Fujifilm Finepix F11 Photos

Here are the sample photos from my upcoming review of the 6 megapixel Fujifilm Finepix F11, a couple of days before the full review is online. The Fujifilm F11 is one of the few compact digital cameras (if not the only one) to offer a useable ISO range of 80-1600 - check out the handheld night photos to see the results that are possible at ISO 1600. I’ve also included the sample movie. Enjoy…

Website: Fujifilm Finepix F11 Photos

Published: Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Reader Comments

1. Is it my imagination, or does image #2 have considerably more noise
   and loss of details than any of the other images? Let me guess, was it
   shot at ISO 800? ISO 1600?
   
   Is there any way you could include this info so that we do not have to
   go through the process of downloading and importing the images?
   
   Not too bad on the purple fringing, but to my eyes, the images appear
   quite soft. Anyone concur?
   
   How did you get that shot of my car hood ornament?

   GARY POGODA at 06:26pm on Friday, January 20, 2006

2. I really wish Fuji would just offer this in the US. Having to go through these third-party importers is such a pita.

   phule at 07:56pm on Friday, January 20, 2006

3. My brother has this camera, and it works really really good.
   All of the images are super clear and sharp.
   Anna W.

   weight at 06:25am on Monday, January 23, 2006

4. I forgot to add my e-mail
   

   weight at 06:28am on Monday, January 23, 2006

5. I have no doubt that the F11 produces excellent images. I would be
   curious to know what sharpening setting your brother uses.

   GARY POGODA at 05:37pm on Monday, January 23, 2006

6. Gary, unfortunately the F11 does not have an in-camera Sharpening mode (and there are a few other missing features too).

   Mark Goldstein at 05:48pm on Monday, January 23, 2006

7. Thanks for the info, Mark. With the added manual controls of the F11
   over the F10, I just assumed it had in-camera sharpening. Yet another
   example of why it is so important to read these reviews before buying.

   GARY POGODA at 06:18pm on Monday, January 23, 2006

8. I couldn't believe it either - had to double-check the manual just in case, but it's definitely not there. Along with a manual focus mode, proper manual exposure mode, histogram and RAW mode...

   Mark Goldstein at 06:21pm on Monday, January 23, 2006

9. The new F30 doesn't seem to offer much user control either, which is sad.
   
   ISO 3200 will be nice though, and the flash has been improved.
   
   Manual focus or at least a focus lock and exposure bracketing would be very useful to me.
   
   But image quality sort of makes up for most of the other deficiencies.
   
   By the way, I used Noise Ninja on the second image, then selected all except the sky and used Photoshops unsharp mask and the image came up very nice.
   
   I really prefer to do my editing on the PC rather than "in camera" settings and I think maybe thats part of the secret of the F11 F30 image quality, lack of noise, not to much in camera manipulation of the image. I am only guessing though.

   Paul at 09:30pm on Monday, February 20, 2006

10. Forgot to ask in the last post.
    
    I would really like to see some portrait type photos or at least with a few people in the image, cafe or something, to see skin tones and indoor performance.
    Do you have any images like that?

    Paul at 09:34pm on Monday, February 20, 2006

11. The sample photos on this site show that the review F11 unit has the infamous "vertical banding" problem. Look at the street night shots, in the midtones and shadow areas - they show vertical lines. Zoom to 100% to see them more clearly.

    Rodney at 04:05am on Tuesday, February 21, 2006

12. Are you sure Rodney
    
    I can not see any banding.
    A lot of people are using the F11 now and I have never heard any mention of this as a problem with it.
    
    Can anyone else see banding in any of these images?

    Paul at 05:21am on Tuesday, February 21, 2006

13. Paul
    
    Yes I'm sure. Look at the photos at ISO1600 or ISO800. Look at the midtones and shadow areas at 100% zoom. Then you will be able to see vertical lines.
    
    A lot of people have noticed this with F11s. Seems like a QC problem, with some sets being worse than others.
    
    http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=162328
    
    Apparently this problem is also affecting the later batches of F10s.
    
    http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=16231135
    
    I personally tested all 4 sets of F11s at a retailer, and all the sets had the banding. Another person also tested all the sets at another retailer and found the banding present in all of them.
    
    I've since sent my F11 in to Fuji for repair.

    Rodney at 03:54pm on Saturday, February 25, 2006

14. Let's get things in context here! I have a Fuji F810 which I thought took great pics. Albeit sometimes I thought they were underexposed. The F810 has simply one of the best, most solid, build qualitys I have ever seen in this class. Now I am not a professional photographer, but the images from the F11, compared the F810 are, to the everyday man such as me, fantastic. My newly ordered F11 has just arrived and is still in the box. I have a 14 day return guarantee from UKDigitalCameras but if what I've seen is anything to go by it aint going anywhere except in my pocket!

    Mart at 01:14am on Wednesday, March 08, 2006

15. As long as you have the F810 to use for now, why not return the F11
    and wait for the F30 in May? Its ISO 3200 is hard to pass up.

    GARY POGODA at 07:01am on Wednesday, March 08, 2006

16. I know. I know. Dont remind me! Sadly my 4 yr old son dropped the F810 (twice). First time I managed to revive it second time no chance. Hence I need a camera now.

    Mart at 09:35am on Wednesday, March 08, 2006

17. Well first impressions of camera are positive. Pretty much as fast as myself in terms of power on and taking pics. It is not as responsive as the F810 when loading up a video to playback but this is hardly critical. I actually think now that the F810 was a pretty special camera in terms of functionailty and pure quality.
    
    Haven't actually seen the F11 switch into ISO1600 mode yet seeing as it takes a lot of pics in ISO800 inside. However the ISO800 pic quality (wrt noise) is nowhere near as bad some websites I've seen (this one included). For point and shoot photography it really is perfect.
    
    Ran it up against my sisters Sony DSC-W7 and it trumped it in all areas. THe W7 is a good camera.
    
    As for weight is weighs exactly 200g with battery and card. I'm sure this is heavier than I was led to believe. The F810 is only 20g heavier! I was actually surprised how solid the F11 is. No ultra compact whatever anyone says. Buy a Casio EX-S600 if you want truly Twiggy proportions.
    
    In short, 100% happy. Looks basic, works basic if you set it up that way and the picture are really fantastic with excellent colour and exposure both inside and outside. All in my honest amateur opinion of course!

    Mart at 09:12am on Thursday, March 09, 2006

18. I am going to eat some very large slices of humble pie and say that I have changed my mind about the F11 to the point that I returned it.
    
    Not sure whether (a) I got a duff camera (b) I didn't spent long enough working with it or (c) I'd forgotten just how good the F810 was. I hope it, in fact it has to be, (a) if all the rave reviews I have read everywhere else are anything to go by.
    
    Point is, after a while I noticed that a much higher proportion of pics than I am prepared to accept were not as pin sharp as I was used to. Indoors ones were OK but again they were not all that pin sharp. There was also a lot of noise in those photos that didn't use flash and the camera used ISO800 just about all the time. ISO1600 was rarely in it but when it was used gave quite noisy pics. The flash was also bad for red eye. In short I was very disappointed to the point I have started searching web again for another F810 (although surely things have moved on since then).
    
    Anyone else had these experiences? Anyone else recommend a better camera than the F810? Am now thinking about IXUS 800 or MJU 800 or Exilim EX-Z850.

    Mart at 12:54pm on Saturday, March 18, 2006

19. Mart, the only thing that makes sense is that it had to have been (a).
    
    The Canon IXUS 800 is a nice camera, but I cannot picture its 1/2.5"
    CCD providing the quality you want.
    
    The Olympus mju 800/810 and Casio EX-Z850 are nice cameras that
    have a 1/1.8" CCD, but at 8.0 megapixels they have to be nosier than
    the F11 with its 6.1 megapixel 1/1.7" CCD.
    
    I'd either test your (a) theory and try another F11, or wait for the F30,
    although I do not think the red-eye will be any better. For that, HP and
    Kodak are building automatic red-eye removal into some of their photo
    printers now, and there are some excellent software programs that will
    effectively remove it if you do not mind computer post-processing.
    
    If you could pick up an inexpensive F810 used, while you are awaiting
    the F30, that might be a good option.
    
    I would also try to stay with UKDigitalCameras for their return policy.

    GARY POGODA at 06:46pm on Saturday, March 18, 2006

20. I have had an F11 for just over a month now and I am more than happy with it. OK, it doesn't come close to my EOS 350D (Rebel XT/Kiss Digital N) but I didn't expect it to. For a compact Digicam it is superb due to its responsiveness, long battery life and low-light sensitivity. Yes, some of the menus are fiddly, and the autofocus struggles at times, but all in all it is a solid, dependable and pocketable take everywhere camera!

    Mark Bullock at 06:48pm on Monday, March 27, 2006

21. Dear sirs
    
    I appreciate the web site http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews.php
    like one of the best according the informations about digital cameras.
    You ar best may be, but you can be better!
    
    Think about your sample pictures. The most of them is landscapes or citys. Only one of all samples is humans. And this pictures are in very red tones indoors or are groups outdoors and in this groups are often only people from Asia. I am not a <euro-rasist> but unfortunately I am an european and I want to see how look the digital samples with the color of the european skins.
    I think that this is the biggest problem of all the digital cameras on the market today,
    the impossibility to make theright color of the european skin in- or outdoors.
    I remember that the same problem was in the ears 1960 with the cfirst color TV-s.
    
    In conclusion: Can you please put on your digital photo Samples more in- and outdoors portrets of europeans and tell oss how can we make them better with every type of cameras if the results is only red-skin <indian-like> people?
    
    Thanks,
    Best regards,
    
    Mikael

    Mikael Wallenland at 01:15pm on Tuesday, May 16, 2006

22. this may be a stupid question but here goes...Does the F11 allow you to manually change the ISO setting or does it always choose on its own? Any info would be appreciated, thanks in advance!

    dan at 02:20pm on Sunday, May 28, 2006

23. Dan, in answer to your question, yes you can manually change the ISO of the F11 from a fine 80 to a fast 1600 - very useful for low light flash free shots.

    Mark Bullock at 04:30pm on Sunday, May 28, 2006