Equipment

Fuji S3 Pro Digital Camera

First, it is a niche camera, intended for portrait, wedding and event photographers which need very good jpegs out of the camera, ready to go to print.

For your money you get a good looking camera and the ability to respond to the obsessive question: How many Megapixels ? with a whopping 12 !!!

SuperCCD SR based FinePix S3 Pro appears to be still based on the N80 (F80) body but is now much rounder and compact in appearance as well as including a vertical hand grip. The S3 Pro has a 6mp + 6mp SuperCCD SR sensor with the same output image sizes as the S2 Pro (12 megapixel maximum) but with higher dynamic range as each pixel location has two photodiodes, one which has normal sensitivity and one with lower sensitivity for capturing the highlight detail.

File format is JPEG-DCF (Exif ver.2.2) with storage on xD-Picture Card and CF/Microdrive. The viewfinder is a fixed eye level pentaprism with built-in diopter adjustment giving approximately 94% frame coverage and images can be viewed on the 2" LCD monitor which gives 100% coverage.

The Fuji S3 Pro has two film simulation modes - F1 giving a softer feel and F2 giving high saturation and high contrast images. A colour choice is also offered, sRGB and Adobe RGB, to ensure that the best colour is produced for the particular image.

Power is provided by 4 x AA type Ni-MH batteries, with an AC power adaptor AV-5VX available as an optional extra.

The FinePix S3 Pro has the addition of a second shutter release button which is located on the body of the camera and which assists when shooting vertically, shutter speed is 30 sec to 1/4000 sec.

White balance in the S3 Pro is automatic or manual in shade, fluorescent x 3, incandescent, fine and custom x 2 with ISO sensitivity equivalent of 100/160/200/400/800/1600.

The Fuji FinePix S3 Pro has built-in flash with modes including red-eye reduction with light indicating when flash is fully-charged.


Based on the Nikon N80 (F80)
SuperCCD SR sensor, 6 million pixel locations (2 photodiodes per pixel location)
Image sizes: 4256 x 2848, 3024 x 2016, 2304 x 1536, 1440 x 960
JPEG (Fine / Normal / Basic), CCD-RAW (14-bit)
Same 1.5x Field of view crop as S2 Pro (and Nikon DX digital SLR's)
New body with rounder design, molded rear grip
Vertical hand grip with shutter release, lockable
Dual LCD design (like S2 Pro)
New 2.0" 235,000 pixel LCD monitor
Larger buttons, adjusted control layout on rear of camera
Redesigned storage compartment door
Sensitivity: ISO 100, 160, 200, 400, 800, 1600
Shutter speed: Bulb, 30 to 1/4000 sec
Flash X-Sync max 1/180 sec
Storage: xD-Picture Card, Compact Flash Type I/II (inc. Microdrive)
Connectivity: USB 2.0, IEEE 1394, DC-IN, Video Out, PC Sync terminal
Power: 4 x AA batteries only (2 x CR123A's no longer required)
D-TTL Flash metering
Dimensions: 148 x 135 x 80 mm (5.9 x 5.3 x 3.2 in)
Weight (no batt/lens): 835 g (1.8 lb)