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Fuji FinePix 1400 A sleek design, great 1.3 megapixel picture quality, a 3x zoom lens, and a great price! Select a topic Reference: Datasheet FinePix 1400 Sample Images --------------------------------- 1. Intro and Highlights 2. Executive Overview 3. Design 4. Viewfinder 5. Optics 6. Exposure & Flash 7. Shutter Lag & Cycle Time Tests 8. Operation & User Interface 9. Camera Modes & Menus 10. Image Storage & Interface 11. Video, Power, Software 12. Test Results & Conclusion --------------------------------- Print-Friendly Review Version Additional Resources and Other Links Reader Comments on FinePix 1400 Review --------------------------------- Digital Camera Comparometer (TM) --------------------------------- <-- Digital Cameras (Home) <-- Digital Camera Reviews Index <<Viewfinder :(Previous) | (Next): Exposure & Flash>> Page 5:Optics Review First Posted: 6/6/2000

Optics

The F1400 Zoom features a 3x, 6 to 18mm glass lens (equivalent to a 38 to 114mm lens on a 35mm camera). As we mentioned earlier, the lens is protected by a sliding lens cover that retracts to expose the lens (a nice way to solve the problem of a lens cap). Once the camera is turned to Record mode via the mode dial, the lens slides out of its hiding place about three quarters of an inch, still maintaining a relatively smooth camera front. We like this method of activating the lens more than that of using the sliding cover to turn the camera on, which can be a little sticky at times. Focus is automatically controlled, with a normal working range from 31.5 inches (0.8m) to infinity. A macro mode is accessible through the Record menu and changes the focus range to 3.9 to 31.5 inches (10 to 80 cm). Aperture is also automatically chosen to be either f/3.5 or f/8.7 and unfortunately, the camera doesn't report the setting it's currently using. (Low end cameras almost never provide this information, probably to avoid confusing the user.) A 2x digital telephoto increases the camera's zoom capabilities to 6x (only in the 640 x 480 image size), but results in slightly lesser quality images with higher noise and softer resolution.

We found moderately high barrel distortion at the full wide angle setting (about 1.0 percent) and a lesser pincushion distortion at the telephoto end (0.5 percent). We also saw about two pixels of coloration on either side of the target lines, so chromatic aberration is low. (This distortion is visible as a very slight colored fringe around objects at the edges of the field of view on the resolution target).