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Megapixels
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8MP
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9MP
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Price
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$489.95 (online)
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$559.95 (online)
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Dimensions
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5.5x5.4x3.8 inches, 23.8 ounces
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5x5.1x3.7 inches, 22.8 ounces
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Lens
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7.4 – 88.8mm f/2.8 – 3.7 Leica Vario Elmarit
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6.2 – 66.7mm f/2.8 – 4.9 Fujinon
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Dust and Moisture seals
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Unsealed, flimsy media door; other access areas aren't sealed either.
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Media door is big, but not sealed well. Because the S9000 takes both CF and xD cards, there are two slots that may allow dust in.
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Camera Controls
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Front and rear control dials make a range of adjustments quick and easy. They're particularly good for manual exposure adjustment.
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Rear-only control dial slows down some operations
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Menus
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The FZ30's menus are split into Record, Set-Up and Playback, with a few screens worth of choices in each subdivision. It can take a lot of scrolling to find a particular option.
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The S9000's menus are split into Record and Playback. Both are tabbed, which speeds up navigation. A Set-Up submenu brings up 5 more tabs of choices.
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Flash
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The built-in flash is rated to almost 15 feet for wide-angle shots. We tested the two cameras side-by-side, and found that their outputs are almost identical. The non-dedicated hot shoe allows the user to connect a more powerful flash, but does not offer through the lens metering, which means that flash exposure is to some extent manual with external flashes.
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The built-in flash is rated to 18 feet when the camera is set to wide-angle, but this assumes using the S9000's increased ISO settings. The non-dedicated hot shoe doesn't offer through the lens metering, either.
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