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Fujifilm Finepix F200EXR Digital Camera - Black (12MP, 5x Optical Zoom) 3 inch LCD | 
| Brand: FujiFilm
Category: CE
List Price: £289.99
Buy New: £149.10
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New (19) Used (5) Refurbished (1) from £124.71
Rating:  reviews
Sales Rank: 85
Media: Electronics
Batteries: 1
Batteries Included: No
Optical Zoom: 5
Display Size: 3
Maximum Focal Length: 32
Minimum Focal Length: 6.4
Maximum Resolution: 12
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 0.9 x 3.9 x 2.3
MPN: F200EXR
Model: F200EXR
EAN: 4547410064629
ASIN: B001SN6XQI
Release Date: March 16, 2009
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 Fuji do it again June 15, 2009
D. KNIGHT (England, Kent)
113 out of 114 found this review helpful
This is the camera that the vast majority of us have been waiting for, in a sensible package it crams a high resolution advanced sensor with some extra tricks up its sleeve, a respectable 5x zoom lens, a shorter than average wide angle start point and last but not least a fully automatic mode that seems to do what it should........take the best possible picture in the circumstances.
It is the Extended Range Function that makes this camera what it is.
In normal to good lighting conditions it functions as a conventional 12mp camera.
However should the lighting conditions have a large difference between light and dark, then the camera shifts into the Extended range function. The 12mp sensor is now split into two 6mp sensors, one taking a slighty overexposed image and the other to take a slighty underexposed image. These are then combined to make one 6mp picture but with all the detail in both the dark and light sections of the image (and by god it works).
Should the lighting conditions be very poor and/or there is a risk of picture shake. It will shift to its high ISO - Low noise mode. Again it splits the sensor into two 6mp sensors and takes identical exposures and then combines the two images, cancelling out the majority of noise artifacts from such a high ISO setting. The high ISO also allows for a faster shutter speed and therefor less shake. This function can also allow you to take pictures without flash for a more natural balance or where flash is prohibited.
A small point to note that these last two functions result in 6mp image output from the camera, so excessive cropping/zooming/large print size could result in a slightly lower picture quality than expected.
The camera can be forced into using either of the two functions described above or can be switched off to function as a normal 12mp camera all the time (plus all the other usual modes).
Also to note is that battery life is awful in the EXR mode, as all the processing functions are fully active all the time including constant focusing
The 28mm start point on the lens helps, you know when your stood in the corner of a room trying to get as much in as you can. This camera (like any other with a similar start point) just gets so much more in the frame than those with the classic 35mm start point.
The zoom is also a revelation, whilst limited to a 5x limit it has lots of steps (15!) through its range. So its never a case of to close or not close enough.
Could go on for ages its brill....
Remeber plenty of memory (especially if you are going to use fujis amazing video mode, so much better than the rest at 30fps). A spare battery or two...... they dont last long. Watch out on the replacement front have seen some very low capacity batteries marked as high capacity (look for at least 900 - 1000 mha, have seen one as high as 1200mha which should help). The battery is not unique to fuji, i have a Kodak Klic 7004 battery (equivalent by Uniross 1000mha £11) that works fine.
Any niggles ..well yes i find that i keep jogging the function dial, but thats probably me just being clumsy when i get it out the case.
Buy and enjoy... you never knew you where that good at taking pictures!
N.B. I have noticed alot of people complaining about noisy pictures at iso 1600 setting. This (and iso 3200) is available at full 12mp resolution and will be noisy. Switch to EXR High/Low noise mode - problem solved.
Brilliant Gold Award Compact Camera May 17, 2009
Tellboy (Manchester)
72 out of 73 found this review helpful
When I buy something I buy a magazine and read reviews including Amazon.
This camera has a Gold award from "What Digital Camera" in the compact review class and I totally agree. Other reviews rate it highly.
It was smaller than I expected making the buttons fairly difficult but the 3 inch screen taking up three quarters of the back is superb.
Large easy menu selection.
Everything is a quality build.
The new EXR mode is like a "Super Auto" setting and takes all the decisions regarding macro or portrait or landscape together with indoor lighting or outdoor. Two exposures are then combined to give the best picture possible.
The 12mega pixel and 5 times zoom assist in producing High Definition pictures.
Note that a memory card is not supplied and I would recommend an Olympus or Fuji XD with the M+ rating (H are no longer available) and 1 GB will give a capacity of more than 100 at Fine quality using the EXR setting.
SD cards can also be used.
Picture format can be set for widescreen or the old 4 x 3 ratio.
Face recognition is included.
No protective case or rear screen protector was a minus point but they are available.
Comment added later :- If you have not ordered the memory card with the camera it does have an internal memory giving about 12 shots at the highest quality.
You can shoot in different aspect ratios to fill the widescreen on your monitor with helpful framing guidlines on the rear monitor at the time of shooting.
A week of use has convinced me that using the EXR setting you can leave everything to the camera as it even decides if it is a macro shoot or a landscape. The EXR setting is a bit power hungry so a spare battery is now on order.
All controls are very logical to use but I suppose I will just leave it on EXR.
Excellent camera for picture and video June 8, 2009
N. Sexton (Birmingham, UK)
34 out of 35 found this review helpful
Originally I was looking for a video camera that could take pictures, but since I would be mostly taking pictures I came to the conclusion that what i really needed was a digital camera with good picture quality that could also take video. The FujiFilm F200EXR certainly provides excellent picture modes for my simple point and click requirements and the video quality is almost as good as my last video camera.
Although this camera was more than I had originaly wanted to pay, I was more than happy with the end results. It was also very recently confirmed as best buy on the gadget show, which just confirms to me its capability.
The only downsides that I have so far with it, is that when shooting video by turning the camer 90 degress (to make the picture taller) there isn't the option to turn the video back around the right way when viewing it later (either on the camera or PC). I suspect I will need to buy speacialist software to do this.
Also the Fuji Finepix PC software (to manage your photo collection and camera downloads) didn't seem to want to work with my PC (Windows Vista, with all the latest patches on), so I had to resort to manually bringing accross camera video/pictures myself and then deleting the images (this seemed to be a general issue with the software if you look at all of the google items relating to others users comments). This wasn't an issue or me, since I am quite capable on the PC, but for others this might be enough to discourage them.
Zoom on the video once it had started would have been nice, but I can live without it since taking pictures was the main purpose of it.
As with other reviewers comments, I would agree that a second battery is a must, especially since you need to remove the battery from the camera to charge it.
Going well so far July 4, 2009
L. Richardson (uk)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
After much umming and arring I the plunge and bought this camera. The reviews were a bit mixed but the review sites all marked quality as very good. It arrived very quick so well done amazone. So now I have had a chance to play a little. The results are very good, impressivly good photos. The camera is doing a lot of choising for me for the right settings but I can't argue with the results. Low light is good, lot less bloching than the F47fd which was very good it's self. There was mention of poor zoom control, I would not say rather that it was a bit hair triger, wanting to zoom a bit to quick so getting the exact point can take a couple of goes as it might shoot past. But it think it's a case of getting used to the sensativity. Battery is still on it's first charge so can report but spares are cheap enough. It feels good quality, certainly it has some weight to it compared to my F47fd. One thing I'm not over keen on it the ticking it does, I'm not sure if this is the focus or the image stabaliser. Flash is good but the camera is too keen to use it, but turning it off was simple. The lens is handy wide to zoom range. I would have liked two scene settings on the options dial like my old camera but I can work around it. Well is is very early days but so far very happy.
fantastic camera, only one niggle on the re-charging... April 27, 2009
Mr. R. D. Holmes (Devon, UK)
58 out of 62 found this review helpful
I wanted to replace my Fujifilm F30 (thanks to the shutter breaking after one too many drops!), so I thought I would upgrade to the F200 EXR and enjoy those extra pixels! The camera is brilliant and I am really pleased with the photo quality (12 mega pixels). I always go for a Fujifilm camera because the video quality is excellent and with an 8mb data-card, gives me 30 minutes of high quality video (or at least high enough to make me leave my proper video camera in it's case 99% of the time!). My only niggle with this otherwise excellent camera, is that my last one had a plug- in 5v DC line, so recharging was easy. On this F200 EXR, you have to take the battery out and stick in a recharging station, which is slightly annoying. To get around this I have ordered a spare battery, so I will just keep one on charge all the time. If this camera had a recharging lead it would get 5 stars without doubt, as it's simply brilliant!! I would recommend it highly.
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