Fujifilm FinePix E900 Digital Camera (9.0MP, 3488x2616, 4x Opt, 16MB xD-Picture Card)

User Reviews for Fujifilm FinePix E900 Digital Camera (9.0MP, 3488x2616, 4x Opt, 16MB xD-Picture Card)

• Reviewed by: roseok

  Duration of ownership: 7 Months

  Strengths: GREAT OUTDOOR PICTURES. LIGHT WEIGHT EASY TO HANDLE LOOKS GREAT. OUT DOOR SPORTING EVENTS TAKES GOOD ACTION SHOTS. EASY DOWNLOAD AND I THOUGHT GOOD SOFT WEAR. STRONG FLASH.. WORKS WITH JUST TWO AA BAT... LIGHT WEIGHT,EASY TO POP IN A POCKET..

  Weaknesses: TAKES POOR INDOOR PICTURES UNLESS YOU USE FLASH. DOES NOT PERFORM WELL UNDER INDOOR LIGHTING.. EVEN WITH THE HIGH ISO PICTURES ARE OFTEN BLURRY. VERY DISSAPOINTED IN MOST OF MY INDOOR PICTURES IN LOW LIGHT.EVEN IN THE N MODE.. ISO SHOULD WORK BETTER INDOORS,AT LOND DISTANCES IN GYM ETC,POOR BLURRY PICS.. BATTERY COMPARTMENT DOOR FEELS FLIMSY,AND IS NOT EASY TO CLOSE.

  Overall Evaluation: RETURNED THE CAMERA TO BJ`S AFTER SEVEN MONTHS USE.TOOK HUNDREDS OF PICTURES. FOR A 9 MEGA PIX CAMERA I WAS VERY DISSAPOINTED.BOUGHT THE CAMERA BECAUSE I LOVE TO CROP MY PICS.OUT DOOR SHOTS WHERE REALLY GOOD,INDOOR NOT GOOD.BASKETBALL GAMES,WRESTLING,ECT PICTURES TAKEN OF MY GRANDCHIDREN PLAYING THESE INSIDE SPORTS WHERE NOT GOOD..BAD PART IS YOU ONLY HAVE ONE SHOT AT A GOOD MOMENT EVEN WITH A DIGITAL...LOST A LOT OF GOOD CANDID SHOTS. CAMERA DOES NOT LIVE UP TO IT`S HYPE...... READ THE MANUAL CONSTANTLY,TO LEARN ALL THE CONTROL FEATURES,STILL COULD NOT GET GOOD PICTURES. VERY DISSAPOINTED IN FUJI THEY CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS.
• Reviewed by: ashok

  Duration of ownership: 2 Weeks

  Strengths: What I liked: 1. Bigger super CCD, comparatively more light sensitive than normal CCD 2. Wide angle lens starting from 32mm 3. Very fast prefocus shutter lag of 0.01 4. Live histogram display and button for changing exposure compensation without going to menu 5. Auto exposure bracketing 6. Support RAW mode, but need third party software like adobe photoshop or s7raw to process image 7. Very good ISO performance for compact camera, although not as good as F30/F31fd model 8. Weight less, two AA Battery, and pocketable 9. Battery and Charger included 10. Program shift capability in program auto mode when flash is not in use 11. Optical viewfinder 12. Good picture if you do post processing 13. Excellent Resolution

  Weaknesses: What I missed: 1. An AF assist lamp present in S-series/F-series camera 2. Good Manual focusing through magnification at the LCD 3. AE/AF locking option (button) for later use. Button for switching between AF and MF. 4. Custom and preset shooting modes. 5. Stitch assist mode and software to stitch photos 6. Good software for editing and handling RAW files 7. Swivel LCD 8. Face detection AF technology 9. Optical image stabilizer 10. Stronger and Intelligent flash There are some free softwares that can manipulate Fujifilm Raw (.RAF) files, such as, GIMP (GIMPShop) with DCRAW or UFRAW plugins, Picasa, StudioLine basic, s7raw, etc. Gimp, s7raw and Picasa work both with Windows and Linux. Autostitch, a free software, can be used to make panorama.

  Overall Evaluation: Fujifilm E900 is a very capable camera and produce very good results. You'll very much satisfied with it feature sets and large print results even in high ISO. Excellent value for money. Also E900 has following limitations that should be corrected in their future model: 1. Highlight blow out problem, although the camera gives warning in playback mode. But no correction in camera. Note that highlight problem is correctable if you shoot RAW and process later. You may also use negative exposure compensation. 2. Long file writing time, sometimes annoying 3. Limited maximum lens aperture of F2.8-F5.6, telephoto should start from F4.0 for low lighting IMO. 4. Limited micro capability 5. Image compression (jpeg) is not good. Limited option. Should have super fine mode. 6. Small optical viewfinder coverage 7. Outdoor photos are slightly dull looking and dark straight out of the camera. Should use increased saturation and contrast for outdoor shoot. Bottom line: Fuji should hear what people wants in the camera and build their product such way. I think they can sell double number of their camera if they use high speed SD memory instead of slow and costlier xD memory.