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Summary: Fantastic Video Capture
Review: The best thing about this camera has to be its video capture (with sound). You can only record about 30 - 45 seconds at a time, but the resolution is unbelievably clear! Better than our digital camcorder and very easy to upload to your hard-drive. We are really impressed with this product, which we have owned for 6 months now. A great buy!!!
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Summary: Fujifilm FinePix S7000 Review
Review: The Fujifilm FinePix S7000 is a fine camera offering most of the functions that can be found on the better quality SLR cameras. The only serious point of dissapointment is the fact that it does not at least have the same type of lens than the Fujifilm FinePix S5000 which offers the serious photographer the oportunity to also photograph in the wild or any other distant object should circumstances require it. The 37mm-210mm lens would have been the ideal lens size for this quality camera.
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Summary: Enjoy the s7000!
Review: The s7000 has the essential features I wanted : large 6 Mpixel sensor, dynamic range of light (no more white-outs!), excellent resolution and colors, value for money, 6x optical zoom, external flash hot shoe, standard AA batteries and compactFlash memory cards. The camera is very easy to operate, including with gloves. (tried it outside in winter!) The image quality is great when using the best settings (12M pixels fine or RAW, ISO 200). The AUTO mode, the default sharpening, and the JPEG compressor for 1-3 MPixel images produce artefacts or boost sensor noise. I just changed the rating of the camera from 4 to 5 stars after seeing what the raw format is capable of (not using Fuji's bundled software). Note that the s7000 is not a 12-MPixel camera: it has 6 MPixels. For a fair assessment of the s7000, use at raw files converted using a lossless format (e.g. TIFF) before magnifying the image at a 1:1 ratio on your monitor. If you use the best settings, you will have excellent pictures. However, the s7000 is not comparable to cameras with larger sensors. If you really want to remove the noise, the "advanced sharpen" tool of Picture Window Pro 3.5 will clean it up. Resolution is great. Chromatic aberration is very low but can be noticed (by a purist) when viewing pictures at high magnification. The viewfinder is comfortable and accurate. The delay for taking pictures is better than my other digital camera's (Canon S10). To aid focusing, you can hit a Focus Check button that pops-up a magnified area of the image. The macro photography modes allow for extremely close shootings (1 cm); the auto-bracketing works fine; the last-5 frames continuous capture is a great idea for action shots. Video quality is awsome, and there is no limit to the duration of the videos. I don't need another video camera, since the s7000 is good enough for my needs. Missing features:
- a tool for rotating images in the camera
- a mode for taking pictures to be stitched (panorama)
- 24 hour time format is not supported
- range of flash adjustment should extend beyond -0.6 EV
- 16 or 24 FPS video rate (only 30 FPS is supported)
- Zoom is not enabled during video shooting
- sensitivity cannot be set manually lower than ISO 200
- bundled RAW converter has no controls, and is not taking the best out of the RAW files. Use alternatives! Minor annoyance:
- RAW setting should be available from the "F button" for Image Quality (not the SET mode).
- LCD display is fixed (many other cameras have an articulated extension) Nice Surprise:
Third party RAW converters are starting to appear on the web. For example, s7raw has more controls than RAW Converter LE that comes with the camera, and it can output 16-bit TIFF images. dcraw is also very good, and you can experiment with its source code. Problem
The histogram shown during picture taking in manual mode is different from the actual histogram of the picture taken. It can be way off -- don't rely on it for setting the camera aperture/speed.
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Summary: One of the better Prosumer Digicams
Review: This camera evokes love/hate relationship based on the numerous reviews and comments from users. So the bottom line really is the picture quality. Prior to owning this I had been an Nikon and Canon SLR user but like many, I also have to adapt to the current trend in using digicams. So before purchasing, I spent a whole month researching through the web, visited shops and get a feel of the current digicams on offer. In my quest for the best digicam for my needs, I have seen their output, held the camera itself and thoroughly inspected everything about them. Besides, Im spending U$600-700 so I really need the best for my needs. In those times, I have seen them all, and finally purchased the S7000. What about S7000? I must say that the picture quality of this camera is best at 6mp native resolution. Although it is capable of taking 12MP interpolated photos, I would personally skip that because at that resolution it does become noticeable noisy. However, pictures taken at 6MP and below are by far the best amonth the current offerings. I have tested the Minolta Dimage A1, Nikon coolpix 5700, Sony F707 and the Canon and by far the Fuji have the best color saturation, more natural, vibrant and crisp photos among these cameras. At U$650, you just cannot go wrong with the S7000. The other cameras mentioned here are even pricier and doesnt give all the extras that the Fuji can give. Right now, I am having a blast taking photos with this baby witout worrying about film development cost. It is a great way to learn the ropes about photography espcially in manual mode because as long as you have the memory, you can practice your skills endlessly. When I am done with it, I would like to upgrade to the Nikon D100 because despite the excellent features of s7000 it still is not perfect, but the s7000 is way ahead of the current Nikon, Canon, Minolta offerings at this price range.
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Summary: Great for amatures
Review: This camera is a great value for the money. Many reviewers, here and on other sites, complain of "noise". This is the wrong word. Compression artifacts are the source of "noise". Fuji could have allowed a selectable compression level for 6mp pics. This problem is not evident in RAW mode as no compression is applied. For my recreational uses, the default compression at 6mp's is more than adequate. At 12mp's, two compression settings are availible and for really important shots, use RAW mode. If this camera does not break, I will be completly satisfied.
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Summary: Perfect for the One Camera Family
Review: This camera is a real money savor for a family that can only afford 1 camera! Along with the F5000 (a real bargain now) this camera allows a user to learn photography from full auto to full manual without the high expense of film and processing. You don't even need a Video Camera! The vast majority of video that I take of family and other cute stuff are very short in duration. This camera does 30 frame per second (that means it's like TV, without any jerky movement or lost frames) and the clips are already fully digital and ready to transfer to computer or display to tape. Put a lot of short clips together and you have the same thing you would get from a camcorder only it's all in one camera! Hot Shoe - One of the major plus' of this camera is the Hot Shoe. Any digital camera without some way of putting on an external flash is really just a snapshot camera, no matter how much it costs! The external flash means that when you take a photo of something like the inside of an old structure like a cathedral, etc, you get a beautiful photo that you could not get without the external flash! The quality of the photos in the S7000 is tremendous. We stopped doing film photos a few years ago when a local processing company destroyed the only two rolls of a friends wedding back east. Naturally, after that the memories of the trip were gone! They only appologized and moved on! With digital, we have never been disappointed. Both the S5000 and the S7000 are, in my mind, two PERFECT cameras for the typical family! And a real money saver! I especially like the little graphic in the viewfinder that reminds you that there might be some camera shake and to hold the camera steady! Very cool camera!
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Summary: Fantastic quality - excellent price
Review: This is a superb camera. It has SLR-like capabilities and quality that you just don't find with similarly priced Nikons and Cannons. I completely disagree with the other reviews that complain about focusing problems indoors. Those reviewers obviously don't know how to use the built in flash properly. It has a variety of intensity settings that allow you to take sharp, beautiful indoor pictures. I've had the camera for a month and after about 1000 pictures, this Fuji is a clear winner. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Microdrive is fast enough. Video capturing is excellent
Review: This is my 2nd digital comera. I have been using
it for over 8 months. I am very happy with this camera.
I agree with other reviews about the good photo quality
from this camera. Just to address something not heavily
covered by other reviews.
1. I am using Hitachi's 2GB microdrive and MAGICSTOR's
2.2G microdrive. No problem for continuous 5-shooting
with the highest resoultion setting (5-meg, fine),
where each picture is about 4.8Meg byte in size.
Microdrive is fast enough.
2. With microdrive, this camera can capture >30 min of
video at its highest setting (640x320, 30-frame/sec).
The video lenght is limited by my microdrive disk
space.
3. With microdrive, the captured video does not show
any slack, and dragging effects. You don't need to
use xD-card for video capturing. The microdrive is
already fast enough for non-stop video capturing.
4. This camera has very very good video capturing power.
The captured video is better than my JVC camcorder.
The color is more vivid. The focus is far more sharper.
The audio capturing is more clear than my JVC camcorder.
5. Excellent low-light video capturing power.
Here is the best part, virtually all camcorders don't
capture good videos under low-light condition. This
camera is very good in video capturing under low light
condition. In a kid's birthday party, when all the light
is off, with only the few candle lights on the cake,
it still can capture good video. Pretty amazing....
I do a lot of video shootings for my 4 and 3 years old
daughters. Instead of using my camcorder, I use this
Fuji S7000 most of the time for video capturings.
I highly recommend this camera for both photo shooting and
video shooting.
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Summary: Again, Fujifilm's Another Beauty!
Review: This is the best digital camera I got so far. The photos came out beautifully with sharp focus, brilliant and balanced color (no any color casting as one reviewer stated). Resolution is exellent. Even at 3 MP, it beats all competitors, like Olympus, Nikon, HP, Kodak etc. It's the only digital camera came with a shutter cable release which is incrediblly important for taking pictures at night or under dim light when a tripod is used. Its Raw Mode gives almost noise-free photo, as good as you can possibly get. For the price of $$$, it's a very good deal. It's basically a SLR with many nice features. its value is a way more than the price. I tested the shooting modes of P, SP, M, S, A, all were very satisfactory. The night view photo came out very good. I like its manual focus, too. I wish it were 10X zoom. Overall, I love this camera. I give it 5 stars!
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Summary: The Best Digital Camera Out there
Review: When I was doing my research I was between this one and the Canon G5. I honestly went for this one because I found it chepear and I don't regret it at all. The picture quality is incredible and that was what I was most concern about. If you have a good printer (I have the HP psc 2210), you would be amazed with the results.
The LCD of the camera is above and beyond anything I have seen. The camera is easy to use. And it has more settings than the average user will ever need; hey that's a plus ;-)
I was able to take pictures of the Grand Cannon from the airplane and these pictures came out pretty good.
Anyway, I highly recommend this camera.
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