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differences
Advantages of the Fujifilm HS10
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1,000 fps vs 220 fps
Yes vs No
6,400 ISO vs 1,600 ISO
30x vs 24x
24 mm vs 25 mm
1/4000s vs 1/2000s
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Advantages of the Panasonic DMC-FZ100
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124x81x95 mm vs 131x91x126 mm
460k dots vs 230k dots
Lens vs Sensor shift
3.7" vs 5"
6,400 ISO vs None
539 g vs 666 g
11 fps vs 10 fps
$319.95 vs $399.99
60s vs 30s
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recommendations
Which camera do we recommend? Relative to the best recent super zooms, and ignoring price
similarities
Compared to recent digicams
Common Strengths
 | Flip-out screens |
| Great for movies |
| Very high speed movies | |||
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 | RAW support |
| Better editing |
 | Good macro capabilities |
| 1 cm |
 | Support external flash |
| Better lighting |
 | Better sensor types |
| Better in low light |
 | Both have digital viewfinders |
| Digital |
Common Weaknesses
| Quite thick | |||
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| Heavy | |||
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| One has boost ISO | |||
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 | Neither has in-camera HDR |
| You could do HDR manually |
 | Significant shutter lag | |||
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| Large | |||
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Compared to recent super zooms
Common Strengths
Snapsort is not aware of any interesting strengths shared by these two products.
Common Weaknesses
 | Neither has an external mic jack |
| Limited to the in-camera mic |
 | No support for 24p |
| Missing that film look |
| Poor zoom | |||
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| Low resolution screens | |||
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competitors
Shared Competitors
Advantages
Disadvantages
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ40
Super zoom
$399
| Has a slower max shutter speed |
| Doesn't support an external flash |
Nikon Coolpix L830
Super zoom
$189 - $227
| Has a significantly higher resolution screen |
| Has in-camera HDR |
| Has a slower max shutter speed |
| Slightly shorter exposures |
Fujifilm FinePix HS30 EXR
Super zoom
$381
| Has in-camera HDR |
 | Captures 3D images |
| Is thicker |
| Is slightly heavier |
Canon PowerShot SX50 HS
Super zoom
$349 - $350
| Has significantly more zoom |
| Records movies in 24p |
| Has a slower max shutter speed |
| Slightly worse macro focusing |
Pentax X-5
Super zoom
$219
| Is slightly less expensive |
| Has a slower max shutter speed |
| Slightly shorter exposures |
Nikon Coolpix P500
Super zoom
$350
| Has a significantly higher resolution screen |
| Slightly shorter exposures |
| Doesn't support an external flash |
Fujifilm FinePix HS10 Competitors
Advantages
Disadvantages
Fujifilm FinePix HS20 EXR
Super zoom
$416
| Better maximum light sensitivity |
| Higher resolution screen |
| Lower speed movies |
| Shoots slightly slower |
Nikon D3100
Entry-level DSLR
$240 - $343 body only
$385 - $403 with 18-55mm lens
 | Faster autofocus |
| Supports 24p |
| Doesn't record high-speed movies |
| No image stabilization |
Fujifilm FinePix HS25 EXR
Super zoom
$386
| Takes 3D photos |
| Has in-camera HDR |
| Lower speed movies |
| No RAW support |
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Entry-level DSLR
$500 body only
$1,600 with 17-85mm lens
| Significantly smaller |
 | Has interchangeable lenses |
| No image stabilization |
 | Does not take movies |
Fujifilm FinePix S9000 Zoom
Pro digicam
 | Has more storage slots |
| Larger sensor |
 | Much smaller screen |
| Doesn't record high-speed movies |
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ100 Competitors
Advantages
Disadvantages
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200
Super zoom
$350 - $598
| Takes 3D photos |
| Has an external mic jack |
| Larger |
| Thicker |
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ70
Super zoom
$247 - $298
| Much more zoom |
| Takes 3D photos |
| Significantly larger |
| Screen does not flip out |
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ150
Super zoom
$322
| Takes 3D photos |
| Has an external mic jack |
| Shorter max exposures |
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ1000
Pro digicam
$795 - $898
| Higher resolution movies |
 | Much higher true resolution |
| Significantly larger |
| Worse macro capability |
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50
Pro digicam
$548
| Larger sensor |
| Much smaller screen |
| Much worse wide angle |
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Total Pixels 15.1 Megapixels
Effective Sensor Resolution 14.1 Megapixels
From what I understand, building a camera with a larger sensor requires correspondingly larger lenses, so I think the main reason for the small sensor size is to keep the camera size down.
The HS10 manual zoom ring was the tipping point for me. The motor driven ultra zooms are too slow, not intuitive and eat batteries. I wish someone would make an ultra zoom with a significantly larger CMOS sensor. I'd pay a couple hundred more.
anyway it says here 1000fps for hs10 versus None for fz100 (which is incorrect, fz100 can do at least 220fps HSM)
if 24x is 100% then 30x is 125%, namely if 6x zoom 25% then 4 times 25% is 100% aka 4x6=24x and so another 6x is another 25% which means 30x is 25% more zoom :)