The new arrival from Fujifilm - FinePix S2980 - sports an impressive 28mm - 504mm high precision Fujinon optical zoom lens. Simple to operate with an electric powered zoom lever, the huge zoom range means that you can capture all the details, even from a considerable distance. You can even operate the zoom during video shooting.
Unlike a bulky D-SLR, bridge cameras allow you great versatility of zoom, without the hassle of carrying a bag of lenses. With this long range optical zoom capability is coupled with the advent of 6.7x digital zoom giving the FinePix considerable levels of magnification. Operating through a powerful CCD image sensor with primary colour filter, the camera has an optical sensor resolution of 14 mega pixels.
As with most of the modern bridge cameras, the most noticeable factors are the long range zoom along with its shape and size-wise resemblance to a DSLR. This keeps the overall weight of the S2980 at 437 gms, including the batteries and the memory card. This FinePix camera is capable of HD Video recording with 1280 x 720 pixel resolution at 30 fps with monaural sound.
The S2980’s large 3-inch bright LCD display makes it easy to compose great photos and view captured images, thanks to a high-impact 230,000-dot resolution. The advent of a 0.2-inch S2980 user gets a variety of shooting experiences through its electronic viewfinder or by using the 3-inch LCD as a live viewfinder. It also has a dial, to easily switch between shooting modes, there are a number of choices available from the dial (including a simply brilliant panorama mode) that range from point and shoot choices to more advanced ones that let the photographer control such things as shutter speed, aperture and so on.
