Archive for the Fujifilm Category

09.23.2006

Fujifilm S3 Pro Successor, the S5 Pro?

Will the Fujifilm S3 Pro successor be the S5 Pro rather than rumored S4 Pro? Information has started to circulate and it seems the number 4 is a bad omen in Asian cultures and so that number may have skipped a step and jumped to number 5.
According to the Fujifilm Cable release, it mentions [...]

09.6.2006

The Fujifilm S4 Pro must be due soon

According to Amateur Photographer, the Fujifilm S3 Pro has ceased production leading to the speculation that the much awaited S4 Pro is due to be announced soon.
They write “Fujifilm has axed production of its FinePix S3 Pro digital SLR but insists that it is not pulling out of the digital SLR market.
‘We will follow [...]

08.21.2006

Fujifilm Finepix F30 Review by Popphoto

The Fujifilm Finepix F30 has been reviewed by Popphoto.com and writes:
“The Fujifilm Finepix posted impressive numbers in the lab, keeping noise at bay all the way up to ISO 3200, which scored a 2.45 (Moderate) in our noise test, with just about a 20% drop in resolution (1310-Very High) over the resolution results for ISO [...]

07.19.2006

Fujifilm Finepix F30 Review by Steves Digicams

The Fujifilm Finepix F30 has been reviewed by Steves digicams and writes:
“Like its predecessor, the F30 relies on its high sensitivity to help you capture images in lighting conditions that other consumer camera’s find difficult. While the F10 had a maximum ISO settings of 1600, the F30 raises the bar with a sensitivity of 3200; [...]

07.13.2006

Fujifilm Finepix S6500fd

Fujifilm has announced another addition to the S series called the Fujifilm Finepix S6500fd. The fd stands for “Face Detection” which looks for the face within the frame and then automatically auto focus, meters and tracks the subject tracking within 40 milliseconds.
The great thing about this camera is the high ISO of up to 3200, [...]

07.13.2006

Fujifilm Finepix F20

Fujifilm has just announced another camera to the F series, the Fujifilm FinePix F20. The F20 seems more like a minor upgrade of the Fujifilm Finepix F11 rather than a slim down version of the Fujifilm FinePix F30.
As indicated in the comparison chart below, the F20 has a lower ISO range (up to 2000), a [...]

06.24.2006

The shutter life of a DSLR camera

Did you know that DSLR camera have an expected shutter-life on their camera? This is the number of times the shutter is activated (actuations) before the mechanism fails. Although it is not an absolute figure, it does exit.
You see, on a good days shooting, a normal film SLR camera could use up 10 rolls [...]

06.12.2006

The Ideal Point and Shoot Digital Camera

There are numerous point and shoot digital cameras on the market with huge differences in price and features. If I had a choice between a DSLR camera and a high end point and shoot, the DSLR wins hands down. However, point and shoot digital cameras do have their advantages and it is their compactness, portability [...]

05.30.2006

Fujifilm FinePix Z3

Fujifilm has just announced another addition to the FinePix Z series, the new 5 mega pixels Z3. The FinePix Z3 has the same size sensor as the Z1 and Z2 with all models having high ISO range of up to 1600. The is an excellent compact camera considering the competition normally has an ISO range [...]

04.18.2006

Fuji Film’s breakthrough with organic CMOS sensor

Here is an interesting article by Tomohiro Otsuki in the April 2006 Issue of Nikkei Electronics Asia on a new CMOS sensor by Fujifilm.

“The Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd of Japan has made a breakthrough with the development of a new complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) sensor by using an organic photoelectric conversion film, and successfully [...]