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At the heart of the FinePix S602 lies a third-generation Super CCD sensor (3.1 megapixels), capable of delivering an amazing 6 million recorded pixels, thanks to its unique honeycomb design and advanced signal processing. The new generation of Super CCD boasts even better color reproduction, lower levels of noise, and ultrahigh sensitivity (up to 1,600 ISO in 1,280 x 960 mode) for richly detailed, high-resolution images. It also features Fuji's pixel-mixing technology, which can produce digital VGA-resolution movies at 30 fps.
From delicate skin tones to bright blue skies and noise-free shadows, the new sensor and signal processing system deliver picture-perfect results in every shooting situation.
Designed for the serious photographer, the FinePix S602 also offers a range of fully automatic modes for point-and-shoot ease of use. Simply switch to Auto and let the camera do all the hard work.
Features:
The Fujifilm site gives a detailed description of their CCD (Charge Coupled Device) pixel array that to me sounds like the best thing going in what the working class like me can afford. The S602 is Fuji's 3rd generation CCD, the S5000 is their 4th generation. The 602 has 6x optical and 4.4x digital zoom (26.4x), the 5000 had 10x optical and 2.2x digital (22x). If that extra 4.4 turns your head, then shopping for a telephoto is probably something to consider. I find the greater lens power more attractive, and sould give clearer photos, at 22x side by side with the 602 at a comparable setting.
If you want to spend serious $$$ for something that has 5 to 8 megapixels, more power to you. But the S5000 is a better Fuji for less money ... the S602 is really last year's news. My hard earned greenbacks are on the S5000.
First, is that it's too slow for it's "class". With a camera this size and with so many features, you would expect faster action than with the pocket-size compact cams. Not so. OK, I will give you that's it a good speed, but if you are trying to take quick snap-shots, it's going to be difficult. Maybe I am asking for too much in $600 but it's gotten t be annoying. The focus ring doesn't do much good because the sensitivity is too slow/low.
Secondly, the playback is rather slow for today's cameras. I have an old Canon PowerShot 300/IXUS 300, and it reviewed pictures pretty well, and it's two and a half years old! This isn't a big thing for pro's, but since this is for the crowd that probably likes to take pictures of people and show them back as well, it's annoying having to take 10 seconds of looking at a black screen. Also if you try to switch the camera on and then off quick forget it.
Thirdly, the camera has no way of naming each picture in serial fashion, at least if you are using Compact Flash. It's a small detail that has caused me to go through all 6000 pictures and renamed them manually using the Windows 'rename' function. Sure, I think there are programs for this, but I like to keep my stuff out of programs, beause software always changes, and it's just not worth my time.
OK, small minor infractions in the whole long run but now I am looking at a Cannon or the new Sony DSC-F828 that's comming out soon. If you like to take pictures for fun, and want more control and flexibility, then this is a great camera. If you like being a control freak when taking pictures for fun, and want to get more serious and take pictures for $$$$ or EUR, then look a higher in the price range.
Other features that impressed me besides the exterior were the "honey-comb" ccd image censor (super ccd) and the lcd screen. The super ccd image sensor allows the effective megapixel count to double this means an image taken at 3.3 mp may be optionally captured at a very high resolution of 6mp. One thing that separated this camera from other more expensive cameras was the LCD screen. The battery efficient lcd screen allows a user to take 400-500 shots before needing to change batteries. There's even a light that tells you when the batteries are low (green for good, orange for low batteries). The lcd screen resonates more crisp images with far less "dead pixel" count than better than Sony's F717 "L-shaped camera" as well as Canon's G5, G4, G3... I've also realized that the s602's lcd screen has a stain resistant + protective plastic plate that makes the lcd screen a lot more durable on trips. If you don't trust me, please test it out for yourself at any electronics store. You'll see an instant choppy graininess in the image quality from the aforementioned models that you won't see from the s602. Moreover, unlike most cameras offered in the market, the s602 features multiple media outlets. There are 2 media drives and the cool thing about them is that you can use two at the same time; you just need to toggle between them in the menu. This allows you to have more choices in what type of media to use and it also allows for a backup card if the one currently in use is full. For example, if your 64mb smartmedia drive is full, you can go to the menu and change to the microdrive that supports up to 1gb of storage!!! Besides the media storage i was also impressed by the electronic viewfinder. It's a lot more accurate than most optical viewfinders (that is, in reference to digital cameras). And it's also a great alternative to the lcd screen and battery efficiency. This camera has a lot of manual control and the pictures come out very nice. There's a built-in flash, but it also supports an external flash with the hotshoe that's placed over the built-in flash. The zoom on the camera has a macro option for close up pictures, which compliments its 6x capability. This camera also provides streamline 30fps movie mode which has no time limit. The 30 fps is equivalent to a camcorder (but the audio is horrible and sounds like it came from a paper-cup). This far outweights canon's g4 camera with a limited 3x zoom and 3minute limitation on 20 fps.
With all the positive things going for the camera i could only find 2 negatives. One was the fact that besides, excellent macro zoom, the camera had only 1 lousy focusing point. That was a major reason for selling the camera. It's difficult to get multiple subjects from different field depths to be in focus, especially when i was trying to take a macro close-up of a lizard in my backyard. Even Sony's f717 has 5 focusing points. My other big complaint is that the camera has a VERY noisy zoom/focusing drive train. I don't understand why fuji decided to have such an loud drive train mechanism controlling the lens. Sony's f717 is super quiet, you can't even hear the it zoom or focus in the act. This kind of goes along with my other qualm with the cheap construction of the camera. The buttons are made of cheap plastic and pretty flimsy. I hope i've provided some info that other users of this camera haven't. If you're suspicious of my review of this camera in anyway, please go to your local Fry's or Best Buy and try it out yourself.
Other features that impressed me besides the exterior were the "honey-comb" ccd image censor (super ccd) and the lcd screen. The super ccd image sensor allows the effective megapixel count to double this means an image taken at 3.3 mp may be optionally captured at a very high resolution of 6mp. One thing that separated this camera from other more expensive cameras was the LCD screen. The battery efficient lcd screen allows a user to take 400-500 shots before needing to change batteries. There's even a light that tells you when the batteries are low (green for good, orange for low batteries). The lcd screen resonates more crisp images with far less "dead pixel" count than better than Sony's F717 "L-shaped camera" as well as Canon's G5, G4, G3... I've also realized that the s602's lcd screen has a stain resistant + protective plastic plate that makes the lcd screen a lot more durable on trips. If you don't trust me, please test it out for yourself at any electronics store. You'll see an instant choppy graininess in the image quality from the aforementioned models that you won't see from the s602. Moreover, unlike most cameras offered in the market, the s602 features multiple media outlets. There are 2 media drives and the cool thing about them is that you can use two at the same time; you just need to toggle between them in the menu. This allows you to have more choices in what type of media to use and it also allows for a backup card if the one currently in use is full. For example, if your 64mb smartmedia drive is full, you can go to the menu and change to the microdrive that supports up to 1gb of storage!!! Besides the media storage i was also impressed by the electronic viewfinder. It's a lot more accurate than most optical viewfinders (that is, in reference to digital cameras). And it's also a great alternative to the lcd screen and battery efficiency. This camera has a lot of manual control and the pictures come out very nice. There's a built-in flash, but it also supports an external flash with the hotshoe that's placed over the built-in flash. The zoom on the camera has a macro option for close up pictures, which compliments its 6x capability. This camera also provides streamline 30fps movie mode which has no time limit. The 30 fps is equivalent to a camcorder (but the audio is horrible and sounds like it came from a paper-cup). This far outweights canon's g4 camera with a limited 3x zoom and 3minute limitation on 20 fps.
With all the positive things going for the camera i could only find 2 negatives. One was the fact that besides, excellent macro zoom, the camera had only 1 lousy focusing point. That was a major reason for selling the camera. It's difficult to get multiple subjects from different field depths to be in focus, especially when i was trying to take a macro close-up of a lizard in my backyard. Even Sony's f717 has 5 focusing points. My other big complaint is that the camera has a VERY noisy zoom/focusing drive train. I don't understand why fuji decided to have such an loud drive train mechanism controlling the lens. Sony's f717 is super quiet, you can't even hear the it zoom or focus in the act. This kind of goes along with my other qualm with the cheap construction of the camera. The buttons are made of cheap plastic and pretty flimsy. I hope i've provided some info that other users of this camera haven't. If you're suspicious of my review of this camera in anyway, please go to your local Fry's or Best Buy and try it out yourself.
Upsolotly F A N T A S T I C
I find the S602 easy to hold and handle. This is a cool and professional looking camera. It has almost everthing that I need to take good pictures, be it day or night. ...
Sure, other camera may be 5M or 6M pixels but for me, 3M is more than good enough. Furthermore, 3M takes up less memory space and is faster to write (less delay). All my Letter size printout looks sharp and crisp.
After thousands of images, I am still in no hurry to upgrade to anything else. Fujifilm have done an excellent job with this camera and it will be interesting to see what they can come up with to top this already excellent camera.
The downsizes:
1. the flash that comes with the camera is a toy; you need to buy an extra one (which adds some $$$ to the cost - for a good flash).
2. Fuji doesn't provide a good fully-automatic flash for the camera. As mentioned above, there are very good manual flashes available are reasonable prices, but thus say bye-bye to the auto modes.
3. no remote. For taking the picture from a tripod, this may be annoying.
4. the depth of field is not very versatile - the camera is quite limiting in the respect of aperture.
5. the zoom is good, but not stellar. For a camera of this performance, a better zoom/aperture control would have made it of real 5 stars.
Overall, good stuff for the money.
I got this camera in February, and I have taken over 1000 pictures since then. I have all of the control I had in my 35mm camera, and more, so I do not feel constrained. Imagine being able to choose between 5 different speeds of film, eight different types of color saturation, plus black and white, and changing film between every shot! Pushing a button enlarges the center of the frame to check your focus, and pushing another button while in manual focus mode has the camera auto-focus once - which is perfect when I want to use the auto-focus feature but do not want to miss a shot because it is re-focusing. I tend to get more good pictures now because I can immediately view my shots and tell if I've got something wrong. Also, this camera feels well-balanced and all the controls are easy to reach.
It has a tripod socket, but no cable release. There is a 2 second and 10 second timer. As with all digital cameras, there is a small delay between pushing the shutter button and taking the picture, but its pretty quick on this camera. You will get used to the timing with practice.
For the serious photo buff, I suggest two full sets of recharable batteries (NiMH) and the highest-capacity high-speed memory cards you can afford. You then have free film for life!
It didn't fit in my purse - so I bought a bigger purse.
The S602 had enough manual features to keep me happy, things like manual focus, fstops, etc...
The navigational features of the S602 are very intuitive and easy to navigate. I was seriously considering the Olympus C-4000, but the C-4000 didn't have an intuitive interface, so it was either more MegaPixels or good interface, for me a great interface means more time to take great pictures.
The only problem and a common complaint on most digital cameras is that the batteries die too quickly. If you get this camera, make sure you get an AC-5V adapter when you download your images to your computer.
IMPORTANT:
I have modified this review in light of investigations leading me to find out I was wrong about the hardness setting concerns.
What I thought was smearing due hard/soft image setting is due to the ISO setting! WHEN USING ISO 400, FINE DETAIL IS SMEARED giving the picture an odd, fudgy, appearance. Once I set the camera to ISO 160 for outdoor work, all is fine.
MINOR niggles:
Battery cuts out with VERY little warning (like a few seconds!).
Not good AUTO focussing in dim conditions.
Tricky to use manual focussing (don't know if there is another camera with an electronic viewfinder which offers better, but...). The camera uses a small blown up area in the centre of the screen to focus on, but its not too easy (neat feature though)
Can be a little tricky to navigate round all the features (but I'm getting used to it).
Would've been nice to see more lower res options; eg 1024x786, and why have a 'basic' 450k version of the 2000x3000 image????
Slight, but noticeable unfocussing at image edges (left and right) on hi res shots.
NOT a pocket camera.
SUMMARY OF GOOD POINTS:
Big and high quality lens giving nice, and colourful images and the flash is not need for most pics which is great!
FANTASTIC features from full auto control to completely manual with light metering; I'm still learning about them after three weeks of constant use!
Virtually everything is customisable.
Very good range of shutter speeds opening up great possibilities (including flash synced pics down to 1/10000 sec!)
Preview mode (click once you are happy with a shot to store)
Dual/triple media format; CF (upto 512mb - not the 128 in the manual), SM and IBM Microdrive.
Display grid making accurate horizons a breeze.
Three shot mode; one over exposed, one 'normal' exposure, and one under exposed.
Multi expose pictures as many times as you wish, building layer upon layer of imaging.
VERY GOOD battery life. Much better than my old camera; well over 100 pics using the flash intermittently and also the screen all the time! Use NIMH batteries though.
6x Zoom -very useful; more than I would have thought.
640 X 480 Full vga movie mode with sound.
ISO 1600 option for low light no flash pics (a bit grainy for usual pics, though)
NOT a pocket camera (looks the part).
So many other good things and more which I have not discovered yet!
It can be used as a point and click snapper, or it has all the manual features one could hope for for really creative shooting.
The fact that you have COMPLETE manual control from 15 secs shutter down to 1/10000 AND aperture settings from F2.8 - F11. This completely manual option is coupled with a very handy light meter which means that the manual mode is really easy to use. In fact I use it for most scenery pics.
I bought this camera for work (machinery pics) and mainly for its big lens for capturing good pics without flash in lowish light.
It has delivered a heck of a lot more; I now look at the old Olympus C2000Z and at this side by side. I paid the same price for the Oly four years ago and thought cameras had not moved on since; I was wrong!
Having said all this I am aware that other cameras now may offer even more to the consumer; I think this camera offers a little more to the creative user - If you think you will never use the major creative features of this camera and picture size and quality are absolute criteria, look elsewhere as you'll find cameras which will offer a smidgen better picture quality or higher resolution, but for a blend of excellent picture quality, all the features you could want, and value for money (price for this unit is very keen now), then look no further.
Major Con:
I'll let the others talk about the details, but I just got off the phone with Fuji tech support and was told Fuji is saying to stay away from CompactFlash and use Microdrive instead. Microdrives cost ALOT more just so you know.
A few other items I bought were a case, a recharger and rechargeable batteries as well as a card reader and compact flash card (128 MB).
I chose the Fuji.. and here's why:
In simple, the Fuji offered the most of what I want. It has all my manual controls, it has nice focusing controls, it has adequate megapixel count, firm body, compact flash support, nice grip, decent software, good zoom, dual-media drives, superior movie mode ..
The only downfalls to this camera: It's only 3.1 Megapixel, no matter what anyone tells you. But, for me, that was enough. I never print ANYTHING larger than 8 x 10, and if I ever plan to, I can use the interpolated 6 MP mode. AND no auto-focusing assiting lamp. But the manual controls this camera offers more than make up for it.
Do yourself a favor and buy the Fuji. Don't be fooled by what you think you need. Longer zoom isn't that big of a deal. 6x is plenty, any farther and you get camera shake. Megapixel count is excellent for just 3. It's certainly enough for the average consumer. It might look clunky, but it fits snuggly in my purse.
What more reason did you need?
1. Read the manual - I din't and did not use most features for a while.
2. Make sure you buy a 12x (12 speed) CF with at least 128MB memory. This gives you about 400+ picture.
3. Make sure you have a battery re-chager... help.
Enjoy - you'll not make a mistake with this.
Next, the camera controls are maximum user-unfriendly. After 3 months of operation, I was unable to figure out how to adjust exposure (or at least turn auto-exposure off). For example, when you use the camera for document scanning (for example to speed up document conversion into digital files) with lots of white paper and 20% text, it adjusts the image too dark. While the usual text scanner software (I use Caere), works with it notwithstanding, the image shows a medium to dark brown background. That is the case even when you set it on manual.
This does not happen in normal operation, though: in fact, color, exposure (even under difficult lighting conditions) and resolution is excellent in real life situations; they are nearly perfect. If the image would be recorded at the time the button is pushed the camera would be ok.
Next, the camera does not have a remote control. While for regular photography it may seem unimportant, in a repro-stand, or for that matter in studio photography, a remote would come in handy.
Finally, the mechanical design is Mickey Mouse. After inserting approx. 5 times over three months the 1394 cable into the camera-based connector, the connector disappeared somewhere inside the camera and can no longer be found, a gaping hole is there instead. I did not even use one of the heavily shielded 1394 cables. When it was working before the connector disappeared, though, the camera provided excellent moving picture results for Internet (cable) communications.
It is a pitty that an excellent concept was executed so poorly.
* Total exposure control
* Terrific quality for the money
* May need to rely on automatic features.
I am a huge photo geek. I'm not sure what it is about photography that gets my motor going, but I just love every aspect of it. And, yet, I'm not in the camp that believes that I must have the latest and greatest of everything in order to be a good photographer. In the end, the equipment is of little matter: it's just the light, the subject, the film media and you.
It took me a while to get on the digital bandwagon. Initially, I went halfway and purchased a film scanner to get my 35mm negatives into digital form. While this is great for existing photos or for situations where you absolutely need to shoot on film for some reason, it slows down the workflow considerably. First, the film needs to be developed. Then you need to scan each negative individually on the computer. It can take as long as an hour to scan a full roll of 36 images. And, just like working in the darkroom, any dust specs are made larger than life in the final image, which requires some time messing with PhotoShop. This is not ideal for high-capacity work.
After about six months of research, I finally decided on the Fuji FinePix S602. Fuji has a reputation for selling excellent digital cameras that produce remarkable pictures, and the S602 is no exception. I compared this to several of the Canon and Olympus prosumer models as well as several other Fuji cameras.
I was looking for a camera that would allow me to have complete manual control over exposure and aperture as well as automating everything for me for when I was feeling lazy. In addition, I wanted it to be able to produce images that could be faithfully printed to sizes up to 8 x 10, though most of my digital work would be for the web. Since I have a full lighting set up, I also wanted a hotshoe so that I could take advantage of external lighting.
Initially, I leaned toward the Fuji FinePix 2800, which has a 2.1 MegaPixel CCD and runs at almost half the price of the S602. After some soul-searching, I decided that 2.1 MP wasn't near enough for what I wanted. In addition, the 2800 is uncomfortably small for my hand, while the S602 feels like it was designed specifically with my big ol' hands in mind.
The S602 is rather bulky compared to a lot of the cameras out there (except maybe for the Minolta Dimage). I'm not entirely sure what the obsession with smaller cameras is all about. I don't want a camera that I can accidentally inhale. The S602 is about 3/4 the size of my Canon Rebel G, which I feel is a perfect size. It's fairly light and has all of the controls in an easily accessible location. At first, all of the buttons and options for this thing may seem mind-boggling. After just a little practice, though, I found the user interface to be absolutely intuitive and easy to handle.
Another feature I looked for was the ability to quickly capture images one after another. I had played with too many digital cameras that required several seconds between shots, which is frustrating when you're trying to work fast. The S602 has several rapid-fire modes, but I have found its standard shot-to-shot speed to be more than sufficient for most of my needs. I don't ever feel like I'm waiting to press the shutter.
Perhaps the one thing that pushed me the strongest in the direction of purchasing this model was the fact that it takes both Compact Flash and SmartMedia memory cards. In fact, you can use both cards at the same time, switching to one when the other has filled up. It would have been nice if Fuji had made this easier - you can only switch cards from the "setup" mode of the camera rather than through one of their shifted shortcuts - but it's not a major inconvenience.
Fuji has touted the fact that this camera can produce an effective 6.1 megapixels. Keep in mind, though, that the CCD is only capable of 3.1 megapixels, so anything above that is interpolated, which means the software analyzes the picture and inserts its best guess of what pixels would best pad the image to boost it to higher numbers. The 6.1 MP images are fairly nice and probably a bit better than I could get out of PhotoShop, but they are not as pin-sharp as they would be from a true 6.1 MP CCD. Bottom line: if you're considering buying this camera thinking it's a 6.1 MegaPixel camera, save your money for a true 6 MP camera.
While I'm mostly satisfied with this purchase, there does seem to be one major flaw with this camera. I like being able to manually focus on my subjects. I'm not sure why I distrust autofocus so much, but I'm not a big fan of using it exclusively. Both the Electronic View Finder and the screen on the back allow you to zoom into one area so that you can manually adjust the focus to a specific subject, but it seems that, no matter how hard I try, I just can't get it pin-sharp. Even when it looks good in the view finder, it looks blurry once I have uploaded the image to the computer. The autofocus does a pretty good job of fixing this for me, but I'd like to be able to do this manually without hassle. It may just require more practice on my part.
All in all, I'm thrilled with this camera. It does everything I could hope for and more, provides a seemingly endless number of functions to help boost the creativity of my photography and produces absolutely beautiful images that are of an extremely high quality. I would heartily recommend this camera to anyone looking for a fairly inexpensive equivalent to their 35mm SLR.
First things first: I have to applaud Amazon[.com] for advertising this camera as a 3.3mp. Buyer beware--although you might see Fuji and/or other stores advertise this as being a 6mp camera, this is after the interpolation process that Fuji cameras use. The sensor in this camera is 3mp, and through a special process the camera goes through, you end up with a 6mp image. It looks good, but not as good as a picture from a *true* 6mp camera. Go to Fuji's website to read more about the process. Regardless of that, this camera is fully capable of making beautiful prints sized 8x10 and even larger.
The camera is made really well. The body is lightweight and feels "right" in your hands. I was kind of shocked to see the use of AA batteries. Normally they last no longer than an hour or so in digital cameras. Somehow Fuji has managed to fix all that. I use this camera all the time, and the batteries last several hours. The screen as well as the electronic viewfinder are very clear and easy on the eyes.
Typically the movie mode that digital cameras have are pretty poor quality. The Fuji's movie mode features a 30fps rate and fairly good sound quality. The best I've seen in a digital camera.
Other features on this camera that really stand out are the implementation of a 6x OPTICAL zoom, a manual focus ring (really useful at times), manual modes, and a hot shoe for a flash. Unfortunately the hot-shoe flash is not TTL and will require you to do manual settings, but at least it's there.
A good effort from Fuji--highly recommended.
Everything else is great. BUY IT NOW.
6x optical zoom was the main reason I bought this camera. Lens seems to be fast and precise.
I am used to manual settings and this camera has it all. Automatic settings works great too. Of course, sometimes you need to use manual focusing to avoide zooming on the wrong subject!
If you decide to buy this camera, make sure you budget an additional few hundred bucks for Smart-Media (16mb that comes with camera is a joke), case, AC adapter and Battery charger, etc.
**Cons: it drains 4 AA batteries in no time. Fuji should have included rechargeable batteries.
Fuji web site is not very informative in regards to this model. For instance, they listed an AC adapter for this model without any brands, model# or specifications. Their description says the adapter charges batteries on SOME cameras. They don't have the adapter in stock either.
You will have a superb camera with excellent photo quality and also a true 30 fps video camcorder, all in one. It feels like an SLR camera with all the features the enthusiast photographer could expect.
Pros:
- 6X optical zoom lens
- Full manual or automatic controls
- Industry-leading movie mode
- Very good image quality
- Great macro mode
- SmartMedia and CompactFlash Type II slots
- Overall camera operation feels quick
- Support for external flash
- Feels good and solid, nice ergonomic touches
- The best electronic viewfinder
- Good battery life
- Excellent software
Cons (minor problems):
- Poor low light auto focus
- No indication of battery life status. So, always carry battery backup
Conclusion: excellent camera even for professional use.
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