Fujifilm FinePix F30 low-light sample images

:: Saturday, August 5th, 2006 @ 8:41:02 pm

:: Tags: Photo

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:

<img src=”/journal/images/06/0805f30/fuji-f30-400.jpg” width=600″ height=”400″ class=”whiteborder” alt=”Resized Fuji F30 sample image at ISO 400″/>

<img src=”/journal/images/06/0805f30/fuji-f30-800.jpg” width=600″ height=”400″ class=”whiteborder” alt=”Resized Fuji F30 sample image at ISO 800″/>

<img src=”/journal/images/06/0805f30/fuji-f30-1600.jpg” width=600″ height=”400″ class=”whiteborder” alt=”Resized Fuji F30 sample image at ISO 1600″/>

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:

<img src=”/journal/images/06/0805f30/fuji-f30-400-crop.png” width=600″ height=”400″ class=”whiteborder” alt=”600×400 pixel crop of Fuji F30 sample image at ISO 400″/>

<img src=”/journal/images/06/0805f30/fuji-f30-800-crop.png” width=600″ height=”400″ class=”whiteborder” alt=”600×400 pixel crop of Fuji F30 sample image at ISO 800″/>

<img src=”/journal/images/06/0805f30/fuji-f30-1600-crop.png” width=600″ height=”400″ class=”whiteborder” alt=”600×400 pixel crop of Fuji F30 sample image at ISO 1600″/>

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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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