F200EXR vs Canon S90

[wksoh]

After reading thru 5 pages of arguments, here is what I could infer:
1 Between the 2 cams, they are more or less neck-to-neck.
2 Choosing either one will not be wrong in any way - it is a matter of personal preference.
3 If youre pocket matters, the Fuji is the one that wins.

BTW, the F200 is now at the end of the road, that is to say, gonna to be replaced by the F300. So, for the Fuji fans out there, dun wait too long before the F200 is sold out.

The F300 is a very different cam altogether, in terms of zoom range, in terms of sensor size.

Don't think the camera performance is neck to neck.
More like 5 pages of fanboys going neck to neck... haha.

 

[kei1309]

I'm not surprised:
3. On the website: http://www.dkamera.de/testbericht/fujifilm-finepix-f200exr/bildqualitaet.html, the comparison should be done with night mode "Nacht" is the German word for "night" (ISO noise is more impt during nighttime vs daytime--in the daytime you are mostly shooting at ISO100-400 anyways). Set the ISO to 800 and decide for yourself if the F200EXR wins or the S90 wins:

noticed that the format for the S90 is RAW...wouldn't it be fair to compare in JPEG as well?

 

[vaxvms]

dun worry audio house always sell oold model so f200 still available
else go ebay HK

 

[nathaniel]

noticed that the format for the S90 is RAW...wouldn't it be fair to compare in JPEG as well?

if you switch to JPEG (on that website), it's roughly the same quality as RAW. didn't notice any difference.

 

[La Fontaine]

:thumbsup:

i agree mostly with this.

i recommended the F200EXR to a friend who wanted a good compact at an affordable price and after research and a few trials, he actually bought one.

then when it came to my turn to buy one, i chose between the LX3 and S90 - subsequently bought the S90.

i bought the S90 over the F200EXR and LX3 for the various functions and specs that i felt were more suited to my needs. not based on which one is better, especially in aspects where only 100% crops can tell them apart.

I think may folks here are too obsessed with image quality and noise. Between similar cameras or lenses, the differences are pretty small. What is more important is the function, specs, handling etc. Issues like how convenient or easy for you to set and shoot.