Try before you buy - qualities like the shutter lag, LCD screen quality, general handling and button placement etc can only be determined by trying the camera out in a shop.

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Fujifilm claims they've worked through the pixel noise problems that can accompany massive megapixel sensors (we'll have to see about that), but at the very least the S9000 has a 10.7x optical zoom lens, a 1.8-inch tilting LCD screen, a 0.01 second shutter lag time, dual xD and CompactFlash memory card slots, and can capture RAW images.

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Perched atop a pair of active shutter glasses are a couple of miniature LCD projectors, which bounce images from a connected computer onto a special reflective surface at a 120Hz refresh rate.

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Tapping in on the chosen subject within the frame of the cameras' LCD monitor instantly focuses the subject and automatically triggers the shutter for instantaneous in-focus image capture thanks to the Touch AF Shutter function.

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An easy-to-use, touch-sensitive, 3.0-inch high resolution LCD screen is powered by the touch of a finger to focus on subjects and activate the shutter.

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Instantly activate the Touch AF Shutter function to select the subject you want to focus on and activate the shutter simply by touching the swivel 3.0 inch, 920, 000 dot LCD screen.

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