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Fuji FinePix 2600 Zoom 2 megapixels, a 3x zoom lens, great pictures, and a bargain price: A great "value leader" from Fuji! Select a topic Reference: Datasheet FinePix 2600 Zoom 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 2600 Zoom Review --------------------------------- Digital Camera Comparometer (TM) --------------------------------- <-- Digital Cameras (Home) <-- Digital Camera Reviews Index <<Viewfinder :(Previous) | (Next): Exposure & Flash>> Page 5:Optics Review First Posted: 11/08/2001

Optics
Built into the FinePix 2600 Zoom is a Fujinon 3x, 6-18mm lens, the equivalent to a 38-114mm zoom lens on a 35mm camera. While aperture is automatically controlled at all times, the 2600 Zoom's lens provides a range from f/3.5 to f/8.7. Focus is also fully automatic, with a working distance that ranges from 2.6 feet (0.8 meters) to infinity in normal mode. Enabling the Macro mode changes the focal range to 3.9 inches to 2.6 feet (10 to 80 centimeters). Instead of a lens cap, the 2600 Zoom's lens is protected by a sliding lens cover, a handy design that avoids the problem of lost lens caps. Unlike many cameras with this sort of "clamshell" body/lens cover design, just opening the lens cover doesn't turn the camera on: For that, there's a separate top-panel slide switch. Likewise, closing the clamshell cover does retract the lens, but doesn't turn the camera off.

In addition to the 2600 Zoom's 3x optical zoom capabilities, the camera also offers up to 2.5x digital zoom. The amount of digital zoom available depends on the current resolution setting. At the 1,280 x 960-pixel size, only 1.25x of digital zoom is available; the 2.5x digital zoom is only available at the 640 x 480-pixel still image size or in Movie mode. (No digital enlargement is possible at the 1,600 x 1,200-pixel resolution size.) Keep in mind that digital zoom merely enlarges the center portion of the CCD image, and thus lowers image quality by decreasing resolution.