Pairing an expansive zoom lens with a versatile imaging system, the black FinePix S9800 Digital Camera from Fujifilm features a 16.2 MP 1/2.3" BSI-CMOS sensor along with a 50x optical zoom lens. The lens covers wide-angle to super-telephoto perspectives, and a 24-1200mm equivalent focal length range, and 5-axis image stabilization helps to minimize the appearance of camera shake for sharper, clearer imagery. With respect to the image sensor, both high-resolution still shooting and full HD video recording is supported, and a top sensitivity of ISO 12800 benefits working in difficult lighting situations. A continuous shooting rate of 10 fps is available, and the processing abilities of the S9800 also maintain quick handling performance throughout the camera system.
Both a 920k-dot electronic viewfinder and a 3.0" 460k-dot rear LCD screen are available for monitoring and image playback, as well as for accessing the menu system for applying creative Advanced Filters, using the HDR mode, or creating in-camera 360° panoramic photos.
Five-axis image stabilization combines both two-axis optical (pitch and yaw) and three-axis digital (roll, vertical shift, and horizontal shift) image stabilization systems, and helps to compensate for camera shake across all pertinent axes. This helps to realize sharper, clear imagery when shooting stills at slower shutter speeds or just maintain a steady frame when recording video on the move.
- Interval Timer shooting permits taking successive photos at predetermined intervals for creating time-lapse imagery. Intervals can be set at 10 minutes, 5 minutes, 60 seconds, 30 seconds, or 15 seconds.
- For creatively enhancing the look of your imagery in-camera, 11 different Advanced Filters are available, including Sketch, Toy Camera, Miniature, Pop Color, Soft Focus, Cross Screen, Partial Color (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple), High-Key, Low-Key, Dynamic Tone, and Fish-Eye.
- An HDR (High Dynamic Range) mode allows you to gain greater detail in the highlight and shadow regions of a scene in order to avoid overexposed highlights or blocked shadows.
- Zoom Bracketing mode enables three images to be taken at once at varying degrees of magnification.
- Natural Light & with Flash will automatically capture two exposures at once: one with flash and one without.
- Face Tracking Autofocus helps to maintain crisp focus on subjects' faces as they move throughout the scene.
- Face Detection optimizes exposure settings based on up to 10 recognized faces, and can automatically detect and remove red-eye. Six SR AUTO modes can be used to optimize exposure setting based on recognized scene types, including Portrait, Landscape, Night, Macro, Night Portrait, and Backlit Portrait.
- Shooting modes: SR AUTO, AUTO, Advanced Mode, Scene Position, Motion Panorama, Custom, Program AE, Shutter Priority AE, Aperture Priority AE, and Manual.
- Scene Position settings: Portrait, Landscape, Night (Tripod), Snow, Flower, Baby Mode, Sport, Fireworks, Beach, text, Smile & Shoot, Night, Sunset, and Party.
- Motion Panorama 360 allows you to record expansive views up to 360° wide in a seamless, sweeping manner.