Fujifilm FinePix F30 video review
Full review at www.cameralabs.com : A five-minute tour around the 6.3 Megapixel Fujifilm FinePix F30 digital camera by Gordon Laing, Editor of www.cameralabs.com. For our full review, please click the link at the start of this text. … Fujifilm FinePix F30 Zoom digital camera review
Hey, I just got handed someone else’s FinePix F31, a cable and a software disk. I’ve spent a half an hour installing the software and it still doesn’t see the camera when hooked up with USB. All the software directs me to do is sign up and order prints through Fuji. There doesn’t seem to be any instructions on how to just get pictures (I assume regular jpg images) out of this camera.
None of the cameras in it’s class come close to it. Yes, there are few problems there but overall it is still the best compact camera. As far as what I have seen the photo sample and also the reviews, this is indeed the best in its class.
My opinions have lots of purple pixel noise to back them up, as do hundreds of other users. Yes it’s now an old cam, but had i seen your review 2 years ago it would not have stopped me from buying the F30. It is the obligation of every F30 user to denounce this camera. They’re still for sale you know.
Well we’re both entitled to our opinions, and I stand by mine as someone who’s professionally compared and tested cameras for over 16 years. Anyway, again, it’s an old model, so it seems odd to suddenly start slagging it off now. Maybe two years ago, but since it’s no longer on sale it’s more useful to discuss models that are.
If they thought the F30 best in class for noise, it makes me think they never saw the F10 or other cams! And the XD card wasn’t the problem, the same cards perform MUCH faster in the older F10. Your review is off regardless of how old it is. The F30 is crap and comments from users in online forums confirm it. Fuji went astray after the F10.
Sorry to hear you feel this way, but you’ll find most reviewers and members of many forums found the F30 and F31fd were actually the best in class for noise levels. I agree xD is slow though. But of course we’re discussing a very old camera here in digital terms. My review of it here is over two years old.
Also, the delete speed on the F30 is horrendous. Regardless of what speed XD card is used, it can take about 3 times longer to delete a single image than on the F10. And the F10 was a tad slow on that to begin with. The F30 is intolerable in this regard.
“The manual mode is a fully-automatic mode. ”
-From the F30 manual
Image quality is horrendous compared to the earlier F10. The F10 lets you adjust the ISO arbitarily, but the F30 doesn’t. Even in bright light, dark areas are loaded with purple noise, regardless of the ISO setting. Forums online savaged this lousy camera.
Many upgraded from the F10 to the F30 based upon the F10’s record and Fuji’s promises.
Anyone who thinks this is one of the best of it’s class shouldn’t do reviews.
Thanks! It was just a brief mention in the review, saying it had an underwater housing. I’m sure there’d be many people, myself included, who’d be interested to hear about your underwater experiences with it and the housing in the cameralabs . com forums. . .
Well your vids are quality so i think i might just check it out!
I’m not sure if this is relevant to you, but Sony Vegas 8 also allows editing of this camera’s raw files. Highly improved over Movie Maker.
Failed to read the review which goes with the video at cameralabs . com!
I use windows movie maker with mine. Very simple drag and drop interface and free as far as i’m aware.
Failed to mention the awsome underwater housing. ISO of 3200 and the 40m housing makes it a perfect budget camera for divers!
That actually does work, I never thought to try it. Really bad editor, at least it works. Thank you.
I’m sorry, I don’t know! Have you tried Windows Movie Maker?
Thanks for the response on the last question. What about video editors? I’ve tried a few programs and all the AVI files that I try and load into an editor to adjust brightness levels and such comes up with an error. “AVI not supported” or something similar, for Premiere and Vegas 7. What would I be able to use as a video editor?
Thanks!
I don’t think that’s possible with any still camera - sorry!
Is there a way to attach a 3rd party mic to the F30? The mic isn’t the *best* quality, I’m looking for something a little better. If I could plug a separate one in that would be great. Any ideas?
already did, thanks!
Hi cyberfranz - the F30 has better performance in low light than the TZ3, but as you say, only a 3x zoom, so it depends how bright your room will be! It’s a good question though and perfect for the Cameralabs forum if you’d like to post it there for more to see. Cheers!
Is the F31fd the best baby-camera due to its low light superb quality?
I mean ,
I know that it might well be , but the zoom range is so boring.
I have to buy a camera so that I will shoot 100 pics per hour at the baby that will soon come, but I still don´t know if I should rather go for a more versatile lumix tz3 .
Any suggestion?
Thanx
the man is very good, the camera is very bad, at least compared to the Sony T30.
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cheers for such a mint website, i’m going there now just to click on all of the pricegrabber boxes, so you get some extra cash,