Fairly standard stuff once you remember when to press F-mode instead of Menu, it's straightforward to use. Pressing F-mode brings up a contextual shooting menu, and pressing Menu/OK brings up another set of shooting and setup menus. On top and in back you'll find buttons for switching between the EVF and LCD Playback F-mode Menu/OK Exposure Compensation (also used for changing aperture and shutter speed settings) Display (for adjusting information displayed or framing grids) and a directional pad for navigation and changing screen brightness, flash, macro settings, and an Instant Zoom feature that's intended to help with framing erratically moving subjects while using the zoom lens. MyFinePix Studio 3 FinePix Viewer 5.5 (Windows) FinePix Viewer 3.6 (Mac) The color quality seems to be off on the LCD, which makes judging your shots on the spot difficult.ģ-inch LCD, 230K dots/electronic viewfinderĤ, AA size (alkaline included), 300 shots On back is a respectably bright 3-inch LCD and above it is a small electronic viewfinder (EVF). Though the batteries give it heft, the camera's plastic body doesn't scream "quality construction." It does help, though, that the lens barrel and grip have textured rubber on them.
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The giant right-hand grip gives you something to really hold onto, and also houses the four AA-size batteries and SDHC card slot, plus it has room for shooting controls. Though far from pocketable, the S4200 is reasonably compact despite its main attraction: the wide-angle 24-576mm-equivalent lens. Again, this isn't bad for this kind of camera at its price, but it's not nearly as fast as you get from models costing $100 or $200 more. There is a regular continuous setting that is equally fast at first, but slows down quickly, dropping to an average of 0.8fps for 10 photos. After you shoot, though, the camera won't let you take more photos for quite some time while it processes and stores - up to 20 seconds in my tests. It has a 14-megapixel six-shot burst that got up to 1.5 frames per second in my tests.
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However, depending on your target and how much you've zoomed in, these times will increase.įujifilm includes several burst-shooting options at full and reduced resolutions. Shutter lag - the time from pressing the shutter release to capture without prefocusing - is 0.4 second in bright lighting and about 0.7 second in dim conditions. Its shot-to-shot time is 2.4 seconds and 2.8 seconds with flash. You'll get something, but it likely won't always be what you wanted.įrom off to first shot takes about 2.8 seconds, but you have to wait for the camera to fully start before pressing the shutter release. I would not, however, recommend it if you need it for regularly shooting fast-moving subjects like active kids and pets or sports, especially indoors.
It can't compete with slightly more expensive models with CMOS sensors and high-performance processors, but it's not frustratingly slow either. All things considered, the S4200's shooting performance is pretty good for this class of camera.
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