Fuji S602 Zoom Digital Camera Reviews

The S602 looks good with a dual-tone colour finish and rounded contours. The ergonomics of the camera is spot on with perfect weight balance. It is powered by four AA batteries that are placed such that they balance out the weight of the lens. The controls have been placed thoughtfully—the mode selection dial surrounds the shutter release button and the zoom controls are slightly angled to make it omfort-able to be operated by the thumb. The exposure mode selector has a rub-berised feel and provides good grip, and the command wheel is placed within thumb reach and offers a good tactile feel. It has a 3.1 megapixel CCD count and is provided with a zoom lens with 6x zoom. The camera features the third generation Super CCD technology, which helps in interpolating the image to 6 million pixels. You can also record a VGA video at 30 fps with the resolution set to 640x480. Its 1.8-inch TFT LCD monitor is easy to use indoors, but as with all LCD monitors, it’s difficult to use in bright sunlight, however you can use the Electronic View Finder, which has a tiny 0.44-inch LCD, instead. This camera includes a 16 MB Smart Flash card and is compatible with both Com-pact Flash type I/II slot and IBM’s micro-drive. It can be hooked on to a computer using the USB port, or the Video Out jack.
It also has a DC-In jack and a tripod stand mount. There are several automatic modes to make it easy for the aim-and-shoot users. A very interesting fea-ture is the ‘last five’ continu-ous shooting mode, where the camera takes up to 25 frames but records only the last five frames particularly useful when shooting at a sports event where you can predict the moment and start shooting just before the fin-ish so you don’t miss the action. In our test the camera captured fairly good details, producing good tonal balance, except that the red colour had a slight orange tinge when seen using the Histogram feature of Photo-shop. Also, the edges of the picture showed a blue halo. In our resolution test, the cam-era reproduced a high-quality image at a native resolution of 2832x2128. All in all, this high-end digital camera has good fea-tures. Its 6x optical zoom and support for attaching lenses such as telephoto and wide fish eye lens, make it a good choice for professionals. The only real hindrance is the price—at Rs 66,000 it is too expensive for a casual shut-ter-bug.
SPECIFICATIONS:
3.1 megapixel zoom lens, 6x optical zoom, 1.8-inch LCD monitor, 16 MB Smart Flash card, four AA batteries

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