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Great Camera For The Price (2010-08-19)
Just as advertised. For the price youcan't beat it. Great picture quality and simple to use plus gives you manual capabilities.

Great Camera, Bulky to Hike with (2010-07-07)
I have used this camera for 3 years now. I really like the control options which are quick to access. I haven't used the shutter or aperture settings much, but use the program and natural setting 95% of the time. The Macros setting produces national geographic results. This is the important part; This is not a point and shoot camera. You must be very aware of the ISO settings, and the display indicating the F Stop and Shutter speed. I have seen a lot of reviews regarding the black results and how the camera is to blame. If you are not aware of the iso setting "thats the f button on the top right" and take a picture on a nice sunny day -with the iso on 800- it will result in a black photo. You can turn around and shoot into a dark creek without changing anything and it will turn out fine. I have learned if you keep it on ISO 64 (slow film for lots of light) and make sure the shutter speed is over 30 the result is a fantastic photo w/o noise. When you go inside change it up for less lighting etc..
- now the bad; I have not had very good results with the auto mode. I hope this helps

Never any clear pictures (2010-04-21)
I have a Fuji FinePix S1000fd. I bought this camera to replace the old 5200 that I had. The 5200 worked really well. I set everything on auto and never had a problem. With this new camera, I can never get a clear shot unless outside and up close. The zoom is not big enough to take a good shot in the gym at gymnastic meets. My pictures in the house mostly turn out yellow. When I focus, it seems as if nothing is really in focus. I used to have a Minolta, but changed to a Fuji because of its size and portability. I am now going to try the Sony 330 L, because I have lots of lens from the old Minolta. I wish that I had returned this camera within the 30 days. I just hate it when everyone tells me to read the manual, or it is just the lighting. I do know how to work a camera. I have tried every setting on the SP1 and SP2 just to see the difference and still everything is grainy. I can never get a realy clear, crisp picture. Anyone have a Sony Alpha 330 L for sale really cheap.

An excellent buy at its pricepoint (2010-03-27)
I have owned this camera for over a year now, during which I have taken hundreds of photos, including product shots for ebay, performance candids of the musical groups I have been associated with, and various travel shots. Dozens of these have appeared on the web, and two were accepted for publication by the New York Times last summer.

More recently, I have purchased a wide-carriage photo printer and have been running off enlargements, including quite a few 13 x 19's.

My results across the board run from good to excellent. On the minus side, there are no threads for filters; the manual controls can be tricky to use; the shutter lag is a big pain under certain circumstances; and when you blow up a file to 13 x 19 you may notice a little falling off of sharpness and resolution at the edges of your print. But OMG, how much can you expect from a $200 camera? A few years ago, when I was shooting with film, I could only dream of getting extra large prints of this quality from a 35 mm neg.

A fine product at a very attractive price.

really good camera (2010-01-14)
this is a really good camera. it has a lot of features and takes really high resolution and clear pictures. the pictures are too large for my purposes, hard to manage online, but i confess i have not really looked into how to change the settings, and suspect i could shrink it by asking for lower resolution.
the panorama ability is really fun. i would definitely buy this product agian. this is my second Fuji camera. i loved the first one, but was robbed.
my next camera will be a Fuji, i am very pleased with this companies products.