Good for point-and-shoot users, this camera also provides a full manual exposure mode in it’s small, compact, and light weight metal/plastic body. A manual focus option lets you adjust the focus yourself, but the E550 provides no numeric distance scale, so the only way you can determine focus is by watching the LCD screen.
Another tricky thing is the fact that it focuses hard in low light, a problem that many compact cameras have. Yes, fuji comes with optical viewfinder, but shows only about 78-84% of the final frame area. To reach up to ISO 800, the camera smartly brings the resolution down to 3 megapixels, reducing the image noise in the resulting pictures.
The Red-Eye Reduction mode has not reached the level of in-camera removal, so you will deal with red eyes. Also, the flash doesn’t pop up and fire automatically, even in Auto mode.
Another thing you should know is that maximum recording times vary, depending on the resolution and amount of available memory space. For the quality of image, I noticed a little red tint, low contrast and noise as about the low side of average things that can be corrected with photo editing programs.
A bonus for Fuji FinePix E550 is the possibility to attach optional accessories like filters with an adaptive ring.
Functions:
• Exposure Modes: Auto, Program AE, Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority, and Manual
• Shooting Modes: Portrait, Landscape, Sports, and Night Scene
• Metering: Multi mode, Spot and Average
• White balance: Auto, Outdoors, Shade, Daylight Fluorescent, Warm White Fluorescent, Cool White Fluorescent, Incandescent, and Custom
• Other: adjustments for color and image sharpness
Technical Data:
• 2.0-inch LCD
• 6.3-megapixel
• 4x zoom
• 32.5-130mm lens
• Aperture: f/2.8 to f/8
• Shutter Speed: 1/2000-3 sec
• Exposure Compensation: -2 to +2 EV in 1/3 increments
• ISO range: 80 / 100 / 200 / 400 / 800
• Continuous shooting: 4 frames
• Self-Timer: 2, 10 sec
• Movie recording: 30 fps, with sound
• JPEG and CCD RAW image formats supported
• Built-in flash
• xD memory card
• 2 x NiMH AAA rechargeable battery
Tags: FujiFilm FinePix E550, compact digital camera, fujifilm, fuji finepix, digital camera, camera, 6MP, 4x optical zoom
