Fujifilm FinePix S200EXR

“This camera benefits from the culmination of Fujifilm's Super CCD EXR technology and EXR Processor development,” said David Troy, marketing manager, Consumer Digital Cameras, Electronic Imaging Division, FUJIFILM U.S.A., Inc. “This powerful combination allows the FinePix S200EXR, with its wide dynamic range, to capture the subtleties in color, tone and detail to deliver perfect shot conditions every time.”

- Fujifilm -

Super CCD EXR

The EXR sensor on the FinePix S200EXR was built to perfectly match the optical qualities of its 14.3x Fujinon optical zoom lens. The goal was to produce a sensor/lens combination that works as close to that of the human eye as possible. The EXR sensor is essentially a switchable sensor; changing its complex electronic behavior to suit the subject, changing its characteristics as the photographer demands, and producing the very best picture without making compromises.

This sensor has already won great acclaim with the FinePix F200EXR. Combined with the much bigger, more powerful 14.3x lens, it delivers quite astounding results. The FinePix S200EXR offers 3 switchable modes in one sensor:

High Resolution (HR) Mode: Deploys all 12 million pixels and is designed to offer the finest detail of intricate subjects when light is full and even.

Wide Dynamic Range (DR) Mode: Captures different exposures with two sets of 6 million pixels, which, when combined, gives an excellent level of detail in highlights that would otherwise be lost.

High Sensitivity and Low Noise (SN) Mode: Caps two adjacent pixels together to produce 6 million large photodiodes, which are big enough to absorb light in the darkest of conditions, to produce low-light shots of extraordinary quality with minimal noise and grain.

Advanced Intelligence

The FinePix S200EXR also offers EXR Priority Mode, which is the most efficient mechanism yet invented to quickly optimize the camera's settings to allow the photographer to concentrate on capturing the perfect shot. The photographer can decide which sensor setting is preferable by choosing High Resolution Priority (HR) to maximize resolution, High ISO and Low Noise Priority (SN) for high quality low-light work or D-Range Priority (DR) for the best detail with contrasting subjects.

In addition, the FinePix S200EXR features the EXR Auto Mode, which offers 6 different modes depending on the setting: Portrait, Night, Macro, Landscape, Night Portrait and Backlit Portrait. The camera will automatically recognize the scene and not only optimize focus, color balance, exposure, flash and sensitivity, but will also automatically switch the sensor to HR, SN or DR mode depending on the lighting conditions of the scene.

Super Sharp Lens

The massive 14.3x Fujinon manual zoom lens is truly a delight to use in such a compact, lightweight design. The ultra-high precision Fujinon lens achieves maximum resolution at all focal lengths of 30.5mm-436mm equivalent with maximum aperture of a bright F2.8 (wide angle) to F5.3 (telephoto). Because of the composite body and lens structure, there is no need to worry about dirt or dust on the Super CCD EXR sensor and they are perfectly aligned for the very best results. The manual zoom offers faster image framing with fingertip precision as well as offering a user experience that closely matches the use of a high-end DSLR.

Pro Focus Mode / Pro Low-light Mode

The FinePix S200EXR also sports a Pro Focus Mode which is created by using Fujifilm's new Multi-Frame Technology. A burst of two or three frames is taken and by taking the distance information off, the main subject is crisply matted against a defocused foreground and background. This mode is perfect for portrait or nature photography, where professional results are needed quickly with minimal adjustment to the camera and without the need to use a PC.

Meanwhile, Pro Low-light Mode can be applied to help solve the problems of noisy low light shots. With current digital cameras, it is possible to achieve relatively blur-free low light shots using high ISO and CCD shift (or optical image) stabilization, but this comes at a cost, as the ISO 1600 setting will invariably produce distracting and ugly noise.

Once switched to Pro Low-light Mode, the FinePix F200EXR will take a burst of four high sensitivity images using Pixel Fusion Technology [*1] in quick succession. By using the camera's Multi Frame Technology, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th images are overlapped to create one image with extremely low noise.

Film Simulation Modes

One of the more popular features on the FinePix S100FS is reproduced and extended on the FinePix S200EXR. The FinePix S200EXR offers five modes as follows:

• Velvia/Vivid mode for rich and luscious landscapes
• PROVIA/Standard mode for excellent, sharp, standard photography
• ASTIA/Soft mode for soft, fine, smooth tonality
• Black & White mode captures the dramatic honesty of your image in black and white
• Sepia mode creates a sense of nostalgia with the warm brown “antique” tones of Sepia

In Provia, Velvia and Astia modes, the dynamic range can be now be set to 800% to improve and highlight details further.

New High Contrast 2.7” LCD

The FinePix S200EXR is fitted with an improved high contrast 230k-pixel 2.7” LCD. The high contrast LCD is a considerable benefit in bright light and the camera can be pitched at various shooting angles to enable framing of awkward shots. Viewable at 160-degrees both vertically and horizontally, the LCD is bright and clear for beautiful rendition of shots in playback.

Super Intelligent Flash

Fujifilm's Super Intelligent Flash system is a flash control technology that lets you take flash-assisted shots without the danger of flash wash-out. Integrated into the AUTO mode, this next-generation flash system makes it easy to capture both subjects and background in bright, clear and natural detail over the full flash range. This allows for much better flash control when shooting in macro and makes sure that the subject is brightly lit and the background clearly defined when shooting in night mode.

Dual Image Stabilization

The FinePix S200EXR features Fujifilm's Optical Image Stabilization technology to ensure clean, sharp and blur-free images, even in low-light conditions. This combines image stabilization by Optical Image Stabilization to reduce blur from the photographer's hand-shake, with Fujifilm High ISO, to reduce blur caused by subject movement (by automatically increasing ISO), for the ultimate in stabilization technology.

Manual Settings

The FinePix S200EXR also allows you full manual control with the ability to set shutter speeds of between 1/4,000 second and 30 seconds. It is possible to take photos with combinations of ISO sensitivity, which has a broad range of setting choices, and multiple apertures of between F2.8 - F11 at 1/3EV steps. Using the manual exposure setting, bulb exposure of up to 30 seconds is possible. The color, noise reduction control, tone and the sharpness can all be individually set as well.

Multi Bracketing

The FinePix S200EXR has 3 bracketing functions useful for high level photography: Film Simulation Bracketing (which automatically sets Film Simulation to PROVIA, Velvia and ASTIA for simultaneous capture of 3 frames), Dynamic Range Bracketing (which automatically sets dynamic range to 100%, 200% and 400% for simultaneous capture of 3 frames) and AE Bracketing (which automatically sets exposure range to even, under and over for simultaneous capture of 3 frames).

Other noteworthy features in the FinePix S200EXR:

• Combined CCD RAW (EXR)/JPEG shooting : New to the FinePix S200EXR is the ability to shoot both a RAW and JPEG shot simultaneously [*2], like the award-winning S5Pro digital camera. RAW is for ultimate quality shots via post processing, JPEG is for great quality with no need for further work.
• Battery life extended : With improved power management, the FinePix S200EXR can now provide 370 shots per charge of the included NP-140 Lithium Ion battery, so there is no need to worry about power running out half way through a photo shoot.
• Movie Mode : The FinePix S200EXR can record movies in 640 x 480 at 30 frames per second. The optical zoom can be used during movie recording.
• Electronic View Finder : The camera is fitted with a 0.2” 200K-pixel EVF, for sharp and clear images.

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Number of effective pixels

12 million pixels

CCD sensor

1/ 1.6-inch Super CCD EXR

Storage media

Internal memory (approx. 47MB)　/ SD memory card/ SDHC memory card

File format

Still image : JPEG (Exif Ver. 2.2 )

(Design rule for Camera File system compliant / DPOF-compatible)"

Movie : AVI (Motion JPEG ) with sound

Audio: WAVE format, Monaural sound

Number of recorded pixels

L:4:3      4,000 x 3,000          L:3:2      4,000 x 2664        L:16:9 4,000 x 2248

M: 4:3     2,816 x 2,112         M:3:2      2,816 x 1864        M:16:9     2,816 x 1584

S: 4:3      2,048 x 1,536         S:3:2      2,048 x 1,360      S:16:9 1920 x 1080

Lens

Fujinon 14.3 X Optical zoom lens , F2.8（W) - F5.3（T)

Lens focal length

f=7.1mm -101.5mm, Equivalent to 30.5-436mm on a 35mm camera

Digital zoom

Approx   2x (Up to 28.6x when combined）

Aperture

F2.8/F11 (wide), F5.3/F11 (telephoto)

Focus distance

Normal : Wide angle :Approx. 50cm to infinity
Telephoto   :Approx.2.5m to infinity
Macro : Wide angle :Approx. 10cm to 3.0m
             Telephoto   :Approx. 90cm to 3m
Super Macro: Approx. 1cm to 1m

             Telephoto   :Approx.2.5m to infinity

Macro : Wide angle :Approx. 10cm to 3.0m

             Telephoto   :Approx. 90cm to 3m

Super Macro: Approx. 1cm to 10m

Sensitivity

Auto/Auto(3200)/Auto(1600)/Auto(800)/ Auto(400)/Equivalent to ISO100/200/400/800/1600/3200/6400*/12800*

(Standard Output Sensitivity)

Number of recorded pixels: ISO6400 :“M” or “S”, ISO12800: “S” only

Exposure control

TTL 256-zones metering

Exposure mode

Programmed AE, Aperture Priority AE, shutter-priority,Manual exposure

Shooting modes

Mode dial : Auto, EXR, FSB, SP,C1, C2, P, A, S, M, Movie

SP : Portrait, Portrait Enhancer , Landscape, Sport, Night, Fireworks, Night (Tripod),Pro low Light, Pro focus, Sunset, Snow, Beach, Flower, Text. NP,NP＆Flash

Image Stabilization

Lens shift type

Shutter speed

AUTO : 1/4 sec to 1/4000 sec,

All other mode 30 sec. to 1/4000 sec. (depends on Shooting mode)

Continuous shooting

Top-6　 Hgh speed Top-24

Last-6　 Hgh speed Last-24

Barcketing mode

Film Simulation BKT (Privia, Velvia, Soft)

Dynamic Range BKT(DR100%, 200%, 400%)

AE BKT (±1/3EV,±2/3EV,±1EV)

Focus

Auto focus (Area,Multi,Center)/Continuous AF/ Manual focus (One-push AF mode included)

AF assist illuminator available

White balance

Automatic scene recognition

Preset (Fine, Shade, Fluorescent light (Daylight), Fluorescent light (Warm White),

Fluorescent light (Cool White), Incandescent light), Custom, underwater lighting

Self-timer

Approx. 10 sec./2 sec.delay

Flash

Auto flash

Effective range: (ISO AUTO):

           Wide-angle: approx. 0.3 - 7.2m /1.0 - 23.6 ft,

           Telephoto angle, approx. 0.9- 3.8m /3.0 - 12.5 ft

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.

LCD monitor

2.7-inch , approx.230,000 dots, LCD monitor, approx. 100% overage

EVF

0.2-in 200L-dot reflect-type color viewfinder

Movie recording

640 x 480 pixels, 320 x 240 pixels, 30 frames/sec. with monaural sound

* Zoom function cannot be used during movie recording.

Photography functions

EXR mode(EXR AUTO,RESOLUTION PRIORITY,HIGH ISO＆LOW NOISE PRIORITY,D-RANGE PRIORITY), Film Simulation mode, Face detection (with Auto Red-eye removal), Framing Guideline, Frame No. memory,histogram display,

Playback functions

Face detection (with Red-eye removal), Slide show, Trimming,

Multi-frame playback including Micro thumbnail mode, Sorting by date, Image rotate, resize, Voice Memo,histogram display, exposure warning

Video output

NTSC / PAL selectable

Digital input/output

USB 2.0 High-speed

Power supply

NP-140 Li-ion battery(included) / AC power adapter AC-84V (sold separately)

Dimensions

133.4(W)×93.6(H)×145(D) mm/　5.3(W)× 3.7(H)× 5.7(D) in.(excluding accessories and attachments)

Weight

Approx. 835g (excluding accessories, batteries and memory card)

Accessories included

Li-ion battery NP-140

Battery charger BC-140

Strap,Lens cap,Lens cap holder

USB cable   A/V cable

CD-ROM

Owner's manual