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Summary: Awesome camera!
Review: I bought the FinePix 3800 about 6 months back, and I couldn't possibly have made a better choice. It's easily the best camera in its class. Taking and transferring pictures is a snap, and the picture quality is superb. If you are looking to buy your first digital camera for home use, then this is the camera for you.
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Summary: Good for still photos, too much shutter lag for action shots
Review: With 2 active kids, I thought this would be a great way to cut down on photo processing costs. The camera takes great photos so long as the kids aren't moving around. There is almost a 1 second delay (shutter lag) between pressing the button and taking the picture. If you have two young kids, you know that 1 second is a LONG time. Half the photos I shoot have half a kid in them! Works great for still photos. Look for something else for those action shots.
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Summary: Great Camera for the price
Review: I researched digital cameras exhaustively before I made the jump from film to digital and all the research paid off with the Fuji 3800. 10x Optical Zoom beats the competition hands down in this price category. NiCad Battery Life is very good because they use 4 cells instead of many of the competitors that use 2 and the battery compartment is what fills up the handle portion of the camera body so its much easier to hold steady on low light shots. Lets face it, the little flash units on digital cameras arent much good past about 15 feet and never will be. The electronic viewfinder is extremely limited in low light but if you can prefocus on a bright object and hold the camera steady enough/use a tripod, the meter is very good even in low light conditions (the picture is exposed better than I could do manually with a 35mm). I've learned to forget bracketing exposures as the multipoint metering is better than I am and I used to take photos for a living! I've taken fantastic pictures in very difficult lighting conditions, I've even gotten great pictures of a fireworks display by just trusting the camera's metering system.
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Summary: Great buy!
Review: The pictures we have printed that were taken with this camera came out as good as if they were taken with a 35mm camera. I would recommend anyone looking for an average priced camera that is a good deal to buy this camera.
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Summary: Great buy - low light problems
Review: I've been very pleased with the camera with the exception of the EVF (Electronic Viewfinder) visibility under low light. The 6X zoom is outstanding, the pictures are excellent, and the battery life great. I wish you could adjust the ISO but most cameras at this range do not offer that capability. Occasionally the camera would not focus too well under low light. Also, I don't use the bundled software as the WinXP camera wizard works quite well with the camera.
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Summary: Great vlaue, great camera.
Review: I had the finePix 2800 before, which I liked, and this one is even better. The Zoom has no match, in this price range for sure, plus the whole thing is simply working. I love the quality of the photos.
The cons are the flash is too strong and there is no way to adjust it, and the movies need good lighting to produce good quality. xD memory costs more then the other memory cards, but it is fast.
Bottom line - good in general, great for the price range.
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Summary: Great Camera but Too Big
Review: I decided on this camera when I saw the 6x zoom. I have enjoyed the camera and the pictures are great. There are a few major drawbacks though. The one drawback that is causing me to sell the camera is that the camera is way too large. I wasn't prepared to wear this camera around my neck at all times. I value a smaller camera to the zoom. The other drawback is that the camera suffers horribly in low light conditions. The eyepiece seems to be a small lcd display; in low light, you can't see anything. Last but not least, I wish that it was more point and shoot. It is difficult passing the camera and asking a stranger to take a picture. You then have to explain how to focus the camera.
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Summary: Fuji FinePix 3800
Review: I have three ditigal cameras (all Fuji), and I've owned this camera for a few months now. I can say without hesitation, that when taking pictures out of doors it's really a very good camera. If it has any fault at all it's the flash. There have been times when it doesn't fire properly, but I do mostly outdoor photography so the flash hasn't been that big of a problem. If you want to see just how good a picture it does take you can see one of my pictures in the November 2003 issue of the magazine "Digital Photographer" (page 52). I took several pictures that day and they all came out great! The camera only comes with a 16MB memory card, so you'll need to invest in a larger card. Would I recommend this camera? You bet. I even bought one for my wife. She wanted something simple to operate and yet she wanted a camera that gives good, clear photos. This camera fills the bill. If you take a lot of indoor pictures, this may not be the one you want.
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Summary: Fujifilm FinePix 3800 3MP Digital Camera w/ 6x Optical Zoom
Review: Takes very good pictures.
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Summary: Excellent digital camera
Review: I brought my brand new Finepix 3800 to Las Vegas and took about 200 pictures with it, both indoor and out, in the daytime and at night, mostly without using the flash. The pictures came out sharp and the colors were brilliant. My pictures of the Strip at night of the casinos are postcard quality. For outdoor night shots, I put the camera on something solid before shooting the picture to prevent shaking, since I did not bring a tripod with me. Most of the pictures were taken at 1/2 second with f/2.8 (Note: Fuji includes this info in the file, I only find out after loading the pictures on my computer). When situations permit, I have also put the camera down and used the self-timer to take pictures, further eliminating camera shake.This is my very first digital camera. My other camera is a Nikon N70 SLR, shooting pictures since the '60s with a Minolta SRT-101. The color of a picture of an orchid taken at the Mirage was so rich, it put all of my Nikkor lenses to shame. I also took some pictures inside St Mark's Square (indoor) at the Venetian. The 3800 was able to produce accurately the color of the performers' costumes. The night shots taken on top of the Eiffel Tower at Paris were fantastic. What I am trying to illustrate is that I have no problems taking pictures in low light and how accurate the 3800 is in terms of color. Other than the small 16MB xD card, the only other problem I've found with the 3800 is that once you press the shutter to focus, the picture on the camera's LCD screen "freezes" and you won't see the subject moving (this was a problem shooting lion pictures at the MGM). So you really can't focus first and take a shot even a second later. I've bought a 512MB xD card, with it I can take up to 400 pictures using 3.2 megapixels in "fine" mode. I find 3.2 megapixels just the right size, fine enough for my pictures and not too big in terms of file size. Another must is a set (or 2) of rechargeable NiMH AA batteries. I use a Rayovak 1 hour charger. I do wish the flash has a higher guide number, allowing it to reach a subject farther away, but then I shouldn't compare it with my Nikon SB-28 dedicated flash. :-) Others have complained about Fuji always uses the same filenames beginning with 0001. Some have also complained about the lens cap falling off. I don't find either to be a problem. I do keep the adapter ring on at all times. It protects the camera lens from accidental scratches and the lens cap fits the adapter ring nicely. The 3800 comes with a CD-ROM. The only software you must load is the USB Mass Storage Driver. Once you've loaded that and connected the camera to the computer with the USB cable provided, the camera becomes a "removable drive" on your computer and you can use Windows or MS-DOS to copy the picture files to your computer hard drive. It works extremely well. The camera is also suppose to work with the Mac. The 6X optical zoom lens is mighty long. The camera is easy to use, though you do have to read the manual at least once to learn how to use all the features. It was rated no. 1 by Consumer Report two years (2002 & 2003) in a row for 3 megapixel digial cameras. Even though the 3800 is an older model, it is still an excellent camera. I paid $296 for it, before a $60 manufacturer mail in rebate. It is also a great value.
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