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Fujifilm FinePix S8300

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4 stars
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3 stars
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The new Fujifilm FinePix S8500 super-zoom camera boasts a 46x zoom lens, 16 megapixel sensor, 3 inch LCD screen, an electronic viewfinder and 1080p movies at 60fps, all for under £200. Does the Fujifilm S8500 cut too many corners though? Find out by reading our in-depth Fujifilm FinePix S8500 review...Read more
Fujifilm S8300 review, find out how the S8300 stacks up against the competition in our real-world review with in-depth image quality comparisons.Read more
Fujifilm S8300 is a 16.0MP Small Sensor Superzoom camera with a 1/2.3Read more
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Pros

  • street photography camera has a perfect balance of picture quality plus portability
  • Colour rendition is good and the pictures are sharp

Cons

  • Does the Fujifilm S8300 have Weather Sealing
  • doesn't have an external flash shoe
  • have built-in Wireless

Key specs

  • CMOS
  • 6.17x4.55 mm
  • 16 Mpx
  • 2.9
  • Continuous Auto Focus, Single Auto Focus
  • 3.0 in

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Fujifilm FinePix S8300 - Pros & Cons

Fujifilm FinePix S8300

Pros

  • street photography camera has a perfect balance of picture quality plus portability
  • Colour rendition is good and the pictures are sharp

Cons

  • Does the Fujifilm S8300 have Weather Sealing
  • doesn't have an external flash shoe
  • have built-in Wireless
  • Fujifilm S8300 is not the highest resolution Small Sensor camera
  • doesn't have any connections for external microphones and headphones
  • display isn't a touch screen
  • RAW format is not saved so the user has less room to maneuver in post
  • sluggish maximum aperture
  • have Auto focusing
  • built-in flash with missing external flash ability
  • the sensor is a back-illuminated variety

Fujifilm FinePix S8300 - Technical Overview

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IconScreen size
3 in
Best:
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W710
Screen size: 6.7 in
IconISO maximum
12800
Best:
Pentax KP
ISO maximum: 819200
IconEffective pixels
16 Mpx
Best:
Hasselblad H6D-100c
Effective pixels: 100 Mpx

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Fujifilm FinePix S8300 - Full Specifications

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Sensor
Sensor typeCMOS
Sensor size0.24 in
Effective pixels16.0 Mpx
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Optics and focus
Optical zoom42.0 x
Digital zoom2.0 x
Minimum aperture2.9
Maximum aperture2.9
Focal length equiv24 - 1008
Autofocus
  • Continuous Auto Focus
  • Single Auto Focus
Macro focus range0.15 in
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Photography features
Shutter priorityyes
Aperture priorityyes
Manual exposure modeyes
Self-timer delay
  • 2
  • 10
Subject / scene modesyes
Built-in flashyes
Flash modes
  • Auto
  • Forced ON
  • Slow Sync
  • Suppressed
External flashno
Continuous drive10.0 fps
Scene modes
  • Beach
  • Fireworks
  • Flower
  • Night
  • Party
  • Portrait
  • Snow
  • Sports
  • Sunset
  • Landscape
Self-timeryes
Metering modes
  • Multi
  • Center-weighted
  • Spot
Self-timer options
  • 2
  • 10
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Audio features
Built-in microphoneyes
Microphone typeMono
Speaker typeMono
Voice recordingyes
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Dimensions
Weight20.35 oz
Width4.83 in
Height3.42 in
Depth4.57 in
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Power
Power source typeBattery
Battery technologyAlkaline
Number of batteries supported4
AC adapter includedyes
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Other features
GPSno
Energy Star certifiedno
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Image
ISOAuto
ISO Autoyes
ISO minimum64
ISO maximum12800
Maximum image resolution4608 x 3456 px
White balance modes
  • Custom modes
  • Fine
  • Fluorescent L
  • Incandescent
  • Shade
Custom white balanceyes
Image stabilizeryes
Image stabilization typeOptical
Uncompressed formatNo
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Screen and viewfinder
Screen size3.0 in
Articulated LCDno
Screen technologyLCD TFT
Screen dots460000
ViewfinderElectronic
Viewfinder screen size0.2 in
Viewfinder resolution200000.0 px
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Videography features
Maximum resolution1920 x 1080 px
Video recordingyes
Recording resolutions
  • 320 x 120
  • 320 x 240
  • 640 x 480
  • 1280 x 720
  • 1920 x 1080
HD typeFull HD
Supported video file formats
  • H.264
  • MOV
Motion JPEG frame rate60.0 fps
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Design
Body typeBridge
Colour of productBlack
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Storage
Compatible memory cards
  • SD
  • SDHC
  • SDXC
Storage types
  • SD
  • SDHC
  • SDXC
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Connectivity
mini-HDMIyes
HDMI connector typeMini
USB version2.0
PictBridgeyes

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