Digital camera

[tontod]

I was looking for a digital camera that's at least 4 megapixels and has at least 4x optical zoom between $600-$650. I havent had much luck, anyone know it there is such a camera around?

 

[John]

fuji 4900z

 

[tontod]

Ouch, that retails for $900.

 

[GooberPHX420]

tontod, only morons pay $900 use pricewatch.com and priceit4less.com to find cheap cheap prices. I personally am in love with the Fuji 4900 also. badass camera, I was actually about to buy it when all of a sudden my whole rear end of my truck needed to be redone

Anyways, its a badass cam. Check it out at steves-digicams.com

 

[tontod]

Yeah, I'm looking at pricegrabber - found it for $445, not too bad. But this is the description:

4.3 Million Pixel File (2400 x 1800) using Fujifilm 2.4 Million Octagonal Sensor Super CCD System


So is this camera 4.3 MP or 2.4 MP?

 

[tontod]

Does Fuji does some kind of interpolation to get a higher MP count? If so, is the higher MP count accurate?

 

[abu]

I have and love my FujiFilm FinePix 6800z.

Its goin for as low as $489 (US)

 

[John]

<< So is this camera 4.3 MP or 2.4 MP? >>



It's both.

I own the camera and it is a sweet little gem. I just picked up the wide angle len and tube for it, and (3) spare Li-Ion batteries for my carribean cruise next month.



<< Besides controls, features and ergonomics the most important item to most will be the image quality. The 4900 Zoom uses the 2.45-megapixel Fuji SuperCCD to create a 4.3-megapixel (2400x1800 pixel) finished image. Ever since the introduction of the Fuji 4700 Zoom there have been debates about the SuperCCD and the way it interpolates the image data. It's important to note that all single imager digital cameras use interpolation, this is not new. Most of the reviewers noted that the 4700 Zoom would have been improved if it had a 1600x1200 mode and I'm happy to report that the 4900 Zoom does have a 1600x1200 image size as well as the larger 2400x1800 size. Although the 2400x1800 image yields excellent printed results it does appear a bit soft and grainy when viewed onscreen. The bottom line is that this image size should only be used for printing and if your final output target is the computer screen or web page then you'd be better served using as lower resolution size anyway.

The 4900 Zoom delivers a sharp and vibrant image. The white balance rarely needs to be "tweaked" and when it does the one-push manual adjustment is very easy to use. As with all digicams the 4900's pictures can always be given more punch by a little PhotoShop auto-leveling or other adjustment. There are three levels of image sharpening (soft, normal and hard) available, just remember that almost nothing can undo an over-sharpened image. >>