E550 talk

[Bradly]

The first set of Lenmar 2000mAh's(they don't rate up that high) that I used there were 81 images taken. That's when I first got the camera. All indoor shots, over half with flash, all with LCD on, lots of menu and playback time, zooming, etc.

Then a few days later I took the 2300mAh's out and charged them(the ones that come with the camera) and I'm currently at 105 images all with LCD on, and still going. And that's on their first charge.... which you don't get full capacity on NiMh's till about the 5th use (cycle of charging and discharging).

Hi, I'm thinking of getting the E550 too. My only concern is the
battery life. Only 2 AAs for a 2" LCD?!

TIA

 

[Grengo]

Brandy Nice pictures.
You can record short video movie in Fine quality?
Big thanks.

Then a few days later I took the 2300mAh's out and charged them(the
ones that come with the camera) and I'm currently at 105 images all
with LCD on, and still going. And that's on their first charge....
which you don't get full capacity on NiMh's till about the 5th use
(cycle of charging and discharging).

Hi, I'm thinking of getting the E550 too. My only concern is the
battery life. Only 2 AAs for a 2" LCD?!

TIA

 

[Grengo]

http://digitalcameras.kelkoo.co.uk/b/a/sbs/124901/10678062.html#
look cheap price. (UK)

Then a few days later I took the 2300mAh's out and charged them(the
ones that come with the camera) and I'm currently at 105 images all
with LCD on, and still going. And that's on their first charge....
which you don't get full capacity on NiMh's till about the 5th use
(cycle of charging and discharging).

Hi, I'm thinking of getting the E550 too. My only concern is the
battery life. Only 2 AAs for a 2" LCD?!

TIA

 

[Grengo]

previous message go to:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1012&message=9954518

Then a few days later I took the 2300mAh's out and charged them(the
ones that come with the camera) and I'm currently at 105 images all
with LCD on, and still going. And that's on their first charge....
which you don't get full capacity on NiMh's till about the 5th use
(cycle of charging and discharging).

Hi, I'm thinking of getting the E550 too. My only concern is the
battery life. Only 2 AAs for a 2" LCD?!

TIA

 

[LeeD]

It doesn't sound a lot, but I suppose it's still pretty good from only 2 sets of AAs. Just curious, does the E550 take CR-V3 lithiums? Thx.

Then a few days later I took the 2300mAh's out and charged them(the
ones that come with the camera) and I'm currently at 105 images all
with LCD on, and still going. And that's on their first charge....
which you don't get full capacity on NiMh's till about the 5th use
(cycle of charging and discharging).

Hi, I'm thinking of getting the E550 too. My only concern is the
battery life. Only 2 AAs for a 2" LCD?!

TIA

 

[Bradly]

One thing to remember is that initial amount was having the LCD on all of the time and lots of flash use. That was more or less a worse case scenario. Plus those lenmar's only rate at about 1750mAh's. Using a more current, higher capacity set of batteries (like the 2300's that come with it) will give a lot better performance for a worse case basis..... and give a lot more performance for regular use.

Not sure about the CR-V3's. Don't have one to try. Only states not to use manganese or NI Cad batteries, so the lithum part is fine.

Then a few days later I took the 2300mAh's out and charged them(the
ones that come with the camera) and I'm currently at 105 images all
with LCD on, and still going. And that's on their first charge....
which you don't get full capacity on NiMh's till about the 5th use
(cycle of charging and discharging).

Hi, I'm thinking of getting the E550 too. My only concern is the
battery life. Only 2 AAs for a 2" LCD?!

TIA

 

[Steven Alan106714]

E550 without quesiton has more resolution, even at ISO 200. At ISO
80 it is very apparent... the trees leaves are far more obvious
than the S7000.

the S7000 has of course, less CA's, due to the better bigger
lens... but it's clear the E550 has the better sensor and post
processing.

• Raist

Fuji must have changed their in camera image processing routines, and certainly for the better. The 12mp image of the leafy road looks VERY different to anything I have seen from my 602 at 6mp. The fine detail in the foliage and shadows are probably the worst type of subject for my 602 at 6mp.

Impressive stuff, thanks for posting.

--
Steven Alan

 

[Raist3d]

That Fuji throws in 2300 NimHi's with the package... wow.

• Raist

 

[TheBigDu]

I'm sorry if this was already mentioned, but I couldn't find it. How does the E550 perform in low-light situations compared to, say, a Canon S60 or G5 with an AF Assist lamp? Doesn't the E550 have some sort of hybrid light sensor?

Reminds me of an S7000 in a So-knee V1 body.... looking at it from
the back while in my hand. Not as deep as a V1.

Grip has a texture to it and makes it very easy to grip. Overall is
very light, but feels solid. Focusing is very fast. Really does
shoot a frame a second. Buffer fills at about 4 frames, then slows
to just over a second for additional frames. LCD is very nice, and
big too. Viewfinder is small, but easy enough to see through with
glasses (no diopter adjustment). Top4/final4 saves in 5-8 seconds
in 12M depending on scene and resolution. Macro mode has no zooming
available. Have no idea why they did that. No enlargement for
manual focusing to aid in getting it right, but seems pretty easy
to see within the lcd to get it focused. First attempt was in
focus, so it must be easy. Flash charges fairly quick, depending on
the intensity of discharge it could be anywhere from a second to a
few seconds.

Didn't have a lot of time to play with it lastnight, so looking
forward to getting more time over the weekend.

 

[Bradly]

Focusing in dark area's has been very good for me. I was getting focus lock lastnight in a near totally dark large room where it was rough seeing even by me. Room was lit by a light in the hallway is all. This was at wide angle. If I focused on things with decent amounts of contrast, I'd get good results with tele also. I'm not expecting it to focus in the dark. I have been surprised at the light levels it has focused.

It's not going to compare with something that has a focus assist light, well if they incorporated it properly because there have been some camera's that had them and still didn't do well, but I'm very pleased with it's performance so far. Even in low light it focus' fast also. Doesn't hunt around for seconds at a time like some camera's do. If it's not getting focus, you know it instantly and can then try again.

E550 just has a standard type focusing system, but it says it high performance in the brochure.

I'm sorry if this was already mentioned, but I couldn't find it.
How does the E550 perform in low-light situations compared to, say,
a Canon S60 or G5 with an AF Assist lamp? Doesn't the E550 have
some sort of hybrid light sensor?

 

[Grengo]

Brandy, do you can recording short movie (fine quality) and publish here?

It's not going to compare with something that has a focus assist
light, well if they incorporated it properly because there have
been some camera's that had them and still didn't do well, but I'm
very pleased with it's performance so far. Even in low light it
focus' fast also. Doesn't hunt around for seconds at a time like
some camera's do. If it's not getting focus, you know it instantly
and can then try again.

E550 just has a standard type focusing system, but it says it high
performance in the brochure.

I'm sorry if this was already mentioned, but I couldn't find it.
How does the E550 perform in low-light situations compared to, say,
a Canon S60 or G5 with an AF Assist lamp? Doesn't the E550 have
some sort of hybrid light sensor?

 

[Grengo]

Sorry. Your name Bradly. My mistake.

It's not going to compare with something that has a focus assist
light, well if they incorporated it properly because there have
been some camera's that had them and still didn't do well, but I'm
very pleased with it's performance so far. Even in low light it
focus' fast also. Doesn't hunt around for seconds at a time like
some camera's do. If it's not getting focus, you know it instantly
and can then try again.

E550 just has a standard type focusing system, but it says it high
performance in the brochure.

I'm sorry if this was already mentioned, but I couldn't find it.
How does the E550 perform in low-light situations compared to, say,
a Canon S60 or G5 with an AF Assist lamp? Doesn't the E550 have
some sort of hybrid light sensor?

 

[Bradly]

Not a problem.... I've been called worse.

Sorry. Your name Bradly. My mistake.

Sorry, I don't have anywhere I can upload a movie to. Imagestation only takes mpegs.

 

[Bradly]

S7000 - comparison

http://www.imagestation.com/mypictures/inbox/view.html?id=4149703130&url=http%3A//www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid136/pdeebbdb5c4517a6b27912f7793e6ec06/f75771da.jpg&caption=S7000&album_id=4285848613&from_album=1

e550 - comparison

http://www.imagestation.com/mypictures/inbox/view.html?id=4149703103&url=http%3A//www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid136/pfe896ffcc7853cdb942abe917d904dcf/f75771bf.jpg&caption=E550&album_id=4285848613&from_album=1

e550 - need to clean

http://www.imagestation.com/mypictures/inbox/view.html?id=4149703076&url=http%3A//www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid136/p126559c7f566c3f8d7e396926ca4a3e3/f75771a4.jpg&caption=dscf0013&album_id=4285848613&from_album=1

e550 - shot in near total darkness - got focus lock

http://www.imagestation.com/mypictures/inbox/view.html?id=4149703089&url=http%3A//www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid136/p6ed386b9123ee68da88275af3bb1160d/f75771b1.jpg&caption=near%20total%20darkness&album_id=4285848613&from_album=1

 

[Bradly]

forgot it in the original set....

http://www.imagestation.com/mypictures/inbox/view.html?id=4149607113&url=http%3A//www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid136/pefd6e8c5d567abce70e2bc1ce1edebf4/f755fac9.jpg&caption=e550%20iso200&album_id=4285848613&from_album=1

 

[Grengo]

Check your mail!
Ftp available

Big thanks.

Sorry. Your name Bradly. My mistake.

Sorry, I don't have anywhere I can upload a movie to. Imagestation
only takes mpegs.

 

[Grengo]

Very good photos. Excelent nightshot.

forgot it in the original set....

http://www.imagestation.com/mypictures/inbox/view.html?id=4149607113&url=http%3A//www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid136/pefd6e8c5d567abce70e2bc1ce1edebf4/f755fac9.jpg&caption=e550%20iso200&album_id=4285848613&from_album=1

 

[DocG]

Some of the picures I seen so far seem to me to be slightly out of focus. Does anyone else have that perception?

forgot it in the original set....

http://www.imagestation.com/mypictures/inbox/view.html?id=4149607113&url=http%3A//www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid136/pefd6e8c5d567abce70e2bc1ce1edebf4/f755fac9.jpg&caption=e550%20iso200&album_id=4285848613&from_album=1

 

[tapir]

Last pic (landscape) is focused pretty well to my eyes. The thing is that he (or that multiple AF that I hate on most cameras) focused on the foreground plane and that lead to narrowed depth of field for the background. As a result what really is in focus is the tree on the left and pine trees behind it. Otherwise pic is quite sharp and very well saturated.

There's still a bit of noise in the sky thanks to ISO 200. Since there was plenty of light (fast shutter) he could've easily shoot in P mode and set ISO to 80.

forgot it in the original set....

http://www.imagestation.com/mypictures/inbox/view.html?id=4149607113&url=http%3A//www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid136/pefd6e8c5d567abce70e2bc1ce1edebf4/f755fac9.jpg&caption=e550%20iso200&album_id=4285848613&from_album=1

--
http://www.pbase.com/klopus

 

[Bradly]

This is the ISO 80 shot of that same comparison....

http://www.imagestation.com/mypictures/inbox/view.html?id=4149703103&url=http%3A//www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid136/pfe896ffcc7853cdb942abe917d904dcf/f75771bf.jpg&caption=E550&album_id=4285848613&from_album=1

I noticed that the images were focused on the branch coming across from the left afterwards, but since the 7000 did the same thing I went ahead and uploaded them.

I like the colors of the e550 better from what I've been seeing.

Last pic (landscape) is focused pretty well to my eyes. The thing
is that he (or that multiple AF that I hate on most cameras)
focused on the foreground plane and that lead to narrowed depth of
field for the background. As a result what really is in focus is
the tree on the left and pine trees behind it. Otherwise pic is
quite sharp and very well saturated.

There's still a bit of noise in the sky thanks to ISO 200. Since
there was plenty of light (fast shutter) he could've easily shoot
in P mode and set ISO to 80.