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Fujifilm FinePix HS50EXR

The Fujifilm FinePix HS50EXR is a DSLR-like ultrazoom bridge camera announced by Fujifilm on January 7, 2013.

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 14, 2025
Entity authorityQ18356564 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Fujifilm FinePix HS50EXR is a DSLR styled ultra-zoom bridge camera announced by Fujifilm on January 7, 2013. It is the last model of the Fujifilm FinePix HS series. At the time of its release, it competed most closely with the Canon PowerShot SX50 HS, another ultra-zoom bridge camera with raw capability. The SX50 has 20% longer maximum effective focal length, but the HS50 has 33% more resolution on the sensor.

Features

Weight: 636 g (1.402 lb)

Size: 5.16 x 3.82 x 4.96 inches

Sensor: 16 megapixel 1/2-inch EXR-CMOS

Photographic functions

Sensitivity: ISO 100 to 12,800

Shutter speed: 30 – 1/4000 s (extremes depending on exposure mode)

Electronic level

Histogram display

Focus check, Focus peaking in Manual focus mode

Framing guideline

Film simulation

Advanced filter: Toy Camera / Miniature / POP COLOR / High-Key / Low-Key / Dynamic Tone / Partial Color / Soft Focus

Advanced modes: Pro focus, Pro low light, Multiple exposure

Fujinon 42x optical zoom lens, manually actuated (no motor delay)

Focal length: f=4.4–185mm, equivalent to 24–1000mm on a 35mm camera

Aperture: f/2.8–11 (wide) f/5.6–11 (telephoto)

Still images: RAW (.raf) or JPEG

Storage: SD, SDHC, or SDXC memory cards.

Flash: Built in pop-up and external hot shoe

Auto Red-eye removal

Monitor: Fully articulating 920k pixel 3-inch LCD screen

Exposure compensation: −2 to +2 EV at 1/3 intervals, in P, S, A, C modes.

Exposure bracketing: ±1/3 to 1 EV in P, S, A, M and C modes.

Connections: USB 2.0, mini HDMI, A/V (NTSC and PAL)

Lens filter mount: 58 mm

Sweep panoramas are taken in one long exposure with Motion Panorama 360.

Dynamic range: Has three settings of DR100, DR200 and DR400.

Continuous shooting modes:

Continuous shooting at 11 fps

Best frame capture: fires the shutter continuously prior to shutter release when half pressing the shutter button after focus is achieved.

Editorial summary

“Fujifilm FinePix HS50EXR” enters the record as the Fujifilm FinePix HS50EXR is a DSLR-like ultrazoom bridge camera announced by Fujifilm on January 7, 2013. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Fujifilm, FinePix and HS50EXR can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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