I’ve had this camera for over a year now. It is wonderful except for low light conditions. Flash seems to be weak compared to Cannon or Sony brands. Using the high ISO is indeed grainy, but that’s common with all cameras.
I think the problem is the flash is not strong enough. The camera tries to compensate by using high ISO and slow shutter speed which causes frequent grainy and blurry photos in low light situations. Make sure to use the anti-shake feature for every shot.
With adequate light however, the pictures are very clear. I have 3 Fuji cameras and have analyzed several Sony and Cannon cameras. I think Fuji excels with their Macro feature. But unless you’re a stamp collector or entomologist that might not matter to you.
It’s a well-known fact that Fujifilm, a Japanese company is the one of the giant in photographic and imaging technology and also produces computer media storage consumables.
Fujifilm has released yet another camera -- Finepix s1500fd is the successor of the Finepix s1000, which has created a wide awareness in the world of DSLR cameras through its megazoom operation without using mechanical image stabilization. This s1500fd is a latest 10 megapixel camera with a 12x optical zoom. It has a huge array of shooting modes and can also be accessed in full manual mode or aperture and shutter priority, which gives a lot of controls to its user.
With Automatic Scene Recognition, this camera cleverly identifies six types of scenes automatically. Most of the consumers look for anti-blur technology in the cameras for snapping out quality images. For those consumers, the Finepix s1500fd is a perfect choice since it has Picture Stabilization Technology that uses fast shutter speeds with high sensitivity in order to prevent almost all types of blurs in image.
Apart from these features, this gadget also has dual image stabilization to steady the photographer’s hand by controlling shake and movement of that long lens. Moreover this camera is loaded with other common, but latest features like Face Detection along with Automatic Red Eye Removal, Instant Zoom, and Continuous High Speed Shooting mode. Once the pictures are snapped, it’s is displayed as a preview on a 2.7 inch LCD screen and also incorporates electronic viewfinder at full resolution.
In short, this Fujifilm Finepix s1500fd camera offers a promising image quality that assures to satisfy the consumers’ needs.
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I was taken aback by the handful of one and two star ratings this camera received. Frankly, I couldn’t imagine anything but 4’s and 5’s.
The first thing I fell in love with was the Fuji’s vivid color. The anti-shake function works perfectly. So even hand held shots remain sharply in focus. Sport mode? Well, I’d say a ball frozen mid-air over home base, would qualify as a sweet shot. Macro? I’ve captured dew drops on spider webs that looked like enormous jewels with every flower and tree nearby clearly reflected.
And that’s the problem with customer reviews. Often the malfunction is not the equipment but the people using the equipment. I mean no insult here. I just wish people would make certain “before” they write a review that it’s really the item and not the operator. Reviews influence choices.
As for Fuji’s service….that I can’t speak to. I’ve had no problems with it and I’ve had my S8000fd approximately 2 years. I take it everywhere and will shoot everything and anything. So it gets a work out. Nothing has fallen off, fallen short, or in anyway disappointed.
Basically, if you’re pondering the notion of buying this camera, don’t let the handful of bad reviews here sway you over-much.
PS. I don’t work for Fuji, honest. But I am attached to my camera. Which probably explains my instant jump into the defensive. UGH! I’m owned by a camera. Go figure.
I work in community documentation, folkloristics, journalism, and oral history.
This is my field camera. I take pics for three column newsprint runs, digital interview projects that document people in their homes, and sense of place photography. I always shoot in auto, sometimes macro.
When set on the highest resolution, the images are about 3.2 to 3.3 in size (ok for large newsprint applications) and the shutter speed is quick. Quick.
Best of all, the camera is completely silent- no shutter speed sound to distract people like my friend’s lastest pro canon. It’s small, it’s light, and it’s affordable.
The flash is super bright (I don’t usually use it) and will light up the night, literally. The video is more than sufficient, and is smooth in frames, with across the yard sound of kids talking to you coming in clear.
I have owned three since the s5000, and- even as a pro- have no plans to switch cameras. The worst I can say about it is the body is crafted out of cheaper materials than the s5000 was, and I’m not fond of the hinged part of the battery case. But, it hasn’t broke yet, and I’ve had it since it first shipped, and I batter it in my purse daily.
Oh- without the flash battery life is excellent, and you always find a couple more aa batts no matter the time or place.
All photos at http://www.whyherewhynow.org were taken with this camera. Have a look at pottery wall for closeups, and “people” (esp. k & d) for moving action shots.
Considering another for work in schools with kids…
I’ve had this camera for over a year now. It is wonderful except for low light conditions. Flash seems to be weak compared to Cannon or Sony brands. Using the high ISO is indeed grainy, but that’s common with all cameras.
I think the problem is the flash is not strong enough. The camera tries to compensate by using high ISO and slow shutter speed which causes frequent grainy and blurry photos in low light situations. Make sure to use the anti-shake feature for every shot.
With adequate light however, the pictures are very clear. I have 3 Fuji cameras and have analyzed several Sony and Cannon cameras. I think Fuji excels with their Macro feature. But unless you’re a stamp collector or entomologist that might not matter to you.
I bought this camera essentially as a megapixel upgrade from my Finepix s5000, which served me very well but produced images only at 3.2MP. I am sorely disappointed with the s8000, so much so that I sometimes bring out the s5000 if I know I won’t have time to set up the shot carefully. The main cons to this camera are:
1) Very slow. Lack of speed is the major problem with this camera. It is slow to start up, slow to transfer images to memory, and very slow between depressing the fire button and the picture being taken. Many shots are lost due to this delay.
2) Poor “Auto” mode image quality. Sets ISO too high & shutter speed too low, producing grainy and/or blurry photos even under normal lighting conditions. Since Auto mode is a failure, I have to manually adjust the settings for each shot.
3) Poor image clarity. Images are frequently slightly, but still noticeably, blurry. I suspect this is a lens problem, since getting the optics right on an 18x zoom lense that can also do supermacro would be extremely difficult. I think they tried to jam too many optical features into one camera body.
4) Autofocus is quite unreliable. You really have to watch what it grabs on to.
5) Flash is even harsher than it was on my s5000.
On the bright side, as with other Fuji cameras I’ve used/owned, the body is sturdy and quite comfortable in the hand, image transfer is pretty fast, and navigating the interface is quite intuitive.
Even for the price, I would never recommend that anyone purchase this camera. There are many available for the same price that are far better (and now, of course, this camera is also outdated).
I purchased this camera for its long zoom and have not been pleased. I enjoy taking photos of birds but this camera has a hard time focusing on an object that is far off. If I want to take a picture of a bird that is at the end of the zoom range and there is a tree in the background that takes up more of the frame, the camera will focus on the tree and the subject in the center will be out of focus.
The camera is near useless indoors as any picture taken of people will be blurry if the subject moves the least little bit and all photos have been extremely noisy when taken on the auto mode.
I have taken some beautiful photos with this camera but not without lots of deleted photos in the process. I am now looking at purchasing another “super zoom” camera to replace this one.
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