Digital SLR challenger! Fuji S205EXR first evaluation

Finepix S205 EXR is the latest S series model just released by Fuji. In Fuji's product line, S-series has always been positioned at home users and photographers with relatively high requirements. As far as the S series itself is concerned, low-end products such as S 1500 only have high-power telephoto lenses, which are cheaper, while high-end products such as classic S602, S 100FS and newly released S205EXR are the latest technologies of Fuji at that time. It represents Fuji's R&D strength and understanding of images. Of course, the higher-end digital SLR bodies such as S5Pro also belong to the S series product line, but it is also a positioning.

Fuji Finepix S205 EXR was officially released at the end of July. As an alternative product of S 100FS, S205 EXR follows the X-ray lens of S 100Fs that supports optical image stabilization, but it is equipped with the latest SupercCCD EXR. Many new features of S205 EXR can be said to be designed around the super CCD EXR, such as Fuji's good color performance and high-sensitivity image quality, as well as the special effects achieved by using high-speed continuous shooting and pixel synthesis at high sensitivity. In a word, the new features of S205 EXR mainly include the following points:

1.11.6 inch12 megapixel super CCD EXR sensor (S 100FS is 2/3 inch110 megapixel).

2. Three EXR modes: high resolution, high ISO and high dynamic range.

3. Strengthen the main focus mode (simulating large aperture background blur) and the low light shooting mode (convenient for shooting night scenes).

4. Five film simulation modes (black and white mode and sepia mode are added on the basis of the original three modes).

5. Brand-new 2.7-inch 230,000-pixel high-contrast LCD screen.

6. brand new? Super intelligent flash system?

7. Better endurance (more than 300 flashlights are not turned on during actual use)

8. You can save files in the format of CD-RAW (EXR) and jpeg (JPEG as a preview, and RAW can be used later, but Fuji has not released plug-ins or independent software that can solve this RAW, and the software included in the CD can't solve this RAW).

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Fuji S205 EXR continues the design of S series SLR, which looks very professional, much like digital SLR. However, the Fuji Dragon lens of 14.3X-ray is much more powerful than the ordinary SLR.

The overall dimensions of S205 EXR are: 133 x 94 x 145 mm, with a total weight of 835g.

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Fuji S205 EXR fuselage has a lot of intentions in design, so let's look at it one by one.

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There are some unusual switch buttons on the left side of the fuselage.

The flash of S205 EXR is conspicuous in appearance.

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Fuji S205 EXR follows the 14.3x X-ray zoom lens on S 100FS, but the sensor size of S205 EXR is slightly smaller than S100fs (1/.6 inch VS 2/3 inch), so the equivalent focal length of this lens also changes slightly. From 28mm-400mm in S 100FS to 30.5mm-436mm in S205 EXR, the wide angle of 28mm, which is highly valued by many users, is lost, but the maximum aperture remains unchanged, which is F2.8 (wide-angle end) -5.3 (telephoto end), the filter aperture is 67mm, and the nearest focusing distance in super macro mode is 65438+.

S205 EXR supports manual focusing mode. When the lens works in manual focusing mode, rotating the focusing ring only sends a signal, and finally the work of moving the lens group is completed by the machine. Not the user can directly drive the lens group to focus by rotating the focus ring. Therefore, this focus ring is invalid in AF mode and off state. Unlike SLR lenses, the focus ring can also be rotated and played when it is closed.

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Fuji S205 EXR is equipped with a 2.7-inch 230,000-pixel LCD screen with high contrast and a 0.2-inch 200,000-pixel EVF electronic viewfinder. In practice, although the response speed of EVF is quite fast, it can still feel the delay when moving quickly. The LCD on the back has a good practical effect, but after improving the display brightness, it will lose color and hierarchy.

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Fuji claims that based on some new improvements, the battery life of S205 EXR is 370, and the battery life of S205 EXR can at least exceed 300 after one week of use. S205 EXR also supports mainstream SD/SDHC cards as storage media. Considering that quite a few functions of S205 EXR are completed in continuous shooting by using this in-machine synthesis mode, I suggest you choose a high-speed card above Class6, instead of making the memory card a bottleneck for you to enjoy shooting.

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The test prototype we got is the official retail version of S205 EXR, so the attachment shown in the figure is also the retail version of S205 EXR. These accessories include: S205 EXR, warranty card, instruction manual, CD, watchband, AV output cable, USB data cable, charging cable, charger, NP- 140 battery and lens cover with rope.

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It can be said that the whole machine of Fuji S205 EXR is designed around the EXR sensor, which is its characteristic and the focus of our investigation. In fact, the11.6-inch SuperCCD EXR sensor used in S205 EXR has stood the test of the market and users on the F200 EXR.

In EXR automatic mode, FinePix S205EXR provides three sensor working modes:

High resolution (HR) mode, with an output of 6.5438+0.2 million effective pixels, can be used in a well-lit environment to obtain the most detailed picture details.

In high sensitivity and low noise (SN) mode, adjacent diagonal pixel pairs work together as one pixel, and finally 6 million effective pixels are output. In low light environment, it has ultra-high sensitivity and ultra-low noise, which avoids the noise phenomenon that ordinary CCD can't solve when shooting in high light.

The wide dynamic range (DR) mode is equivalent to decomposing the CCD into two groups of 6 million pixels, and then merging the captured images to obtain ultra-wide dynamic range photos with rich details from high light areas to low light areas without losing high light or low light details.

FinePix S205EXR is also loaded with EXR automatic mode, which provides six modes: portrait, landscape, macro, backlight portrait, night scene and night portrait. FinePix S205EXR will intelligently and automatically identify the currently shot scene, not only optimize focusing, color balance, exposure, flash output and sensitivity, but also automatically switch the working mode of CCD sensor to HR, SN or DR according to the shooting environment of the scene.

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S205 EXR is equipped with enhanced subject focusing/enhanced low light shooting mode, which can combine two or three photos taken continuously into one photo with clear theme and blurred background. Strengthening the low light shooting mode, the camera will continuously shoot four high-sensitivity photos with pixel stitching technology at high speed. Finally, it is merged into a final image with ultra-low noise.

These two shooting modes need to achieve special shooting effect in the way of continuous shooting, so try to keep the camera stable when using.

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In use, it is found that the automatic metering of S205 EXR is often too violent, which often makes the picture lose its layering and highlight details. It is not helpful to turn on the DR mode immediately, and it is necessary to reduce the exposure manually during use.

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With120,000 pixel super CCD EXR sensor and 14.3 times variable light lens, the multifunctional and high-quality Fuji S205 EXR is mainly aimed at relatively demanding home users and some photographers. S205 EXR has a sense of control and image quality close to that of a digital SLR camera. At the same time, compared with a digital SLR, S205EXR has the advantages of large zoom, convenient use, lower purchase cost and more comprehensive supporting functions. In addition, the low price of less than 2800 RMB is believed to be a big impact on an entry-level digital SLR camera.

Fuji S205 EXR Advantages:

Full-featured and powerful, easy to use, fully manual function, excellent picture quality, professional appearance and good workmanship with materials.

Fuji S205 EXR Disadvantages:

Automatic metering is often too violent, and LCD resolution still has room for improvement.

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