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Fujifilm FinePix F200EXR 12 megapixel - Black (Disc 25%)

Posted by supreme On August - 22 - 2009

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The Fujifilm FinePix F200EXR’s sensor is designed to improve dynamic range and low light performance. The F200EXR is designed in small size without sacrificing it’s comfortable feels and very well constructed. Up front is a lens with specs 28mm wide-angle with a 5x zoom. The 3-inch LCD quality on back is bright and sharp. The Shooting Mode dial is placed on the top right of the LCD.

Below the Mode dial is the F-mode button for bringing up the settings menu options of shooting. Other camera controls, such as shooting priority, light metering, AF mode, continuous options, image stabilization are under the main menu system. Press the Menu/OK button at the center of the directional pad to get the main menu system. There are also several secondary menu of setup settings inside main menu system, such as for things like date and time, LCD brightness, and to format memory cards.

The F200EXR has many shooting options, such as EXR mode, which consists of High Resolution Priority, D-Range Priority, High ISO & Low Noise Priority, and Auto EXR. Auto EXR is scene recognition that also recognizes which EXR Priority option to use, but it has the reduced 6-megapixel resolution of the D-Range and High ISO & Low Noise Priority modes.

The regular Auto mode is made for more ordinary shooting that uses the camera’s full 12-megapixel resolution as well as 15 scene modes to choose from. The Natural Light mode is used for low-light shooting without the flash and a Natural with Flash that takes two pictures, one using available light and one with flash. A Program mode lets the camera handle shutter speed and aperture while you tweak everything else. This also has an aperture-priority option, but the settings are limited to f3.3 and f9 at the lens’ widest position and f5.1 and f14 when zoomed out.

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The face detection, with or without auto red-eye correction, features improved detection for up to 10 faces, upside down, slanted, and sideways, head on or profile. Fujifilm modeled color options after three of its film types: Provia (standard color), Velvia (vivid color), and Astia (soft tones). It takes 2.7 seconds to go from awake to first shot. Its shutter lag in bright conditions takes 0.5 second. Low-light results were very good even it takes 0.6 second from pressing the shutter to capture. Shot-to-shot time takes 1.4 seconds without the flash and 2.5 seconds with the flash in use. The full-resolution burst mode is limited to three shots, grabbing them in 1 frame per second flat.

The photo quality is excellent, particularly the dynamic range and high ISO performance using the EXR settings. Using the full 12-megapixel resolution, detail and sharpness are good at ISO 100 and 200. Using the EXR mode makes lower the resolution to 6 megapixels, but the end result is better with accurate colors and good detail. The extra flexibility of the sensor and the wide-angle 5x zoom lens make this F200EXR is one of the best in its class.

Plus :

Standard Price. Excellent photo quality. Plenty useful features. It has a very good dynamic range and high ISO performance in EXR modes. It takes SDHC and xD cards.

Minus :

Basic Movie mode for its price with limited aperture settings. Some adaptations for the menu systems.