Fuji HS10

Here is a point-and-shoot super zoom with features of a professional camera

This is not a camera for megapixel chasers. But if you like a camera that can zoom great distances without the bother of huge lenses, the HS10 is a great choice. With a built-in 24–720 mm lens capable of zooming in 30x, it is a serious super zoom camera. A 10.3 megapixel sensor may turn a few people off, but those who have forsaken the megapixels war can be sure that this camera is a great point-and-shoot as well as pro-amateur gadget.

A 3-inch hinged screen makes taking pictures easy. Included in this package is an electronic viewfinder,  if you like to shoot with the camera close to your eye. The HS 10 also includes a manual zoom ring and manual focus ring, something that most point-and-shoot cameras lack.

It also gives you the option of high-speed shooting, at a full resolution, which means you can shoot seven continuous frames at 10 megapixel, ensuring that you’ll never miss the best picture. The super high-speed movie mode lets you shoot a movie at 1,000 frames per second, offering a sharp view of the film clips even in super slow motion.

Like the latest Sony cameras, the HS10 too has motion panorama. You can simply sweep the camera left to right, or up and down, and shoot a stunning panoramic image. The scene is pre-programmed, in a way, so you will need no external editing.

With its multi-motion capture, you can shoot five successive action images, and coalesce them into a single 2 megapixel image. This is a fun way of capturing motion in still images. There is also a professional low-light mode for stationary subjects in low light. The camera captures them by shooting four high-sensitivity and four low-noise exposures and then combining them.

What I love most about this camera is that it runs on four AA batteries. That means no more bothersome chargers. When the camera is out of power, just use any regular dry cell, and you are ready to go again.

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