Fujfilm FinePix SL1000 is the newest camera
which has 50x optical zoom, the same as Canon PowerShot SX50 HS and Sony
Cybershot HX300. The best strong point of Fujifilm is price, it is cheaper than
all of other models getting the same 50x zoom, and also integrated other
special features like RAW recording, coming with tilting screen and EVF. It’s
available in the market in price of $449.99.
Fujifilm
FinePix SL1000
Special features
SL1000 has 16 megapixel BSI CMOS sensors,
and a lens with 50x optical zoom, 35 mm equivalent to 24-1,200mm. Together with
the minimum focus distance is 1cm, that is ideal for objects taken in too short
or too far distance. Automatic focus distance has speed of 0.2 second and it
would be able to take a photo up to 10 fps with massive resolutions. Let remain
optical picture to make your picture not to be dimmed.
SL1000
has 16 megapixel BSI CMOS sensors, and a lens with 50x optical zoom, 35 mm
equivalent to 24-1,200mm.
There are six modes of automatic picture
identify (SR Auto) that will find out automatically portrait, landscape, night
scene, panorama shot, night portrait, or backlit portrait, and adjust setting
automatically. SL1000 also provides fully manual controls and RAW recording.
Other modes include motion panorama shot and advanced mode consisting of HDR.
There is a 3-inch tilting LCD screen with
920k pixels and 920k-pixel electronic viewfinder (EVF), as well as a sensor
with automatic eye. To activate the zoom mode, there is a lever on the side of
lens.
Video is recorded with quality of 1080p HD
in 60fps supporting stereo. You can also take high-speed film at 480fps
(240x180 pixels), 240fps (320x240 pixels) and 120 fps (640x480 pixels). SL 1000
is able to connect to HD television through HDMI.
There
is a 3-inch tilting LCD screen with 920k pixels and 920k-pixel electronic
viewfinder (EVF), as well as a sensor with automatic eye.
Main
features
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BSI CMOS 16-megapixel sensor
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Lens with 50x optical zoom (35mm equivalent:
24-1200mm)
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Stable optical pictures
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3-inch 920k-pixel LCD tilting screen
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920k-pixel electronic viewfinder (EVF)
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1080p video Full HD with stereo
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ISO 100-12800
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Minimum focus distance: 1cm
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HDR mode and panorama shot
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Full manual controls and RAW recording
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10 fps continuous shooting
Shooting control
SL1000 brings look and feeling really like
DSLR camera. It has an extra rubber handle and rubber spacer for the thumb on
your right hand. The edge of lens is also rubber; therefore, it probably does
not have any problems during holding camera. Besides, it also has a socket with
cover and electronic viewfinder (EVF), optical control set which are
eye-catching and are activate automatically when you hold the camera near your
eyes, but there is a transmitting button between them and LCD screen.
There is a dial mode on the top of camera,
together with power button, zoom adjustment, continuous shooting and exposure
control buttons. On the right-hand side, it has a button which is to strengthen
flash, and one on the edge of lens has role as the second way to adjust zoom
mode. In the rear, it is a wheel cycling to move to menu option. That also
allows accessing quickly into flash, timing, focus and Fn modes, as well as
being customized to set up ISO standard, picture size, picture quality, white
balance and many more criteria.
There
is a dial mode on the top of camera, together with power button, zoom
adjustment, continuous shooting and exposure control buttons.
3-inch LCD screen has remarkable
resolutions of 920k pixels and the tilt makes it easy to shoot with camera when
moved up or down. SL1000 has a menu system which is improved from previous
FinePix cameras; it looks better and easy to navigate.
Battery life is up to 350 pictures
according to experiment of CIPA, we could take 500 shots before battery runs
out. We choose the number of pictures to check its ability to meet, changing
from the first shot to end respectively, together with focusing speed, and so
on. We choose some pictures and then use average number to be assure that the
test is correct and consistent, make it easy to compare to other cameras.
Battery
life is up to 350 pictures according to experiment of CIPA, we could take 500
shots before battery runs out.
Shooting specifications
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Shutter Response: 0.125 secs
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Wide - Focus / Shutter Response: 0.25 secs
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Full zoom - Focus / Shutter Response: 0.6 secs
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Switch on Time to Taking a Photo: 2.55 secs
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Shot to Shot without Flash: 1.4 secs
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Shot to Shot with Flash: 2.8 secs
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Continuous Shooting – H: 10.7 fps
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Continuous Shooting – M: 5.0 fps
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Continuous Shooting – L: 2.3 fps
Continuous shooting is not available when recording in RAW mode, but
all of the continuous shootings make records with full resolution.
