Fujifilm Finepix
Fujifilm Finepix has been the brand name for digital cameras made by Fujifilm since 1998 . The term is used both for the digital compact and bridge cameras and for the system cameras from Fujifilm.
Many earlier FinePix series cameras used one of the Super CCD sensors developed by Fujifilm . These enable the light sensitivity to be controlled up to ISO 3200. For some years now, however, the manufacturer has been increasingly switching to CMOS sensors . As before, Fujifilm relies on color filter arrangements developed in-house that differ from the standard Bayer filter .
Fujifilm distinguishes between six different model series:
- A-series and J-series: entry-level models with simplified operation.
- Z series: Particularly small compact cameras with a transverse periscope telephoto lens.
- F-Series: compact cameras for somewhat more demanding tasks.
- S series: Superzoom models with up to 50x (FinePix SL1000) zoom lenses .
- X-Series : Sophisticated compact and system cameras , mostly in retro design . These cameras no longer have the name FinePix in their names.
A well-known prosumer model was the S100FS, still with the super CCD sensor.
The current model of the bridge camera class from Fujifilm is the FinePix HS50EXR (as of Feb. 2013).
The “Pro” series of digital single-lens reflex cameras, which were previously also marketed under the S label and based on housings from other manufacturers, has now been discontinued.
With the Finepix F200EXR, the manufacturer introduced the EXR sensor, which describes a new approach to high-resolution images. The built-in image sensor with 12 million pixels is called Super CCD EXR . As an innovative feature, the camera has the "Extended dynamic range" recording mode. According to the manufacturer, this method enables the simultaneous recording of two differently exposed images, which are then combined (by the camera) to form an image with an extended dynamic range ( HDR image ). The currently installed CMOS sensors are also called "EXR".
The specialty of the EXR sensors is the honeycomb pixel arrangement and the physical separation of the sensor into two separate, one inside the other sensors. This enables 3 different operating states: HDR recording through different exposure times of both sensor parts (in the range from 100 to 1600%) in a single exposure, noise minimization by calculating 2 simultaneously recorded images to an optimized image, doubling of the resolution by adding the number of pixels of both sensor parts. Since the two parts of the EXR sensor take the picture at the same time, the negative aspects are avoided which are prevented by conventional HDR creation from sequential images.
In 2009 Fujifilm launched the first digital 3D camera with the Finepix REAL 3D W1 . It has an autostereoscopic display on which the recorded images can be viewed directly in 3D.
