Fujifilm Finepix E550

Review Date: February 24th 2005

Page 1
Introduction / Price
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Features
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Specifications
Page 4
Design
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Ease of Use
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Image Quality
Page 7
Sample Images
Page 8
Conclusion / Links

Specifications

Number of
effective pixels

6.3 million pixels

CCD sensor

1 / 1.7-inch Super CCD HR (Number of total pixels: 6.63 million pixels)

Number of
recorded pixels

Still image:
4048 x 3040 (12.3 million) / 2848 x 2136 / 2048 x 1536 / 1600 x 1200 / 640 x 480

Movie:
640 x 480 pixels, 30 frames per second with sound. / 320 x 240 pixels, 30 frames per second with sound.

Storage media

xD-Picture Card (16MB to 512MB)

File format

Still image: CCD-RAW / JPEG (Exif ver. 2.2)
Movie: AVI (Motion JPEG)
[Design rule for Camera File system compliant/DPOF-compatible]

Lens

Fujinon 4x optical zoom lens

Lens focal length

Equivalent to 32.5 - 130 mm on a 35mm camera

Focus

Autofocus (Area, Centre, Multi, Continuous), Manual Focus.

Focus distance

Normal: Approx. 60cm to infinity
Macro: Approx. 7.5cm to 80cm

Shutter speed

3 sec. to 1/2000 sec. depending on shooting mode

Aperture

Wide-angle: F2.8 - F8 (in 1/3 EV increments)
Telephoto: F5.6 - F8 (in 1/3 EV increments)

Sensitivity

Auto: equivalent to ISO 80-640.
Manual: ISO 80/100/200/400/800
(maximum resolution is 3M when ISO 800 selected)

Exposure control

64-zone TTL metering-multi, spot, average

Exposure modes

Programmed AE, Aperture Priority AE, Shutter Priority AE, Manual

White balance

Automatic
Manual: [Custom, Fine, Shade, Fluorescent light (Daylight), Fluorescent light (Warm White), Fluorescent light (Cool White), Incandescent light]

Viewfinder

Real image optical (approx. 77% coverage)

LCD monitor

2-inch low-temperature poly-silicon TFT
Approx. 96% coverage

Flash

Auto flash
Effective range: Wide-angle (Approx. 0.6m - 4.5m)
Telephoto (Approx. 0.6m - 2.2m)

Flash mode

Auto, Red-eye Reduction, Forced Flash, Suppressed Flash (Slow Synchro, Red-eye Reduction + Slow Synchro: in manual mode)

Self-timer

Approx. 2 /10 sec. delay

Video output

PAL / NTSC selectable

Digital interface

USB socket & A/V socket, Power input socket

Power source

2xAA alkaline batteries, 2xAA Ni-MH batteries, or 3V AC power adapter (optional)

Dimensions

105(W) x 63(H) x 34.4(D) mm

Weight

200g (excluding batteries and media)

Digital zoom

6.3x (640 x 480), 2.5x (1600 x 1200), 2x (2048 x 1536), 1.4x (2848 x 2136)

Shooting modes

Auto, Scene Position (Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Night Scene)

Continuous shooting

1. Top-4 (3 frames / sec., up to 4 frames)
2. Final-4 (3 frames / sec., up to 4 fames)
3. Long-period (Max. 1.6 frames / sec up to 40 frames)
4. Auto bracketing

Colour modes

B&W, Chrome, Standard

Voice memo

Up to 30 sec. WAVE format

Playback

Single frame (with max 30x Playback zoom), 12 Multi-frame, displayed by day sorting


Page 1
Introduction / Price
Page 2
Features
Page 3
Specifications
Page 4
Design
Page 5
Ease of Use
Page 6
Image Quality
Page 7
Sample Images
Page 8
Conclusion / Links

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