This is a very nice looking compact megazoom camera with nice set of features. You get a 27 mm wide angle lens, 10x zoom, three inch LCD, and 12 megapixel super CCD EXR sensor which should guarantee better quality photos than a standard point and shoot camera. It is designed to improve dynamic range and low light performance.
On the top of the camera, there is a power button, shutter release, and zoom ring. Remaining controls are located on the back, right next to the LCD. The functions of the camera are easy enough to learn and even a newbie will get going in no time. However, you might get frustrated by the menu system of the camera. There are two of them, one is located under the menu button and one beneath the F button. On the top, there is a mode dial which includes scene and automatic shooting modes. This dial also contains full and automatic shooting mode along with the full manual option and a 720p HD movie mode.
On the sides, the Fujifilm FinePix F80EXR has a microHDMI port for connecting directly to an HDTV. For the shooting features, the EXR mode is something that makes the camera special. You get options for high resolution, dynamic range, high ISO and low noise priority modes as well as an auto EXR mode. The latter is scene recognition which also recognizes which EXR priority option to use.
I found that the EXR mode was effective and reliable. I would recommend you to use it as long as you are comfortable with the reduced six megapixel resolution of the dynamic range and high low noise priority modes. This might be jargon especially if you haven’t used a camera before. So to put it in simple terms, I would say that the Fujifilm FinePix F80EXR has one of the best put-it-there-and-leave-it-there auto modes I have ever tested.
Image quality of the Fujifilm FinePix F80EXR is very good but I won’t recommend it to professional photographers. You will love the quality as long as you are not a pixel peeper and don’t intend to do a lot of heavy cropping or enlarging. The photo quality is close to that of a typical point-and-shoot camera. The sensor helps but don’t expect miracles from it.
The price of the Fujifilm FinePix F80EXR is $229 and according to me, this if good value for money looking at the features that it has to offer.
The shooting performance of the Fujifilm FinePix F80EXR is quite decent. It takes just two seconds for the camera to wake up and start shooting. After that, the camera needs 1.4 seconds between the shots which is really fast. If you turn on the flash, the shot-to-shot time extends to four seconds. The shutter lag of the camera is quite acceptable at 0.5 second. In low light conditions, it extends to 0.7 second. The full resolution burst of the camera is limited to just five shots, the speed is very impressive at 1.6 fps or frames per second.
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