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Thread ID: 88884	2008-04-13 02:08:00	Camera choice.	Cicero (40)	PC World Chat

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658323	2008-04-13 04:14:00	Wow Cicero. Looks bloody good. Post a few sample shots after you get it eh? i3.photobucket.com I am not a pic takers backside,I just like the features that allow me to take a hundred pics and get a good one out of that lot.	Cicero (40)
658324	2008-04-13 04:43:00	OOPS...DELETED...	SurferJoe46 (51)
658325	2008-04-13 04:55:00	*12x Optical zoom . *7 . 5 fps @ 2MP for 15 shots; 3 . 3 fps @ 5MP for 6 shots; I BEAT THIS and 1 . 4 fps @ 10MP for 3 shots I CAN GET TO 6 . 2FPS, BUT STILL HAVE THE FULL 7 . 1MP FOR 15 SHOTS *Manual mode as well as auto . GOT THIS TOO *14 Pre-programmed scene modes I GOT 24 MODES; 12 PRESET AND 12 USER DEFINED . Focus distance • Normal: Wide angle: Approx . 40cm / 1 . 3 ft to infinity Telephoto: Approx . 1 . 5m / 4 . 9 ft to infinity • Macro: Wide Angle: Approx . 5cm / 2 . 0 in to 3m / 9 . 8 ft Telephoto: Approx . 80cm/2 . 6 ft . To 3m/9 . 8 ft • Super Macro: Approx . 2cm / 0 . 8 in . to 1m / 3 . 3 ft . Metering TTL 64-zones metering Exposure compensation Yes Shuttter speed • AUTO mode: 1/4 sec to 1/2000 sec I CAN L/E AT 1/16 SEC TO 12 HOURS IN A/A MODE . . . YOU CAN'T BEAT THAT IN ANY SENSE OF IMAGINATION . • All other mode): 8 sec . to 1/2000 sec . (depends on shooting mode) Aperture • F2 . 8 - F5 . 6 (Wide) / F 5 . 0 - F 8 . 0 (Telephoto) • max 5 steps in 1/3 EV increment Modes • Programmed AE • Aperture Priority AE • Shutter Priority AE • Manual • Scene Scene modes • Mode dial: Auto, Natural Light, SP1, SP2, P, A, S, M, Panorama, Movie • SP1/SP2: Portrait, Landscape, Sport, Night, Fireworks, Sunset, Snow, Beach, Museum, Party, Flower, Text, PS(Anti-Blur) White balance Automatic scene recognition Preset (Fine, Shade, Fluorescent light (Daylight), Fluorescent light (Warm White), Fluorescent light (Cool White), Incandescent light), Custom Self timer Approx . 10 sec . / 2 sec . delay I HAVE ALL THIS + A FEW MORE . . . 24 MODES . Continuous shooting • Top-3 ( max 1 . 4 frames/sec) I BEAT THIS • Last-3 ( max 1 . 4 frames/sec) I BEAT THIS • Long-period ( max . 1 . 4 frames/sec) I BEAT THIS • Long-period ( max . 0 . 5 frames/sec) I BEAT THIS • Top-6, High speed (max 3 . 3 frames/sec, 5M pixels) I THINK WE TIE ON THIS • Top-15, Ultra High speed (max 7 . 5 frames/sec, 2M pixels) NOT SURE HERE Image parameters N/a Flash • Auto flash • Effective range: (ISO AUTO): Wide Approx . 40cm / 1 . 3ft to 8 . 7m / 28 . 5ft Telephoto Approx . 1 . 5m / 4 . 9ft to 4 . 8m / 15 . 7ft Macro: Wide Approx . 30cm / 1 . 0 ft to 3 . 0m / 9 . 8ft Macro: Telephoto Approx . 80cm / 2 . 6ft to 3 . 0m / 9 . 8ft NOT SURE ABOUT ALL OF THIS . . . . BUT I HAVE AUTO-FLASH AND THE CAMERA CAN DECIDE IF IT NEEDS IT, THE RANGE COMPENSATION AND WILL NOT BOTHER TO FLASH IF THE RANGE IS TOO FAR . I HAVE NOT TRIED FOR MACRO-FLASH OR SETTINGS YET . • Flash modes : Red-eye removal OFF: Auto, Forced Flash,Suppressed Flash, Slow Synchro . Red-eye removal ON: Red-eye Reduction Auto, Red-eye Reduction & Forced Flash, Suppressed Flash, Red-eye Reduction & Slow Synchro . Viewfinder • 0 . 2-inch Electronic Viewfinder • 200,000 dots FLCD monitor (R/G/B colours are displayed in a single dot) IT'S STILL NOT THE BLACK-MATRIX CAPACITY . . . . YOU ARE STILL USING THE RGB MATRIX AND NOT HAVING ANY DEDICATED BLACK PIXELS, YOU WILL NEVER GET TRUE BLACK . . . . BUT THEN AGAIN, THIS MIGHT BE THE FLCD DISPLAY AND NOT THE RESOLUTION OF THE PICTURES . IF SO, I THINK MY DISPLAY SCREEN HAS THE SAME DESIGN AND CHARACTERISTICS AS THE ACTUAL PHOTO BEING TAKEN . • approx . 94% coverage LCD monitor • 2 . 7-inch • approx . 230,000 pixels • Amorphous Silicon TFT color LCD monitor • approx . 100% coverage SAME HERE Connectivity • USB 2 . 0 High Speed • AV • AC power GOT THESE • IrSimple(TM) WHAT'S THIS? Picture Stabilisation Mode: Picture Stabilisation uses the increased sensitivity of the FinePix S1000fd and high-speed shutter settings to reduce blur caused by hand-shake or subject movement . It allows the camera to automatically choose the correct light sensitivity and optimal shutter speed to produce clear, blur-free images GOT THIS TOO PLUS ORIENTATION SENSING WITH STABILIZATION TOO . Sure doesn't look like a loser to me . GOTTA CONSIDER THE PRICE . . . LIKE I SAID . . . IMO . . . HIS IS VASTLY OVERPRICED AND I DON'T KNOW IF A NON-PRO NEEDS ALL THE MACRO/MICRO FLASH STUFF AND SUCH . . . . BUT IT LOOKS KEWL TO WHIP OUT A SLR CLONE . My father - who was a pro, liked these . Although he has now bought a Canon - mainly so he can have various lenses and a flash gun, so he can do all sorts of pro type things with it . I admire a pro photographer . . . have a couple as very close and dear friends . They shoot weddings, funerals and everything in-between . They are all out of work with the advent of the low-to-middle-priced digitals right now . If NZ is still caught up in SLRs and 35s, then maybe they should immigrate? Yeah . . . the Fuji/Canon/Etc's are impressive . . . . . but for only $129 . 00USD? By the way . . . I ONLY used the caps to add comments, not to yell . . . sorry if any offense was created . Frankly, I will not likely use most of the provisions of the KODAK . . it is 'way too complicated for me . . . I just like to point and shoot . . . but I know that for the price it has features that my pro-friends say they would like to have in their multi-thousand-dollar cameras . I like to take videos . . and I post them (URL to be provided via PM) on YouTube . And, yes . . . I like to twist a few tails now and then . Thanks for the info . . . it is informative, but a little confusing . Tell your dad to not take me too seriously . . . . I am sure that he is a fine photographer and knows his trade . I am just yanking here . . . the verb, not the noun .	SurferJoe46 (51)
658326	2008-04-13 05:07:00	DANG . . . missed the edit timer . . . . I think the best part (besides the price) is that I can use the internal system of the KODAK to edit, filter and correct for color/saturation/chroma . . etc, any pix in the camera's memory . I can assign an album, lock the image, edit and still keep the original and add or delete names/dates/time/comments in it too . I can zoom, back out, change the focus from sharp to soft, vignette and blur scenes and still not lose the original . There is a blur correction, high action option under normal, dim or no light conditions . . . like star shots at midnight in a black cave . The pre-sets for exposures are 12 as pre-defined, and 12 as user-defined . Internal memory is 1GIG and I have a few 2- and 5GIG SDs for when I get nuts and just snap and shoot like Cicero . For fun I like to bungee my camera in it's tripod to the seat back in my Blazer or Amigo and take some videos of driving in town or on day trips . If anyone wants, I can GMail/Picasa a few of the shots I like of the local "colour" . (We use that NZ version of color when we want to sound affected . . er . . . haughty! Ahem!) :D	SurferJoe46 (51)
658327	2008-04-13 05:13:00	I admire a pro photographer . . . have a couple as very close and dear friends . They shoot weddings, funerals and everything in-between . They are all out of work with the advent of the low-to-middle-priced digitals right now . If NZ is still caught up in SLRs and 35s, then maybe they should immigrate? Yeah . . . the Fuji/Canon/Etc's are impressive . . . . . but for only $129 . 00USD? By the way . . . I ONLY used the caps to add comments, not to yell . . . sorry if any offense was created . Frankly, I will not likely use most of the provisions of the KODAK . . it is 'way too complicated for me . . . I just like to point and shoot . . . but I know that for the price it has features that my pro-friends say they would like to have in their multi-thousand-dollar cameras . I like to take videos . . and I post them (URL to be provided via PM) on YouTube . And, yes . . . I like to twist a few tails now and then . Thanks for the info . . . it is informative, but a little confusing . Tell your dad to not take me too seriously . . . . I am sure that he is a fine photographer and knows his trade . I am just yanking here . . . the verb, not the noun . Most people use a camera like they use MS Word - that is 5% of the product is all they ever need . In this day and age, you don't see people taking time over a photo . I know this as I do the same thing myself - blat off 50 shots and pick out the best one . I am ashamed to admit this as I cut my teeth on a 6x6 Rolliecord and Weston meter, and a 35mm Pentax Spotmatic, rolling my own 35mm film from a bulk loader, developing my film and then printing in my darkroom . As far as exposure goes, the f16 rule probably still applies and a couple of stops up or down takes care of soot and snow . Exposing for the subject eliminates the need for 64 "Exposure zones" Gets it right every time . Focus . . . . know the depth of field settings for each aperture setting and you cant go wrong again . Flash for filling in detail on a sunny day is easy to set . Image stabiliser? Use a tripod . Is it "Oh to have had a computer to manipulate the images" or remember the hours of satisfying work to produce a top quality print . the latter I feel . Gosh, here I go again . But then which of the members know the basic rules . Digital cameras have probably increased the number of photos taken at least one thousandfold, but how many of that thousandfold are good photos?? Ken :thumbs: (PS The Fujifilm does look a nice camera)	kenj (9738)
658328	2008-04-13 06:06:00	I admire a pro photographer . They shoot weddings, funerals and everything in-between . They are all out of work My father didn't work for himself, he worked for the DSIR and then MAF .	pctek (84)
658329	2008-04-13 06:27:00	I am not a pic takers backside,I just like the features that allow me to take a hundred pics and get a good one out of that lot. Oh, I disagree Cic. You would make a good pic takers backside ...	godfather (25)
658330	2008-04-13 06:46:00	Hi C. What happened to the 5600 you bought not too long ago? Problems? :cool:	Scouse (83)
658331	2008-04-13 07:11:00	I am rather taken by Fuji,I have a S5600 at the moment and very pleased with it,but a new one calls. Panasonic have Zeiss lens which is nice. I have the S5600 and love it great camera :cool:	gary67 (56)
658332	2008-04-13 07:12:00	Oh, I disagree Cic . You would make a good pic takers backside . . . I knew I shouldn't have mentioned that part of anatomy,knowing your obsession with same,sorry for that untimely excitement . :blush: Hello S,ready for new features,are you not?:rolleyes:	Cicero (40)
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