Test av Fujifilm FinePix F50fd

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dpreview har også testet:

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0712/07120502fujif50review.asp

 

Noen utdrag fra testen:

Super CCD cameras traditionally performed very well in our resolution tests and the F50fd once again sets the standard for cameras in this class, outperforming even such a compact camera heavyweight as the Canon G9. Fujifilm clearly deserve some credit for their sensor/lens engineering in the F50fd. It is questionable if this extra resolution will translate into a real life benefit but it is always good to know you've got some reserves.

 

Anyway, the sensor/processing unit of the F50fd is quite an achievement. From ISO 200-800 it puts most of the competition to shame, and even ISO 1600 can produce usable output within limits. Images show natural colors and good detail, there's no need to spend hours with your imaging software to get pictures ready for print, they are perfect straight out of the box. It might not look great at a pixel level, but you can say that about most current cameras, and with 12 megapixels who's going to be looking that close? (if you are, I'm afraid you need an SLR).

 

And so to the rating. There was quite a lot of discussion here as to whether the F50fd should be marked down for being such a disappointing step backwards from the F31fd - no matter how unsurprising that was. The replacement of the F31fd means the end of the line for a sensor that over four generations of Fujifilm compact cameras has shown that there is an alternative to pointless megapixel increases and noisy results at anything over base ISO. Whilst the F50fd still has a lead over its conventional CCD competitors that advantage has been cut down to little more than a whisker, and this is a regrettable and slightly depressing indication of where the compact camera manufacturers' priorities lie.

 

Ultimately though, the F50fd must be judged on its own merits and in the context of the market as it is today, and on those grounds it just scrapes our highest award. But if anyone from Fujifilm is listening, please, please don't give up on the pursuit of usable high ISO image quality in compact cameras - you were our last hope, and on the evidence here you've thrown in the towel.

 

Tydeligvis et meget bra kamera, men det ser ut som "alle" irriterer seg over meningsløse 12 mp.