Fujifilm FinePix S7000 Zoom Review

Program AE mode allows for many options to be can be changed. See the menu below for the exposure and camera options available in Program AE, Shutter speed priority, Aperture priority or Manual mode.

Recording Menu options:

• Selftimer - 2 or 10 seconds delay
• White Balance - Auto, Fine, Shade, Daylight Fluorescent, Warm White Fluorescent, Cool White Fluorescent, Incandescent Light, Custom1, Custom2
• AF Mode - Multi, Center, Area
• Metering - Multi, Center-weighted averaging or Spot
• AE Bracketing - Bracketing offset (+/- 1/3, 2/3 or 1 EV)
• Sharpening - Hard, Normal, Soft
• Multi Exposure - On or Off
• Flash Output - (-0.6, -0.3, 0, +0.3, +0.6EV)
• External Flash - On or Off (sync speeds up to 1/1000 sec)

Photo Mode options (accessed by "F" button):

• Quality - 6M, 3M, 2M, 1M
• ISO - 200, 400, 800 (only in 3M/2M/1M quality)
• Color - B&W, Chrome (vivid color), Standard (color)

With the Mode Dial on the SP (Scene Program) setting you can quickly choose one of four scene modes using the Command Dial (Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Night Scene.)

To override the metering system you press and hold the "+/-" button on the top and rotate the Command Dial. This is the on-screen display showing the +/-2EV range.

Manual Focus lets you adjust the focus by turning the ring on the lens barrel. To aid in critical focusing press the Focus Check button to magnify the center 50% of the display. While turning the ring you will see a yellow arrow point left or right - the direction to turn the focus ring to get the right distance. When you get it just right a yellow circle icon will appear. To assist manual focusing there is a One-Touch AF button (in the center of the AF/MF switch) to get you near the proper distance quickly.

In any record mode other than AUTO or Movie you can press the INFO button to display the ISO speed, Photo mode, metering, white balance, image sharpness and flash exposure compensation settings.

Press the DISP button to enable the live histogram display.

Pressing the DISP button again to display the grid overlay which can be used as a composition aid.

Pressing and hold the SHIFT button to bring up this menu. Press SHIFT plus the DISP button to change the LCD brightness or press SHIFT plus the OK button to change the image quality and etc...

The Super Macro mode allows you to shoot from 0.4 - 7.9 inches, regular Macro mode has a range of 0.3 ft - 2.6 ft.

Movie mode is capable of capturing full motion video with audio at 30 frames per second in 640x480 VGA or 320x240 QVGA resolution. The length of these movies are limited only by available storage space.

As with most digicams that offer a movie mode with sound, you cannot zoom during capture but you can set the zoom where you want it before you begin to record.