There is just a nice chunky feel to it which lets you know just how the camera is sitting in your hands and where the lense is pointing. My favourite part of the the model is the LCD screen which flips up 90 degrees so that you can look down directly at the screen if it is on a low tripod or held low in your hands. It also then flips down, so if it’s held high above your head you can still see the target.
It has a 9 million effective pixel Super CCD and Real Photo Processor combination which gives great detail if used correctly. As this camera is an “SLR type” and not actually SLR, you can’t remove and change the lense. I don’t mind too much (except I can’t use a wide angle lense etc) as the lense covers a great length – also, not being an SLR you can take movies with it… which I like doing. The zoom 10.7 optical zoom has a manual zoom barrell and also a focus ring which is great when you want to get nice manual photos without using autofocus etc etc…
I’ve got some good quality photos on it so far (a post of two images I took with it) and I’m sure I can get better… I never really like the menus on the Fuji cameras (prefer the Canon’s) but once you get used to it you can find your way around handy enough and quickly and easily change functions/settings. There is the “auto” setting which is great for beginners who want a quick shot without messing around, and there is although the Manual setting for advanced users who want to tweak those shutter and apreture options etc…
The camera has slots for an XD Card, a CompactFlash card and a Microdrive card, so you wont be short of storage space!!
Below is the total specs of the camera (sorry for the layout… it was originally in a table)
All in all a great camera with a good price. I think my next step up will be to an actual SLR camera… but I’m gonna have fun with this first!!
SPECS:
Effective pixels 9.0 million effective pixels
CCD sensor 1/1.6 inch Super CCD HR
Number of total pixels: 9.24 million
Number of recorded pixels Still image: 3,488 x 2,616 (9.12 million) / 3,696 x 2,464 (3:2 format) / 2,592 x 1,944 / 2,048 x 1,536 / 1,600 x 1,200 / 640 x 480 pixels
Movie: 640 x 480 / 320 x 240 pixels, 30 frames per second with monaural sound. Direct storage to media.
Storage media xD-Picture Card? , CompactFlash?, Microdrive?
File format Still image: JPEG (Exif Ver 2.2)
CCD-RAW
Movie: AVI (Motion JPEG)
(Design Rule for Camera File System compliant / DPOF compatible)
Number of images / recording time See chart below
Lens Fujinon 10.7x optical zoom lens, F2.8 – F4.9
Focal length F=6.2mm ? 66.7mm (equivalent to 28-300mm on a 35mm camera)
Focus Auto focus, continuous AF, manual focus
AF system: TTL contrast-type
AF frame selection: AF (centre), AF (multi), AF (area)
AF assist illuminator
Focal range Normal:
Wide-angle: approx 50cm to infinity (in high-speed shooting mode; approx 2m to infinity)
Telephoto: approx 2m to infinity (in high-speed shooting mode; approx 4m to infinity)
Macro:
Wide-angle: approx 10cm to 3m
Telephoto: approx 90cm to 3m
Super Macro:
Approx 1 cm to 1m (wide-angle only)
Shutter speed 1/4 sec. to 1/4,000 sec. depending on shooting mode
Aperture (wide-angle) F2.8 ? F11 (1/3 EV steps) Manual/Auto selectable
Sensitivity Auto / equivalent to ISO 80 / 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600
Exposure control Program AE (Auto, P, Anti-Blur, Natural Light, Night, Portrait, Landscape), shutter priority AE, aperture priority AE, manual exposure
Exposure compensation -2 EV to +2 EV in 1/3 EV-step increments (P, S, A)
Light metering TTL 256-zone metering Multi, Spot, Average
White balance Automatic scene recognition/Preset (Fine, Shade, Fluorescent (Daylight), Fluorescent (Warm White), Fluorescent (Cool White), Incandescent/Custom white balance (2 types))
LCD monitor 1.8″, aspect ratio 4:3, approx. 118,000 pixel low temperature polysilicon TFT. Approx. 100% coverage
Viewfinder 0.44″, 235,000 pixels, LCD viewfinder. Approx. 100% coverage.
Flash Auto flash
Effective range:
Wide angle approx. 30cm ? 5.6m
Telephoto approx. 60cm ? 3m
Flash Mode: Auto, Red-eye Reduction, Forced Flash, Suppressed Flash, Slow Synchro., Red-eye Reduction + Slow Synchro.
Self-timer Approx 2 / 10 sec.
Video output NTSC / PAL selectable
Digital input/output USB 2.0 High Speed
Flash synchronising terminal Hotshoe or synchronising terminal
Power source options 4 x AA-size Alkaline batteries
4 x AA-size NiMH batteries (not included, sold separately)
AC Power Adaptor AC-5VX (not included, sold separately)
Dimensions 128.0 (W) x 93 (H) x 129.0 (D) mm (excluding accessories or attachments)
Weight Approx. 645g (excluding batteries and media)
Camera functions
Photography functions High-speed shooting, best framing, post shot assist window, frame no. memory
Digital zoom Approx. 2x (10.7x optical zoom lens used together; max zoom scale 21.4x)
Colour modes B&W / Chrome / Standard
Playback Trimming, image rotate, automatic playback, multi-frame playback, sorting by date, voice memo
PictBridge Compatible
Accessories included 16MB xD-Picture Card?
4 x AA-type Alkaline batteries
Shoulder strap
USB cable
A/V cable
Lens cap
Lens cap holder
Lens hood
Owner’s manual
CD-ROM containing:
USB driver
FinePix Viewer
ImageMixer VCD2 LE for FinePix
RAW file converter LEOptional accessories xD-Picture Card?
AC power adaptor (AC-5VX)
PC card adaptor (DPC-AD)
CompactFlash? Card Adaptor (DPC-CF)
USB Pen Drive/xD-Picture Card? Reader (DPC-UD1)
Worldwide travel charger (includes 4 x 1800mAh AA-type batteries)
Premium leather caseNumber of images / recording time:
Mode Still image
Image quality mode displayed 9M-Fine 9M-Standard 9M (3:2) 5M 3M 2M 0.3M RAW
Number of recorded pixels 3,488 x 2,616 3,488 x 2,616 3,696 x 2,464 2,592 x 1,944 2,048 x 1,536 1,600 x 1,200 640 x 480 3,488 x 2,616
Image data size 4.5MB 2.2MB 2.2MB 1.2MB 780KB 630KB 130KB 18.8MB
File format JPEG Fine JPEG Normal JPEG JPEG JPEG JPEG JPEG RAW
16MB xD 3 6 6 12 19 25 122 –
32MB xD 6 13 13 25 40 50 247 1
64MB xD 13 28 28 50 81 101 497 3
128MB xD 28 56 56 102 162 204 997 6
256MB xD 56 113 113 204 325 409 1997 13
512MB xD 113 227 227 409 651 818 3993 27
M1GB xD 228 456 456 819 1305 1639 7995 54
Microdrive 340MB 77 155 155 279 445 559 2729 18
Microdrive 1GB 234 469 469 842 1313 1642 8212 55
Mode / Quality Movie
640 x 480 320 x 240
Frame rate (fps) VGA 30fps VGA 30fps
16MB xD Approx. 13 sec. Approx. 26 sec.
32MB xD Approx. 27 sec. Approx. 54 sec.
64MB xD Approx. 55 sec. Approx. 109 sec.
128MB xD Approx. 111 sec. Approx. 219 sec.
256MB xD Approx. 223 sec Approx. 7.3 min.
512MB xD Approx. 7.4 min. Approx. 14.6 min.
M1GB xD Approx. 14.9 min. Approx. 29.3 min.
Microdrive 340MB Approx. 5.1 min. Approx. 10 min.
Microdrive 1GB Approx. 15.3 min. Approx. 30.1 min.I’ve a soft spot for these Fuji’s….check out “S5000.net” for some great fuji shots :wink:
I’m selling a Tcon 17 if yer interested, it’ll bring the optical zoom up to 17x approx.Cheers! Site looks good I’ll have a browse around…
I’m not looking to buy just yet thanks… I only have my 9500 about 6months now!
Thanks anyway though! ;)
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