Fujifilm FinePix S9100

Fujifilm Finepix s9600 or Finepix s9100 is a prosumer or bridge digital camera released by Fujifilm in 2006 and intended for the enthusiastic amateur. The camera is basically an upgrade from the Finepix s9500 or s9000 due to a few technical faults such as the Command dial failure. A few upgrades have been put in place such as improved LCD size and quality, image sharpness and low light autofocus, the new camera acts as a definite upgrade to its predecessor. However. it does not have optical image stabilization, a desirable feature in long-zoom cameras. Consumers wanting that feature would have to wait until the next upgrade of this line of camera, the S100fs.

It has a long list of advanced prosumer features, like combining having wide angle (28mm equivalent on a 35mm camera) with having a long-zoom which is rare among long-zoom cameras (most of which being 35mm equivalent at the wide end of the zoom). It also has a full range of manual settings, mechanical zoom ring, high ISO-sensitivities and some of the versatile features of Live-Preview Digital cameras (LPDs) or compact cameras like movie mode, movable LCD panel, macro mode, etc.

Main Features

1. 9.0 million effective pixels (18 million when RAW-enabled)
2. RAW option
3. Lens: 6.2-66.7mm focal length (equivalent to 28-300mm on 35mm film)
4. Max aperture f/2.8-4.9
5. 21.4x total zoom (10.7x optical, 2.0x digital)
6. Macro mode starting from 1cm
7. Sensitivity: ISO equivalent to ISO 80/100/200/400/800/1600
8. Shutter speeds: 30 secs. to 1/4000 second
9. Hot shoe for external flash
10. Compact flash memory cards and XD
11. Video recording
12. Tilting 2.0-inch LCD with 235,000 pixels
13. Crop factor 4.5x

External links

• Fujifilm Finepix S9600 at Fujifilm.co.uk
• Dpreview.com
• Archived 2007-08-16 at the Wayback Machine Megapixel.net
• Archived 2007-07-16 at the Wayback Machine DigiCamReview