Fujifilm FinePix HS10 EXR
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16 years ago
Finepix HS10 with 30x Zoom, BSI Sensor and SLR Like Features
Feb 2nd. Fujifilm announced a number of new digital camera models today, and among the more interesting is the Fuji Finepix HS10. The Finepix HS10 is a 10.3 megapixel bridge type of camera offering SLR like features and extended creative control, coupled with a 30x optical zoom lens with 24mm wide...
16 years ago
Fujifilm FinePix HS10
The Fujifilm FinePix HS10 is a new super-zoom digital compact camera with a long list of headline-grabbing features. Looking and handling like a DSLR, the bridge-style Fujifilm HS10 is one of only two digital cameras in the world to boast a 30x zoom lens (the other one being the Olympus SP-800UZ,...
16 years ago
Fujifilm FinePix HS10
Announced in early February, Fujifilm's FinePix HS10 is one of several extended-zoom digicams unveiled at this time. The first Fujifilm camera with a BSI (Back Side Illuminated) CMOS sensor, the HS10 also introduces a number of multi-shot and high-speed shooting modes and sports a one-touch movie...
16 years ago
Fujifilm FinePix HS10
No sooner have Fujifilm wowed us with the EXR sensor, than they launch the HS10; a superzoom camera priced at £375 with 10.3Mp on a BSI-CMOS sensor, a 3in tilting screen, bags of features and a mind boggling 30x optical zoom.
Pros:
- 30x optical zoom
- Backlit sensor increases light sensitivity
- Loads of interesting modes
- Great noise performance at low to medium settings
- Feels good to hold and use with the manual zoom and chunky grip
- Brilliant metering system and dynamic range
Cons:
- Bad chromatic aberration from lens
- Pale colours in natural light
- Soft images
- Bad lens flare
16 years ago
Fuji Finepix HS10
This ultra-zoom digital camera performs well while defining itself by a unique 30X optical zoom that goes from ultra-wide to super-telephoto using a mechanical zoom ring. This lens comes along with a camera body designed for direct access to its manual controls in a comfortable SLR-style body.
Pros:
- Mechanically-linked ultra wide to super telephoto
- Better than most image noise
- Consistent sharpness except near ultra-wide
- Very low optical distortion
- Impervious to chromatic aberrations
- Good color response
- Accurate focus system
- Short shutter-lag
- Generally responsive
- Eye-sensor switching...
Cons:
- Strong edge softness at ultra-wide end of zoom
- Smudging of fine details at all ISO settings
- Poor LCD and EVF accuracy and coverage
- Very prone to flare
- Shutter speed limit drops by 1 stop per ISO
- Useless live-histogram
- Tiny low-resolution EVF
- Sluggish shot-to-shot speed
- Slow autofocus
- 4s...
16 years ago
Fuji HS10 Review
The Fuji HS10 is in a unique position as it has the look, feel and operation of a DSLR camera; however, it still delivers the image quality of a compact camera. For most casual users, this will be a perfectly acceptable trade-off.
16 years ago
Fujifilm FinePix HS10
The Fujifilm FinePix HS10 looks like the ultimate bridge camera, given its wide-angle lens with a manual 30x zoom; large tilting LCD and an electronic viewfinder; direct controls for all major settings; and shooting modes that take you from fully automatic to fully manual.
Pros:
- Great feature set
- excellent dSLR-like controls
Cons:
- Poor photo quality above ISO 400
- mixed shooting performance
16 years ago
Fujifilm FinePix HS10
The HS10 is a feature-packed camera that will satisfy enthusiasts who want a camera that operates like a dSLR. It's a pity the picture quality isn't fantastic, but photographers who like to take videos can look to this FinePix.
Pros:
- Plenty of shooting functions for enthusiasts
- Handy 30x optical zoom
- Useful tilting LCD
- 7fps burst mode at full resolution
- Good quality full-HD video capture
Cons:
- As big and heavy as a dSLR
- Picture quality can be better
- Performance sluggish in certain modes
16 years ago
Fujifilm FinePix HS10
The Good 30X lens with few artifacts. Good image quality up to ISO 1,600. 1080p video and HDMI out. Powerful, comfortable DSLR-like controls. Articulating display. Fast autofocus. Panorama mode. The Bad Sometimes imprecise autofocus. Pro Low-light mode not very effective.
Pros:
- 30X lens with few artifacts
- Good image quality up to ISO 1,600
- 1080p video and HDMI out
- Powerful
- comfortable DSLR-like controls
- Articulating display
- Fast autofocus
- Panorama mode
Cons:
- Sometimes imprecise autofocus, Pro Low-light mode not very effective, 1080p video bitrate could be higher
- motion blur, Still an insistence on proprietary USB out, Odd choice of AA batteries for power
16 years ago
Fujifilm FinePix HS10 Review
A DSLR-styled fixed-lens BRIDGE camera but, with a 30x zoom and a host of EXTRA features, could be the best yet
Pros:
- Long zoom
- Motion Panorama
- free-angle LCD
- HD video modes
Cons:
- Viewfinder
- menu
- Raw compatibility
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