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Review: Fujifilm Finepix S9600 (S9100)
Is the Fuji S9600 (S9100 in the US) a good camera? ThinkCamera sought to find that out with a production unit of the camera in their hands.
In his report, reviewer Andy Lane noted that the 9-megapixel S9600, which has a 10.7x zoom, is great for landscapes, portraits and macros. And because it does not require any changing of the lens, there’s no worry of getting dust onto the sensor ever.
“Overall it's a nice camera worth buying if you don't want to go up to an SLR just yet. It feels nice in your hand and is well balanced. The buttons are placed logically and are easy to use,” Lane said. He also liked the S9600’s quick focus, intelligent flash and bundled software.
What’s not to like? Pictures are noisy at ISO 400 and above. Notice too that Lane’s sample photos are not as crisp and sharp as one would want it to be, considering that the S9600 will cost you between $500 and $600 to buy.
[Via: ThinkCamera.com]
November 16th, 2006 at 12:49 am
Greetings. As a Fuji S9100 user, I can attest to the sharpness and resolution of this camera. As for the comment that "Lane’s sample photos are not as crisp and sharp as one would want it to be…", I can only attribute that to either a bad sample, no jpeg processing, or technique. Please see the images on my homepage to indicate the sharpness and overall quality I am getting. Thank you!
November 16th, 2006 at 4:17 am
thanks for pointing that out, steve. i looked at your website and indeed your photos are sharp and of very high quality. i can't pick out, though, which ones were taken by the S9100 as there are no info on this. however, if i assume that all those pictures were taken with the S9100, then lane could learn a thing or two from you. thanks again.
December 4th, 2006 at 2:33 am
Hi Chris.
Thanks for the kind words! To answer your question, all the images on my homepage (http://www.totalqualityphoto.com) with the exception of the Tai Chi Sword) were taken with the Fuji S9100. It is indeed a fine compact digital camera, and I believe that the only way to surpass its image quality would be with a good DSLR or medium format camera. You can print excellent 11×14s from the files produced with this camera! If you need to know any specifics on the S9100, feel free to drop me an email.
Thanks and Happy Holidays!
~Steve
Steve@totalqualityphoto.com
January 26th, 2007 at 8:24 am
Some ISO 1600-400 samples:
http://highiso.net/fuji/fujifilm-finepix-s9100-fujifilm-finepix-s9600.html