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Fujifilm FinePix S9500 Zoom / FinePix S9000 Zoom review Gordon Laing, January 2006


 



 




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/ Resolution / Noise / Corner sharpness / Fringe and macro / Geometry / Vignetting

Outdoor scene - Fujifilm Finepix S9500 zoom comparison

Fujifilm Finepix S9500 Zoom at 12mm f8   To compare real-life performance we shot the same scene with all three cameras within a few minutes of each other using their best quality JPEG settings and an aperture of f8 in Aperture Priority mode. The crops are taken from the originals and presented here at 100%.

The image left was taken with the Fujifilm S9500 at 12mm f8 (54mm equivalent); the original JPEG measured 4.28MB. Sporting an additional megapixel over its rivals here, the S9500's 100% crops show a slightly smaller area, although the actual resolved detail remains very similar across all three models.

Fujifilm FinePix S9500 Zoom
Panasonic DMC-FZ30
Canon EOS-350D with 18-55mm EF-S
Fujifilm FinePix S9500 Zoom crop 1
Panasonic DMC-FZ30 crop 1
Canon EOS-350D with 18-55mm EF-S crop 1
1/250, f8, 80 ISO
1/320, f8, 80 ISO
1/320, f8, 100 ISO
Fujifilm FinePix S9500 Zoom crop 2
Panasonic DMC-FZ30 crop 2
Canon EOS-350D with 18-55mm EF-S crop 2
1/250, f8, 80 ISO
1/320, f8, 80 ISO
1/320, f8, 100 ISO
Fujifilm FinePix S9500 Zoom crop 3
Panasonic DMC-FZ30 crop 3
Canon EOS-350D with 18-55mm EF-S crop 3
1/250, f8, 80 ISO
1/320, f8, 80 ISO
1/320, f8, 100 ISO

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Outdoor / Resolution / Noise / Corner sharpness / Fringe and macro / Geometry / Vignetting

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