Hands-on with Fujifilm's new FinePix lineup

So where do you turn if you want the DSLR-like ergonomics but you're not big on the idea of picking which glass will be the best bet on your shoot? Fujifilm has some stuff to show you. New models to the FinePix lineup start out with the S100fd which lays claim to the world's smallest 12x zoom camera. Hopefully the "Picture Stabilization" will produce crisp looking shots from the 10-megapixels when the lens is racked out without boosting the ISO to grainytown. Moving up the line to the S8100fd gets you optical and electronic stabilization (thank you) on the same 10-megapixel resolution. The top of the heap, though, is the S100FS. You get an 11-megapixel sensor and a 14.3x zoom. Dual stabilization is a given for that kind of reach, and you can crank up the ISO to 6400 by binning down the resolution to 6-megapixels. The $800 price is pretty close to DSLR territory, but like we said, some people like the simplicity.

Hands-on with Fujifilm's new FinePix lineup

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 31st 2008 1:35PM]

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[Phil P Posted Jan 31st 2008 1:51PM]

You say the S100FS price is pretty close to DSLR's, but when you factor in how much it would cost you in lens's to match the range of the Fuji's optics, the price gap ends up being a lot bigger

[x25 Posted Jan 31st 2008 2:32PM]

I bought a Finepix S5100 a few years ago. Best camera I have ever used.