Today, Fujifilm announced the FinePix AV100 and FinePix AX200 entry-level digital cameras.
The FinePix FinePix AV100 has a Fujinon 3x optical zoom lens, while the FinePix AX200 has a Fujinon 5x Wide-Angle optical zoom lens. Both cameras feature 12-megapixels, a 2.7″ High Resolution LCD, high sensitivity settings of up to ISO 3200, High Definition (HD) movies at 720p with sound and still shots in 16:9 that can be played back on any HD ready television, Picture Search, Panoramic Shooting mode, Scene Recognition Auto, Face Detection, Digital Image Stabilization, and is powered by AA-Batteries.
The Fujifilm FinePix AV100 and the FinePix AX200 will be available in February 2010 for $99.95 and $109.95, respectively.
Fujifilm FinePix AV100 and FinePix AX200 Press Release
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I bought Fuji Finepix AV100 this week. I feel its good for the sunlight shooting. In the Tube/flurocent or CFl light (night node) shooting is not as good as the other camera Canon IS A720, I was using for some years.
Good part of this camera is its HD compatibility, sleek and economic price.
Dear all Fuji Fans,
dont buy this camera all new A series camera like av100/150/200/250
have the complaint in HD movie .. it will become freez in some sec in 720p recording in homely sittuvation please see the below link of youtube video
it happens in types of memory cards class2&4&6 .. 2gb&4&8 gb cards.. its manufacturing fault.. company people admitted the same .. they were developing a new firmware to fix this issue..
IT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN WE SHOOT SOME MOVIES IN OUR HOME.
nobody can’t belive it.. but see the below link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IMBzu75Qno
if you have a class 2,4,or 6 memory card thats above 8 gb are you okay
I am little bit satisfied with the performance of AV 100……..I need entry level camera by the price of 5k.i am sure i cant get better than this.shall we use normal video mode instead of HD
Read quite a few reviews across the net and the common complaint is that the cam freezes within seconds when shooting video in HD. And a few user comments also state this is not solved even after switching to Class 4, 6 mem cards. First of all people opting for affordable cameras mostly do so for financial reasons (like me). I’d rather wait and save up for a better cam than buy a product that has so much complaints.
I have ax200 2nd day. The problem with freeze i have too. So I downloaded new firmware 1,0,1 – applied it and now can record f.e. 15mins video without problems. For me good choice for that money.
I had bought the camera yeasterday and shoot some night photography, But some how I am not satisfied with the quality of image, Its not much clear. Before that I was used cybershot mobile but seems it was better then this camera.
Do Not waste your money if you want to use in regular life. Go for alternative nikon, sony etc. in same price.
what are you fools using a digital camera to record movies for anyway?
Get with it, joe bloggs. Not everyone wants to carry a camcorder and the new breed of point-and-shoot cameras that can capture HD video are surprisingly good. They may not be as good as your Sony pro camcorder. But they fit in a pants pocket, which means you’re going to be shooting a lot more video than you would with something bigger.
this camera is great, if you have problems with HD filming, please send me an email, ant i send to you firmware 1.02, is not avaible on site.
my camera lense cant zoom in and out.fijifilm
it would be great if you could send me the firm ware for HD video shoot.
Thanks in advance
I was wondering if someone could upload AV100 firmware 1.02 to rapidshare and post a link to it? I’m not having any freezing issues, nonetheless I like my stuff updated
BTW Av100 with SRauto mode generally works well, the key is you need enough ambient light/use wide instead of zoom/move closer to the subject so it can autofocus and pick a better ISO level. If you want “standard” night shots, then choose “P” program mode. That will give you the classic flash look (at expense of darkening background), while allowing you to limit maximum ISO levels in settings. SRauto mode has no way of setting max ISO.
I love this camera. In fact I bought a second one off eBay. Being able to shoot nice 12megapixels and HD video is great. The picture quality is incredible even at 400 ISO level. At 800 you start to see a lil noise (but only if you magnify up real close) The graduation levels and noise reduction of the camera is awesome, it’s almost like real film.
http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/a/finepix_av100/sample_images/
hey alyx, pls forward the firmware for hd video at mukurc@gmail.com, as soon as u could., thanks
Dear All
if anybody need a firmware for Fuji av100 camera,for the HD freezing mail me : bensonxavier@gmx.us
it only works in AV100, the ver is 1.02
Thanks
Benson
please, forward firware 1.02 to bicepalsson@hotmail.com. Thx
To All,
Fuji tech support does not yet have this file, but it is installed on newer revisions of the AV100.
Here is the latest firmware 1.02 from Asia Fuji support:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XU1YBKQJ
Follow instructions as per 1.01 on Fuji’s site, but replace with this DAT file instead.
And to prove it’s legit, I scanned it for your convenience:
http://virusscan.jotti.org/en/scanresult/8810fee7b2249342c0309f327050d8cef8a25f1c
tips:
For very dark/night shots SRauto will tend to use iso 800/1600.
To avoid grain, set camera to “P” mode and custom set max ISO to 400, this will fix that.
Otherwise SRauto usually works well, but it needs to be able to focus and have enough ambient light to work with.
my son was just given an AV100 for his birthday. when ever he plays back any movies he has shot it makes a loud beeping sound. he loaded the movies into his computer for playback to see if this fixed it but it still does. has anyone encountered? will a firmware update solve it? or should we take it back to the shop because it is faulty.
@August 25th, 2010
I would update it to the latest 1.02, and then go to menu options and choose the option to “RESET” the unit. Sounds like you have default system beep sound set to max.
very satisfied, great shots of my grandson’s wedding were super. Alex, please send firmware for HD fix.thanks. rmichael_mills@verizon.net
Fujifilm FinePix AV100 and FinePix AX200 prise list send
Dear john Doe, can you tell us how to take backup of orginal firmware from fuji AV 100. it 1.0 ver i would like to keep backup before flashing with new one 1.02
“can you tell us how to take backup of orginal firmware from fuji AV 100.”
Unfortunately there is no way to back up the firmware. However I can guarantee it will not mess up anything. I have used this on both my AV100 cameras purchase on eBay with no issue. If your camera is working fine, then no need to update the firmware. This seems to be a compatibility update for certain types/brands of SD flash memory. And also if you have any issues with HD recording and it suddenly freezes.
tips:
a.) After updating firmware, be sure to reset the default settings under menu
b.) Make sure to set the battery type. If you are using NIMH, set battery type under menu to “NIMH” instead of “ALKALINE”, this will make sure to give a more accurate battery reading.
c.) Use good quality low discharge NIMH batteries like Sanyo Eneloop or similar. Seems like most normal NIMH over 2100MAH tend to discharge quick if left in the camera too long
John could you suggest me any one digital camera for 5k and please let me know with battery capacity to shoot
i purchased it in near about appox 90$ in india comes with 2 year warranty charger and 2 2100 mah batteries and camera pouch and 4 gb card
its performace is not yet good but satisfactory color sharpness will be not as better as nikon l22 .
clearty in pics is well .panaroma mode is just waste as in this mode image resolution is set default to very low and cant be change .flash is better than kodak entry level one .you can check my sample photo in flickr members search =canuragdelta this pics were taken in automode settings and as iam new to photography i just set and click the camera ..you may see camera actual result in this pics
battery stamina in this camera is well almost it capture above 100 pics in various mode with and without flash with supplied 2100 mah batteries .
hd movie as itry freezing method not comes arise to me as camera takes only 15 min max movie recording as in this 4 gb card supplied with camera as an offer
my link to flickr is
http://www.flickr.com/photos/56475889@N05/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deepbluesea/page2/
has a gallery of stunning picture samples for the AV100.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brenpac/with/5519501220/
is another gallery.
I have created a group at
http://www.flickr.com/groups/1611856@N25/
for Fujifilm Finepix 10-14Megapixel A/AV/AX series cameras, so people can upload their pictures.
are you morons really giving out your email addy to some anon loser who has a fake firm update that even fujifilm DOES NOT HAVE so it is fake and i can guarantee you are getting a computer virus or phished. i can not believe people these days are really this retarded
I have lost my pictures in camera. How to review my pictures?