Fuji S6000fd Digital Camera Review

Fuji S6000fd

Digital Camera Review

2.1 I know what you’re thinking: “I just read this review a few weeks ago.” It’s true that we gave you our first impressions of the Fujifilm FinePix S6000fd from the show floor at Photokina 2006, but this article was written after spending more time with the camera and subjecting it to our thorough testing process. Rather than snapping photographs in the strangely lit overcrowded convention center, we’ve run the S6000fd through a battery of tests in and out of the studio and taken hundreds of pictures with it. This FinePix comes with a long 10.7x optical zoom lens and a face detection system that is the model’s headline feature. The 6.3-megapixel digital camera retails for $499 and has been on the market since September.
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Picture Quality / Size Options (7.5)
In the setup menu, the default image format of JPEG can be switched to RAW. RAW files take up a lot of space on the memory card (too much to fit even one picture on the internal memory), but the advantage of an uncompressed image file is that it is much more flexible when editing in software later. The JPEG images are all normally compressed except for the top resolution, which allows Fine and Normal choices. The following image sizes are available from the “F” menu under the Quality heading: 2848 x 2136, 3024 x 2016 (3:2), 2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, and 640 x 480. Beside each image size in the menu, the number of pictures left on the memory card using the respective image size is displayed. This helps users choose which quality to use depending on the situation, how many pictures they still need to take, and how large they will want to print the pictures.

Picture Effects Mode (6.25)
The “F” menu also allows access to a typical list of color modes: Standard, Chrome, and Black & White. The Chrome option over-saturates colors, similar to other manufacturers’ models that title this mode Vivid or Rich. The Black & White mode looks just as it is supposed to, so there’s nothing unique about the color modes on the FinePix S6000fd. Most cameras – particularly those marketed to enthusiasts - now have some form of parameters for contrast, saturation, and sharpness. This Fuji only has a control for the sharpness; it can be set to Hard, Standard, or Soft.
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