Hi photographers.
I was approached the other day by an acquaintance who had just bought himself a new Fujifilm FinePix S5600 digital camera. (Why do some people think that when they have a problem grasping how something works they should give that thing, plus the manual to someone else to read for them? Shouldn't they sit down and study their new thing themselves?)
Anyway, it gave me the opportunity to take a close look at this camera. Very nice it is too.
His complaint was grainy pictures and not so good prints. To cut a long story short, his ISO setting was at 1600 (which in a sense if very good for a digital camera), and when he showed me a couple of his printouts they were heavy with magenta - a printing problem.
His camera was nice to hold and use. In my opinion it was better to hold than my friends Canon Powershot S2is. (I will post a message about this next.)
About the Fuji FinePix S5600
This is a 5.1 MP digital camera with a 10x optical Zoom, F3.2 - F3.5 (35mm equiv. 38-380mm) The flash has a range of 4 meters with the usual settings. What I would like to see are more digital cameras with what is called second (or rear) curtain sync.
It has a 1.8" LCD monitor which gives 100% coverage. The Viewfinder also gives 100% coverage. At the press of a button you can easily switch between the two. With this style of camera, I feel using the viewfinder is more natural.
Pressing the Display button repeatedly gave the following affect: added more information to the display, taking the information away completely, adding a rule of thirds grid and then going back to the standard display info. I like the grid as it assists in composing a nice scenic picture.
The flash popped up whenever needed, which I liked (my friends Powershot S2is has to be lifted manually for the flash to fire).
With the Mode dial you can choose an anti blur option which selects a faster shutter speed, (I'm guessing as it wasn't stated how it worked in the manual) probably by cranking up the ISO rating. This was probably why my acquaintance was complaining about the grainy pictures in the first place. This could also be used as a Sports mode.
The camera felt good to hold and with a quick glance at the manual was easy to understand. My only gripe would be the zoom buttons (Telephoto & Wide). Personally I would like them to protrude more to meet my thumb.
You can visit Fuji's site and read more about this nice digital camera by clicking on the link below.
Fuji Digital Cameras - FinePix S5600 Zoom digital camera
What I told my friend after a I had a look at his camera was that I liked it and it was working perfectly well. Instead of wasting his time, ink and money on paper printing out his own photos, he should use the printing services of a local store. There he would get fantastic quality prints at little cost and hassle to himself.
0 comments:
Post a Comment