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While wandering around San Francisco, we put the Fuji F10 through its paces by shooting with it exclusively . It felt strange leaving my Canon 1D MKII in the trunk of the car, as I felt a little naked without it. However, it’s a refreshing change to shoot such a tiny camera–so convenient and so light! I noticed immediately that the dynamic range is much narrower compared to the 1D MKII (what did I expect from a $329 camera?), which is a totally unfair comparison as the 1D MKII body alone costs $4,500, and you can put as expensive of a lens as you want on it. As advertised, it does startup very fast–by the time you have it up to eye level, it’s ready to shoot. The AF and the wait between shots didn’t impress me at all, but it’s a slight improvement over the Olympus C3030Z. The one frustrating thing about the Fuji F10 is the variable aperature. At the widest end, it’s f/2.8, but at the longest end, it’s f/5, which is annoyingly slow even at ISO1600. If you want to shoot low light wihout flash, you better use the wide end exclusively.
Here are a few shots taken with the Fuji F10:
As you can see, under normal circumstances the Fuji F10 is a respectable performer, but once you put it in more demanding situations, the limitations of a point & shoot camera becomes painfully obvious. See the full set of photos here for more details.
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During the last week, we had hit most of the places you take a first timer to see in San Francisco–Fisherman’s Warf, Union Square, Chinatown, Japantown, Lombard Street, Golden Gate Bridge, the Presidio, Market Street, Mission District, Sunset District, Richmond District, Palace of Fine Art, San Francisco Shopping Center…etc. Of course, detailed exploration would have to wait until we move back to the Bay Area.
