This is the latest in ‘prosumer’ digital camera offerings from FujiFilm which is pitched as ‘boosts power and extends range without breaking the bank’. And with a US price of $250 - £128- who am I to argue? Just be aware that the same camera here will push the £200 mark, if not higher when it arrives in March, or later.
Aimed at advanced amateurs, the Finepix S700 is a 7MP camera with a 10x optical zoom, 2.5in LCD display and electronic viewfinder. It also sports a combo, xD/SD Media Compatible Slot for xD-Picture Cards and SD media cards. In terms of features there is picture stabilisation, i-Flash (Intelligent Flash) which varies flash intensity according to ambient light, and a dual shot mode for shooting two shots, one with and without the flash, in quick succession. There’s also 14 pre-programmed scene modes.
It’s certainly cheaper than the £330 10MP Nikon P5000 announced earlier this week and its 10x optical zoom trounces the measly 3.5x zoom.
Full specs after the jump.-Martin Lynch
FinePix S700 Specifications*
Number of Effective Pixels 7.1 million pixels
CCD sensor 1/ 2.5-inch CCD
Storage media Internal memory (approx. 27MB) /xD-Picture Card™ ( 16MB - 2GB ) / SD card
File Format Still image : JPEG (Exif Ver 2.2 )
Movie : AVI (Motion JPEG ) with sound
Audio: WAVE format, Monaural sound
(Design rule for Camera File system compliant / DPOF-compatible)
Number of recorded pixels
Still image: 3,072 x 2,304 / 3,072 x 2,048 (3:2 format) / 2,304 x 1,728 /1,600 x 1,200 / 640 X 480 pixels
Movie: 640 x 480 pixels (30 frames/sec.), 320 x 240 pixels (30 frames/sec.) with monaural sound
Recording Capacity with 512 MB xD Picture Card (not included)
Still image:
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* 7MP (F) 147
* 7MP (N) 293
* 3:2 329
* 4MP 523
* 2MP 819
* 0.3MP 3,995
Movie:
640 x 480 - Approx. 9.3 min.
320 x 240 - Approx. 14.8 min.
Lens Fujinon 10x Optical Zoom lens , F3.5 - F3.7
Lens focal length f=6.33mm - 63.3mm, Equivalent to 38-380mm on a 35mm camera
Aperture F3.5- F13.6, 7 steps in 1/3 EV increment
Digital zoom Approx 4.8x
Focus distance Normal : Wide angle :Approx. 30cm/1.0 ft to infinity
Telephoto: Approx. 1m/3.3 ft to infinity
Macro: Wide Angle: Approx. 4cm/1.6 in. to 3m/9.8 ft.
Telephoto: Approx. 60cm/2.0 ft. to 3m/9.8 ft.
Super Macro: Approx 1cm /0.4 in. to 1m /3.3 ft.
Sensitivity Auto / Auto(800)/ Auto(400)/ Equivalent to 64/100/200/400/800/1600 (Standard Output Sensitivity)
Exposure control TTL 256-zones metering
Exposure mode Programmed AE, Aperture Priority AE, Shutter Priority AE, Manual
Shooting modes Mode dial : Auto, Picture Stabilization Mode, Natural Light, Natural Light & with Flash, SP1, SP2, P, A, S, M, Movie
SP1/SP2: Portrait, Landscape, Sport, Night, Fireworks, Sunset, Snow, Beach, Museum, Party, Flower, Text
Shutter speed 4 sec. to 1/1000 sec. (depend on Shooting mode)
Continuous shooting Top-3 ( max.1.4 frames/sec), Long-period (max.0.6 frames/sec)
Focus Auto focus (Area, Multi, Center)/Continuous AF/ Manual focus
AF assist illuminator available
White balance Automatic scene recognition
Preset (Fine, Shade, Fluorescent light (Daylight), Fluorescent light (Warm White), Fluorescent light (Cool White), Incandescent light), Custom
Self-timer Approx. 10 sec./2 sec. delay
Flash Auto flash (Auto pop up)
Effective range: (ISO AUTO(800)): approx. 0.5 - 6.2m /1.6 - 20.3 ft
Macro: approx. 0.3m – 3m / 1.0 ft - 9.8 ft.
Red-eye Reduction + Slow Synchro.
Electronic Viewfinder 0.24-inch, approx.230,000 pixels color LCD monitor, approx. 97% coverage, 60fps
LCD monitor 2.5-inch , approx.230,000 pixels, low-temperature polysilicon TFT color LCD monitor, approx. 97% coverage, 60fps
Movie recording 640 x 480 pixels, 30 frames/sec.
320 x 240 pixels, 30 frames/sec.
With monaural sound, With Electronic Image Stabilization
Photography functions High speed shooting, Best framing, Post shot assist windows, Frame No. memory, Automatic playback, Histograms
Playback functions Slide show, Trimming, Single frame, 9 Multi-frame playback , Sorting by date, Image rotate, Voice Memo, Histograms (Highlight warning)
Video output NTSC / PAL selectable
Digital input/output USB Full-speed
Power supply 4xAA type alkaline batteries(included)/ 4xAA type Ni-MH rechargeable batteries(optional) or AC power adapter AC-5VX(optional)
Dimensions 106.1(W)× 75.7(H)× 80.7(D) mm/4.2(W)× 3.0(H)× 3.2(D) in.(excluding accessories and attachments)
Weight Approx. 306g/10.8 oz.(excluding accessories, batteries and memory card)
Accessories included 4xAA type Alkaline batteries
Shoulder strap
Lens cap
Lens cap cord
USB cable
A / V cable
CD-ROM: FinePixViewer
Owner's Manual
Optional Accessories xD-Picture Card™: 256MB, 512MB, 1GB, 2GB
Rechargeable Battery 2HR-3UF(2xAA type Ni-MH)
Battery Charger with Battery(2xAA type Ni MH) BK-NH/BK-NH2
AC Power Adapter AC-5VX
PC Card Adapter DPC-AD
CompactFlash™ Card Adapter DPC-CF
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Comments
I like it. I think it will cost more than $250 when it reaches the UK though - we can but hope. If I can get one of these for £125 - I may get change out of £200 when I've bought all th extras like the bag and card and stuff. I like that it takes SD as well as XD. I could take some decent pictures for my website at last and I wouldn't have to sell a kidney to do it!
I got the S700 to replace the S5000 that I broke trying to repair plastic
tripod mount. I really liked the S5000 and used it effectively for several years, yet even with this experience, I find that I will have to study the manual very hard to learn all the new features.
I made a comparison video of some eagles first with the new S700 and second the old S5000 + 1.7X Olympus IS/L B300 supplementary lens to get an equivalent focal length See what you think:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-PYYm55G6Q