So far, although I have tried with my compact cameras do not always it going to take pictures only wild, but also to create a creative image possible here. But I managed only relatively rare, simply because the quality of the camera usually did not cooperate. Especially when the lighting conditions were not optimal, or it should be a snapshot, the result for me was simply unsatisfactory in many cases. That disgusted me the topic, so I eventually frustrated satisfied gave myself and not trying to familiarize myself with the world of photography. That changes now but with my new FinePix.
Fuji himself describes the HS30EXR as so-called bridge camera, a notion of me until then was not familiar, but nothing says, than such models bridge the gap between compact digital cameras and the high-priced digital SLR. And when I held the camera for the first time in his hands, I was excited at first, partly because they alone have almost 680 grams incl. Battery weighs much less than that the appearance would suggest. This is so little weight that can be loosely photograph "out of hand", without having to hang up the camera or the arm, because you might wobbles.
Compared to my previous compact I noticed next to the swiveling display - an advantage for Photos "Lurch perspective" - once abundant buttons and the viewfinder. On these buttons, the most important functions for ISO setting, shutter speed, autofocus, and white balance are preset directly on the camera, without the need to the menu here. Other functions are sets over the dial. In addition, you have a user-defined way. One can choose from 17 available scene modes, and this put the buttons SP1 and SP2 in order to then switch between them to his two favorites. All other functions are accessible via the clearly structured menu.
Was I so far accustomed to find my desired motif on a more glare-prone screen, which especially in intense sunlight too often degenerated into search-and-find and ultimately culminating in a bad photo, me the electronic viewfinder has immediately taken with its rapprochement automatic , As you approach the viewfinder, this turns on and the display automatically. But of course, this option can be disabled.
Most of all I like currently macro shots because they just fell through me with my other cameras too often. I am delighted that in a few different handles created so many different image variations. Whether in artificial light or backlight, each image is simply managed and animated and motivated to more experiments with a different setting. But even with the shots for me huge because unfamiliar lens work at first. The up to 30-times zoom is thereby operated manually, you trust your own eyes here and no automatic.
When taking pictures outdoors in the forest mountain biking great photos came with the continuous shooting setting materialize also. Each individual was sharp and well exposed, despite the movement of the subject, without that I would have had to do a lot of effort. Although I have in the meantime already tried many settings, but still confined myself to the EXR mode, so the camera-automatic and compose images, since I do not yet have easy enough experience to determine shutter speed or aperture itself accurately. But I'm about to learn and so slow I understand the system behind it.
What's also struck me as the previous speakers, that the autofocus sometimes takes a little longer. This could be for a snapshot of night part. But I want to make with this camera actually not snapshots, but rather good think about each picture and "enjoy" the recording.
Once abound many shots "in the box", it is home to the evaluation. So you can not only connect to his PC the HS30EXR, Fuji also provides an HDMI cable with the same so that you can view his works also in the domestic flat-panel televisions. And here also the so far only criticism I have noticed in the operation. The ability of the camera image to switch to image or to zoom in on a picture, is solved quite fiddly. Mir, it happens often that I catch a function other than the desired.
But since this is my only small problem, I go with a smile over it. Because I love this camera and have now really a lot of fun with it. For an experienced photographer, the HS30EXR might not be sufficiently equipped, but for me as a beginner who just learns one hand and would like to do more, but on the other hand will also simply times "losknipsen plan", this camera is a great introduction.
