FinePix S1500 : Specifications

Specifications

Model

FinePix S1500
Number of effective pixels*1

10.0 million pixels
CCD sensor

1/2.3-inch CCD
Storage media
  • Internal memory (Approx. 23MB)
  • SD memory card
  • SDHC memory card*2
File format
Still image:

JPEG (Exif Ver 2.2*3)

Movie:

AVI (Motion JPEG) with sound

Audio

WAVE format, Monaural sound

(Design rule for Camera File system compliant / DPOF-compatible)
Number of recorded pixels
Still image:

3,648 x 2,736 (10M) / 3,648 x 2,432 (3:2 format) / 2,592 x 1,944 / 2,048 x 1,536 / 1,600 x 1,200 / 640 x 480 pixels

Movie:

640 x 480 pixels (30 frames/sec.), 320 x 240 pixels (30 frames/sec.) with monaural sound
Lens

Fujinon 12x optical zoom lens, F2.8 (Wide) - F5.0 (Telephoto)
Lens focal length

f=5.9 - 70.8mm, equivalent to 33 - 396mm on a 35mm camera
Digital zoom

Approx. 5.7x
Aperture

Wide: F2.8 - F6.4, Telephoto: F5.0 - F8.0, max 5 steps in 1/3 EV increment
Focus distance (from lens surface)
Normal:
  • Wide: Approx. 40cm / 1.3ft. to infinity
  • Telephoto: Approx. 1.5m / 4.9ft. to infinity
Macro:
  • Wide: Approx. 5cm - 3m / 2.0in. - 9.8ft.
  • Telephoto: Approx. 80cm - 3m / 2.6ft. - 9.8ft.
Super Macro:
  • Approx. 2cm - 1m / 0.8in. - 3.3ft.
Sensitivity

Auto / Auto(800) / Auto(400) / Equivalent to ISO 64 / 100 / 200 / 400 / 800 / 1600 / 3200 / 6400 (Standard Output Sensitivity)

* ISO 3200/6400: 3M pixels or lower (Number of recorded pixels)
Exposure control

TTL 256-zones metering
Exposure mode

Programmed AE, Aperture Priority AE, Shutter Priority AE, Manual
Shooting modes
Mode dial:

Auto, SR Auto, SP, P, S, A, M, C, Panorama, Movie

SP:

Portrait, Landscape, Sport, Night, Night (Tripod), Natural Light, Fireworks, Sunset, Snow, Beach, Museum, Party, Flower, Text
Image Stabilization

CCD-shift type
Shutter speed

(Auto mode) 1/4sec. to 1/2000sec., (All other modes) 8sec. to 1/2000sec.
Continuous shooting
  • Top-3 (max. 1.4 frames/sec.)
  • Last-3 (max. 1.4 frames/sec.)
  • Long-period (max. 1.4 frames/sec.)
  • Top-6, High speed (max. 3.3 frames/sec., 5M pixels or lower)
  • Top-15, Ultra high speed (max. 7.5 frames/sec., 2M pixels or lower)
Focus

Auto focus (Area, Multi, Center, Tracking) / Continuous AF

AF assist illuminator available
White balance

Automatic scene recognition

Preset: (Fine, Shade, Fluorescent light (Daylight), Fluorescent light (Warm white), Fluorescent light (Cool white), Incandescent light), Custom
Self-timer

Approx. 10 sec./2 sec.delay
Flash

Auto flash

Effective range (ISO AUTO):

Normal:
  • Wide: Approx. 40cm - 8.7m / 1.3ft. - 28.5ft.
  • Telephoto: Approx. 1.5m - 4.8m / 4.9ft. - 15.7ft.
Macro:
  • Wide: Approx. 30cm - 3.0m / 1.0ft. - 9.8ft.
  • Telephoto: Approx. 80cm - 3.0m / 2.6ft. - 9.8ft.

Flash modes

  • Red-eye removal OFF: Auto, Forced Flash, Suppressed Flash, Slow Synchro.
  • Red-eye removal ON: Red-eye Reduction Auto, Red-eye Reduction & Forced Flash, Suppressed Flash, Red-eye Reduction & Slow Synchro.
Electronic viewfinder

0.2-inch, Approx. 200,000 dots, FLCD monitor (R/G/B colors are displayed in a single dot), Approx. 97% coverage
LCD monitor

2.7-inch, Approx. 230,000 dots, TFT color LCD monitor, Approx. 97% coverage
Movie recording
  • 640 x 480 pixels, 30 frames/sec.
  • 320 x 240 pixels, 30 frames/sec.

With monaural sound

* Optical or digital zoom function is selectable during movie recording.
Photography functions

SR Auto (Scene Recognition Auto), Instant Zoom, Panorama shooting mode, Face Detection (with Auto red-eye removal), High speed shooting, Framing guideline, Post shot assist windows, Frame No. memory, Histograms, Silent mode
Playback functions

Slideshow, Face Detection (with Red-eye removal), Trimming, Single frame and Multi-frame playback (with Micro thumbnail), Sorting by date, Image rotate, Voice Memo, Histograms (Highlight warning)
Video output

NTSC / PAL selectable
Digital input/output

USB 2.0 High speed
Power supply*4

4x AA type alkaline batteries (included), Ni-MH rechargeable batteries (sold separately) or Lithium batteries (sold separately)

DC Coupler CP-04 with AC power adapter AC-5VX(sold separately)
Dimensions

102.5(W) x 73.0(H) x 67.8(D)mm / 4.1(W) x 2.9(H) x 2.7(D)in. (excluding accessories and attachments)
Weight

Approx. 324g/11.4oz. (excluding accessories, batteries and memory card)
  • *1 Number of effective pixels: The number of pixels on the image sensor which receive input light through the optical lens, and which are effectively reflected in the final output data of the still image.
  • *2 Please see the Fujifilm website to check memory card compatibility.
  • *3 Exif 2.2 is a digital camera file format that contains a variety of shooting information for optimal printing.
  • *4 Manganese dry, nickel-cadmium and lithium cannot be used with this product.

Memory Card Capacity and Image Quality Size

Number of images / recording time
Modes Still Image movie
Number of recorded pixels 3,648 x 2,736 3,648 x 2,432 (3:2) 2,592 x 1,944 2,048 x 1,536 1,600 x 1,200 640 x 480 Movie recording time
Quality JPEG FINE JPEG NORMAL JPEG JPEG JPEG JPEG JPEG VGA (30fps) QVGA (30fps)
Internal Memory (approx. 23MB) 4 8 9 17 28 35 147 28sec. 51sec.
SD memory card 512MB 95 190 220 380 600 750 3,090 9min 17min
1GB 200 390 440 770 1,210 1,510 6,190 19min 35min
2GB 400 790 885 1,540 2,380 2,950 12,400 39min 71min
SDHC memory card 4GB 800 1,590 1,770 3,100 4,770 5,900 24,820 79min* 143min*
8GB 1,610 3,190 3,550 6,220 9,570 11,850 49,800 160min* 288min*
  • Actual number of frames and recording time varies depending on the type of memory card or shooting conditions.
  • * A movie recording will stop automatically when the movie file size becomes approx. 2GB.