Since some time, Fujifilm has two Megazoom cameras in its program. One, the FinePix S6500fd, has been produced to target the 
average consumer. The other, the Fujifilm FinePix S9600, has been intended for the more serious photographer and offers, for that reason, other possibilities than the FinePix S6500fd. The Fujifilm S9600 succeeds the FinePix S9500. There aren’t many changes in regards to the previous model. The image quality has been improved, the Fujifilm FinePix S9600 Megazoom camera is equipped with a larger LCD monitor and an auto focus for faster focus under low light circumstances and there are improvements in the flash. The number of Megapixels remains the same.
Fujifilm S9600 - Real Photo Processor 2
The improved image quality is mainly due to the new processor. The Fujifilm FinePix S9600 is equipped with the Real Photo Processor II. Together with the Fujinon lens and the Super CCD HR V sensor, it forms the Real Photo Technology, as Fujifilm calls the trinity. The lens has been calculated in a way that the light falls on the image sensor perfectly. Fujifilm can do this, because it develops its own lenses. The light then falls on the sensor, which has a deviant pixel form. The Real Photo Processor, the heart of the Real Photo Technology, processes the final image. The image processor knows two cycles to reduce noise, as a result of which noise is eliminated at high sensitivities. In the processor the image is analyzed and, depending on the subject, the colour reproduction is determined.
FujiFilm FinePix S9600 Digital Camera Review