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Fujifilm FinePix F200EXR Reviews Analysis

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Fujifilm FinePix F200EXR
alaSCORE 99

391 reviews

November, 2009

77 / 100

103 Experts

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What people think about the Fujifilm FinePix F200EXR: (BETA!)

We compute this summary by analyzing 391 reviews from across the web.

image quality

5

  • Image stabilization not hugely effective (though still nice to have)
  • Spotty image stabilization system
  • Excellent quality
  • generally sensible image pre-sets
  • superb image quality in most situations
  • 3-in-1 sensor offers significant advantages over vanilla CCDs, superb image quality in most situations
  • Image quality
  • Image quality, useful features, design, wide dynamic range
 
  • Fantastic image quality
  • Great overall image quality
  • Excellent photo quality
  • you just don't see image quality like this in compact cameras
  • EXR mode means it's hard to take a bad picture
  • Good image quality
  • Excellent image quality
  • The sharp picture nature
  • The ultimate perfection of the image quality
  • Image-ching
  • Perfect quality
  • Natural picture
  • lifelike picture
  • Distinguishes the person face, lifelike picture
  • Superb image quality
  • Superb image quality, excellent battery life, no loss of quality on zoom
  • Great picture quality
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price

0.5

  • EXR performance doesn't justify a major price premium over more conventional rivals
  • Pricey
  • Basic Movie mode for its price
  • the F200 EXR offers a fairly standard specification for its price: the sensor is the main stand-out feature
  • On the whole, the F200 EXR offers a fairly standard specification for its price: the sensor is the main stand-out feature
  • High ISO mode not really usable / On the chunky side / Expensive
  • The price is a little high
  • Too expensive
  • The price is expensive
  • high-priced
  • high price
  • Price too high
  • Price a bit high
  • A bit expensive
  • The high price
 
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performance

4

  • • Great potential in the EXR processor
  • Slow at processing EXR images
  • start-up could be a little faster
  • Lack of high speed connect clap function
  • Zoom speed too fast
  • Good all-round performance
  • EXR modes perform well (particularly the dynamic range mode)
  • High ISO performance up with the better compacts on the market
  • Fast
  • Good all-round performance, Pleasant, unobtrusive user interface, EXR modes perform well (particularly the dynamic range mode), EXR Auto mode makes it easy to get the best out of the sensor, High ISO performance up with the better compacts on the market, Dynamic range amongst the best we've ever seen, Good build quality and handling, Fast, generally reliable focus, Reliable exposure / metering, Good flash performance, Large clear screen, Large variety of scene modes, Usable results at ISO 1600, Efficient red eye removal, Film simulation modes give some simple, generally sensible image pre-sets
  • Slow start - up
  • Awkward menus, Slow start - up
  • Fast recycle times
  • very good dynamic range and high ISO performance in EXR modes
  • Super-fast focusing
  • Can do relatively fast action shots
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memory

0.5

  • only 48mb memory
 

focus

5

  • generally reliable focus
  • focus and colour are excellent
  • Exposure, focus and colour are excellent
  • Rapid focus in low light
  • Auto - focus is brilliant
 
  • Low - light capability, Auto - focus is brilliant
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color

4.5

  • Hope to have a variety of color
  • Velvia color style pleasing performance
  • To restore the good color
 

lens

0.5

  • • Slow lens
  • Wide-angle lens distortion heavier side
  • All confocal lens when noisy
  • wide - wide-angle lens distortion heavier side
  • 28mm wide lens
  • Wide angle 5x optical zoom lens
 

zoom

5

  • Wouldn't mind a little farther zoom on this
  • 5x optical zoom
  • 5x wideangle zoom range
  • EXR mode means it's hard to take a bad picture, 5x optical zoom
  • no loss of quality on zoom
 

LCD

4.5

  • edges around LCD can collect dust
  • LCD is hardly usable under direct sun light
  • Large LCD screen
  • Large clear screen
  • Large high quality 3.0 inch screen
  • Good size screen
 

video

0.5

  • No HD video capture
  • Average video modes (VGA
  • Average video modes (VGA, 30fps)
  • No high-definition video functions (only 640 * 480 @ 30fps audio video functions)
  • champion forgot to upgrade the low light video mode
  • You cannot set the bitrate of the video to 15mbps but you cal set the
  • record a video over 2Gb
  • this means 30 min (15 min o video
  • If the size is 640px, this means 30 min (15 min o video
  • single video not how much free space there is
 
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design

2.5

  • • Uninspired design
  • Bland and bulky design
  • Unexceptional design
  • it looks better than the excellent Canon cameras
  • Innovative sensor design
  • design
  • Compact metal body with improved controls and design over the F100
  • compact design
  • good looking
 

shutter

3

  • ON/OFF button is too close to the shutter/zoom lever
  • Manual aperture and shutter control
 

usability

5

  • • Decent manual controls
  • Limited aperture selection severely reduces usefulness of manual mode
  • Film simulation modes give some simple
  • Easy operation
  • EXR AUTO mode is simple to use
  • easy to use products
  • Easy to carry
 
  • simple and practical
  • The appearance of beautiful, simple and practical
  • Good ~ simple
  • Good ~ simple, generous
  • Good for use
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build quality

5

  • Good build quality and handling
  • great build quality (same as the F100 FD)
  • Capable AF, great build quality (same as the F100 FD)
 

flash

0.5

  • Auto mode with flash defaults to ISO 800 - even when it doesn't need to
  • Flash photos tend to bump up the ISO to ISO800 unnecessarily
  • Good flash performance
 

energy efficiency

0.5

  • Power range is bad
 

interface

0.5

  • occasionally confusing interface
  • Bland and bulky design, occasionally confusing interface
  • Outdated user interface
  • Lame interface
  • Lack of human interface
  • unobtrusive user interface
  • Lack of human interface,it looks better than the excellent Canon cameras
 
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exposure

3

  • No histogram for assessing exposure
  • or exposure bracketing
  • No histogram, or exposure bracketing
  • Reliable exposure / metering
  • Exposure
 

viewfinder

0.5

  • No optical viewfinder
  • making it useless as a viewfinder
  • No RAW mode or optical viewfinder
 

contrast

5

  • We found that choosing the film type Astia lowered contrast and saturation, producing better results than the default setting
 

resolution

4.5

  • though at reduced resolution
  • • Stunning range of ISOs, though at reduced resolution
  • The EXR sensor is very special indeed - forget the reduced resolution in DR and SN modes
  • The EXR sensor is very special indeed - forget the reduced resolution in DR and SN modes, you just don't see image quality like this in compact cameras
  • resolution so deep
  • compact design, nice sensor, resolution so deep
  • High-resolution
 
  • High-resolution , high-sensitivity low-noise point
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appearance

1.5

  • Wouldn't even place in a backwoods beauty contest
  • Appearance is not very good to see
  • There are pulsating ugly blobs of color in low light mode
  • image look somewhat more blurry and compression artifacts stand out much
  • The face department has the initiative a technique 3.0
  • The appearance of beautiful
  • Distinguishes the person face
 

sensor

5

  • No orientation sensor (All shots have to be manulaly rotated)
  • Some strange image artefacts around text - most likely due to the new sensor
  • EXR Auto mode makes it easy to get the best out of the sensor
  • Efficient red eye removal
  • 3-in-1 sensor offers significant advantages over vanilla CCDs
  • Trail-blazing EXR sensor technology
  • nice sensor
 
  • Almighty image sensor
  • Uses Super CCD EXR image sensor
  • EXR sensor
  • EXR sensor, easy operation
  • a new 12 million effective pixel Super CCD EXR sensor
  • Multiple Anti - Shake, a new 12 million effective pixel Super CCD EXR sensor
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menu

0.5

  • menu systems take some getting used to
  • MENU keys of shooting a MENU
  • MENU keys of shooting a MENU, set the shooting function
 

battery

0.5

  • Rather average battery life
  • Loose battery
  • Loose battery, start-up could be a little faster, edges around LCD can collect dust
  • Average battery life
  • Rechargeable battery- too bad
  • excellent battery life
  • Battery seems to last a long time even at top pixel and lots of viewing of photos
  • it would be kinda nice for the person on the go to just change batteries if they are low
  • Rechargeable battery- too bad, it would be kinda nice for the person on the go to just change batteries if they are low, not really a con, but my preference
 
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connectivity

0.5

  • Proprietary USB and A/V port
 

screen

0.5

  • No live histogram display
 

sound

0.5

  • Noisy operation
  • ISO settings over 400 make this very noisy
 

black level

0.5

  • The LCD is totally black in bright sunlight
  • The LCD is totally black in bright sunlight, making it useless as a viewfinder
 

reception

5

  • Advanced face detection
  • Includes face detection and anti-shake technologies
 

portability

3.5

  • Heavy barrel distortion at widest angle
  • Apparently the low light
  • great high-ISO quality for a compact
  • the light and shade are exhaustive
  • Compact
  • Low - light capability
  • but in the time that I have had it there have been a lot of action shots in the house under multiple light conditions that come out fantastic on EXR setting (auto picture taking
 

size

0.5

  • EXR image size is smaller
  • Telephoto length images show distortion and soft edges
  • Someone who doesn't understand why EXR is such a big deal might think that the F200 EXR is too expensive
  • Little expensive
  • If the size is 640px
  • Large variety of scene modes
  • but that's not all the big of a deal
  • Wouldn't mind a little farther zoom on this, but that's not all the big of a deal, I did not want to step up to an SLR size camera for the 15X feature
 
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