Home | Forums | Article Search | Subscribe & Shop | Contact Us | Log Out FujiFilm FinePix 4800 Zoom Email This Print This View My Personal Library Heavy Gear March 2002 • Vol.2 Issue 3 Page(s) 27 in print issue Add To My Personal Library FujiFilm FinePix 4800 Zoom FujiFilm recently announced a $200 price drop on its FinePix 4800 Zoom camera, giving this beauty an estimated price of only $499. At $699, this Fuji was a solid value; after the price drop, it's a fabulous bargain. The 4800 comes fully loaded with some deluxe features, starting with its 2.4-megapixel CCD that produces photos at a maximum resolution of 2,400 x 1,800 (interpolated). The camera's highest true resolution comes in at 1,600 x 1,200, still plenty of power if you're looking to print high-quality photos. The included 16MB SmartMedia card will store about six Fine-mode or 163 VGA-mode images, 90 seconds of video, or 30 minutes of audio. The 3.75X digital zoom pairs up with a fast-focusing 3X zoom lens (36mm to108mm equivalent on a 35mm camera) for clear close-up shots, and Macro mode focuses from 7.8 to 31.5 inches. There are five flash modes, as well as five preset shooting modes, including Night Scene, Portrait, Landscape, and Black and White, and Auto. A good manual mode gives you control over exposure, ISO settings, and white balance. There are, however, no shutter- or aperture-priority modes. Bummer. In Auto mode, some of my indoor shots were too dark. Even our brightly lit warehouse shot, which usually comes out overexposed, was way too dark. This is a correctable problem, of course, using the exposure settings, but I wanted more automatic help. Outdoor and Macro shots, on the other hand, looked very good. Colors were all well saturated and details were superb. It's impossible to mention this camera without gushing about its gorgeous design, which is done by the same guy who drew up the Porsche 911. The all-metal body is rock-solid, and there are two displays: one gigantic two-inch LCD monitor and one round window with even more information. For all the power-draining features the 4800 has, the rechargeable lithium battery held its ground (after a five-hour charge). Despite a somewhat confusing control system and a couple of lacking features, the 4800 is a great deal at its new price, and you certainly won't find a prettier digital camera. by Nathan Chandler FinePix 4800 Zoom $499 FujiFilm (800) 800-3854 http://www.fujifilm.com  User Reviews Be the first to write a review of this product Want more information about a topic you found of interest while reading this article? Type a word or phrase that identifies the topic and click "Search" to find relevant articles from within our editorial database. Enter A Subject (key words or a phrase): ALL Words (‘digital’ AND ‘photography’) ANY Words (‘digital’ OR ‘photography’) Exact Match ('digital photography'- all words MUST appear together) Home      Copyright & Legal Information      Privacy Policy      Site Map      Contact Us Copyright © 2010 Sandhills Publishing Company U.S.A. All rights reserved.