Pros: Its a nice camera, very good zoom. The look-through lense is impossible to use, its very hard to see. Just use the huge LCD. After using it I wished I had waited and got the Rebel eos, but good for general picture taking.
Cons: Have not found a way to save images in RAW format, only precompressed jpegs. I am told RAW is better and I dont believe this camera supports it.
Other Thoughts: This is my first prosumer camera, upgrading from point-and-shoot, so the shutterspeed and other settings are a bit new to me. [tubepress mode=’tag’, tagValue=’FinePix S1500′, resultsPerPage=’9′]General
Brand FUJIFILM
Series FinePix S Series
Model FinePix S1500
Color Black
Dimensions 102.5(W) x 73.0(H) x 67.8(D)mm / 4.1″ (W) x 2.9″ (H) x 2.7″ (D) (excluding accessories and attachments)
Weight Approx. 324g/11.4 oz. (excluding accessories, batteries and memory card)
Type SLR-like
Image Sensor
Image Sensor 1/2.3″ CCD
Effective Pixels 10.0 MP
Resolution 3648 x 2736
Image Stabilization CCD-shift type
Lens
Optical Zoom 12X
Digital Zoom 5.7X
Focal Length f=5.9 – 70.8mm, equivalent to 33 – 396mm on a 35mm camera
Aperture f/2.8-5.0
Shutter
Shutter Speed (Auto mode) 1/4sec. to 1/2000sec., (All other modes) 8sec. to 1/2000sec.
Self-timer Approx. 10 sec./2 sec.delay
Focus
Auto Focus Auto focus (Area, Multi, Center, Tracking) / Continuous AF
Normal Focus Range Wide: Approx. 40cm / 1.3ft. to infinity
Telephoto: Approx. 1.5m / 4.9ft. to infinity
Macro Focus Range Wide: Approx. 5cm – 3m / 2.0in. – 9.8ft.
Telephoto: Approx. 80cm – 3m / 2.6ft. – 9.8ft.
Super Macro
Approx. 2cm – 1m / 0.8in. – 3.3ft.
Flash
Flash Mode Red-eye removal OFF: Auto, Forced Flash, Suppressed Flash, Slow Synchro.
Red-eye removal ON: Red-eye Reduction Auto, Red-eye Reduction & Forced Flash, Suppressed Flash, Red-eye Reduction & Slow Synchro.
Flash Range Wide: Approx. 40cm – 8.7m / 1.3ft. – 28.5ft.
Telephoto: Approx. 1.5m – 4.8m / 4.9ft. – 15.7ft.
Macro
Wide: Approx. 30cm – 3.0m / 1.0ft. – 9.8ft.
Telephoto: Approx. 80cm – 3.0m / 2.6ft. – 9.8ft.
Exposure
Exposure Control Programmed AE, Aperture Priority AE, Shutter Priority AE, Manual
Metering System TTL 256-zones metering
Sensitivity Auto / Auto(800) / Auto(400) / Equivalent to ISO 64 / 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600 / 3200 / 6400 (Standard Output Sensitivity)
* ISO 3200/6400: 3M pixels or lower (Number of recorded pixels)
White Balance
White Balance Automatic scene recognition
Preset: (Fine, Shade, Fluorescent light (Daylight), Fluorescent light (Warm white), Fluorescent light (Cool white), Incandescent light), Custom
Viewfinder & Monitor
Viewfinder 0.2″ 200K
LCD 2.7″ 230K
Functions
Continuous Drive Top-3 (max. 1.4 frames/sec.)
Last-3 (max. 1.4 frames/sec.)
Long-period (max. 1.4 frames/sec.)
Top-6, High speed (max. 3.3 frames/sec., 5M pixels or lower)
Top-15, Ultra high speed (max. 7.5 frames/sec., 2M pixels or lower)
Tripod Mount Supported
Shooting Modes Auto, SR Auto, SP, P, S, A, M, C, Panorama, Movie
Scene Modes Portrait, Landscape, Sport, Night, Night (Tripod), Natural Light, Fireworks, Sunset, Snow, Beach, Museum, Party, Flower, Text
Playback Slideshow, Face Detection (with Red-eye removal), Trimming, Single frame and Multi-frame playback (with Micro thumbnail), Sorting by date, Image rotate, Voice Memo, Histograms (Highlight warning)
Movie
Movie Format AVI (Motion JPEG) with sound
Movie Recording 640 x 480 @ 30 fps
320 x 240 @ 30 fps With monaural sound
* Optical or digital zoom function is selectable during movie recording.
Recording Media
Internal Memory Approx. 23MB
Storage Media SD / SDHC Card
Interface
USB Yes
A/V Out Yes
Battery
Battery 4 x AA Batteries
Feature
Features SR Auto (Scene Recognition Auto), Instant Zoom, Panorama shooting mode, Face Detection (with Auto red-eye removal), High speed shooting, Framing guideline, Post shot assist windows, Frame No. memory, Histograms, Silent mode