Fujifilm FinePix 2600 2MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom

by Fuji

Product Details

Product Manual [694kb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 2.1 x 3.9 x 2.6 inches ; 9.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005OQMO
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (170 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,598 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 17, 2005

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The FinePix 2600 reaffirms Fuji's reputation for producing high-quality, affordable digital point-and-shoot cameras. Like its predecessors, the 2600 is compact, lightweight, fast, and fun to use.

The 2600 is competing in one of the most crowded segments in the digital camera market. Virtually every manufacturer is now (as of November 2001) producing a 2-megapixel point-and-shoot with a 3x optical zoom lens, and it's no surprise: these cameras closely resemble their film counterparts in size, shape, and function, and the 1,600 by 1,200 images they capture contain enough detail for 8-by-10-inch prints, more or less matching the quality of most film point-and-shoot cameras.

With so many models to choose from, why pick the 2600? For one thing, Fuji was unusually generous with the accessories. The camera comes with a 16 MB memory card (big enough for 39 pictures at default resolution), plus a set of rechargeable batteries and a charger. In addition, this camera is quicker than most of its competitors. When you turn it on, it's ready to use very quickly, and shutter lag and shot-to-shot performance are also surprising for a camera in its class. Battery life is also good, especially for a camera that uses only two AA batteries.

Of course, not everything about the 2600 is perfect. Its body is made of plastic, and some of the buttons don't feel quite as durable as those on other cameras, though we had no problems with reliability during testing. The sliding clamshell lens cover is a nice touch, but, unlike other cameras, sliding the cover open and closed does not turn the camera on and off--there's a power switch on top for this purpose. As a result, we sometimes found ourselves closing the lens cover and forgetting to turn the camera off. In addition, the camera offers relatively few manual controls: white balance is adjustable, as is exposure compensation, and the flash has five modes, but shutter speed and aperture are both set automatically. The camera also includes a 20-second movie mode, but the movies lack audio. If you're the type of photographer who simply likes to turn the camera on, aim, zoom, and shoot, you'll be thrilled with the simplicity of the design, but if you want more control, this probably isn't the best choice for you.

The FinePix 2600 Zoom is a great value, especially for photographers who love point-and-shoot simplicity. It's affordably priced, simple, and fun to use, includes rechargeable batteries and a charger, and produces crisp images. --Shane Burnett

Pros:

• Compact, lightweight, fast, and affordable
• Sliding cover protects lens
• Package includes batteries, charger, 16 MB card
• Movie mode captures silent 20-second clips
• Speedy USB image transfers

Cons:

• Few settings can be adjusted by user
• Two-step on-off procedure seems unnecessarily complicated
• No video-out connection for TV image viewing

From the Manufacturer

The FinePix 2600 Zoom is a sleek, easy to use, high-performance, affordable digital camera designed to let you ‘point-and-shoot’. Its small size makes it a perfect fit for your pocket and the palm of your hand. Since it is ready to shoot right after switching on the camera, you won’t miss out on any chances. Its 2.0-megapixel CCD, precision 35 optical zoom lens and multitude of functions capture your special moments.

2.0-megapixel CCD
With its 2.0 million square pixels, the 1/2.7-inch CCD delivers high resolution (1600 ´ 1200 pixels) for sharper and more lifelike images. The CCD offers a high S/N ratio that makes subjects look smooth and natural.

High-performance Zooming
The FinePix 2600 Zoom sports a highperformance Fujinon optical zoom lens that delivers the equivalent of a 38 – 114mm range on a 35mm camera. Its precise auto-focus system assures sharp, focused images in an instant. The FinePix 2600 Zoom also offers digital zoom enlarging up to 2.55 (in 640 ´ 480 pixel mode). Combined with the 35 optical zoom, this gives a total magnification effect of 7.55, making it easier to take the shots you want with the detail you need.

Easy to Use
The FinePix 2600 Zoom comes with two AA Ni-MH batteries, a battery charger and a 16MB SmartMedia card so you can start taking pictures right away. This camera makes it easy to take great-looking pictures simply by pressing the shutter button. Fully automatic operation controls all parameters for shooting quality pictures; the auto focus function provides sharp images, auto exposure automatically selects the optimum aperture and shutter speeds, intelligent auto white balance detects the type of lighting and adjusts accordingly, while full flash modes are provided including red-eye reduction. For extremely close-up shots, the Macro Mode lets you move in as close as 10cm.

Video Clip Capability
The FinePix 2600 Zoom has a movie recording feature(without sound). Now you can capture all the fun in up to 20 seconds of video.

Enjoyable Playback Function
The FinePix 2600 Zoom’s 1.8-inch color LCD makes picture-taking easier and more enjoyable, allowing you to view pictures or movies immediately after taking them. The FinePix 2600 Zoom offers some impressive image playback options; in addition to Single Frame Playback, the 5X Zoom Playback brings out fine details and the Multi-Frame Playback displays nine different images simultaneously on the screen.

Easy Connection with PCs
The USB connection and the included FinePixViewer software make it easy to download picture or movie files to your PC for viewing the images. Connecting the camera to the PC causes the software to automatically start up. The FinePixViewer also lets you connect to Fujifilm’s Internet services, while the included "PictureHello" utility software turns the FinePix 2600 Zoom into a Webcam.

Low Power Consumption
The FinePix 2600 Zoom utilizes two Ni-MH (Nickel Metal Hydride) AA batteries. Reflecting a thorough reassessment of power consumption efficiency, the FinePix 2600 Zoom is capable of taking a maximum of 300 shots in standard usage or approx. 6,000 shots in succession when the provided batteries are fully charged.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

80 of 81 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No Nonsense Digital Camera, November 15, 2001

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Carole Roberts (St. Charles, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fujifilm FinePix 2600 2MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom (Electronics)

Before purchasing the Fuji 2600, I experienced a number of other digital cameras, some costing much more. Although many of them had more features, none were as reliable. I finally gave up on the expesive cameras since the extra features (that require the use of the LCD display) are worthless in sunlight anyway. This is a gadget free camera that takes excellent pictures. I've never missed a shot even when the subjects are in motion. The fast auto-focus and lack of gadgets makes this camera seemingly foolproof.

Sharp, bright and true color (No sign of color aberations, blooming or color saturation) - Quiet fast zoom lense - Downloading pictures is simple and fast - Batteries last longer than any other digital I tried - Camera comes as a complete package (includes rechargeable batteries, compact charger and a reasonable size memory card) - Camera is small & easy to carry (the future of digital cameras) - The F3.8 lens is a bit slow for low light conditions but adequate for most shots and perfect for a camera of this calibre - The optical view finder shows only 80% size of final photo (Most cameras seem to do this and I don't understand why, however, you do learn to compensate).

I've had my camera for about 2 weeks. Already 2 of my friends have purchased the same camera after seeing it. It's a reliable camera at a great price. I highly recommend it.

53 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You will love it !, December 1, 2001

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superman2k3 "superman2k3" (On a sunny beach!) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fujifilm FinePix 2600 2MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom (Electronics)

This is a very good camera for its price range and features including true 3X optical zoom lens which retracts very neatly when you shut the camera off. The two step camera shut off (which amazom review sees as a weak point) is actually very useful for viewing pics and keeps the lens shut. So you can see pics in bad weather without worring about your lens.

The digital zoom doesn't work with the 2 megapixel resolution, it only works with 1 megapixel or VGA mode. However the digital zoom could be done later on the computer also, so no big problems.

The battery charger included is supposed to recharge a fully discharged battery in 5 hrs. The manual refer to any fuji charger for times under 2 hrs.

The kit includes excellent accessories: 2 AA 1700mAh NiMH rechargable batteries, recharger (works from 110-240 V), 16MB smartmedia card with cover/label, a hand strap (handy when shooting or otherwise, increases the grip), a USB cable for getting pics on your PC, a CD with software including the finepix viewer, owner's manual and a software manual.

Never even needed to go through the software manual while installing the softwares on a Windows 2000 machine. The software to transfer images looks good. The software CD includes 3/4 other softwares which I haven't used till now. One is the movie player for recorded movies (the .avi movies don't play on windows media player). The manuals are easy to read and understand. There's no TV output like Canon Elph and other expensive ones. The movies recorded are not so great but then this isn't a camcorder !

Other features include a low battery warning, date/time setting, image size/compression ratio setting, flash mode/white balance settings, camera shake warning and macro setting. The flash setting does come to a good use at many times.

One downfall is that the max 1/2 sec shutter time means that night pictures on streets are not good. In case you want to do lots of night photography, nikon coolpix 775 or canon digital elph s110 or s300 are better options. But remember that others come with proprietary batteries which may become unavailable or cost a lot.

The other disadvantage in my opinion is the smartmedia card, since most things are swichting over to compact flash. However the fuji rebate solves this problem for now ! As far as the design goes it very good. Yoiu might feel that the camera is slightly thicker given its width/height. The battery/smartmedia card both go in the same compartment and the door to it looks sligthly cheap.

The playback mode for movies/pics is very good. You can zoom in and out of pics and erase one/all pics. The software menu on the camera seems pretty good and intelligent.

Another recommendation is to buy a big smartemedia card (max that can be used is 128MB). This will make your camera more useful. Finally the manual claims 150-300 frames with one pair of fully charged batteries depending on LCD usage. In case rechartgable batteries run out, you can use normal AA ones. Carrying one or two more pairs of batteries will be great and solves the problem of LCD eating the batteries (you can't do this with camera's that have proprietary ones). After all NiMH AA batteries are so inexpensive !

A Fuji kit for 2600 is also available which includes a cmaera case, lens cleaning kit, tripod, 4 NiMH batteries and one more recharger.

50 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very impressive camera at a great price, October 30, 2001

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Brian Lehman (Philly suburbs) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fujifilm FinePix 2600 2MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom (Electronics)

This camera is really an incredible deal. It has more features for the money that any other camera in its range. Other cameras that are similarly priced lack the 2-megapixel sensor or optical zoom, but the FinePix 2600 has both. It takes very nice pictures and is very easy to use. It comes with a 16MB card that provides more than enough initial storage, and new cards can be purchased up to 128MB. But even the standard card holds a lot - 60 at the default setting, 10 at the highest setting. The optical zoom is a great feature to have, and the movie mode is also very useful. Despite what some specs may read, it has both a macro mode and a self-timer. Overall, this is the best camera to buy in its range, that is, more than a toy but not high-end. It is more than adequate for the casual or amateur photographer. It should serve all your photography needs for quite some time.