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Played a bit with the F300EXR samples from Fuji

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Sunshine_boy said:
Sunshine_boy said:
This is a hidden gem. I got mixed feeling using it, both happy and sad, some iniitial tests indicated at f8 it has similar or even sharper than my modern 50mm f1.4 lens (FA 50mm f1.4, 7 times more expensive than this old MF Zoom) shooting at sweet spot f4, but I need to do more tests, could be focusing and camera shakes. Problem is, my sons wouldn't let me take their pictures that often (wife, totally out of question, especially when she knows the shooting are for sharpness tests) , Now, I can only use a bunny as test target, not very good for testing.
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Make sure you don't end up spending the night in the dog-house or, worse still, having to sleep with the bunny!... LOL
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I thought you were telling adult joke in this family forum again.

Meet Pray Boy Bunny :) I used it for testing lenses now, both for sharpness issue and front/back focusing issues.





As for upgrading DCs, the Samsung EX-1 is also a good choice.

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The old E550 gave histograms in review mode. The S6000 gave histograms in both review and record. Fuji just hasn't felt like putting this feature in the F-cameras. :-(
NIK11 said:
We can agree on that. I often wonder how much design patents hold back some of these features. Is it possible that others have all the patents on histograms and in order to keep the price down Fuji avoid paying out royalties? Is it possible?

Nick
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pjw88 said:
The old E550 gave histograms in review mode. The S6000 gave histograms in both review and record. Fuji just hasn't felt like putting this feature in the F-cameras. :-(
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Yeah, thanks, but why?

Histograms appearing on other Fuji models doesn't demonstrate one way or the other whether there are patents, and if there are whether it's the savings in royalties that are holding back Fuji's cheaper models, or finally whether Fuji just have a mental block with the F series.

I honestly don't know and wondered if someone else in the industry reading this might have an inkling.

Nick
pjw88 said:
NIK11 said:
We can agree on that. I often wonder how much design patents hold back some of these features. Is it possible that others have all the patents on histograms and in order to keep the price down Fuji avoid paying out royalties? Is it possible?

Nick
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danny_only said:
Meet Pray Boy Bunny :) I used it for testing lenses now, both for sharpness issue and front/back focusing issues.



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Gosh Danny, the poor thing looks terrified!...
God knows what kind of treatment and tests it's been subjected to!... :O
danny_only said:
As for upgrading DCs, the Samsung EX-1 is also a good choice.
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Yes, I know and I am glad that more players are entering the market with serious products. But most of the times the adage 'better the devil you know' prevails when not quite sure...

:)

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this would be my first fuji after a range of canon pockets, i think :)

do i am not satisfied with overall picture quality, this camera has some features that i would appreciate to have in my pocket.
but i have few concerns, since i am not familiar with fuji interface philosophy.
  • do i have to change iso to 400 asa for for each photo taken? each power up? as i understand there is no memory if i leave camera settings to 400asa - camera will return to 100asa?
  • is manual mode in full - i can change full aperture and exposure? (and what else - flash power? no M focus as i see)
  • burst mode is 1.4 frames/s for no limited period?
  • what is this in practice?
  1. Top-3 (max. 1.4 frames/sec.)
  2. Top-12, High speed (max. 5 frames/sec., number of recorded pixels: “S” only)
  3. Final-3 (max. 1.4 frames/sec.)
  4. FInal-12, High speed (max. 5 frames/sec., number of recorded pixels: “S” only)
  5. Long-period
  • is this CCD IS on match with optical ones?
  • is IS working in movie mode, (good or bad)
sorry for my rookie questions, i don't know fuji interface, and for that i am a neat- pick.
 
Milutin Labudovic said:
this would be my first fuji after a range of canon pockets, i think :)

do i am not satisfied with overall picture quality, this camera has some features that i would appreciate to have in my pocket.
but i have few concerns, since i am not familiar with fuji interface philosophy.
  • do i have to change iso to 400 asa for for each photo taken? each power up? as i understand there is no memory if i leave camera settings to 400asa - camera will return to 100asa?
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No. The camera has mode-specific memory. Thus if you use P mode, it will default to whatever ISO you used last in P mode, regardless of whether you have turned off the camera in the meantime. Likewise, if you use M mode, it will default to whatever ISO you used last in M mode (which may or may not be the same ISO as you used in P mode).
Milutin Labudovic said:
  • is manual mode in full - i can change full aperture and exposure? (and what else - flash power? no M focus as i see)
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Milutin Labudovic said:
  • burst mode is 1.4 frames/s for no limited period?
  • what is this in practice?
  1. Top-3 (max. 1.4 frames/sec.)
  2. Top-12, High speed (max. 5 frames/sec., number of recorded pixels: “S” only)
  3. Final-3 (max. 1.4 frames/sec.)
  4. FInal-12, High speed (max. 5 frames/sec., number of recorded pixels: “S” only)
  5. Long-period
  • is this CCD IS on match with optical ones?
  • is IS working in movie mode, (good or bad)
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For the rest, see here:

http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/f/finepix_f300exr/

You can download the complete manual under the support tab.

Since the camera has not yet been released, it is premature to be asking what things are like "in practice".

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thnx, i have downloaded the manual, and got the rest of the answers.
this first/last 23 pictures stored while in burst puzzled me. :)
great for iso remembrance/

and one more. usually in fuji movie mode while recording movies can i lock the exposure?
 
Nick:

You pose a fair enough question, and I'm obviously not an industry person who could answer from that perspective. But I think that before one asks whether histograms are patented by somebody, one has to ask whether histograms are patentable at all. Histograms are basically really detailed bar graphs, and are often used in the fields of science and economics to display data. They've been around for a while (google "history" and "histogram"). Using a histogram to graph the distribution of rgb values seems like a fairly obvious use of a well known graphic tool. Anyway, that's just my 2 cents.

On the other hand, if histograms really are patented, then I'd like to be that guy, because he's rich! :-)
NIK11 said:
pjw88 said:
The old E550 gave histograms in review mode. The S6000 gave histograms in both review and record. Fuji just hasn't felt like putting this feature in the F-cameras. :-(
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Yeah, thanks, but why?

Histograms appearing on other Fuji models doesn't demonstrate one way or the other whether there are patents, and if there are whether it's the savings in royalties that are holding back Fuji's cheaper models, or finally whether Fuji just have a mental block with the F series.

I honestly don't know and wondered if someone else in the industry reading this might have an inkling.

Nick
NIK11 said:
NIK11 said:
We can agree on that. I often wonder how much design patents hold back some of these features. Is it possible that others have all the patents on histograms and in order to keep the price down Fuji avoid paying out royalties? Is it possible?

Nick
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Milutin Labudovic said:
and one more. usually in fuji movie mode while recording movies can i lock the exposure?
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I don't know but, from a reading of the manual, I very much doubt it. I can understand wanting manual control of exposure in movie mode, but locked exposure seems like it would only have limited use, given the likely changing subject matter in a scene.

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john carson
 
full control would be great :)

i manage to get descent shoots with canon sx200is movie mode which is really great, just by locking the exposure so the picture will not breathe.

while camera is not recording you can adjust exposure to the scene (effects of exposure you see live on LCD) and lock it.
John Carson said:
Milutin Labudovic said:
and one more. usually in fuji movie mode while recording movies can i lock the exposure?
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I don't know but, from a reading of the manual, I very much doubt it. I can understand wanting manual control of exposure in movie mode, but locked exposure seems like it would only have limited use, given the likely changing subject matter in a scene.

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john carson
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