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Summary: Excellent quality, easiness of use
Review: I've been using this product for several months now, and I am very happy with it. To summarize its qualities:
1. high resolution
2. rich in features
3. reasonable easiness of use; pretty intuitive.
4. it doesn't require proprietary & dedicated external flash, a general good-brand external flash would do it as well.The downsizes:
1. the flash that comes with the camera is a toy; you need to buy an extra one (which adds some $$$ to the cost - for a good flash).
2. Fuji doesn't provide a good fully-automatic flash for the camera. As mentioned above, there are very good manual flashes available are reasonable prices, but thus say bye-bye to the auto modes.
3. no remote. For taking the picture from a tripod, this may be annoying.
4. the depth of field is not very versatile - the camera is quite limiting in the respect of aperture.
5. the zoom is good, but not stellar. For a camera of this performance, a better zoom/aperture control would have made it of real 5 stars. Overall, good stuff for the money.
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Summary: Best Digital Camera out there
Review: This is the camera to buy. If you are an "old school" 35MM SLR camera guy, looking to get a great digital camera. This is it. It has many of the same features as a Film SLR, that sets it apart from other Digitals in it's price range. But wont set you back the One Thousand Dollars plus for a Digital SLR.
Start with all the manual settings. Focus, Exposure, ISO, white balance, and flash brightness all can be set manually. It's also has an excellent Auto mode, that takes sharp clear pics. And a great Black and white mode. Throw in the dual media slots, and the great Movie mode that takes 30fps. The Optional 1G IBM Compact Flash hard drive is a must, and will give you 15 Mins of action in movie mode, with Sound! Any one looking to get a 3M Pixel camera that shoots a raw 6M. Who wants the abilty to control the result of the picture needs to look no further than the Fuji Finepix S602 Zoom
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Summary: Pay Attention and Shop Smart ...
Review: Okay okay ... You can get this from several Z-shops sellers, starting at $438 (as of 12-26-03). There are some small errors in the description, which you may clear up for yourself at the Fujifilm.com site. But compare this to the S5000, which you can get new, here, for about $340. And if you hunt diligently, today you can grab it for $296. I am not repeat not talking about some auction sight, either. (Nor in Japan, where I live at the moment, though there is a place here I must check tomorrow just in case. Besides, delayed gratification is not my strong suit.) The Fujifilm site gives a detailed description of their CCD (Charge Coupled Device) pixel array that to me sounds like the best thing going in what the working class like me can afford. The S602 is Fuji's 3rd generation CCD, the S5000 is their 4th generation. The 602 has 6x optical and 4.4x digital zoom (26.4x), the 5000 had 10x optical and 2.2x digital (22x). If that extra 4.4 turns your head, then shopping for a telephoto is probably something to consider. I find the greater lens power more attractive, and sould give clearer photos, at 22x side by side with the 602 at a comparable setting. If you want to spend serious $$$ for something that has 5 to 8 megapixels, more power to you. But the S5000 is a better Fuji for less money ... the S602 is really last year's news. My hard earned greenbacks are on the S5000.
Rating:
Summary: Great camera
Review: After a long search, I purchased the Fujifilm FinePix S602. Unlike the compact form factor digitals, this camera has buttons that can be operated by normal-sized fingers. It also handles both SmartMedia and Compact Flash cards; Fuji recommends the IBM Microdrive, but Compact Flash is about the same price, faster, and uses less electricity. I get 100 pictures on a 256 Mb Compact Flash with the 3Mb/Fine setting. The 3Mb setting takes great pictures for anything up to 8 x 10; most photo paper is only 4 x 6 anyway. I've never seen the need for anything more. In fact, for online publishing I have to reduce the image quality and size. The 640 x 480 video uses 1 Mb per second of video; it's a bit jerky, and the built in mic isn't terribly sensitive, but it's not designed to replace your camcorder anyway. This is the best camera I've ever owned. I take more pictures now because I can afford to; I'm my own photolab. On the negative side, the camera price is a little high, and the included software is lousy. You'll want and need better software, but it'll do in a pinch. Great camera, great fun, great geek cred.
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Summary: Excellent picture quality
Review: I've used this camera for a few weeks now. I should say that I am very impressed with the results. Spend about 1/2 hour reading the manual and getting aquainted with camera's features, in order to get the best results. I have printed 8x10 on my epson 825 and very happy with results. 6x optical zoom was the main reason I bought this camera. Lens seems to be fast and precise. I am used to manual settings and this camera has it all. Automatic settings works great too. Of course, sometimes you need to use manual focusing to avoide zooming on the wrong subject! If you decide to buy this camera, make sure you budget an additional few hundred bucks for Smart-Media (16mb that comes with camera is a joke), case, AC adapter and Battery charger, etc. **Cons: it drains 4 AA batteries in no time. Fuji should have included rechargeable batteries.
Fuji web site is not very informative in regards to this model. For instance, they listed an AC adapter for this model without any brands, model# or specifications. Their description says the adapter charges batteries on SOME cameras. They don't have the adapter in stock either.
Rating:
Summary: An Excellent Camera
Review: The Fuji FinePix S602 Zoom is a fine camera capable of taking a 15 minute video using a microdrive,just watch what you are saying while shooting because the microphone will pick up your voice before any other sound. Most of the controls are easy to find and use without having to resort to reading the manual. The flash produces very little if any red eye. The almost infinite zoom lens allows you to get close to and frame your subject easily. Macro shots are just as easy. Photos printed on my HP 952C look great at 8 by 10 inches. The only thing to watch out for is when the camera is set to auto is that sometimes, usually indoors, you can end up with a very slow shutter speed such as 7 sec. which can cause a blurred picture.
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Summary: Fujifilm FinePix S602
Review: I purchased this camera last year from Amazon at an amazing price. It took time to get use to some of it's features but I truly love it. I purchased it for it's movie mode and it's 6x zoom lense. Low light is somewhat a problem but can be overcome with a steady hand or tripod. I have printed 11x14 prints and they are excellent. You can't beat the features for the price.
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Summary: Great for the price... problem is where the price is...
Review: Honestly, if you can get past the three problems I have with this camera, go out and buy it!! I have taken almost 6,000 pictures in less than a month- it's one of the best! But I have a couple complaints. First, is that it's too slow for it's "class". With a camera this size and with so many features, you would expect faster action than with the pocket-size compact cams. Not so. OK, I will give you that's it a good speed, but if you are trying to take quick snap-shots, it's going to be difficult. Maybe I am asking for too much in $600 but it's gotten t be annoying. The focus ring doesn't do much good because the sensitivity is too slow/low. Secondly, the playback is rather slow for today's cameras. I have an old Canon PowerShot 300/IXUS 300, and it reviewed pictures pretty well, and it's two and a half years old! This isn't a big thing for pro's, but since this is for the crowd that probably likes to take pictures of people and show them back as well, it's annoying having to take 10 seconds of looking at a black screen. Also if you try to switch the camera on and then off quick forget it. Thirdly, the camera has no way of naming each picture in serial fashion, at least if you are using Compact Flash. It's a small detail that has caused me to go through all 6000 pictures and renamed them manually using the Windows 'rename' function. Sure, I think there are programs for this, but I like to keep my stuff out of programs, beause software always changes, and it's just not worth my time. OK, small minor infractions in the whole long run but now I am looking at a Cannon or the new Sony DSC-F828 that's comming out soon. If you like to take pictures for fun, and want more control and flexibility, then this is a great camera. If you like being a control freak when taking pictures for fun, and want to get more serious and take pictures for $$$$ or EUR, then look a higher in the price range.
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Summary: I love this camera
Review: Excellent camera. I have been using it for about 6 months now, and I am very happy with the quality of the photos. It is fairly easy to use--it does take some time to get used to because it does so much, but I feel that it is pretty easy to access the adjustments and features. I am using a HP5550 printer. With this camera and printer, I get 8x10's that look as good as the ones I got from my 35mm film camera. The best tip I can give is to use it in the 3megapixel mode. It looks as good as the 6mp interpolated but with much smaller file size.
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Summary: Cost X Benefit
Review: I think that this digital camera is one of the best buy today.
Its data shows the best for lowest. The brand is best known for films and the alike, but Fuji has enough past to make a believer in its quality and performance!
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