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martyn29 suggested I make this poll , as it says on the tin ^^^ which?.

[thefab444]

Looks like its neither as Fred is now not getting a camera. Why do I get a feeling of "I told you so"?

JS

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Originally Posted by thefab444

Looks like its neither as Fred is now not getting a camera. Why do I get a feeling of "I told you so"?

JS

Got no idea , looks like the overexcitedness got me , what a shame.... .

[Beaker]

''English Jim , but not as we know it.''

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Originally Posted by Beaker

''English Jim , but not as we know it.''

Im now told the Fuji S5700 is a bad choice. Anyone know why?.

[devon_metro]

You want to zoom in and out on videos. With the S5700 you cannot!

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Originally Posted by Liam

You want to zoom in and out on videos. With the S5700 you cannot!

You can.

Can somone give me a list of things that are wrong with the Fuji S5700 , Please?



Thanks fred.

[thefab444]

There are many reasons, one of which is the worse than average purple fringing.

You cannot zoom in/out whilst recording movies on the S5600, I'm not sure if you actually can on the S5700, strangley enough I don't know of anyone who has it!

[devon_metro]

The popularity of the 6500 shows it IS a good camera. I don't know of anybody that has the 5700.

Speaks for itself

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Originally Posted by thefab444

There are many reasons, one of which is the worse than average purple fringing.

You cannot zoom in/out whilst recording movies on the S5600, I'm not sure if you actually can on the S5700, strangley enough I don't know of anyone who has it!

I know somone with it and a few other people. It dosent have alot of purple fringing. It dose video zoom which is an added bonus.

[devon_metro]

And so does the 6500 without draining your battery! How do you know it doesn't have purple fringing?

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Originally Posted by Liam

And so does the 6500 without draining your battery! How do you know it doesn't have purple fringing?

Ive seen loads of reviews , pictures , and zooming video and the batterys last.

[devon_metro]

I quote:

The only weak point of the otherwise excellent S5600 was image quality, but the S5700 addresses all of the issues raised by that camera. Since it has no image stabilisation the S5700 relies on its high-ISO capability to provide a fast enough shutter speed to make the long zoom viable, and it certainly scores well in this area, although it’s not quite up to the levels of some other Fuji cameras. It uses a conventional 1/2.5-in CCD rather than Fuji’s own SuperCCD technology, and so it does suffer from some high-ISO noise, but pictures are still good up to 800 ISO, which is a pretty fair performance. However at 1600 ISO the image quality is quite poor, with serious colour noise problems. Unfortunately the "Anti-shake" mode sets this speed automatically, so it's best to avoid this option. Aside from that, overall image quality is excellent, with good exposure and colour rendition, and very good overall sharpness. The lens does produce quite bad barrel distortion at the wide-angle end, but makes up for it by providing tons of sharp detail right across the frame. The only bum note is that usual Fujifilm bugbear, massive purple fringes on all high-contrast edges. I really wish Fuji would solve this problem, because it is the only real fault with what is otherwise a superb camera.

[thefab444]

As someone said when I was discussing the S5700, the S5600 was a pro-sumer model with advanced features, whereas the S5700 is more aimed at being an expensive toy for people who otherwise know very little at photography. Not that it can't take good pictures, but things like it doesn't have RAW when the S5600 and S6500 do, and the the styling suggest it's gone 'down market'. It's as if they decided "We can cut features out to save money as long as it has a high number of megapixels to sell it to rookies".

My 2p,
JS

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Originally Posted by Liam

I quote:

The only weak point of the otherwise excellent S5600 was image quality, but the S5700 addresses all of the issues raised by that camera. Since it has no image stabilisation the S5700 relies on its high-ISO capability to provide a fast enough shutter speed to make the long zoom viable, and it certainly scores well in this area, although it’s not quite up to the levels of some other Fuji cameras. It uses a conventional 1/2.5-in CCD rather than Fuji’s own SuperCCD technology, and so it does suffer from some high-ISO noise, but pictures are still good up to 800 ISO, which is a pretty fair performance. However at 1600 ISO the image quality is quite poor, with serious colour noise problems. Unfortunately the "Anti-shake" mode sets this speed automatically, so it's best to avoid this option. Aside from that, overall image quality is excellent, with good exposure and colour rendition, and very good overall sharpness. The lens does produce quite bad barrel distortion at the wide-angle end, but makes up for it by providing tons of sharp detail right across the frame. The only bum note is that usual Fujifilm bugbear, massive purple fringes on all high-contrast edges. I really wish Fuji would solve this problem, because it is the only real fault with what is otherwise a superb camera.

Originally Posted by thefab444

As someone said when I was discussing the S5700, the S5600 was a pro-sumer model with advanced features, whereas the S5700 is more aimed at being an expensive toy for people who otherwise know very little at photography. Not that it can't take good pictures, but things like it doesn't have RAW when the S5600 and S6500 do, and the the styling suggest it's gone 'down market'. It's as if they decided "We can cut features out to save money as long as it has a high number of megapixels to sell it to rookies".

My 2p,
JS

I still like it , and somone I know who has it , there pics have no purple fringin. Im not one for being good at photogrpahy. Its a nice camera. Dosent matter too much about RAW or a CCD. It looks fine for me and has video zoom.


My mind is made up for the while S5700 , besides the s6500fd I might brake it and I wouldnt want that.