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


 



 




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

Fujifilm Finepix S9500 zoom wide-angle uniformity comparison

  To measure lens vignetting and light fall-off we photographed a white target with a highly diffused custom filter. Here are the results for the cameras at their widest focal lengths with the apertures wide open and the focus at infinity. The images were analysed with Imatest and the full areas presented here at a reduced resolution. Bigger percentages are better.

The image left was taken with the Fujifilm S9500 at 6.2mm f2.8 (equivalent to 28mm). Here the light falls off in the corners to an average of 81.5% of the center measurement, which is the best result here. The other all-in-ones are close, but the Canon's kit lens trails behind.

Panasonic DMC-FZ30
Canon EOS-350D with 18-55mm EF-S
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-R1
7.4-88.8mm at 7.4mm f2.8
Mean corner fall-off: 77.8%
  18-55mm EF-S at 18mm f3.5
Mean corner fall-off: 68.8%
  14.3-71.5mm at 14.3mm f2.8
Mean corner fall-off: 79.2%


Fujifilm Finepix S9500 zoom telephoto uniformity comparison

  To measure lens vignetting and light fall-off we photographed a white target with a highly diffused custom filter. Here are the results for the cameras at their longest focal lengths with the apertures wide open and the focus at infinity. The images were analysed with Imatest and the full areas presented here at a reduced resolution. Bigger percentages are better.

The image left was taken with the Fujifilm S9500 at 66.7mm f4.9 (equivalent to 300mm). Here the light falls off in the corners to an average of 91.5% of the center measurement, which is again the best result here. As before, the other all-in-ones are close, leaving the Canon kit lens in last place.

Panasonic DMC-FZ30
Canon EOS-350D with 18-55mm EF-S
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-R1
7.4-88.8mm at 88.8mm f3.7
Mean corner fall-off: 87.6%
  18-55mm EF-S at 55mm f5.6
Mean corner fall-off: 83.8%
  14.3-71.5mm at 71.5mm f4.8
Mean corner fall-off: 87.2%

Results continued...

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

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