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December 3, 2007

Fuji Finepix S8000fd Reviewed

DPReview has the Fuji Finepix S8000fd up for review today. The camera features a huge 18x optical zoom with a 27mm to 486 mm equivalent range. The sensor is 8MP and the camera can do ISO6400 at 4MP.

Other features include face detection, fast 15fps shooting at 2MP and uses xD and SD memory cards. The pros fort eh camera are great zoom range, versatile, bright output, good detail, effective image stabilization, and good electric viewfinder among other features.

The cons are strong purple fringing, JPEGs soft and over sharpened no RAW mode, plastic tripod mount, and short battery life among others. The verdict is that the S8000fd is an interesting attempt at a do everything camera. The camera gets the DPReview recommended rating.

Via DPReview

Posted by shane at December 3, 2007 11:11 AM