Customer Rating: 
Summary: Almost perfect 10 out of 5 star rating for this camera.
Comment: I usually start by stating in bullet points why I like this camera.=, follow by what I don't like, and would I buy it again? Blah Blah.
This review, I'd start with the little things I don't like, first....
1) The built in flash, while not user friendly and bright, IS NOT bright enough for many in door or cludy day shooting purposes. It would be perfect if the S5000 came with flash shoe adapter.
2) Everytime you take out the batteries, it resets itself, no more time, date, month, year and Resolutions. Have to set all up again. This camera records in 1MP, 3MP, and 6MP. But once the batteries are disconected, it defaults back to 1MP recording.
3) Digital Zoom, a bit flaky and grainy and very obviously digital zoom.
Now, what's good about Fuji S5000?
Absolutely everything else. ABSOLUTELY.
10X Optical zoom, great focussing, lively color,lighting,metering, ISO flexibilty, black n white option, comes with a 55mm adapter ring you can fit with UV, and other great stuff like polariser (which I use frequently).
Recently I even added in a wide angle converter (because S5000 angle no wide enough) and it's still taking stunning beauties (outdoors only tho)
I even won 2 amatuer award for some pictures I took with this camera.
I know you can get it anymore as its an obsolete model, but watch out for Fuji S9000. It should be the next best thing after S5000.
Don't be fooled by S5500, S5100, or S7000. They higher in resolution but don't take as good photos, my opinion anyway (used them too) but stuck to S5000. If Fuji comes out with later versions of S9000, I'll get one. The S9000 is the same bulk and size, and weight as an actual DSLR already but still lack certain SLR functions (ie. lens change, flexible aperture priority, etc), so might as well get EOS400 (Rebel 10MP), if you want to get the S9000
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Camera
Comment: This was my second digicam from Fuji. It was better than the first one I had.
What I liked:
Amazing image quality
Easy to use
Manual controll
Great manual
Came with memory card and batteries
Very fast, images showed quickly, little lag time
What I didn't like
Slow start up of 3 seconds
As the camera got old it started crashing, it would shut off at random times
Customer Rating:
Summary: Over 4000 pics and I am still happy with this purchase
Comment: We purchased our S5000 three years ago and it has been to kid's events, drag racing, scenic adventures, and even the beach.
It can be setup to do simple things or read the manual and you can make it stand on it's head. I learned how to do macro shots this year and took some beautiful pictures of my wife's roses.
There are definitely better performing units on the market today but for the price this unit is still hard to beat.
The price of memory has dropped significantly so get at least a 1GB card and you will be able to take hundreds of shots before downloading.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Love this camera!
Comment: I bought this camera as my first digital. I have used it as my professional digital. While it does have some limitations overall it is superb. I have used it to take photos that have been published in a national horse publication. It gives professional results with ease.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Cross between a DSLR and P&S
Comment: I bought my camera over a year ago, I have had noproblems at all with it. Its similar to that of a real DSLR in the fact u can adjust allot of the settings, and the body style. But it keeps the point and shoot ideas by having a fixed lense. The 10x zoom is amazing.
my only complaints, would be the shutter speeds are limited to 2 seconds. I would like to have had a bulb setting. I wish it did have a detachable lense so i could fit many more lenses and filters among it. Also there is NO hotshoe to put a real flash on it. The flash that is built in, well its a typical flash over exposing or underexposing photos. a real flash you can angle toward the ceiling to create better lighting effects, but thats not possible due to the absence of the hot shoe.
somebody was complaining ti was heavy? thats absurd, after holding many cameras, this is fairly light. but still sturdy. and the same perosn also complained about the size. but your not goign to get a camera thats that small with all the options this has offer.
If your a pro, I wouldnt suggest this. But if your a ameature like me, its a great starting place, due to the ideas of having a look like DSLR, manual options and auto options. Seems to be the best of both worlds. Hope this can help you all!
Summary: Almost perfect 10 out of 5 star rating for this camera.
Comment: I usually start by stating in bullet points why I like this camera.=, follow by what I don't like, and would I buy it again? Blah Blah.
This review, I'd start with the little things I don't like, first....
1) The built in flash, while not user friendly and bright, IS NOT bright enough for many in door or cludy day shooting purposes. It would be perfect if the S5000 came with flash shoe adapter.
2) Everytime you take out the batteries, it resets itself, no more time, date, month, year and Resolutions. Have to set all up again. This camera records in 1MP, 3MP, and 6MP. But once the batteries are disconected, it defaults back to 1MP recording.
3) Digital Zoom, a bit flaky and grainy and very obviously digital zoom.
Now, what's good about Fuji S5000?
Absolutely everything else. ABSOLUTELY.
10X Optical zoom, great focussing, lively color,lighting,metering, ISO flexibilty, black n white option, comes with a 55mm adapter ring you can fit with UV, and other great stuff like polariser (which I use frequently).
Recently I even added in a wide angle converter (because S5000 angle no wide enough) and it's still taking stunning beauties (outdoors only tho)
I even won 2 amatuer award for some pictures I took with this camera.
I know you can get it anymore as its an obsolete model, but watch out for Fuji S9000. It should be the next best thing after S5000.
Don't be fooled by S5500, S5100, or S7000. They higher in resolution but don't take as good photos, my opinion anyway (used them too) but stuck to S5000. If Fuji comes out with later versions of S9000, I'll get one. The S9000 is the same bulk and size, and weight as an actual DSLR already but still lack certain SLR functions (ie. lens change, flexible aperture priority, etc), so might as well get EOS400 (Rebel 10MP), if you want to get the S9000
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Camera
Comment: This was my second digicam from Fuji. It was better than the first one I had.
What I liked:
Amazing image quality
Easy to use
Manual controll
Great manual
Came with memory card and batteries
Very fast, images showed quickly, little lag time
What I didn't like
Slow start up of 3 seconds
As the camera got old it started crashing, it would shut off at random times
Customer Rating:
Summary: Over 4000 pics and I am still happy with this purchase
Comment: We purchased our S5000 three years ago and it has been to kid's events, drag racing, scenic adventures, and even the beach.
It can be setup to do simple things or read the manual and you can make it stand on it's head. I learned how to do macro shots this year and took some beautiful pictures of my wife's roses.
There are definitely better performing units on the market today but for the price this unit is still hard to beat.
The price of memory has dropped significantly so get at least a 1GB card and you will be able to take hundreds of shots before downloading.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Love this camera!
Comment: I bought this camera as my first digital. I have used it as my professional digital. While it does have some limitations overall it is superb. I have used it to take photos that have been published in a national horse publication. It gives professional results with ease.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Cross between a DSLR and P&S
Comment: I bought my camera over a year ago, I have had noproblems at all with it. Its similar to that of a real DSLR in the fact u can adjust allot of the settings, and the body style. But it keeps the point and shoot ideas by having a fixed lense. The 10x zoom is amazing.
my only complaints, would be the shutter speeds are limited to 2 seconds. I would like to have had a bulb setting. I wish it did have a detachable lense so i could fit many more lenses and filters among it. Also there is NO hotshoe to put a real flash on it. The flash that is built in, well its a typical flash over exposing or underexposing photos. a real flash you can angle toward the ceiling to create better lighting effects, but thats not possible due to the absence of the hot shoe.
somebody was complaining ti was heavy? thats absurd, after holding many cameras, this is fairly light. but still sturdy. and the same perosn also complained about the size. but your not goign to get a camera thats that small with all the options this has offer.
If your a pro, I wouldnt suggest this. But if your a ameature like me, its a great starting place, due to the ideas of having a look like DSLR, manual options and auto options. Seems to be the best of both worlds. Hope this can help you all!
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