Finepix S9500

[Zaknafein]

anyone has the cam here? hows the quality of the pictures?
heard that there is a lot of noise and the colors are "soft", can anyone with this camera verify this?

also, how is the manual focusing with the EVF or the LCD?

[felixcat8888]

Originally Posted by Zaknafein anyone has the cam here? hows the quality of the pictures? heard that there is a lot of noise and the colors are "soft", can anyone with this camera verify this? also, how is the manual focusing with the EVF or the LCD?

Check out

www.dcresource.com (S9500=S9000 US Market)

www.dpreview.com

http://www.steves-digicams.com/hardware_reviews.html

[Zaknafein]

thx for the review websites... but it didnt provide much review about doing manual focusing.
anyone here has the camera can pls share your experience?

btw, what does the package includes when u bought it? i have asked a couple of shops in singapore and it doesnt comes with the lens hood etc...

[diCam]

Originally Posted by Zaknafein thx for the review websites... but it didnt provide much review about doing manual focusing. anyone here has the camera can pls share your experience? btw, what does the package includes when u bought it? i have asked a couple of shops in singapore and it doesnt comes with the lens hood etc...

The package does come with lens hood as a standard accessory.

I had shot one pic using manual focus by using this camera. Here's my take...

[Zaknafein]

thx for showing the pic!
issit difficult to focus manually? i tried but couldnt use the "focus check" when im looking thru the EVF.and thru the LCD, it seems hard to tell if the object is focus or not...

where did u buy ur camera, and for how much, may i ask? :P

[diCam]

Originally Posted by Zaknafein thx for showing the pic! issit difficult to focus manually? i tried but couldnt use the "focus check" when im looking thru the EVF.and thru the LCD, it seems hard to tell if the object is focus or not... where did u buy ur camera, and for how much, may i ask? :P

I find it hard to use the manual focus initially. Only manage to get it right after some practice. It is not that difficult actually. I bought my cam from MS when the camera was first launch in last Sept. Must say I'm a happy owner

[Zaknafein]

ack!!! cant wait to get my S9500! but tat will be a few more months...
the cams feels quite good, with the manual zoom ring and all

btw, has anyone tried taking pictures with long exposures (8 secs or longer)? read somewhere that the S5600 has lots of hot pixel when using slow shutter speed. S9500 has this problem?

[KokHow]

For manual focus, adjust the diopter to optimum. Use focus check and turn manual focus ring. You will be able to tell the focus point. Also tried long exposure for about 8 sec. Pic looks good to me but very much depend on the scene. Use a remote release or long timer if possible.

[Zaknafein]

what do u mean by "but very much depend on the scene"?

[b18]

Originally Posted by Zaknafein anyone has the cam here? hows the quality of the pictures? heard that there is a lot of noise and the colors are "soft", can anyone with this camera verify this? also, how is the manual focusing with the EVF or the LCD?

Picture quality is good.
For a prosumer camera, its one of the lowest noise camera avail. Dun compare it to 350D / D50 or other similar priced DSLRs as they belong in the different "park".

If you say Fuji colours are soft, I dunno what you will say when you use a Canon
Fuji sensor is one of the most advanced film like sensor in the world.
Vivid colours of the cam with almost no PP.

http://widzz.multiply.com/photos/photo/21/1.jpg

was taken by the S9500. ISO 80 30" f/5.6.

=bob=

[cyaw]

Depends on what you compare with. The colours will be soft compared to higher-end prosumers like the Sony R1. Noise control is good but the F10/11 are better. Think Fuji may have fared better with the S9500 if they had kept the megapixel count down.

But keeping things in perspective, at this price point you are getting a beaut of a camera that is very versatile, handles very well having a useful weight without bulk. Also looks & handles like an SLR

[Zaknafein]

Originally Posted by b18 If you say Fuji colours are soft, I dunno what you will say when you use a Canon Fuji sensor is one of the most advanced film like sensor in the world. Vivid colours of the cam with almost no PP.

i was just clarifying on the S9500 colors being "soft", becos i read user reviews online, and a few said that the colors are soft and not like the typical "Fuji" colors they use to have... i haven seen pic taken with the S9500 that is not photoshopped b4 tats why i cant confirm those claims

actually im a Canon A95 user and i notice the colors are soft, thats why my next cam i would like 1 that produces vivid pics

btw is that picture edited? beautifully taken!
wats PP as mentioned by b18?

[Zaknafein]

[quote=cyaw]Depends on what you compare with. The colours will be soft compared to higher-end prosumers like the Sony R1. Noise control is good but the F10/11 are better. Think Fuji may have fared better with the S9500 if they had kept the megapixel count down.


i read that keeping the megapixel lower can result in larger individual pixel size, but how does bigger pixel size improves noise in images?

[b18]

Originally Posted by Zaknafein btw is that picture edited? beautifully taken! wats PP as mentioned by b18?

PP is post processing.
so that image was off the cam and put on the web

[Zaknafein]

ahhhhhhh thx! cracked my brains out, couldnt figure out was PP lol

hmmm, i thought its photoshopped... cos the clouds at top left seems quite blur

[Zaknafein]

ohh btw, u were using a filter that disperse the lights right?
wats those filters called?

[socrates]

A picture taken by my S9500 without flash in the night. Did not have a tripod so I used a table instead. any comments?
http://www.photoi.org/share/upload3/...3/dscf1054.jpg

Following are the settings

010f Make FUJIFILM
0110 Model FinePix S9500
0112 Orientation 1
011a XResolution 72.0
011b YResolution 72.0
0128 ResolutionUnit 2
0131 Software Digital Camera FinePix S9500 Ver1.02
0132 DateTime 2006:01:20 21:48:09
0213 YCbCrPositioning 2
8298 Copyright
8769 ExifOffset 294
829a ExposureTime 1.4
829d FNumber 400/100
8822 ExposureProgram 3
8827 ISOSpeedRatings 800
9000 ExifVersion 0x30 0x32 0x32 0x30
9003 DateTimeOriginal 2006:01:20 21:48:09
9004 DateTimeDigitized 2006:01:20 21:48:09
9101 ComponentsConfiguration 0x1 0x2 0x3 0x0
9102 CompressedBitsPerPixel 2.0
9201 ShutterSpeedValue -49/100
9202 ApertureValue 400/100
9203 BrightnessValue -378/100
9204 ExposureBiasValue 67/100
9205 MaxApertureValue 300/100
9207 MeteringMode 1
9208 LightSource 0
920a FocalLength 1400/100

[Zaknafein]

lol whole chunk of settings info that dun really make sense to me, sorry :P
shutterspeed value -49/100 ?????????????? lol ::blur::


btw is there really a difference in quality when shooting in jpg and shooting in raw, then converting it to jpg?

[socrates]

okay this should be easier

Resolution: 696 x 522
Flash used: No
Focal length: 14.0mm (35mm equivalent: 65mm)
CCD width: 7.78mm
Exposure time: 1.400 s
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO equiv.: 800
Exposure bias: 0.67
Whitebalance: Auto
Exposure: aperture priority

If only the S9500 had the low light ability of the F11 it would be almost perfect...

Sorry can't answer about the raw conversion question

[megascriler]

Using RAW you should be able to squeeze more detail from the picture.