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Summary: OK for a kew months but...
Review: I bought this product from best buy because their price was better than amazons, but i would not recomend this product to anyone! For the first month i owned it it worked wonderfully, buy after a while the LCD screen just went blue and lined went all over it. It was a big waist of my 179.99. Technical suport was awful and would not process the warenty b/c the registration had been lost (not my fault- theirs). Bust buy wouldnt do anything because i paid for it by a giftcard. I do not recomend the best buy store to anyone. I bought a Nikon 3100 (or 3500 cant remember- camera not with me) I enjoy it and have had no problems with it, and the software bundle was excellent.
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Summary: Great camera for the price
Review: I did a lot of comparison shopping before choosing this camera. I took it on vacation with a friend who had a Kodak digital camera and we were impressed with how much better my shots were. Unless you're planning to make a lot of prints over 5x7, the quality is more than adequate. Another reviewer mentioned a frequent warning about having your hand over the lens, but they're mistaken - that refers to the fact that, having turned the flash off, you're at risk for a blurred picture due to low light. It's hard to hold the camera still enough in that situation.
I love how lightweight and easy to use it is. My only real compaint is that I run through the batteries pretty quickly, maybe because I can't resist looking at every shot after I've taken it, so I have to always have spares with me. There've been a couple times when I was stuck with no charged batteries. You have to get used to staying on top of that. On vacation, I find that easy to do, but sometimes around home, I miss out on impromptu photo ops for lack of batteries. Get yourself several sets. My first digital camera used 4 AA batteries, though. At least this one only uses 2!
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Summary: good camera for the price
Review: This camera is good for what you pay for. My main gripes are that the LCD screen isn't as crisp as some that I've seen, and that it takes forever to recharge after each shot. I'm sure lithium batteries would work better than the NiMH batteries that I'm using, but that would get to be too expensive. Also, the picture quality isn't the greatest. All in all, it's defintely a good buy if those shortcomings are ok with you.
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Summary: Excellent affordable camera
Review: I purchased the Finepix 2650 because of its {inexpensive} price. I figured it would just be my "starter cam" and my introduction into digital photography. But let me tell you, I LOVE this camera. It is so easy to use, its nearly point-and-shoot. A friend of mine purchased a 4 MP camera (twice the MP) for twice the price - and my photos *always* turn out ten times better than hers. She tries all different settings, but she always gets the same grainy results. Not so with the Finepix. I recently tested the zoom ability by taking the Finepix to a baseball game. We had seats in the very back of the stadium, yet I managed to get a closeup shot of the first base area that was crisp and clear! All that with just 3x Optical zoom!My only complaint about this camera is the webcam option. I've never been able to get this option to work properly - the images are so black and dark you can't make out any images unless you have a direct spotlight on them, and then the coloring is very red. I downloaded all the right drivers, same problem. I wrote to the tech support of Fujifilm digicams, and they've never responded. Luckily, I don't have much need for a webcam - but they probably shouldn't advertise it as such when it doesn't really work. All in all, I'd highly recommend this great deal of a camera to anyone interested in digital photography.
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Summary: So easy my grandmother can use it.
Review: I purchased this item for my Grandmother. She loves it, and has no trouble using. The pictures are great.
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Summary: First time using a digital camera....LOVE IT!
Review: Once again I did all of my research and this fit the budget....but I didn't know how well it would meet my expectations! A digital camera ( in general) is the best perchase we have made! We have a 7 month old...so that may explain why :-) Of course I never sat down and read the instructions ( let my husband do that) but I didn't need to! It is very easy to use. I recommend that you get the rechargable batteries and the memory card. A GREAT BUY!
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Summary: THIS CAMERA REALLY ROCKS
Review: I got this fuji finepix 2650 a week ago.
The camera takes very good pictures.
Also it come with a great price.
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Summary: Great overall camera for fairly good price
Review: I bought mine, of course, for a lot more than what is on the site right now, *but* it, in my opinion, was a good investment. Never before had I thought I'd use a camera so much more than I have ever previously used one. The batteries on older digital cameras were gross. About an hour off of four AA batteries. No more, folks. My cam works on 2 AA rechargable batteries for about 5 - 10 hours and then it only takes an hour tops to charge again. If you buy two pairs and charge both up before you leave then you're good to go! The zoom is wonderful. Unless you're going to be taking exceedingly long shots of something you won't need a further zoom. REMEMBER: 3x Optical Zoom, 2 or 3x Digital Zoom, and then on top of it all if you put it on the highest "best" quality, you get an image that's like 1600x1200 or something like that. I usually scale my pics when I save them to 800x600 (or whatever) just so I can fit them on my computer screen fully without cutting 1/2 of it off when trying to view it. Best of all if you take a pic with the highest setting and zoom all the way in with the optical zoom (the digital zoom is sort of [bad] but that's the same for all digi cams), take the pic, and then cut out what you'd like when you edit them on your computer. 800x600 is bigger than a regular sheet of paper printed on an ink jet, btw... The only *problem* I have with this cam at all is that the images without flash are a bit dim unless it's exceedingly light (I'm talking halogen light brightness). With the flash and with the image close enough you should have no problems. Due to the brightness fact and the Ineptitude of Windows XP the contrast/brightness controls all are not available... I will look for another update to my software, but to this day the webcam feature is kind of [useless] unless you have a window or a hugely bright room.
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Summary: The best packaging in a small size
Review: I had been on the lookout for a small, handy tool that would capture the different colors that I see everyday. What else other than the Fuji 2650. It's handy, easy to use and its is cheaper than the other market players.
The optical zoom is the best possible feature in it and then there is this macro zoom facility.
The silent movie mode is not all that useful as the movies are mute movies.
In a nutshell - fuji 2650 is the best 2.1 MP camera in market today. Go for it and you will not repent !!!
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Summary: Great beginner digital camera
Review: Here's the quick and dirty. Positive:
1. Cheap compared to other cameras with same specs.
2. Menus and buttons on the camera are incredibly easy to use.
3. Downloading pics to a PC is a snap.
4. I like the petite xD memory card.
5. The camera comes with a 16 MB xD memory card. This is larger than most other digital cameras and is roughly equivalent to a roll of film; you can purchase a 128 MB for not too much money.
5. The camera uses AA batteries, not some kind of fancy camera batteries. You can also invest in rechargeable ones.
6. It doesn't seem to eat up batteries too quickly.
7. The pictures themselves come out bright and sharp. The resolution is good enough for 4x6 prints on an inkjet color printer.
8. It's a digital camera, so you can fix many of the negatives listed below using photoshop. Negative:
1. Red-eye reduction is a must. Everyone's eyes are red if you don't turn this feature on. In this camera, red-eye reduction is two *distinct* flashes. People usually blink after the first one (thinking it's the real one), so you have to remember to warn them that there will be two flashes.
2. Pretty slow recording the image to the memory card; have to wait several seconds before you can review the picture you just took. No chance of taking several pictures in quick succession either.
3. The viewfinder is all the way in the upper left corner of the camera - not the most obvious location. Aren't you used to it being in the center or all the way to the right?
4. Often when you use the viewfinder or the LCD screen to center on an object, the object is shifted to the left in the actual picture!
5. The LCD screen is dim. Very hard to see if the pictures you took had enough light.
6. Often (especially when you manually turn the flash off) the camera warns you that you are blocking the lens with your hand, even though you're not.
7. If part of the picture is in the shadow and part in sunlight, whatever is in the shadow won't come out ("fill-in feature" is not available on this camera).
8. Many people mentioned this - the camera is fat. Won't fit in your pocket or into a small purse/bag. If you're going for compactness, this camera is not for you.
9. It takes a while for the camera to turn on and for the objective to come out. Hard to take pictures in a snap.
10. I really wish the camera came with a case. I'm not sure if other digital cameras come with one, but it would be very handy. Overall, I would recommend this camera to beginners and amatuers. For the low price you can play with the camera for a few years and then invest in one of those tiny ones made by Canon or Sony.
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