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I am an Olympus DSLR user.

However, I recently bought a Fuji E-900 as a carry-in-my-pocket-anywhere camera, and it does the job. It has some very irritating problems, but I can deal with them.

The F-10 (F-11) seems to becoming a "cult" camera...everyone wants one!

WHY?

Also, the Fuji F-10 (and F-11) seems very limited in its options: no viewfinder, auto only, limited controls, etc.

What is the attraction of this camera?

I ask this sincerely since I am trying to advise a good friend to buy a new camera and I suggested the F-10 (in the USA), but now I wonder about my advice to her.

Please provide some serious comments why I should ask her to consider this camera.

Thank you.
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Todd Frederick
 
ISO 800 and 1600 images from a small pocket cam (F10 - and the F11 is better featureswise). I'm a big Oly user as you well know (check profile) and I've tried a variety of Fuji cams. But the F10 and F11 are unique (why Fuji didn't carry this over to the likes of the S9000 is beyond me). Anyway, here are some of the reasons why:

























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Good shooting...

Ben

 
It does seem like a cult camera. I want one... :)

On the topic of the lack of a viewfinder, I'm not sure that's a big deal for digital cameras. My brother has a compact camera and I never use the viewfinder. The LCD screen is easier for me to use.
 
Hi Todd,
Yes it is a cult camera.
Owners of other Fuji cameras here are fed up of our F11 talk.
And why it's become a cult camera?
It's the best compact in terms of high ISO performance.
Just that. Excellent low light capabilities, for a small sensor camera.

The rest is just ordinary. A discrete body, limited manual controls, no viewfinder. But hey, some people make art from disposable cameras.

Going ISO 400 with practically no noise, ISO 800 with acceptable noise and ISO 1600 decent enough, this camera opens a big world to experienced photographers that need a pocket camera when their neck is tired of holding a bulky dSLR. If the F11 is a cult, Hugo Poon must be its pope and count me as a very enthusiastic priestess.
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Excellent series Ben!!!
 
Cult camera: Altogether now ... Imhotep ... Imhotep ... Imhotep ...

(To understand the reference ... see The Mummy with Brendan Frasier.)

Anyway ... the camera has a cultish following because it is quite literally the best compact camera in existence for high ISO shooting. And, as a real bonus, it has the best sharpness ever measured in a compact by digitcalcamerainfo.com -- it retains 90% resolution, which is unheard of in anything but dSLRs with good glass.

So ... people love it because it rarely takes a bad photo in any light.
 
Kim Letkeman said:
Cult camera: Altogether now ... Imhotep ... Imhotep ... Imhotep ...

(To understand the reference ... see The Mummy with Brendan Frasier.)
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Kim, Didnt see that one, but found the name sake on the web: Fuji should call the next upgrade Fx IMOTEP, for surely he would have owned an F11!

IMHOTEP "FATHER OF MEDICINE" (2980 B.C.)

Imhotep, called "God of Medicine," "Prince of Peace," and a "Type of Christ." Imhotep was worshipped as a god and healer from approximately 2850 B.C. to 525 B.C., and as a full deity from 525 B.C. to 550 A.D. Even kings and queens bowed at his throne. Imhotep was a known scribe, chief lector, priest, architect, astronomer and magician (medicine and magic were used together.) For 3000 years he was worshipped as a god in Greece and Rome. Early Christians worshippd him as the "Prince of Peace."

Imhotep was also a poet and philosopher. He urged contentment and preached cheerfulness. His proverbs contained a "philosophy of life." Imhotep coined the saying "Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we shall die."
http://www.pbase.com/poochdp/root

 
Poochdp said:
Kim Letkeman said:
Cult camera: Altogether now ... Imhotep ... Imhotep ... Imhotep ...

(To understand the reference ... see The Mummy with Brendan Frasier.)
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Kim, Didnt see that one, but found the name sake on the web: Fuji
should call the next upgrade Fx IMOTEP, for surely he would have
owned an F11!
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In the movie ... he is worshiped by a slow walking mob of zombies that chant Imhotep over and over ... it's quite funny actually. But no doubt the owners of the F10 and F11 sometimes seem like that to those using the stone knives and bear skins. Oops ... there I go again :-)
 
Look at the new F470: 6MP in a 1/2.5" sensor as opposed to the F10/F11: 6MP in a 1/1.7" sensor. This rougly means the surface area of the F10/F11 sensor is twice that of the 1/2.5" sensors, hence the lower noise.

Then of course there is the Fuji SuperCCD technology that helps as well. But an E-900 has that too, albeit with more pixels crammed into the space, resulting in more noise than the F10/F11 has.

I have a Canon DRebel. It is a great camera, but it is also large and heavy. The F11 is small and light, and it's the only small digicam with pretty good ISO800 and with quite usable ISO1600. The S9000/9500 could have been a real dslr killer if it had the same sensor. But alas Fuji put in a noisier 9MP sensor, thus blowing the success of that cam.
Todd Frederick said:
I am an Olympus DSLR user.

However, I recently bought a Fuji E-900 as a
carry-in-my-pocket-anywhere camera, and it does the job. It has
some very irritating problems, but I can deal with them.

The F-10 (F-11) seems to becoming a "cult" camera...everyone wants
one!

WHY?

Also, the Fuji F-10 (and F-11) seems very limited in its options:
no viewfinder, auto only, limited controls, etc.

What is the attraction of this camera?

I ask this sincerely since I am trying to advise a good friend to
buy a new camera and I suggested the F-10 (in the USA), but now I
wonder about my advice to her.

Please provide some serious comments why I should ask her to
consider this camera.

Thank you.
--
Todd Frederick
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Slowly learning to use the DRebel (only around 20.000 shots)
Public pictures at http://wwwis.win.tue.nl/~debra/photos/
 
I switched to F10 from a Sony P100. 4x6 prints from 5 Mpix Sony were soft (heavy noise reduction), so I wanted a camera that gives me more detail. Today I printed 1600x1067 px crop (1,6 Mpix!) from F10 and it's much sharper than P100's 2592x1728.

Some may say, they don't like F10's contrast and colors. But at the place where I order my prints, professionals correct color and exposure for free :-)

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Tosiek
 
Ben--

You didn't drive after taking these pictures, did you?

Great pictures! Thanks for sharing.
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Jeff
'A brief glimpse of God's creation is all that we can handle in this
life.'
 
From 1987 through 1996, I carried (and used) a Minox 35 or Olympus XA. These could shoot a semiwide angle shot at f/2.8 at ISO 800 (XA) or 160 (Minox). The F10 and F11 are today's digital heirs to those pocket wonders.

The tiny Rollei 35/35S/35SE was a fullyl manual that could shoot at ISO 1600. But the Rollei's light sensor was never very good below about EV 5; the Minox and Olympus were better low-light cameras. The autofcusing Ricoh Hexar (35/2.0) (ISO 6400) beat them all but was substantially larger and pricier.

By the way, Ben's photo of the fireplace bench looks like a professisonal shot from an achitectural magazine.
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Paul S. in Maryland
 
paul613 wrote:
These could shoot a semiwide angle shot at f/2.8 at ISO 800
paul613 said:
(XA) or 160 (Minox).
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Make that "1600" (not "160").

Paul S. in Maryland
 
The cloud/sillouette and bark shots are excellent. Real sharp and great saturation.
 
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