Fujifilm FinePix F11 Zoom
Could this be the one?
I’ve been looking for a compact digital camera for a long time! I’ve been thinking that the Fujifilm FinePix F10 would have been a good choice for a while for several reasons:
- It has a high ISO rating of 1600, meaning you can use it in low light
- It has a large 2.5″ LCD (though I hear it is rather low resolution)
- It has a 36mm lens (in 35mm terms). Not great but wider than a lot of compact cameras
However, it has been let down by the total absence of any manual control. The othe minor annoyance is the lack of a wide angle lens - 36mm (in 35mm film terms) is it’s widest focal length.
So how does the Fujifilm FinePix F11 improve on these features? Well, it seems to be the same as the F10, except it has manual controlls and a higher resolution display. So will I get it? I think so. Probably. I guess I’ll wait for some previews/reviews, and it’s not out until November so something better may come out from another company. Still, this looks like the best thing I’ve seen so far 
Right. An early night it is!
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January 3rd, 2006 12:57
Thanks to the wonders of Christmas, I am now the proud owner of a Finepix F11 and I have to say it is superb! It delivers everything that the F10 seemed to be lacking in the reviews, making it the most versatile, feature rich pocket camera I have ever seen. There are however a couple of things I would like to have seen included - the first is the ability to zoom during video mode (it does allow you to zoom to optical range before you start recording though, and also to use a better compression method - I only get 15 mins of VGA-resolution footage on a 1 gig card!). The second is a slightly smaller shell would have been nice, though it does fit in my jeans pocket at a sqeeze. The screen is brilliant, and the extra control over shutter speed and aperture means it is easier to correct incorrectly exposed shots that the auto mode occasionally makes (although 90% of the time it is pretty spot on). Would I recommend? Definitely yes, because compared to any other camera of this size or smaller, it takes the best all-round pictures. Most of those professional reviews only use laboratory test methods to rate cameras. How many of us really have the time or patience to take these types of shot, where every shot is taken on a tripod, only ever taking photographs of trees in bright sunlight or close-ups of flowers? Probably not many of us. If tests were performed in real-life situations, such as a hand held shot, taken at night out of flash range, then this camera would win hands down every time.