Fuji 3D camera prototype brief hands-on at CNet Asia (and comments on IQ)

History: Fuji announced at Photokina 2008 that they were working on a promising 3D camera system that could also serve as a versatile two-in-one digital camera for things like HDR or multi-focal-range single shots. This using their latest 1/1.6" SuperCCD sensors.

Now: CNet Asia has a brief hands-on experience with the first prototype, having interesting tidbits about the camera but also the attempt to come up with a 3D standard.

But even more interesting perhaps are Leonard Goh's thoughts on image quality based on sample pictures provided by Fuji, where he talks about noise (or lack thereof), dynamic range, and has an interesting tidbit about the internals of the new SuperCCD sensor. Please note that he is talking about a compact-size sensor and camera, not a "DSLR-size" sensor.

Granted, the image qualify comments above are based on sample pictures provided by the manufacturer, not taken by the reviewer himself, but when it's very early in a camera lifecycle, new information is exciting information.

Plus, Fuji has already shown noise advantage with their current and previous 1/1.6" and 1/1.7" SuperCCD sensors, and had shown dynamic range advantages with the Fuji S5 Pro sensor and to a lesser extended with their old "SR" compact sensors, so it's not like these type of claims do not have a historical basis.