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Packing a powerful 3.3 megapixel honeycomb shaped Super CCD photodiode, dual LCD viewfinders, a Super-EBC 6X Fujinon zoom lens and graphite-black magnesium alloy body....
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The Camera: Perspectives
Camera Controls.
The rear of the 6900Z, like many digital
cameras is central to the efficient operation of the unit.
The two most important components are of course the dual viewfinders. Where many
digital cameras either have a single LCD viewfinder, and an optical eyepiece, the 6900Z has both, and both are LCD-based. Before we get too far ahead of ourselves, lets take a closer look at the FinePix 6900Z.
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| Once the 6900Z has be powered on, the lens expands
31mm out to its full operating size. The flash can be left closed, or
released via a small button on the side of the camera to bring it
into active duty. The focusing ring on the lens can be used if the camera
is set to manual focus. The lens is a Fujinon 6X optical zoom,
1:2.8-3.1, f=
7.8-46.8mm. |
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The rear of the camera is well laid out, but with a few too many buttons in
my opinion. The large 2" TFT LCD viewfinder is protected from damage by a
plastic screen. The camera can be operated by the 2" viewfinder or
the smaller 0.55" EVF similar to that of more traditional SLR's. The
eyecup is rubberized for comfortable use.
The round control pad enables the user to navigate through
on-screen menus and to zoom in or pan out. The focus check button is
particularly useful as it brings up a zoomed-in area on the viewfinder to help the
user when manually focusing. |
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| On profile the 6900Z does look very much like an
SLR. The camera comes standard with a neck strap that can be attached to
the lanyard strap mounts. The flap for the SmartMedia slot will shut down
the camera if opened when the unit is on. |
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| The lens is housed in a carbon-black aluminum shell
(the camera body is magnesium). Shown are the cover for the USB, power
and video-out connectors, the zoom button, focus control selector and
focusing ring. During our use we didn't find much use for the info, white
balance or exposure compensation buttons. The camera will zoom up to
6X optically and then can zoom a further 4.43X digitally. |
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| The 6900Z accepts on 3.7V 1300mAh rechargeable
lithium-ion battery. When connected to the travel charger the camera
recharges the battery internally. The battery takes about 5 hours to fully
charge in the camera, and will last approximately 100 shots. |
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Photographers not satisfied with the built-in flash can use the
hot-shoe to add an external flash assembly to the 6900Z. The handgrip
makes holding the camera with one hand quite easy, and the trigger button
was easily accessed. The mode dial has the following settings; Auto, Scene
Position Mode, Programmed Shooting Mode, Shutter-priority Mode,
Aperture-priority Mode, Manual Mode, Movie mode and settings
configuration.
Behind the shutter release are controls for the flash and for macro
photography, as well as continuous shooting, and self timing. Surrounding
the power switch is the mode switch which determines if the camera will
play-back stored images or shoot photos. |
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