Fujifilm have launched a new digital camera that sits in-between a point & shoot and a fully fledged Digital SLR setup. The camera is called the Fujifilm HS10 and comes with a fixed-lens that is capable of an impressive 30 times optical zoom.
The HS10 has a BSI-CMOS sensor inside that can capture images at 10 megapixels and Fuji say that low-light performance is improved due to the new BSI-CMOS sensor.
The camera can capture in regular JPEG mode and also has the ability to capture images in RAW format. Video can also be captured on the HS10 in full HD at 1080p allowing you to create some high quality footage. The HD video is captured in MOV format as well as being compressed by the H.264 specifications.
One of the nice features of the camera is it's ability to capture in "high-speed" modes allowing for slow motion footage to be captured with ultra high framerates at 60, 120, 240, 580 and up to 1000 frames per second although quality will be lowered at the top end which is expected.
The HS10 has a burst-mode allowing 7 images to be captured at full resolution in under a second (10 frames per second speed to be exact) allowing fast moments to be captured more easily. The high resolution allows the 7 images to be captured at a resolution (in RAW format) at 3,648 x 2,736 pixels.
For storage the camera uses SD cards. When launched in April the camera will cost $500 with a couple of other cheaper models being made available which we'll mention at a later date.