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By Simon Womble Rank: Lance Corporal on 8th Mar 2007

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Value for money10/10
Overall value9/10
yes Simon Womble's recommendation

Good Points

Manual ability
5x shot "motordrive" capability
White Balance
Cable release screw thread
External flash ability
An excellent workhorse
Being digital, it has more "reach" on outdoor flash photography (when retouched in Photoshop/Paintshop Pro)

Bad Points

In one environment (only), I get chromatic aberration
In studio, aperture settings don't match a handheld flashmeter
No filter thread on front of lens - adapter required
Self-timer could have been better
White Balance in studio sometimes varies

General Comments

This single camera has replaced my full scales of 35mm Canon gear (7x prime lenses + 2x zooms). Used pretty much evenly between studio and daylight, the Fuji Finepix S7000 digital SLR camera is more compact, lighter and less complicated than what I've been using before. Instead of carrying a compact everywhere, I carry this. It's been up and down mountains and rock faces, and once took a drop of about 15" straight onto concrete. Chipped but works fine.

The chromatic aberration is a pain. I ONLY get it close up to the edge of rock faces that are framed by the sky - a thick blue line, which is problematic when taking climbing pictures.

The self-timer requires fiddly "two click" setting before every shot. This can be a little awkward when tripod mounted in a countryside environment (hills, cliffs) and in confined spaces.

Aperture settings in a studio don't really matter so much - I just shoot a test, inspect and adjust settings. Delete all tests afterwards...

Recently, I've noticed that the White Balance in studio varies, usually but not always according to exposure. In the past week, the camera has lost it's settings when switched off, so I'm assuming that there's an internal lithium battery that is now run down. The White Balance problem may well be a result of this, if this is the case.

Aside from resolution, why would I ever need a "better" camera? Photography is my job, and I don't like cameras, especially the ones with more features than what is really needed. This camera has it all right - features are easily disabled and left that way. I bought this camera because of its studio compatibility, and I've had it since the first week that it was released in the UK: I'd only want to replace it with another identical model.

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1 Comment on Review by Simon Womble for Fuji Finepix S7000

  1. dougsinnott Rank: Corporal on 29th May 2007

    I note your comments and agree it's a very versatile camera.
    I recently bought my S7000 off eBay, to replace my Fuji S602.
    As regards chromatic abberation, my S602 had the same lens,and I never noticed any problems,with hundreds of photos and prints and have not noticed any with the S7000, unlike a Panasonic FZ7, which was sometimes obvious in backlit close-ups.
    I also have an EOS 300D, which, with a 28-200 zoom attached, is twice the weight of my Fuji, and I just never seem to use it now, as the weight just puts me off.
    The Fuji pictures are so sharp and colourful(even at 6mp) and make brilliant A4s.
    If the zoom was a bit longer, it would be a perfect camera, instead of very, very good!!!



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