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Fuji FinePix 2800 Zoom

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Review First Posted: 02/06/2002

Shutter Lag / Cycle Times
When you press the shutter release on a camera, there's usually a delay or lag time before the shutter actually fires. This time allows the autofocus and autoexposure mechanisms time to do their work and can amount to a fairly long delay in some situations. Since this number is almost never reported on, and can significantly affect the picture taking experience, I now routinely measure it using a custom-designed electronic test setup.

Fuji FinePix 2800 Zoom Timings

Operation Time (secs) Notes

Power On -> First shot 2.9 A bit faster than average for a camera with a telescoping lens design.

Shutdown 3.6 About average for a camera with telescoping lens.

Play to Record, first shot 1.7 Time to first shot when switching from playback mode. Fairly fast.

Record to play 1.2 Time to display captured image, large/fine mode. Fairly fast.

Shutter lag, full autofocus 0.64-1.12 First time is with lens set at wide angle, second with lens at telephoto. First time is quite fast, second is slightly slower than average.

Shutter lag, prefocus 0.25 Delay with shutter button half-pressed before exposure. About average.

Cycle Time (shot to shot delay) 3.2 No buffer memory, but pretty good cycle time nonetheless. No limit on number of shots at this speed other than card capacity.

Cycle Time, continuous mode 0.38
(2.63 frames/sec.) Pretty fast - bursts of four frames, then wait 8 seconds for photos to be written to the memory card.

Overall, the FinePix 2800 Zoom is a pretty responsive camera. In particular, its shutter delay with the lens set to its wide angle position is quite a bit less than even some much more expensive models, and its shot to shot "cycle times" are pretty good as well. (It doesn't appear to make use of "buffer" memory to get very fast cycle times for a limited number of shots, but rather will snap a picture every 3.2 seconds all day long (or until your card fills up). With very fast-paced action, you'll still want to "prefocus" the camera by half-pressing and holding the shutter button prior to the exposure itself, but even without that, the 2800 is faster than average in most situations.

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Fuji FinePix 2800 Zoom Timings
Operation	Time (secs)	Notes
Power On -> First shot	2.9	A bit faster than average for a camera with a telescoping lens design.
Shutdown	3.6	About average for a camera with telescoping lens.
Play to Record, first shot	1.7	Time to first shot when switching from playback mode. Fairly fast.
Record to play	1.2	Time to display captured image, large/fine mode. Fairly fast.
Shutter lag, full autofocus	0.64-1.12	First time is with lens set at wide angle, second with lens at telephoto. First time is quite fast, second is slightly slower than average.
Shutter lag, prefocus	0.25	Delay with shutter button half-pressed before exposure. About average.
Cycle Time (shot to shot delay)	3.2	No buffer memory, but pretty good cycle time nonetheless. No limit on number of shots at this speed other than card capacity.
Cycle Time, continuous mode	0.38 (2.63 frames/sec.)	Pretty fast - bursts of four frames, then wait 8 seconds for photos to be written to the memory card.