Fujifilm’s cameras are widely considered to have among the best image quality because of their Super-CCD technology. Sensors with this technology have octagonal shaped pixels, which utilize the space better and have better linear/vertical resolution when compared with conventional CCD sensors with the same number of total pixels. Presently, one of the best cameras with this feature is the Fujifilm FinePix S6000fd. It has a 6 megapixel resolution sensor, wide-angle lens with 10.7x optical zoom (equivalent to 28-300mm on a 35mm camera). The zoom is manually controlled, which is useful for precise framing of the scene. The lens is sharp so finer details are captured. It has options for full manual controls (e.g. aperture priority, shutter priority, raw mode, etc.) for additional versatility. It also has Face Detection feature. The maximum usable aperture at the wide-end of the zoom is f2.8 (the lower the value, the wider the lens aperture, which means more light gathering ability). Barrel-distortion at the wide-end of the zoom is 0.6% (the lower the value, the less the distortion). It has about a 50% larger sensor size (Sensor Type 1/1.7”) than other 6-7 megapixel cameras in its class (e.g. Panasonic DMC-FZ8 and Sony DSC-H5 with Sensor Type 1/2.5”). With this model, Fujifilm has also resisted the temptation to cram more and more pixels onto such tiny sensors. This limits the noise (graininess) at high ISO settings. The sharp lens captures minute details. The Fujifilm S6000fd actually rivals the resolution of 7 megapixel cameras because of its sharp lens and Super-CCD Sensor.

The camera received a “Highly Recommended” rating at Digital Photography Review, which is one of the most popular, independent digital camera review sites.