Fujfilm FinePix S5000 Zoom
Review Date: 16th June 2004
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Image Quality
All of the sample images in this Review were taken using the default 6M 2,816 x 2,120 mode, which gives an average image size of between 1.5Mb and 3Mb.
Noise
There are 3 ISO settings available on the Fujfilm FinePix S5000 Zoom, but ISO 800 is only available at the 1M resolution setting.
ISO 200 (100% crop) |
ISO 400 (100% crop) |
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ISO 800 (100% crop) |
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The noise levels look just about OK at ISO 200, but at ISO 400 and 800 red and blue artifacts are starting to appear. The Fujfilm FinePix S5000 Zoom would really benefit from having an ISO 100 setting.
Sharpening
Here are two 100% crops which have been Saved as Web - Quality 40 in Photoshop. The right-hand image has had some sharpening applied in Photoshop. The out-of-the camera images, using the default setting of Normal, are pretty sharp and don't really benefit from sharpening during post-processing.
Original 100% Crop |
Sharpened 100% Crop |
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File Quality
The Fujfilm FinePix S5000 Zoom has 4 different JPEG quality settings. Here are some 100% crops which show the various file quality settings.
2,816 x 2,120 |
2,048 x 1,536 |
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1,600 x 1,200 |
1,280 x 960 |
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Chromatic Aberrations
The Fujfilm FinePix S5000 Zoom generally coped well with chromatic aberrations, except in very high-contrast situations. In the first example shown below, the sun was just outside the top of the frame, resulting in some purple fringing in the tree branches. The second example is a little more worrying, as the sun was positioned well outside the frame to the left of the subject.
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Overall Image Quality
In bright sunny conditions the Fujfilm FinePix S5000 Zoom delivered very punchy, colourful images, as you can see from the samples in the next section. They don't require much post-processing or sharpening in a photo editing application like Photoshop. The default 6M 2,816 x 2,120 pixel image size allows you to create prints up to A3 in size. Noise is visible at the slowest ISO setting of 200, whilst ISO 400 and 800 should only be used if you don't have a tripod handy. Chromatic aberrations in the form of purple fringing are largely avoided, although in high-contrast situations they did appear. Overall a fairly pleasing performance from the Fujfilm FinePix S5000 Zoom in terms of image quality.
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