Fuji FinePix S602 (3.1MP, 2832 x 2128, 6X Opt, 16MB SmartMedia) (Fuji Photo Film Company-FPS602Z00)

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FinePix S602 (3.1MP, 2832 x 2128, 6X Opt, 16MB SmartMedia) (Fuji Photo Film Company-FPS602Z00) Review, by Nikki Echler McDonald and Carla Thornton September 25, 2002

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• Reviewed by: nightbks

  Strengths: Great pictures. Nice features. Easy to use.

  Weaknesses: battery life using flash

  Overall: I think most potential buyers get caught up with camera extras and forget the main reason to buy a camera is for picture quality. The Fuji S602 takes incredible pictures and has lots of extras. My son takes loads of pictures for our soccer team and we get countless families raving about the quality of the developed images. They can't believe the pictures are from a digital camera. They are consistently rich and never washed out. The extra features are easy to find and use and the convenience of a Compact Flash makes downloading directly onto a computer easy using a media reader. I haven't developed pictures from the 6 mp tiff mode but the pictures are even more impressive on my computer than the already super quality of the 3 mp fine jpeg images. I have two sets of rechargeable batteries so battery life really isn't an issue. I imagine most batteries have trouble holding up under heavy flash use. This is a great camera.

• Reviewed by: smile116610

  Strengths: You will Feel Like a Professional

  Weaknesses: Needs some getting used to

  Overall: I was looking for a camera with which i can get some nice family pics (hated going to photo shops and spending upward of sixty dollar for few pics).After two generic digital camera. Decided to buy a "expensive" camera. Found Fuji on a web site. Did some research and read nothing but great reviews for the most part.After the delivery of camera, I was not impressed. Few days later family went out to Central Park NY city . I decided to take some pictures with young kids. What an experience, it is not easy to take pictures with young kids. JUST A FEELING PLEASE ------->" i was a little disappointed as I thought pictures might not turn out to my liking".Guess what 8"x10" on KODAK Paper came out so NICE. PEOPLE THOUGHT that a PROFESSIONAL has taken the pictures. For once, I got RAVE review for a job;)HENCE, if you are just looking for a family camera, I WILL suggest this over any other.It is features loaded. I am still learning. It is not that bad in battery consumption as some reviews might lead on to. I took about 50 pictures with one set of batteries and have yet to change it.

• Reviewed by: dsb

  Strengths: Auto and Manual settings. Lots of features for the price. Fantastic pictures.

  Weaknesses: Takes a lot of reading to learn all the functions, wish it was a little more user-friendly. But once you learn, it's great.

  Overall: Love this camera. Have gotten great pictures in all modes and settings.For those looking for the perfect case -- we found it!!TLZ Mini by Lowepro. Not too big. Camera fits perfectly, even with lens adapter installed. Pockets for extra memory cards, filters.

• Reviewed by: techsaavy

  Strengths: 6x zoom, ease of use, excellent picture quality

  Weaknesses: just 16 mb smart media card

  Overall: I have this camera for almost 1 year, since then have used it for almost every occasion both indoors, outdoors, close ups, portraits etc. the most amazing feature is it captures first or last 5 frames which is a gift for shooting moving objects or sports events. I use this feature to capture precious moments of my 3 yr old son and 5 yr old daughter. If you read its manual and follow the instructions properly you are an advance amateur. Another good feature is the picture info button which gives the info about balance, exposure and other details. I use rechargable batteries, with full charge the battries last long long time.

• Reviewed by: imnnet

  Strengths: macro modes, 6MP mode, manual exposier mode

  Weaknesses: AF in dark places and no soom in move mode

  Overall: This is realy nice digital camera I have got it one year back and it was the best sale at that time and now it still the best speacialy if I compare it with my frind camera "sony 717". I wich if it has a PC capture mode like canon G3 or G5