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With the announcement of the 6MP prosumer camera from Fuji, I though this
would create a wave of discussion. So far I do not see much interest. What
am I missing??? Looks good on paper although the lens seems a little slow.
What do you all think?

Looks like a marvelous camera to me. If it had the super CCD SR sensor
I wouldn't be able to resist it. F2.8-3.1 is fast enough for me.
Gene http://www.photoprojects.net/fujif700.html

MBlaster wrote:

> With the announcement of the 6MP prosumer camera from Fuji, I though this
> would create a wave of discussion. So far I do not see much interest. What
> am I missing??? Looks good on paper although the lens seems a little slow.
> What do you all think?

On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 05:37:13 -0700, "MBlaster"
<> wrote:

>With the announcement of the 6MP prosumer camera from Fuji, I though this
>would create a wave of discussion. So far I do not see much interest. What
>am I missing??? Looks good on paper although the lens seems a little slow.
>What do you all think?

Perhaps its because its just a 602 with a 6mp sensor? That is all
Fuji have done, put a better CCD in an existing body behind the same
lens system. (E.g. like Canon put a 5mp sensor in the G3 body/lens
system to make the G5).

It's evolutionary not revolutionary. I think people are only going to
get excited if there is more to new models than just extra
mega-pixels. For example if they had put a new lens on it that went
wider than 35mm that might make a few people sit up and take note -
like me

In fact I think it loses out to the 602 in some respects as the larger
files from the higher res CCD have slowed it down on bust mode type
shooting.

Dave



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"MBlaster" <> wrote in
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> With the announcement of the 6MP prosumer camera from Fuji, I though
> this would create a wave of discussion. So far I do not see much
> interest. What am I missing??? Looks good on paper although the lens
> seems a little slow. What do you all think?


Pretty much a S602 with a 6MP sensor and faster continuous drive. Even the
body looks the same.

A little boring if you ask me.

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It has an almost one third higher resolution EVF and RAW mode.

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http://dp-now.com/archives/000182.html

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"Lucas Tam" <> wrote in message
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> "MBlaster" <> wrote in
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>
> > With the announcement of the 6MP prosumer camera from Fuji, I though
> > this would create a wave of discussion. So far I do not see much
> > interest. What am I missing??? Looks good on paper although the lens
> > seems a little slow. What do you all think?
>
>
> Pretty much a S602 with a 6MP sensor and faster continuous drive. Even
the
> body looks the same.
>
> A little boring if you ask me.
>
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Thanks to all for the replies. I sat up as I am still in the hunt mode for
a new camera. This looked like a possible candidate.


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> It has an almost one third higher resolution EVF and RAW mode.
>
> dp-now.com story is at:
>
> http://dp-now.com/archives/000182.html
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> Ian
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> "Lucas Tam" <> wrote in message
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> > "MBlaster" <> wrote in
> > news:bgdmts$rjp$:
> >
> > > With the announcement of the 6MP prosumer camera from Fuji, I though
> > > this would create a wave of discussion. So far I do not see much
> > > interest. What am I missing??? Looks good on paper although the lens
> > > seems a little slow. What do you all think?
> >
> >
> > Pretty much a S602 with a 6MP sensor and faster continuous drive. Even
> the
> > body looks the same.
> >
> > A little boring if you ask me.
> >
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> > Lucas Tam ()
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"Ian Burley" <info-remove-this-@dp-now.com> wrote in news:1059762726.611871
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> It has an almost one third higher resolution EVF and RAW mode.
>

But, still no AF assist lamp. Not TTL Flash support. No PC Sync socket
either.

It's too bad Fuji couldn't of added these features : (



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I thought even the S602 had an AF assist system built into the window at the
front of the flash housing? No TTL is a shame but of course you can get a
hot shoe adapter for attaching secondary flash.

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> "Ian Burley" <info-remove-this-@dp-now.com> wrote in
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> > It has an almost one third higher resolution EVF and RAW mode.
> >
>
> But, still no AF assist lamp. Not TTL Flash support. No PC Sync socket
> either.
>
> It's too bad Fuji couldn't of added these features : (
>
>
>
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On Sun, 03 Aug 2003 14:39:11 GMT, Lucas Tam <> posted:

>"Ian Burley" <info-remove-this-@dp-now.com> wrote in news:1059762726.611871
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>> It has an almost one third higher resolution EVF and RAW mode.
>>
>
>But, still no AF assist lamp. Not TTL Flash support. No PC Sync ocket
>either.
>
>It's too bad Fuji couldn't of added these features : (

are you upgrading then Lucas? my main beef with my s602z is the lack of af
assist lamp, which makes focusing in low-light nigh impossible. is it worth
it to sell the s602z for the s7k or just to jump on the dslr bandwagon
instead.

On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 13:27:26 GMT, "Mike" <>
wrote:

>Isnt it the new HR (high resolution) ccd ?

Its just a higher resolution CCD it is not the SR CCD with the
extended dynamic range.

Like I said its basically a 602 with more pixels and I think it takes
more than the addition of pixels to get people excited these days.

Dave

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