Digital Camera Review

Digital Camera Review

Positioned in the lower echelons of Fujifilm’s F-series, the FinePix F470 has a retail price of $279 and a stripped down style that emphasizes simple controls and a basic point-and-shoot aesthetic. The F470 features a 1/2.5 inch, 6 MP CCD, 16 MB of internal memory, a 3x optical zoom lens, 2.5-inch 115,000 pixel LCD screen, a handful of preset shooting modes, and a full auto mode. Manual controls aren’t overwhelming on this model, although it comes with ISO and exposure compensation in addition to preset white balance modes. The F470 does have hybrid functionality and will shoot video clips at a resolution of 640 x 480 at 30 fps with simultaneous, though not stunning, monaural audio. With an intuitive menu structure and understated design, the F470 has features that appeal distinctly to the beginners’ market.
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Auto Mode (7.0)
Moving the mode switch (placed on a ring around the shutter button) to the auto setting enters auto mode, where the camera controls nearly all parameters. Users will still have access to zoom, flash settings, self timer, macro mode, burst mode, setup menu, ISO, image size, and image color. Moving between this mode and the SP modes is a simple procedure, thanks to the easily accessible mode switch; although at first, it was occasionally mistaken for a zoom ring, it didn’t take much time to adjust to.

Custom Image Presets (7.0)
The scene modes for the Fujifilm FinePix F470 aren’t the exhaustive lists found with Casio and Olympus point and shoot cameras. Having fewer options isn’t necessarily a bad thing: to be perfectly honest, the prospect of scanning thirty or more preset scene modes with full text and demo images isn’t really thrilling. The options provided with this camera are functional and will cover most general situations.
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