Released by Fujifilm:
Fujifilm’s FinePix F610: The only way is upright
World’s first compact digital camera to boast 6 million effective pixels Fujifilm today launches the FinePix F610, the first compact digital camera to offer 6 million effective pixels.
Not satisfied with this outstanding resolution, Fujifilm has added its 4th Generation Super CCD HR sensor to the F610, allowing it to achieve a recorded output of 12 million pixels – meaning users can enlarge to unprecedented print sizes without loss of quality.
Successor to the popular FinePix F601, the F610 adopts the same upright format and builds on its performance and handling to create a formidable camera for photography enthusiasts. Feature-laden, yet easy to use, the FinePix F610 encourages experimentation whilst also offering automatic modes for the less confident user.
The FinePix F610 is technically versatile and offers significant creative control over all elements of the picture-taking process. In addition to full manual, aperture and shutter priority modes, it also offers four special scene modes – Portrait, Sports, Landscape and Night Scene – to help select the most appropriate settings in difficult shooting conditions. In terms of design, the innovative Fujifilm upright format has a clear photographic advantage: the camera is less prone to shake when held one-handed.
Whether you’re an old hand at digital photography, or a newcomer to the art, the FinePix F610’s two LCD screens are a huge boost to the camera’s usability for any photographer. The F610’s designers have taken the innovative approach of displaying shooting information on one LCD screen, and devoting the primary 1.8” screen to the image. On the professional FinePix S2 Pro digital SLR, this arrangement won many plaudits, and now on the FinePix F610, nothing will impair the view of the photo.
Ideal for capturing the action, the camera offers both continuous shooting and movie modes. In continuous shooting mode, the user can select either the top five or final five shots – making it the perfect camera for sports events. The movie mode captures at an impressive 30 frames per second in 640 x 480 (VGA) quality.
Adrian Clarke, Fujifilm's Director of Consumer Products, commented, "The FinePix F610 is a good example of how professional-level features and quality are beginning to trickle down into the hands of the consumer, with no additional cost implications. Take the dual screen function and the six million pixel Super CCD – these two features were only previously available in the pro-specification S2 Pro. Now they will be found in the pockets and bags of a wider range of photographers, from beginners to more experienced enthusiasts.”
FinePix F610 : Features at a glance
• 4th Generation Super CCD HR sensor with 6.63 million total pixels
• 6.3 million effective pixels with 12.3m recorded pixels
• Two LCD screens – one for camera settings, one for viewing images
• Ultra-fast start-up (1.3 seconds)
• Stylish, upright design; robust aluminium casing
• High sensitivity – up to ISO 800 speed (3 million pixels)
• 1.8”, CG silicon 134,000 pixel TFT LCD monitor
• Fujinon Super EBC 3x optical zoom lens (equivalent to 35-105mm on a 35mm camera)
• Continuous shooting mode (top and final 5 at 3.3 frames/sec up to 5 frames)
• Continuous AF mode
• Movie capture at 30 frames per second (fps) with sound (640 x 480 pixels)
• Four picture-taking scene modes – Portrait, Sports, Landscape, Night Scene
• Exposure modes – Programmed AE, Aperture Priority AE, Shutter Priority AE, Manual
• Video Out socket for fast and easy on-screen TV viewing
• PictBridge compatibility for direct printing
• xD-Picture Card™ storage, providing large capacity, low power consumption, fast write speed
Super CCD HR technology
Fujifilm’s Super CCD HR technology allows high resolution sensors to be housed in even smaller digital cameras. The benefits include ultra-high resolution images and high sensitivity, enabling faster shutter speeds for action shots and low light photography
Availability & pricing
The FinePix F610 will be available in the UK from leading photographic retailers in the first quarter of 2004.
For information about Fujifilm and its products, please visit:
www.fujifilm.co.uk
About Fujifilm
Fujifilm is committed to developing the very best imaging and information products, both conventional and digital. The company employs more than 72,000 people worldwide, with 173 subsidiaries stretching across four continents. Outside of Japan, Fujifilm has key manufacturing facilities in Europe and the USA for core products such as colour film, colour paper, single use cameras and PS plates, and two further factories in Brazil and China. It has a global turnover in excess of £13 billion.
Fuji Photo Film (UK) Ltd has been supplying the imaging, printing and graphics industries, as well as professional and enthusiast photographers, with high quality, innovative products and services for over 25 years in the UK. It currently employs more than 450 people and has become one of the country's most popular photographic brands.
© 2003, Fuji Photo Film (UK) Ltd. Specifications are subject to change.
Specifications and features
| Feature | FinePix F610 |
| Number of effective pixels | 6.3 million pixels |
| CCD sensor | 1/1.7 inch Super CCD HR Number of total pixels: 6.63 million pixels |
| Number of recorded pixels | Still image: 4,048 x 3,040 (12.3 million pixels) / 2,848 × 2,136 / 2,016 × 1,512 / 1,600 x 1,200 / 1,280 x 960
Movie: 640 x 480 pixels, 30 frames/sec. |
| File formats | Still image: JPEG (Exif Ver 2.2)
Movie: AVI (Motion JPEG)
(Design rule for Camera File system compliant / DPOF-compatible) |
| Printing | PictBridge compatible |
| Storage media | xD-Picture Card™ (16 / 32 / 64 / 128 / 256 / 512MB at time of going to print) |
| Number of images / recording time | Please refer to below chart |
| Lens | Super EBC Fujinon 3x zoom lens, F2.8 - F4.9 |
| Lens focal length | Equivalent to 35 - 105mm on a 35mm camera |
| Focus | Autofocus / Area / Centre / Multi, Manual Focus |
| Focus distance | Normal: 60cm to infinity
Macro: Approx. 9cm - 80cm |
| Shutter speed | 3 sec. to 1/2000 sec. |
| Aperture | F2.8 - F8
10 steps in 1/3 EV increments Manual/Auto selectable |
| Sensitivity | Auto: Equivalent to ISO AUTO (125 - 400) / ISO 200/400/800
Manual: Equivalent to ISO 160/200/400/800
(resolution is set at 1M / 2M / 3M for shots taken at ISO800) |
| Exposure control | 64-zone TTL metering-multi, spot, average |
| Exposure modes | Programmed AE, Aperture Priority AE, Shutter Priority AE, Manual |
| White balance | Automatic
Manual: Fine, Shade, Fluorescent light (daylight), Fluorescent light
(warm white), Fluorescent light (cool white), Incandescent light |
| Viewfinder | Real-image optical viewfinder |
| LCD monitor | 1.8" CG silicon TFT (134, 000 pixels) |
| Flash | Auto flash using flash control sensor
Effective range:
- Wide angle: 0.3m to 4.2 m
- Telephoto: 0.6m to 2.6m
Flash mode: Auto, Red-eye Reduction, Forced Flash, Suppressed Flash, Slow Synchro, Red-eye Reduction + Slow Synchro |
| Self-timer | Approx. 2/10 sec. delay |
| Video Out | PAL |
| Terminal | USB 1.1 |
| Power source | NP-40 battery (710mAh, included ) or AC power adapter AC-5VW (included) |
| Dimensions | 71.9 (W) x 93.0 (H) x 31.3 (D) mm |
| Weight | 195g (excluding batteries and media) |
| Camera Functions |
| Digital zoom | 3.2x (1,280 x 960 pixels), 2.5x (1,600 x 1,200 pixels),
2.0x (2,016 x 1,512 pixels), 1.4x (2,848 x 2,136 pixels) |
| Shooting modes | Normal:
Auto, Scene Position (Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Night Scene)
Programmed AE, Aperture Priority AE, Shutter Priority AE, Manual
Continuous:
- Top 5 (3.3 frames/sec. up to 5 frames)
- Final 5 ( 3.3 frames/sec. up to 5 frames) |
| Colour modes | B&W / Chrome / Standard |
| Movie recording | 640 x 480 pixels: 30 frames / sec.
With monaural sound, AVI format (Motion JPEG) |
| Voice memo | Up to 30 sec. WAV format |
| Playback | Single frame (with max. 25x playback zoom), 9 multi-frame |
| Accessories included | 16MB xD-Picture Card™
Li-ion battery (NP-40)
AC power adapter (AC-5VW)
Hand strap
USB cable
A/V cable
Instruction manual
PictureCradle
CD-ROM
- USB driver
- FinePix Viewer
- ImageMixer VCD2 for FinePix |
| Optional accessories |
xD-Picture Card™: 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512MB capacities available
Rechargeable battery (NP-40)
Battery charger (BC-65) - charged in approx. 2 hours
AC power adapter (AC-5VH/5VHS)
PC card adapter (DPC-AD)
Memory card readers (DPC-R1 and DPC-UD1)
CompactFlash™ card adapter (DPC-CF)
Soft case (SC-FX610) |
FinePix F610 standard number of available frames / recording time per xD-Picture Card™:
| Number of recorded pixels | 4,048 x 3,040 | 2,848 x 2,136 | 2,016 x 1,512 | 1,600 x 1,200 | 1,280 x 960 | Movie recording time:
sec. |
| Quality | JPEG | JPEG | JPEG | JPEG | JPEG | VGA (30fps) |
| Image Data Size | Approx. 2.5MB | Approx. 1.5MB | Approx. 760KB | Approx. 630KB | Approx. 470KB | |
| 16MB | 6 | 10 | 20 | 25 | 33 | Approx.
13 sec. |
| 32MB | 12 | 20 | 41 | 50 | 68 | Approx. 27 sec. |
|
| 64MB | 26 | 42 | 83 | 101 | 137 | Approx. 55 sec. |
| 128MB | 52 | 84 | 166 | 204 | 275 | Approx. 111 sec. |
| 256MB | 105 | 169 | 332 | 409 | 550 | Approx. 223 sec. |
| 512MB | 211 | 339 | 665 | 818 | 1,101 | Approx 7.4mins |
Specifications are subject to change.
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