Fujifilm Finepix F480
Fujifilm Finepix F480 Review: Camera wa
s everything I expected it to be. It was even a little smaller than I expected. It takes great pictures, especially wide angle shots which is why I got it. It will zoom for normal and closer shots. The flash is very adequate in low light situations. The only thing it doesn’t have that I would like is a hot shoe or cradle ability to charge the battery. It requires thinking ahead to make sure that the battery has been taken out and charged. The only way around this would be to buy two batteries and have one constantly charged, but a hot shoe to leave the camera in would solve that problem. But overall, a great camera, especially for the beginner.
Fujifilm Finepix F480 Review: This is the third Fuji camera that I have purchased. The others being the FujiFinepix 7000S and the Fuji A340. These cameras were purchased as back up to my Nikon pro cameras. The reasons for purchasing this camera was its large and bright 2.7 in screen which replaces 1.8in screeen on my other cameras, ease of operation, portability and lastly wide selection of shooting modes along with 8.2 mega pixelimage quality. Dual compatible slot is not too shabby either. Although image stabilization is limited for the price it can’t be beat as a no frills backup.
Fujifilm Finepix F480 Description: Fujifilm is pleased to announce the launch of the 8 megapixel FinePix F480 compact digital camera. With the same metal body as its pricier F series range mates and versatile 4x wide angle zoom, the FinePix F480 is perfect for those people looking for an easy to use all rounder that offers a quality feature set at an affordable price.
No bigger than a deck of playing cards (just 23mm thick), the FinePix F480 boasts good looks and compact proportions to match its superb performance.
Fujifilm Finepix F480 Review: My husband bought this for me for Christmas. I use it primarily to take pictures of our baby daughter. It is one of the worst digital cameras I’ve ever owned. The battery life is terrible. Fuji even admits in the handbook that the battery will slowly die even when not in use. Well I charge it one day, and the next day it dies. When trying to take pictures, the majority of my pictures are blurred. It’s especially difficult getting a decent picture when you’re trying to take one of a moving baby. About the only way I can imagine ever getting a decent shot would be to purchase a tripod, but that would be ridiculous in everyday use. I plan on returning this and getting something else. It is not worth the money and the software that comes with it is not that great either.
Fujifilm Finepix F480 Review: This is a very simple point and shoot camera. It has very few, easy to use controls and features. Outdoors pictures are fare but indoors are poor because built-in flash is not that good. The camera is in deed small, display is big and has good quality but for the price paid I think it does what was expected. I bought this camera as a second one, small enough to carry anywhere and be ready to take pictures just when they happen. But if this will be your only camera you better spend 100 extra bucks on a batter one to get better shoots.
Fujifilm Finepix F480 Review: I have owned this Fuji F-480 camera for about three weeks now. The F-480 is small, has a wide angle Fujinon lens (28mm-112mm), a 4.00x optical zoom and provides a higher resolution (8.2 MP) than my Fuji Z-3. This new Fuji f-480 camera seems to be a durable little package that should withstand a few bumps along the way.
Those things and the comparatively low price gave me reason to make the purchase. Admittedly, the differences between this camera and my Z-3 are not large, but significant to me since I use my cameras to take landscape pictures while traveling and I have been looking for another small format camera with a wide angle lens. The wide angle lens on the F-480 is just what I needed for my landscape shots.
They refer to ultra-compact cameras like this one as “entry level” which implies they are somewhat toy-like, but that couldn’t be farther from the truth in my opinion. The capacity of these tiny compact cameras is amazing to me having used 35mm film equipment extensively over the years.
I have gone through the entire instruction booklet trying out each attribute found in the F-480 camera. Everything works as it should, but don’t expect perfectly exposed pictures when using a number of the AUTO settings. It takes a bit of experimentation to determine how some of them behave.
This is a Japanese camera made in China, but the quality is very good. The price on the camera represents an excellent value for what it provides in photographic choices and performance. I paid about $180 for mine, but fully expect to see that price drop a few Dollars in the near future. The camera is new to the market and represents one of the latest additions to the F-series Fuji FinePix line. It is the next edition of the F-470, but is (in many ways) an entirely different camera.
The menu of settings is extensive yet easily understood and used. The only complaint I have is with the highly touted anti-shake (picture stabilization) setting. It can be set from the mode dial on the back of the camera, but when it is activated many other shooting options are apparently unavailable. I can set my older Fuji Z-3 on `anti-shake’ from a dedicated button on the back and the other shooting options remain accessible. Not so with the F-480. I see that as a shortcoming. I shake all of the time (taking pictures at the beach, under fluorescent light or in the snow) and would like my cameras to compensate for my twitching no matter what shooting options I choose.
The F-480 accommodates both x-D and SD memory cards, but not at the same time. I suppose that attribute advances the versatility of the camera. However, the feature is not particularly important to me personally. The large 2.7-inch anti-glare LCD display is clear, crisp and provides a good idea of color balance prior to shooting a picture. There is no eyeball view finder on this camera, but I don’t miss it. Not many of these modern mini-digitals have a separate view finder anyhow.
The only real measure of this camera is in the photos it is capable of producing. This is not a big cumbersome high end professional camera with a super fast shutter and a high powered lens, but is just great for family photos or getting that quick shot while traveling. I am satisfied with the passable quality of the pictures I have shot so far and believe the camera will give me the photographic versatility and image quality I require as I begin using it on my next trip abroad.
Price: $115 to $195