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Fujifilm Finepix S8000fd Review

By jason - up to 2007 (archived) • Oct 4th, 2007 • Category: Loose Ends, News for Creatives (archives), Photography

By Mark Goldstein of Photographyblog.com:

“The Fujifilm Finepix S8000fd digital ultra-zoom camera joins the likes of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18 and the Olympus SP-550 UZ by offering an 18x optical zoom lens. Fujfilm have wisely included a CCD-shift image stabilisation system, which should ensure that most of your shots remain sharp even when using the massive telephoto range on offer. Interestingly the 18x lens starts at 27mm wide, just beating the 28mm lenses of the Panasonic and Olympus models, and ends at 486mm, which should cover virtually every imaginable photographic situation. An 8 megapixel sensor, 2.7-inch LCD monitor with a refresh rate of 60 frames per second, electronic viewfinder, Face Detection system and battery life of up to 400 pictures on a single set of Ni-MH rechargeable batteries complete the headline specifications. So is the Fujifilm Finepix S8000fd the ultimate swiss-army knife of the camera world, or a lot less than the sum of its parts? Mark Goldstein found out…”

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