http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/ Engadget Comments for Fujifilm FinePix S2000HD gets reviewed, all 15x of it http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/Oct 8th 2008 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/Oct 8th 2008 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/1. Don't be seduced by the "Megapixels". A 12 MP camera really isn't automatically going to take better shots than a 8 or even 6 MP one. In fact it might be (for a technical standpoint) worse!
2. Go into the store and actually try them in your hands. Compare the feel of the grip as well as the placement of the buttons and other controls.
3. Also, if you've got one, take a memory card with you to the store (most cameras consumer accept SD). Shoot of a bunch of photos with the cameras you're interested in, and then compare these when you get home.
4. If you want Image Stabilization, make sure it's the real deal. Some cameras claim stabilization by raising the ISO sensitivity. The problem is that higher sensitivity = more "grain" (noise).]]>Oct 9th 2008 3:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/
Fujifilm:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16830122161

Kodak:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16830170213]]>Oct 9th 2008 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/Oct 8th 2008 11:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/Oct 9th 2008 7:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/I want this even though I barely use the 6m, 4x one I have, even though it was only designed to be "generic" camera.

This one truly seems to be a "pro-sumer" the specs (DUAL stabilization?) really makes you wonder what the competition will have to come out with just to COMPETE with this in details/price

The only thing I don't like about it is that at first glance it looks like half the camera is missing (give me a couple of minutes and I'll get over that]]>Oct 9th 2008 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/Oct 9th 2008 12:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/
So, auto ISO is likely not going to be too bad. If you don't know anything about photography then it'll probably be just fine.]]>Oct 9th 2008 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/
Not a big fan of the huge zoom but if everything else is good.]]>Oct 9th 2008 6:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/4G CLass6 SDHC with Card Reader, A Good Camera Bag, 4x2700mah Sanyo Ni-Ch AA battery,, a
e-Benk Fast battery Charger, camera clean kits, LCD protector, nick-chain, a small desktop triple
and a bigger 1.2 meter aluminum triple(with fast-remove platform).

The camera build quality is good, image quality is ok. (compare to my old F20)
15x zoom is very useful, and 720P movie is so good.

My 4G SDHC card can take 1 hour 720p Mpeg4 movie, The Lens motor is quiet so I can zoom
while capture movie). "DUAL stabilization" is poor., and ISO performance is ok. (ISO800 still not bad)

However, I think "4 stars of 5" is correct score of this camera.]]>Oct 9th 2008 6:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/My favorite (non SLR) digicam for this summer is Panasonic's DMC LX3, with super wide (goes as wide as 24mm) and super fast (f/2.0 at 24mm and 2.8 at 60mm). see at http://www.dprguru.com/?model=257908983.
Although, I admit the S2000HD looks good, certainly better than last year's superzooms, especially with reasonable wide angle capabilities (27.6mm). I never understood how people could get so excited about superzooms with lenses that wouldn't go wider than 35mm.
]]>Oct 9th 2008 6:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/Try snapping a filter, or an extender on one of those retractable lens and see what happens.
I'll stick with my Panny FZ-50]]>Oct 9th 2008 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXUsDrZNssw]]>Oct 9th 2008 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/
1. the zoom is not variable. I had come to think that this is standard. It is also noisey. The manual warns you about the noise and suggests digital zoom when in video mode.
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2. The auto focus is not great. At two extremes, it is not very good. I took some great video of lightning in the clouds recently. If zoomed in too much, it goes out of focus very quickly. I think the auto focus should default to infinity when the zoom is maxed out. On the other end, I used super macro to take some pictures of ants in my cabinet that were taking the bait. There is some flower pattern covering in the cabinet and when the ants were in my sight, it wandered over to focus on the flowers.

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So, if you don't often go to extremes, it works great.]]>Oct 11th 2008 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/Oct 11th 2008 6:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/08/fujifilm-finepix-s2000hd-gets-reviewed-all-15x-of-it/
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Zoom bracketing takes three pictues and steps them up and down with the digita zoom. You can do this in your proscessing software. I'll give them the fact that the digital zoom is added before the compression down to JPEG, but it is a minor difference.
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