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Summary: I am having fun with this camera
Review: I got my Fujifilm Finepix 2800 three days ago and here's my first take.The camera has a good look, and feels sturdy with the all-metal case. Its width is about that of a credit card, so you can say it's small; however it’s pretty thick (comparable to its width) due to its 6x zoom lens, so it won't fit in your shirt pocket. I have only taken indoor photos, and the image quality is excellent. The photos usually look very nice as is, without having to be fixed by a photo editor. The 6x optical zoom was a big factor in my decision to buy this camera. It doesn't work well for me when taking indoor pictures. I would have to keep the camera absolutely steady under the full zoom or the picture comes out blurry. A friend of mine has an Olympus C-2100, which has a 10x zoom. It comes with image stablization, which is probably absent in Finepix 2800 (at least I didn't find any mentioning of it).
The electronic view finder (EVF) gave mixed results. On the one hand, it is great to be able to see everything with EVF, including the menus. This removes the need to switch on the LCD just to change some menu settings, and as a result, you get longer battery life. On the other hand, the EVF was completely useless in a low light setting. The room wasn't that dark, but the EVF was totally blank when I pointed the camera to a dark area, so was the LCD. I had to point the camera to the general direction and let the flash do its job. Luckily the picture came out OK, but still I wished I had an optical view finder at the time. The webcam is very easy to set up. You'd use the menu to set the so-called "USB mode" to "webcam", and then connect the camera to the PC through the USB cable, just as if you were uploading the pictures. Then you'll launch the PictureHello program and that's it. The captured image is pretty dark, though. It is just as easy to take a video as to take photos. The movie is a little dark, tough, when taken indoors. Fuji says in the manual that the operation of the camera is only guaranteed when it's used with Fuji SmartMedia cards. However I am using a 128MB Mr. Flash SM card I bought (...) and the camera took it without incident. I also bought 1600mAh NiMH batteries and a charger from newegg.com. The price was great, so was the service. I highly recommend them. The battery life seems very good. I have taken over 100 indoor photos, all using the flash, and the 1600mAh batteries are still going strong. As I mentioned earlier, it certainly helped not to have to switch on the LCD very often, but I didn't go out of my way to avoid using it. Software installion on my Windows 2000 laptop went smoothly. It was actually a series of independent installations for USB driver, FinepixViewer, QuickTime, VideoImpression, and Microsoft Media Player, etc. You can also install Adobe's PhotoDeluxe and ActiveShare. All in all, I am having lots of fun with this camera. It has its limitations, such as the lack of TV out and certain manual controls. But I would say at this price level you won't find another comparable camera that has such a rich set of features.
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Summary: Not a night camera
Review: This camera looks and works great, and for a long time, I had no issues with it whatsoever. The pictures were sharp, and of decent high resolution. Until I took this camera with me to Las Vegas, to take some night pictures. It worked fine when taking close-up night shots with a flash, but when taking long distance pictures, it became practically useless. First, distant images with flash enabled appear dark and blurry. If you disable the flash, images come out nice and colorful. Except they look like someone with Parkinson's disease was holding the camera - the lights are smeared everywhere - even if you stand still as a statue. Now, I know what you're thinking - "just decrease exposure time", right? I'd love to do that, if that was an available option.
Of the 200 pictures I took, only 2 were useable (and even then, blurry)
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Summary: Only had it for one year and it's broken...
Review: I advise anyone to avoid purchasing this camera! I will say that it worked just fine for the first 8 months, and then I experienced a major flaw that seems to have happened several times to other owners ('zoom error'). The camera lens remains retracted and the camera will no longer function. I was able to somehow get it to work again (after periods of turning on and off, removing batteries and replacing them....etc...), but that was aggravating and I no longer had a reliable camera. It now does not work at all no matter what I try.
After reading reviews from other disappointed owners, I am not even going to check into repairing it and I will never buy a fujifilm camera again.
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Summary: design flaw
Review: For the money this camera is an excellent value. My first digital was a FujiFilm FinePix A201, with only a 2.5 digital zoom and 2 mp, great for starters but I really didn't like any of the pictures taken with it. I guess the magic is in the zoom, because the 2800 takes crystal clear, super sharp pics that I thought were only possible with either a 35 mm or a ridiculously-overpriced camera with 3 times the megapixels. I like the 35 mm-style casing, it makes it look like a much more expensive camera, and of course FujiFilm's very simple to use menus. The interface with my computer is quick and painless and I had a beautiful shot, from shutter to printed copy, in less than 5 minutes. My only complaint so far has been the delayed shutter speed, not very good for taking pics of animals that don't stay still long, but I can live with this. Others complain about the viewfinder being too dim indoors, and this is also true, but like another review pointed out, the film is cheap while you experiment. For beginners who want professional-looking prints, this is the camera to use.
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Summary: JUNK CAMERA BROKE DOWN SAVE YOURSELF FROM TROUBLE
Review: Howdy again folks. I have to say that this Camera is worth its gold. I bought two 2800's for Xmas on Ebay and another dealer, and I like to say that I tested the cameras (after they were opened) and after testing the longevity of the batteries, I will say the batteries last and long time, compared to some digital cameras that eat batteries for lunch (Canon A60 for example. My friend and my sister both loved the little camera and said it was so cute, and there friends loved the smallness. The quality of the pictures are great, considering that it is a 2.0 MP camera. But with Fuji film, they almost always make pictures sharper then what they should be. I will always give thumbs up for Fuji film for its picture quality, no matter the MP limit.
I will have to say, even though this camera is small and cute, its not meant for putting in your pocket or shirt pocket (unless you want this big lump on your chest). But that would be my only complaint. I haven't tested this camera for dropping (since everybody always drops there camera at one time or another). But judging from the design of the camera, if you drop on the sides, you are fine, but I don't know what would happen I you dropped it on its front.
Movie mode is nice. The sound is vibrant, and the speaker picks up little things that you might not catch normally.
Other then that, good camera. Highly recommend for outdoors and reliabilty.
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Summary: No good
Review: I bought this camera and treated it very well. After a year and a half of low to moderate use, the lens won't retract.
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