Rounding out this week's Fujifilm deluge come the long-zooming Fujifilm FinePix S1600, S1800, S2500HD. They're a trio of 12-megapixel superzoom cameras, each with a 28mm wide angle, equivalent to a 35mm camera. The S1600 sports a 15x optical zoom lens, while the S1800 and S2500 pack 18x zooms.
All three models feature image stabilisation to stop your images getting all blurry from shaky hands. They all shoot high-definition video. The S2500 earns its HD tag with the addition of a mini-HDMI connection, allowing it to connect to an HDTV. That's a standard feature on most cameras these days so hardly seems worth an HD tag, but unlike the likes of Samsung, Panasonic and Sony, Fujifilm doesn't make tellies so doesn't usually bother.
Other new features to Fuji's bridge-camera range include smile and blink detection and automatic image rotation in playback mode.
The S1600, S1800 and S2500HD all zoom into town in March. Click 'Continue' to see the official pictures, and zoom in on the prices.
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jimbo1 12 August, 2010 14:07
i am having trouble registering my S1800 refurbished camera the only registration sites are in USA and will not accept my application
JacobHunt 23 April, 2011 06:23
For the money, this is a great camera. It has the feel of an DSLR but is capable of point & shoot, which makes it very versatile. It doesn't seem to be quite as good a very close-up shots as I thought it might have been, although that could be me, as I am not used to it yet. Macro setting quite often says too close, which is rather anoying as I bought it mainly for close-up work & if you switch to Super Macro, you can't use the flash.
I was concerned about it using AA batteries but once I fit some rechargeables, I found it very good on battery life, allowing me to take a lot of flash shots before the batteries were exhausted. Best bet is have 2 sets of rechargeables, so you always have a set ready to pop in, whilst the others are charging.
Transferring to PC is very easy once the software is installed. On my last point & shoot, I used to pop the SD card out & plug it into my PC & upload that way, so I planned doing the same with this one, but as the batteries are in the same compartment as the memory card, it is not the best idea, but plugging the PC USB lead in is simple & upload is quite fast.
All camera settings in the memory are kept whilst changing the batteries, which is very good, it saves having to enter the date/time etc every time you change the batteries. It would be better if the lens cap would attach to the camera, instead of the strap, but there doesn't seem to be an option to do that. I bought a carry bag so I don't use the camera strap & therefore have nowhere to attach the lens cap when not in use.
All in all it is a very good camera & is capable of taking some excellent shots.
*** If you are looking for this camera in low price I suggest at: amazon.co.uk/dp/B00342UTPC/?tag=reviews.cnet.co.uk-21