By Brad Cook bcook@maccentral.com
July 28, 2004 12:10 pm ET

Fuji Photo Film USA, Inc. announced on Wednesday five new FinePix digital cameras, three -- the E500, E510 and E550 -- in a new consumer-oriented E-series and two -- the S3100 and S5100 -- designated as replacements for the S3000 and S5000, respectively, in the company's prosumer S-series. The E500 features 4.1MP resolution, three color modes, four scene modes, 3.2x optical zoom and the ability to shoot 10fps (frames per second) Motion JPEG video with sound. It ships with a 16MB xD-Picture memory card, a USB 2.0 cable, an AV cable and two AA alkaline batteries. The E510 and E550 offer the same features and accessories, except for their capacity to shoot 5.2MP and 6.3MP pictures, respectively, while the E550 also bumps the optical zoom to 4x, increases its video quality to 30fps and includes a Super CCD HR sensor that can record 12MP images after processing.

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