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Fujifilm Finepix S100fs 11.1MP Digital Camera with 14.3x Wide Angle Dual Image Stabilized Optical Zoom Reviews

Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Camera
Comment: Great Camera for a Great Price.
If you're looking for quality, you've come to the right product.
This 11.1 MP digital camera is the best Fujifilm camera yet. You also get a great $300 lens

BUY IT NOW!!!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Ideal
Comment: I take pictures at pow wows and have been waiting for full control camera that had over 10 mp and a super zoom lens. As most of my shots are at ground level the flexible monitor is great. An SLR didn't get it as in seconds I need to switch from subjects 8' then 150' with lots of action. No time to change from 38mm to 400mm this camera can do it. Sure you can get a somewhat higher definition photo with a DSLR costing over twice as much but there is a place for this type camera.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: disappointment
Comment: the camera is not worth even a fraction of the price...
very sophisticated menu but a simpler camera (HP) makes much better pictures...
bottom line :it is a rip off!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Everything I hoped it would be.
Comment: Credentials: Advanced amateur, S100fs replaced Fuji S9000.

I wanted/needed more zoom and was intrigued about a camera designed with nature photographer in mind. . . was annoyed that Fuji went to a special battery and cautious about the reported 'major' problem with purple fringing - but decided to buy the S100fs anyway.

A) I have yet to be able to kill off the battery. I take mainly existing light photos with ALOT of zooming and changing settings - so almost the same as flash. . . I haven't even gotten a 'battery is half gone' indicator yet (after 295+ pictures on one charge over 4-5 days of shooting) - so that doesn't seem to be a problem.

B) OK - purple fringing - to be frank, I've had a HARD time getting it to do this, mainly because most of my shots are zoomed or wide-angled. Yesterday I tried really, really, hard to get the fringing to appear - it only shows up in shots at 55mm or so and was only really visible in a shot that I just wouldn't normally take - the sun was at an angle I didn't like and the sunlight was bouncing off the brick building, it was that bright out. Soooooooo, if you take a lot of pictures at 55 mm (why do you want an ultrazoom then) and like really bright light - then it's a concern.

C) I LOVE THIS CAMERA! There are some differences from the S9000 and lower series that is taking a bit of getting use to - i.e. only two positions on on/off switch - preview is achieved with another button on S100fs. They moved the macro button back to the 4-way on the back (instead of on the left side - for the S9000).

D) I have gotten some fantastic shots - for example, a damsel fly about 20-30 ft away (on a piece of grass) - I was able to zoom in, hit the 2x digital and get a incredible close up (with a little work - see below for webpage with example). The angle isn't the best, but it's a great example of what is possible with this camera! Insects can be a pain, since usually to get close enough to get a great, detailed, shot - it becomes obvious to them and they move.

E) I'm haven't tried much more than about 1/3 of the stuff available on this camera - but I am very, very, very happy with it.

I made up a webpage with some examples: http://www.gassigns.org/scirillo/S100fs/

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Do-It-All Wondercamera is right.
Comment: This camera will do anything you want to do, and do it well. If you want to use it as a point and shoot, it excels at that. If you want to use it as a DSL replacement, it excels at that too. Great zoom, great sensor, great features, and good price. I can't say enough good things about it. All the complaints I've seen are nitpickey. Just buy it.

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