Budget superzoom unveiled
Superzooms have got plenty of appeal, and Fujifilm's latest FinePix F4800 looks to appeal on the price front as much as it on its features list.
The ?150 superzoom comes equipped with a 30x optical zoom lens which offers a 24-720mm equivalent range - ideal for snapping close-ups, wide-angle scenes, mid-distance portraits or far-and-away subjects in the distance. There's even a Super Macro mode which, when set to the widest-angle setting, can shoot just 2cm from the lens.
The 16-megapixel 1/2.3-inch CCD sensor has built-in image stabilisation - realised by the ability to shift by microscopic amounts - which helps to counter handshake at those longer focal lengths.
With autofocus said to be as swift as 0.3-seconds - most likely at the wider-angle settings, not the full extent of the zoom - and a start-up time of 1.3-seconds the F4800 sounds fairly nippy.
As well as simple point-and-shoot capture on the auto mode, there are six scene settings, a scene recognition auto mode, 720p movie mode and the usual array of manual controls too, should you want to get a little more advanced.?
There's a 3-inch, 230k-dot LCD screen on the rear but, unlike many higher-spec superzooms, the F4800 lacks a built-in optical viewfinder. It also runs on 4xAA batteries rather than including a single li-ion rechargeable in the box. Still, for the asking price it all sounds like fair cop to us.
Tags: Cameras Fujifilm Fujifilm FinePix S4800
Fujifilm FinePix S4800 offers big zoom for a small price originally appeared on http://www.pocket-lint.com on Wed, 30 Jan 2013 05:00:00 +0000
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