Fujifilm FinePix 4700 2.4MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom

by Fuji

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• Product Dimensions: 1.3 x 3.1 x 3.8 inches ; 9 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004TH2X
• Item model number: MX4700
• Batteries: 2 AA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (73 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,690 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 4, 2000

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Fuji FinePix 4700 digital camera delivers high-end features in a camera body that fits in the palm of your hand. With the 3x optical zoom capability, it provides you a wide range of shooting options, from telephoto to wide angle, with coverage equivalent to a 36-108mm range in a 35mm camera. The lens is fully retractable with a built-in cover to protect it from damage. The FinePix 4700 also offers 3.75x digital zoom to bring you 11.25 times closer to your subjects.

The FinePix 4700 Super CCD (charge-coupled device for image capturing) is 0.59 inches with 2.4 million pixels, producing shots at up to 2,400 x 1,800 resolution. This allows it to realistically depict objects and reproduce colors as you see them without sacrificing speed. Start-up takes only 2 seconds, and the pause between single-frame shots can be as brief as a second. In continuous shooting mode, you can shoot every 0.2 seconds.

A motion-picture recording mode lets you record and play back 320 x 240 pixel video at 10 frames per second in JPEG format for up to 80 seconds.

In addition to its user-friendly automatic mode, the FinePix 4700 allows full manual control for creative flexibility. You can adjust exposure compensation, sensitivity, flash intensity, and white balance. You can also switch between auto and manual focus and set the light metering mode to average, spot, or multipattern.

The 2-inch LCD monitor uses low-temperature polysilicon TFT technology with 130,000 pixels. It delivers a crisp, natural image that you can rely on to check your subject both indoors and outdoors. In playback mode you can view still images as well as play audio and video. This mode also allows zoom to enlarge up to 15 times.

The Fuji FinePix 4700 includes a 16 MB SmartMedia card, hand strap, NiMH battery charger, 2 NiMH batteries, USB cable, audio-video cable, and CD-ROM software.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

80 of 81 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Among the elite digital cameras in the market right now., December 5, 2000

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Jose A. Nino Jr (miami, fl United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fujifilm FinePix 4700 2.4MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom (Electronics)

After a long month of researching cameras, I finally decided to buy this one. If you are seriously considering this camera, look around for prices, as they vary greatly from one place to the other. First of all, while this isn't a true 4.3MP camera, I think it outperforms 3.3 and 3.1MP hands down. THe resolution, color warmths, color accuracy and sharpness is amazing for a camera of this size...or for any digital camera any size. I have had this camera for a month now and I have never been so proud of an electronics purchase...of course I love my Mac too! Here is a list of PROS and CONS:

Pros
- The retraction of the lens which gets covered by a metal door is excellent.
- The flash works surprisingly well. I used the camera in Times Square in New York (for those who don't know where Times Square is), and the faces came out with a good amount of light, while the backround lights of Times Square came out very nicely also. This camera takes VERY impressive night shots. I think it does better when it is set to AUTO than when it is set to NIGHT mode, although you can create some pretty funky shutter delay shots and play with lights and colors.
- The Movie mode is great! Sure, it is not broadcast quality, but what did you expect. I think it takes better movies than the Sony Mavicas.
- The USB connection is great. The smart media compartment works well too.
- YES! You can set a timer to take pics..up to five seconds I think.
- Looks like it came from the Matrix
- Want flash? Pop it up. Don't want flash, pop it down. It is the easy.No buttons to press, no setting to set.
- Many ISO to choose from, as well as Macro
- TOP .JPG resolution is great. Don't be fooled that it doesn't save in .tif formats, the pictures are great! And saves space!
- Comes with 16MB card, not 8MB like most of the other guys.

CONS
- The LCD display is difficult to see in bright sunlight, but at least you can use the viewfinder, unlike the Sony Mavica.
- The camera KILLS alkalines, even the ultra alkalines. Don't be stupid. Use the NiHM, 4 are included with the camera, but I suggest going to Radio Shack and buying a quick charge charger. It'll same you lots of money and time, as the included charger takes 12 hours, and only holds 2 batteries.
- I would've liked to see Fuji use the IBM Microdrive in this unit. With soo many memory hungry applications in this camera (movie capture with sound, high resolution images), even the 64MB card which I bought wasn't enough for a weekend with buddies in NYC.

Conclusion:
I showed the images of the trip to my boss, who is a hardcore Sony maniac. He was soo stunned by the quality and features, and price and size of the camera that he bought one for himself! You can't go wrong with this camera. I love it! And so do the editor's of Popular Photography magazine, who recently gave this model its highest review about it's color accuracy.

79 of 81 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy Small and Fast, August 9, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Fujifilm FinePix 4700 2.4MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom (Electronics)

* Just about every type of control (short of manual exposure) that you could wish for. The controls are logical and easy to use. Common adjustments don't require powering up the LCD * The camera is light and small enough for a shirt pocket, yet feels very solidly made with its aluminum magnesium case. * The camera is very fast - no noticable delays after turn on or after a shot before you can snap the next picture. * No special expensive batteries needed - just 2 rechargable AA NiMH, NiCd, or in a pinch standard alkalines * Motion JPEG (Quicktime or with the right codec AVI) movies - you can shoot about 1 1/2 minutes of 230x240 video and sound with the included 16MB smart media card (6 mins with the 64MB). Perfect for sending to grandparents. * very fast and easy picture transfer and management with USB

I'm very pleased with the quality of pictures. There are a couple of more expensive 2.4 MegaPixel class cameras that have better lenses, but they have poorer colors than the Fuji. The Fuji gives nice bright warm colors that give very nice flesh tones - not cold blue like many other digital cameras.

47 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good, Basic Camera, July 6, 2000

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This review is from: Fujifilm FinePix 4700 2.4MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom (Electronics)

I bought this after using a Sony Mavica for about six months. I loved the Mavica, but wanted better quality images. This camera has filled that bill very well.

Is it perfect? No, I believe Fuji could have done some things better. I get error messages from my PC when I use the USB port to transfer images to my computer, but the images do seem to come across without error. When I use the viewfinder, I see only about 75% of the image that's photographed. That is, the viewfinder trims off a pretty good sized border. Some have referred to this as a 4.7 meg camera. Perhaps so, but the quality is about the same as a 2.5 meg camera.

The camera is small. For someone with big hands, such as me, this took some adjusting to. Once I adapted, the controls became easy to use.

Photos are stored in jpeg format, so there's some loss of quality in the image, but I take all my shots in fine mode, and haven't noticed any problems. I've not seen any of the jaggies that I'd occasionally see in the Mavica images.

All images are taken and stored in color. I wish the camera had a B&W mode, just to save on disk space when I'm working on that kind of image.

Even so, it does quite a good job, in my opinion.

This is a basic camera. You won't be able to connect lenses or filters to it. About the only thing that you'll wish to buy afterward is some additional memory and perhaps a carrying case. I suspect that, for most buyers, this camera will take care of all of their needs. Others may use it for a while, and then decide to go on to bigger and better things. I sold my Mavica FD-83 when I bought this camera. I'll probably keep this one when I move on to a bigger and better product.