The Fuji Finepix S2000HD is a 10 megapixel digital camera with a 15x optical zoom lens. It is capable for shooting HD quality movies and still photos.

The long zoom lens and the HD movies are the main attractions of the Finepix S2000HD. It also has a manual exposure mode and shutter priority as well.

Outdoor 1 (Medium Zoom)
The first thing to strike me is how bright the picture is. The sky is also packed with colour. This suggests that the Finepix S2000HD is capable of producing some very striking photos. I should say though that the colour of the sky is a lot stronger than it was at the time the photo was taken.

Sun glare has proved to be more challenging for the Finepix S2000HD than other cameras I tested at the same time. More detail is lost from the boats with this camera.

Outdoor 2 (No Zoom)
As with the first photo it is the colours in the shot that strike me when I first look. Blue is very strong again and in my view overpowers the photo. Unfortunately the River Thames just doesn't look that blue!

Focusing is o.k. but does get significantly softer in the more distant parts of the scene. Very small amounts of purple fringing are visible in places.

Outdoor 3 (Maximum Zoom)
If you plan to make large prints of your photos then you may find purple fringing to be a more serious issue in shots like this one where the sun strikes the edges of the boats and other brightly coloured objects. Focusing is soft towards the edges of the photo.

Outdoor 4 (Building)
This is another bright photo with very blue water. Focusing is only average. That is disappointing when you consider the length of the lens on the Finepix S2000HD. When a subject is the distance the building is away from the camera, the lens should be working more or less at its optimum and producing pin sharp images.

Outdoor Portrait
Here is another photo where the colours are not well balanced. This time there is a pink/orange caste to the photo. Like the first outdoor photo it is also very bright.

Indoor Portrait with Flash
Even with flash turned on, the camera struggles to get the lighting levels right. Again I think the photo is too bright. This leads to some of the detail on the face being lost.

Indoor Portrait without Flash
With the light lower the Finepix S2000HD produces much more natural colours. The picture lacks a bit of sharpness, so it looks like flash will be required more or less as soon as light levels dip.

Colours
Now I don't mind a bright, colourful picture, but at times the Finepix S2000HD has taken this to extremes. The colours are too strong for my own personal taste and the camera also appears to have a problem with the balance of the colours.

Macro
The macro shot is quite a good effort. Not surprisingly my macro test shot is bright, but it does have a slight, blue colour caste.

ISO 400 and ISO 1600
Fuji digital cameras tend to handle higher ISO settings better than many brands. Despite this noise still shows up quite strongly in darker areas at ISO 400. Once you reach ISO 1600 there is noise throughout the picture.

Overall
Over bright photos is not something I come across very often. It is possible you can tone down the photos if you experiment with the controls on the camera, but shooting in fully automatic mode seems to give the camera a problem.

All the shutter lag and start up times are acceptable, without being anything special. A single photo took 0.42 seconds and five 12.23 seconds. With flash on the times were 0.56 seconds for a single photo and 12.39 seconds for five.

To turn the camera on and take the first picture took 2.79 seconds.

You can compare this camera to other models by taking a look at the Shutter Lag Comparison Table.

The Finepix S2000HD has a number of similar characteristics to a Digital SLR. The grip on the front lets you take a good hold of the camera.

111 x 78.9 x 75.7mm

386g

Four AA batteries are required to power the camera.

55mb of memory have been built into the camera by Fuji. The Finepix S2000HD is also compatible with SD and SDHC cards. I managed to store 32 photos before the internal memory was full.

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Very good. Fuji digital cameras are some of the most straightforward. Even a camera like the Finepix S2000HD does not take too long to get to grips with.

HD quality movies

The colours don't work for me

Currently my top rated super zoom camera is the Panasonic DMC FZ28. This camera is well worth checking out.

The market for digital cameras with extra long zoom lenses is crowded and it takes something special for a camera to really stand out. In my view the Fuji Finepix S2000HD does not match up to the best cameras in this section. It is true that it is not the most expensive super zoom camera, but I feel by paying that bit more you will get better value for money.

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Description:	10 megapixels 15x optical zoom
Ease of Use:	8
Features:	8
Colour:	7
Macro:	7
Indoors:	7
Value for Money:	8
Style:	8
Movie Mode:	9
Image Quality:	7
Build Quality:	8
Total:	77
Verdict:	The Fuji Finepix S2000HD does not quite hit the high notes that some super zoom cameras manage to reach. In terms of features it is quite standard for this type of camera, although the HD movie mode may prove to be an attraction to many people.
Review Date:	October 2008
Related Pages:	Fuji Finepix S2000HD Specification Fuji Finepix S2000HD Sample Images Fuji Finepix S2000HD Features

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Canon Powershot SX20 IS	84
Olympus SP-570 UZ	84
Olympus SP-590 UZ	83

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Fuji Finepix S2000HD