http://www.sweeting.org/mark/blog/2005/09/29/fujifilm-finepix-f11-zoom The world according to marky moo Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:43:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.sweeting.org/mark/blog/2005/09/29/fujifilm-finepix-f11-zoom#comment-4293 slsmi2 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 12:57:43 +0000 http://www.sweeting.org/mark/blog/2005/09/29/fujifilm-finepix-f11-zoom#comment-4293 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. 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.

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