Somthing about 602

Using it more more than 24hours.. took some shots and overall its a fine cam... but some rants....

1. No batt life indicator!! Seems that either i miss it or it doesn't really have it.

2. Memory/shots left/used indicator.. could it be me again??

3. Flash is manual.. i was thinking about a auto pop-up flash when flash is selected....

Still trying out may add in...

[mpenza]

1. I think the battery indicator only shows up when it's weak. Not very intuitive but then my previous camera isn't much better (the first bar last >100 shots, the next 2 bars less than 30).

2. Got! Got! Top right hand corner of the screen shows the resolution and the number of shots left.

3. Good and bad. For some cases, you don't want to flash. If it auto pops up, then you have to disable it.

[azone]

Quote: Originally posted by itanium Using it more more than 24hours.. took some shots and overall its a fine cam... but some rants.... 1. No batt life indicator!! Seems that either i miss it or it doesn't really have it. 2. Memory/shots left/used indicator.. could it be me again?? 3. Flash is manual.. i was thinking about a auto pop-up flash when flash is selected.... Still trying out may add in...

For question 1, 2, have lah. Check out this page:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujis602z/page7.asp

[mpenza]

side-track here....

azone, I used the +4 close-up and was only able to capture minimum about 3.8cm wide. focussing distance is slightly more than 20cm (under normal mode and 6x optical zoom).

[azone]

Quote: Originally posted by mpenza side-track here.... azone, I used the +4 close-up and was only able to capture minimum about 3.8cm wide. focussing distance is slightly more than 20cm (under normal mode and 6x optical zoom).

You mean it takes an object of 3.8cm wide to fill up the whole frame?

[Kei]

picture picture!

[mpenza]

Quote: Originally posted by azone You mean it takes an object of 3.8cm wide to fill up the whole frame?

yup! I was able to fill the frame with my watchface, which is around 38mm. not as good as I would like, so I got another +3.

I could test again under daylight tomorrow. There was some problems focussing cos the lighting in my home is quite poor.

[azone]

Quote: Originally posted by mpenza yup! I was able to fill the frame with my watchface, which is around 38mm. not as good as I would like, so I got another +3. I could test again under daylight tomorrow. There was some problems focussing cos the lighting in my home is quite poor.

I see. Yes, you should be only getting an effective 0.84x magnification (not even true 1x macro yet) with the +4 on the 210mm S602. Stacking on another +3 (total +7) should give you 1.47x, which is as almost good as having a +4 on the 380mm C700.

But my concern on stacking would be soft edges. Do let me know the result ok? Thanks!!

Quote: Originally posted by mpenza 1. I think the battery indicator only shows up when it's weak. Not very intuitive but then my previous camera isn't much better (the first bar last >100 shots, the next 2 bars less than 30). 2. Got! Got! Top right hand corner of the screen shows the resolution and the number of shots left. 3. Good and bad. For some cases, you don't want to flash. If it auto pops up, then you have to disable it.

ok 2nd point its my mistake.. hehe....
the cam get a bit warm after some time rite?

[mpenza]

Quote: Originally posted by azone I see. Yes, you should be only getting an effective 0.84x magnification (not even true 1x macro yet) with the +4 on the 210mm S602. Stacking on another +3 (total +7) should give you 1.47x, which is as almost good as having a +4 on the 380mm C700. But my concern on stacking would be soft edges. Do let me know the result ok? Thanks!!

Tried, could capture abt 23mm width now with stacked +7. there's some corner softness. would post pic when I have the chance.

dude u have any problem with low light AF?
It seems that it get pretty bad focus when there's low light.. something my minolta SLR can do without AF light asist easily...

[renaissance_myth]

Quote: Originally posted by itanium dude u have any problem with low light AF? It seems that it get pretty bad focus when there's low light.. something my minolta SLR can do without AF light asist easily...

apparently there was not much improvement in the low light focusing of the s602z over the 6900z

[mpenza]

Quote: Originally posted by itanium dude u have any problem with low light AF? It seems that it get pretty bad focus when there's low light.. something my minolta SLR can do without AF light asist easily...

low-light focussing isn't good. there're times when I can achieve autofocus only if I use high ISO.

[mpenza]

Quote: Originally posted by itanium ok 2nd point its my mistake.. hehe.... the cam get a bit warm after some time rite?

camera gets quite warm after some time. when the batteries are running low, it'll be even hotter (a characteristic of NiMH).

[mpenza]

Quote: Originally posted by Keito picture picture!

used a 10 cent coin for easy comparison:

with +7 close-up


with +4 close-up

Quote: Originally posted by mpenza low-light focussing isn't good. there're times when I can achieve autofocus only if I use high ISO.

i suddenly got a idea...perhapes it'll sound a bit stupid.. maybe we can find some super small torch light or soethign similar and mount it to the side of camera.. with a puch of button, we can activate it to do focusing...
hehe...
just a wild idea..

Quote: Originally posted by mpenza used a 10 cent coin for easy comparison: with +7 close-up with +4 close-up

how do you mange to do this with such a good lighting?
my 10cents coin macro will see the camshadow..

[mpenza]

Quote: Originally posted by itanium how do you mange to do this with such a good lighting? my 10cents coin macro will see the camshadow..

I use close-up filters and shoot under normal mode (not macro). So, the camera was abt 14cm away (for +7) and 25cm away (for +4). This allows light to fall on the coin.

[megaweb]

Quote: Originally posted by mpenza used a 10 cent coin for easy comparison: with +7 close-up with +4 close-up

try not to use dollar or coin shot for comparison ... My suggestion is to take a shot of a ruler .....

[xdivider]

Quote: Originally posted by itanium i suddenly got a idea...perhapes it'll sound a bit stupid.. maybe we can find some super small torch light or soethign similar and mount it to the side of camera.. with a puch of button, we can activate it to do focusing... hehe... just a wild idea..

Its not wild. Check out dpreview forums. Think there was a long thread in the fuji forum on attaching a maglite or powerful minitorch using vecro to the side. The only thing they havent figured out is how to synch the light with the focusing.