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Summary: Great Camera, Simple to use
Review: This camera is definitly a good buy and very simple to use. It offers the professional options in a manor that a non-professional can opperate. It is a high quality camera at an affordable price. Even my seven year brother can use this thing.
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Summary: If you are not a pro, Just buy it
Review: Great camera, I compared cameras for weeks and just decided to go with my gut feeling and by the Fuji S5000. This is my first digital camera, and I found it very easy to use. The auto settings are just fine for us that are not professional photographers, and the zoom is great. If you are looking at this camera, just buy it, you will like it.
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Summary: Best 10x Optical Camera
Review: I bought this camera about one week after it was released. So I paid $469, but have been using it since early August. All my photos have been excellent, for color and sharpness. I have printed my digital images on Silver halide (AgX) paper and have been impressed with the quality. I have prints as large as 12x18 and see no digital artifacts. While some reviews say that the compression is too much I would disagree. The file sizes are around 800kb and easy to work with and don't over use your hard disk. Don't get caught up in the mega pixel wars, I find a 3MP camera will be enough for your printing needs. I am a research technician in digital imaging and have put the camera through several test for sharpness, grain (noise), and color. So far I can find no fault with this camera for the price range and its features. Another positive feature is its use of power supply, 4 AA batteries. If you are ever in a pinch these can be purchased any where. Battery life is very good, I use the electronic view finder. This takes a little getting use to, but really is fine after using the camera for a short period. If there is one thing that would have been a nice feature would be automatic pop up of the flash when it is needed. Using the camera in Program mode makes it easy for anyone in the family to use, yet the camera has features for the more serious photographer. So if you want a camera with 10x optical zoom, easy to use, no special battery, and the new xD camera card this is a great buy. The xD card really is faster than the compact flash cards so widely used. And if you buy the xD to compact flash adapter you can use the xD card in other compact flash equipment. One final positive is this camera looks GREAT!!!
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Summary: Please read. This is a Great camera!
Review: I've had mine about a week. A co-worker bought an Olympus 740.
I can take a beautiful pictures instantly in "auto", he has to fuss around with light settings and endless menus adjusting light etc, just to get a comparable picture. His pictures are under exposed and orange in artificial light. This Fuji film camera is perfect every time. I've reached a point where I no longer show him my pictures. It makes him sad. I think he will exchange it for an S5000. The Finepix software included is not as sophisticated as Camedia but, Fuji doesn't install the annoying Quicktime bundle that takes over every aspect of your multimedia software. Some of you will be aware of how difficult it is to uninstall from your system. All Olympus cameras include Quicktime. Beware!
Bottom line, buy it. And watch your friends struggle.
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Summary: Super Camera! Easy to Use!
Review: Recently purchased this camera and I absolutely love it! It has been very, very easy to use. Definately user friendly! The photo quality is outstanding! Do however recommend getting a bigger disc - the one that comes with camera will not be enough! Previously used a HP945 - the Fuji focuses much faster and records much faster! If your subjects are moving (children, sports, etc.) get the Fuji! At this price don't hesitate!!
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Summary: Excellet camera - quality of a pro, ease of point & shoot
Review: I love this camera! I've been meaning to go digital for awhile now, but have heasitated because most digital cameras don't have the right combination of features for my uses.I got this specifially for a recent trip to Wales & I've not had a second I've regretted it. Especially useful is the continuous shot mode which allows you to rapidly take several pictures in sequence. Since I was watching auto racing this allowed me to get multiple shots of each car as they passed by. I'm still getting to know all the features on this camera, but even at the begining I've had no problems with getting good pictures. This camera is highly flexible & I recommend it especially to anyone who wants a camera that can function as point & shoot but that also has high-end features to allow greater control over images when desired. Of note are its zoom(if you're shopping around, beware the "digital zoom") capability and the fact that it can take traditional lenses(it comes with an adapter if you want to use filters, telephoto lenses, etc) This camera is lightweight and seems sturdy (its lived through a lot of hiking through welsh forests with me so far). Its also smaller than you'd think a camera of these features should be. My only complaint: I wish the lens cap screwed on (Mine keeps falling off).
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Summary: Great camera, good deal
Review: I've had my s5000 for about 48 hours now and I have to say that we are very pleased with our purchase. The camera is easy to use and the pictures have been amazing. I've read a few reviews from some very experienced photographers who have a few negatives about this camera, but for someone like me who shoots pics of my family, car, events, etc. it is the best camera I've ever had. My friends have been quite impressed as well. Oh, and I bought it at Best Buy because they gave a free 64mb memory card with purchase, plus they had 24-mos interest free. Makes this camera very affordable and attractive.
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Summary: Great Camera
Review: The Fuji Finepix S5000 is a superb digital camera, Ive owned a few digicams, this blows them all away, its fast, has great options, easy menus, and is fairly small.
Delivers beautiful images with no fuss.
Even gives you the options of Black and White, normal excellent color and last but not least gives you a chrome mode this simulates slides, great with flowers.
I cannot praise this cameras enough, its in a class by itself and is not costly. Buy it, you won,t go wrong.
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Summary: Nice little Camera
Review: Great camera for the price. Smaller than expected which is a little awcward for m big hands. but everyting is working great. has wonderful options for geting creative.
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Summary: Great camera!
Review: I purchased this camera as an upgrade from my Fuji 3800 and while that was a good camera, the s5000 is a great camera. This camera is truly about the zoom, all 10x of it! I can easily zoom in on the blue jays in my neighbors trees and when looking at the photo you would think I was right next to them instead of in the next yard over. I have heard complaints that photos others have taken with the zoom fully extended have turned out very blurry. I have never experienced any blurriness with this zoom lens at all. The zoom on this camera is amazing! Another plus about the s5000 is the styling, it has the look and feel of a traditional SLR which helps traditional 35mm camera users feel comfortable using this camera. Also the setup is extremely easy. I had the camera out of the box and operating within 5 minutes the day it arrived. Even though this camera has many advanced features such as manual focus, white balance and ISO controls the beginning user won't have any problem operating it, the camera is fairly self-explanatory in that sense. One nice feature is the camera's AF illuminator which makes taking indoor shots without the flash very simple and they are usually in focus. Another great feature is the cameras ability to operate in three color modes: Black and white (which turns out awesome pics), standard color (usually looks exactly like the real thing), and chrome mode (which simulates slide film and makes the photo much more rich in color).
This camera is almost a 5 star, but I just couldn't rate it a 5 star because of a couple problems. Most of the time when I am taking pictures against a brightly lit background (whether artificial or a bright sky) there is a noticable purple fringing on the photos. It is not immediately noticable, but once I noticed it I was not happy with the photos until I edited out the purple in Photoshop. One should also consider purchasing a 256 xd card because of the wealth of photos you will be taking. On the cameras highest resolution ("6" MP) I can fit close to 200 pics on a 256 card. One other problem I have with the camera is more in the way Fuji marks the camera. On the side in large print is "22x zoom" and this is simply not true. The camera has 10x zoom with 2.2x digital zoom, and everybody knows that digital zoom doesn't count because of the way it can butcher the quality of the picture. Also Fuji tends to say that this is a 6MP camera which is also not true. This is a 3 MP camera with the sensor ability to capture the image as if it were 6MP, the difference is huge and many people could be fooled into thinking that they were purchasing 6MP cameras which is simply not true.
I would recommend this camera to anyone, beginner or professional simply for its wealth of features and its value. When the camera was originally introduced in the summer of '03 it retailed for close to $600, I have now found it brand new online at several sites for $277, so I would also recommend shopping around before purchasing the camera.
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