Digital Camera Review

Digital Camera Review

Oct 02, 2006 - By Emily Raymond
The Fujifilm FinePix S6000fd, also called the S6500fd in Europe, was announced in July and made available in September. The 6.3-megapixel digital camera has a Fujinon 10.7x optical zoom lens complete with zoom and focus rings, which make it look like it is a lens that could be interchanged. Alas, the lens cannot be removed but conversion lenses can be attached. The S6000fd also has an i-Flash system that senses and compares the light falling on the background as well as on the subject and adjusts the output accordingly. This ultra-zoom digital camera is the company’s first with the face detection technology, which recognizes and tracks human faces as well as adjusts the focus and exposure for them. The Fujifilm FinePix S6000fd retails for $499 and comes with a host of innovative features.
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Picture Quality / Size Options
Within the shooting menu, users can choose to shoot in CCD-RAW format. This does not compress the image at all so users can enjoy more flexibility with it later when color-balancing or otherwise editing on a software program. The RAW shooting takes up a lot of space on the memory card though. The camera can’t even fit one RAW file on its internal memory. The default image format for the camera is JPEG. The following image sizes are available from the “F” menu: 2848 x 2136, 3024 x 2016 (3:2), 2048 x 1536, 1600 x 1200, and 640 x 480. The top resolution is available in Fine and Normal compressions and the other sizes are normally compressed.

Picture Effects Mode
Many digital cameras are including more elaborate color modes and in-camera editing effects. The Fujifilm FinePix S6000fd keeps a standard list though with Standard Color, Chrome, and Black & White options. The color modes all look decent and are nothing too outlandish. They can be found in the “F” menu.

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