SHood
Veteran Member
http://www.digitalcamerareview.com/default.asp?newsID=4154&review=fujifilm+finepix+f70exr
"I'm a bit puzzled as to just who the F70EXR's target audience is. The camera is very compact, easy to use, features a 10x zoom, and at least some of the time generates 10 megapixel images - so clearly it should appeal to casual photographers and snapshooters.
The F70EXR also provides some impressive usability and an astonishing level of personal input into the photographic process for more serious shooters, but it lacks the higher resolution of the competition, doesn't have an optical viewfinder, there's no RAW file option, and the 10x zoom is not as good as a shorter, less complex lens might have been. It seems that Fuji tried to please everyone and ended up creating a very interesting camera that provides a little something nice for everyone, but not quite enough substance for anyone."
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2355717,00.asp
"Using Imatest to gather objective information about image quality. The camera can shoot up to and including ISO 800 without producing noticeably noisy images. At ISO 800, the camera captured 1.43 percent noise, which is just shy of the 1.50 percent acceptability cutoff. Where the F70EXR really excels, however, is at lower ISO settings, where noise levels were extremely low in my tests. An excellent point-and-shoot camera, like the $380 Editors' Choice Canon PowerShot SD970 IS, averaged .95 percent noise at ISO 100, while the F70EXR averaged just .55 percent noise, also at ISO 100. At ISO 400, the F70EXR averaged just .97 percent noise. Given the low noise figures, images captured by the F70EXR at ISO 100-400 look extraordinarily clean and are among the best I've seen in a point-and-shoot camera.
The F70EXR's sharpness scores are impressive as well. In the center of the lens, the camera can capture an average of 2,340 lines per picture height, which is extremely sharp (the more lines the sharper the image). The Panasonic ZR1 averaged 2,029 lines and the Canon PowerShot SD980 IS averaged 2,231. Sharpness levels do dip in the corners of the image on the F70EXR, dropping by 44 percent, but the Panasonic ZR1 dropped by 52 percent and PowerShot SD980 IS dropped by 59 percent. Both the F70EXR and its predecessor, the F200, show only negligible barrel distortion at the lens's widest angle."
"I'm a bit puzzled as to just who the F70EXR's target audience is. The camera is very compact, easy to use, features a 10x zoom, and at least some of the time generates 10 megapixel images - so clearly it should appeal to casual photographers and snapshooters.
The F70EXR also provides some impressive usability and an astonishing level of personal input into the photographic process for more serious shooters, but it lacks the higher resolution of the competition, doesn't have an optical viewfinder, there's no RAW file option, and the 10x zoom is not as good as a shorter, less complex lens might have been. It seems that Fuji tried to please everyone and ended up creating a very interesting camera that provides a little something nice for everyone, but not quite enough substance for anyone."
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2355717,00.asp
"Using Imatest to gather objective information about image quality. The camera can shoot up to and including ISO 800 without producing noticeably noisy images. At ISO 800, the camera captured 1.43 percent noise, which is just shy of the 1.50 percent acceptability cutoff. Where the F70EXR really excels, however, is at lower ISO settings, where noise levels were extremely low in my tests. An excellent point-and-shoot camera, like the $380 Editors' Choice Canon PowerShot SD970 IS, averaged .95 percent noise at ISO 100, while the F70EXR averaged just .55 percent noise, also at ISO 100. At ISO 400, the F70EXR averaged just .97 percent noise. Given the low noise figures, images captured by the F70EXR at ISO 100-400 look extraordinarily clean and are among the best I've seen in a point-and-shoot camera.
The F70EXR's sharpness scores are impressive as well. In the center of the lens, the camera can capture an average of 2,340 lines per picture height, which is extremely sharp (the more lines the sharper the image). The Panasonic ZR1 averaged 2,029 lines and the Canon PowerShot SD980 IS averaged 2,231. Sharpness levels do dip in the corners of the image on the F70EXR, dropping by 44 percent, but the Panasonic ZR1 dropped by 52 percent and PowerShot SD980 IS dropped by 59 percent. Both the F70EXR and its predecessor, the F200, show only negligible barrel distortion at the lens's widest angle."
