Fujifilm FinePix S1500

Auto Mode

The S1500 has a handful of automatic features to help users. The new addition to this series is automatic scene mode, which will automatically detect your shooting conditions and apply one of six different scene modes. This will adjust exposure, white balance and ISO accordingly. This mode is nothing new, but the S1500's predecessor did not have it. It also has facial detection and an automatic red eye removal tool.

Movie Mode

The movie mode on the S1500 captures VGA quality (640x480) clips at 30 frames per second. You can also opt to record in 432x240. Both formats will record audio.

Drive/Burst Mode

There are a few burst modes on the S1500. The top-3 and last-3 modes capture at 1.4 frames/second. There's a continuous burst mode that captures at the same rate. Top-6 mode will capture images 5 Megapixels or lower at 3.3 frames per second. Top-15 mode can get 7.5 frames per second with a 2-Megapixel cap.

The burst mode is a bit on the slow side.

Playback Mode

There are a handful of playback modes. There's a slide show function, facial detection mode with red eye removal, a cropping tool, image rotation, and voice memos. Overall, the S1500 covers the basics.

Custom Image Presets

There are 14 scene modes to choose from on the S1500: portrait, landscape, sport, night, night on a tripod, natural light, fireworks, sunset, snow, beach, museum, party, flower, and text. The camera also comes with automatic scene recognition mode, which will choose

You can either choose a scene mode from the above menu, or enable scene recognition mode, which will pick a scene mode for you.