Fuji FinePix S5200 Digital Camera Review

Fuji FinePix S5200

Digital Camera Review

Nov 30, 2005 - By Patrick Singleton
1.8 The SLR-like Fujifilm FinePix S5200 is a 5.1 megapixel (effective) 10x ultra zoom camera with the typical priorities of a long zoom Fuji: it lacks optical image stabilization, but attempts to compensate with extended ISO settings up to 1600 and a pretty wide maximum aperture to allow fast shutter speeds, minimizing the need for image stabilization. Its images are captured with a 1/2.5” CCD and will appear on a 1.8” LCD monitor, as will its 640 x 480 or 320 x 240 video clips in AVI (Motion JPEG) format. The S5200 is a light, compact camera that offers manual control options, high sensitivity settings and a long telephoto lens to a range of consumers at a list price of $399.95 – going as low as $320 online.
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Software (7.0)
The FinePix S5200 is packaged with FinePix Viewer, for sorting, printing, and viewing images; RAW Converter LE, for converting RAW images to TIFF file format; and Image Mixer, for creating slide shows on CD and DVD. Image Mixer is more or less demonstration ware. To make DVDs, a S5200 owner will need to upgrade to the full version of the software.



The RAW converter does not offer options for tweaking images before they're converted, so some of the advantages that DSLR users expect out of RAW files are not present. Still, the converter produces a TIFF file, which is much more editable than an in-camera JPEG.

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