Fujifilm FinePix F30 low-light sample images (Photo)
:: Saturday, August 5th, 2006 @ 8:41:02 pm

This post is dedicated to Chester, a connoisseur of low-light, compact cameras.

Most of the time, I shoot with Canon digital SLRs, but sometimes I end up carrying around a small, compact digital camera instead. I’ve always really disliked shooting with compact cameras because of their poor low-light performance, but I’ve finally found one that works well. The Fujifilm FinePix F30 is a bit bigger than the usual point ‘n shoots that I normally shoot with (the Canon SD450 and Fujifilm FinePix Z1), but it produces relatively clean images up to ISO 800 and can be pushed to 1600 and 3200 if need be. At 1600, images are still good enough to be resized for the web.

Here are some sample images.

These images were resized to 600×400 pixels using Adobe Photoshop CS2, Bicubic Sharper, and then sharpened at 120%, 0.3 pixels:

These images are 600×400 pixel crops out of the original, untouched photos from the camera. They are saved as PNGs so you can see the original pixels:

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1. posted by alexking.org: Blog > Around the web on Sun, August 06, 2006 @ 7:59 am

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2. posted by Chester on Tue, August 08, 2006 @ 9:55 am

   That ISO 1600 looks great at web res. Thanks for putting up the samples.

   What was the shutter speed on that ISO 1600? Did you hand-hold?

3. posted by echeng on Tue, August 08, 2006 @ 10:10 am

   Hey, Chester. Yeah, it was hand-held. Here’s EXIF:

   File: 060805_010556_echeng0002.jpg
   File size: 1,483KB
   Camera Model: FinePix F30
   Firmware: Digital Camera FinePix F30 Ver1.00
   Owner: Eric H Cheng | http://echeng.com
   Date/Time: 2006:08:05 01:05:56
   Shutter speed: 1/170 sec
   Aperture: 2.8
   Exposure mode: Program
   Flash: Auto
   Metering mode: Multi-segment
   ISO: 1600
   Focal length: 8mm
   Macro focus: Off
   Image size: 3024 x 2016
   Rotation: none
   Image quality: NORMAL
   White balance: Auto
   Color space: sRGB
   Saturation: Normal
   Sharpness: Normal

4. posted by Chester on Wed, August 09, 2006 @ 6:17 pm

   Thanks for the info.

   Will be looking forward to pictures on the site taken with the F30 in conditions analogous to ones I’m usually in. By the way, I think you should explore the world of barfly photography. It’s immensely rewarding.

   BTW, that Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2 I pinged you about is on the market. Still waiting to see some ISO 1600 images. If ISO 1600 is usable, then it’s a winner for me.

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