Fujifilm FinePix S700

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Fujifilm FinePix S700

FinePix S700 Review, by Grace Aquino June 15, 2007

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• Latest User Reviews 4 reviews
• Reviewed by: ThanhNgoc89

  Duration of ownership: 2 Months

  Strengths: jhgj

  Weaknesses: hgjghj

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• Reviewed by: denkile

  Duration of ownership: 3 Months

  Strengths: Advanced features: ISO 1600 and 800 that work; Uses 4GB SDHC cards; Great tele macro with +2 filter; Excellent performance for the price.

  Weaknesses: Standard AA batteries show short life (low voltage) when using focusing aid and flash. (Battery voltage recovers for reuse.) Will not connect to my Sunpac flash.

  Overall: I really like this camera: easy to use, feels good. Have waited for years for the speed/ISO and resolution in a reasonably priced digital that matches my SLR film rig. It is a great daypack canera without the weight of the SLR.

• Reviewed by: cfdemt09

  Duration of ownership: 2 Months

  Strengths: Takes extremely clear pics, love the image stabilization feature and Auto Focus assist for taking pictures in dark environments.

  Weaknesses: Haven't found any.

  Overall: I love this camera! It is definitely the best digital camera I've ever had.It has a good size LCD screen, takes clear pictures, takes good video also. The Auto Focus Assist help take very clear images even in complete darkness. With my other digital camera they used to come out all blurry. It has lots of settings, manual and automatic, image stabilization for hand or subject movement. Looks, feels and acts like a digital SLR. Love it and would definitely reccommend it to someone looking for a great professional - like camera for a great price.

• Reviewed by: denkile

  Duration of ownership: 2 Weeks

  Strengths: Advanced features. Outstanding Performance. Easy to learn and use. Nice to hold...feels good. Works with 4GB SDHC card (fast). Attractive price.

  Overall: I like it. Makes hi res picts of: postage stamps, the moon, Portraits of birds and squrriles on the patio.

• Reviewed by: NolaRita

  Strengths: Easy to use. Easy to learn features and functions. Does great pics and video.

  Weaknesses: Some features cause slow shutter speed, but that's as bad as it gets.

  Overall: I love this camera. It's compact enough to toss in a good size purse. Takes awesome pics and great video. My husband who has larger hands loves it too, some of the new cameras have gone so compact only a woman can hold it. This one was built with everyone in mind. Buy this camera, you'll love it for everyday use.

• Reviewed by: spitfiredeez954

  Strengths: Can screw on fisheyes, filters, and hood with no problem. Manual settings. Great for beginners.

  Weaknesses: Noise past 400 iso. Low sitting flash.

  Overall: I've had this camera for almost a year now. I didn't know much on composing shots at first, but its easy to learn about photography with this camera. The camera itself is very sturdy, even though its made of cheap plastic. It's been dropped accidentally from a 2'7" desk to tile floor, nothing busted just minor scratches. Being able to buy a cheap screw-on fisheye opens many opportunities for shooting events. After around 3000 shots, the flash no longer pops up. It will try but won't support itself. Taking shots with 400 iso and flash can create noise issues. Overall this camera is great for totting around with you anywhere.

• Reviewed by: educris

  Strengths: Price. Very good pictures in automatic mode. Full manual controls for those difficult situations. 10x zoom in a small and light body. Big and high-resolution LCD screen.

  Weaknesses: Some noise at ISO 400 and above. Flimsy SD and battery door covers. Some tendency to blow up highlights.

  Overall: The Fuji FinePix S700 is a nice little superzoom. Although it is bigger that the usual "compact camera", it packs a 10x optical zoom. The lens resides entirely in the interior of the body. Although it makes the camera bulkier, it is also more protected. The photographs are usually well exposed with nice and saturated "Fuji" colors, and very good resolution for your 4 x 6 or 5 x 7 pics, or to look at the screen. I assume that bigger pics will also look great, as far as they are taken at ISO 200 or lower. The performance in low light is not as good as other Fuji cameras with super CCD (i.e. it is not on par with the Fuji F series). However, the flash makes a good job in those difficult situations. Auto focus time is usually fast, even in low-light situations, thanks to the help of a bright and orange focus assist lamp. The wide end of the lens is a bit long at 31 mm equivalent, but it is fine in most situations. The camera is certainly aimed towards nature photography, with well-illuminated far and steady subjects. In low light situations the flash usually helps, but you need to be near the subject, which overrides the usefulness of the big zoom. The camera takes very good photographs in automatic mode. It also has plenty of pre-selected modes, which certainly help in most situations. For those that like to try new things, it also offers full manual controls. The macro mode, in particular, is excellent. Also excellent is the LCD screen, which is big at 2.5 inches and of very good resolution. The viewfinder, on the other side, is small and of low resolution. I use it only in very bright environments, when the LCD reflects too much external light. All in all, a camera plenty of functions, ideal for the beginner that could grow with the camera until he or she could manage the entire manual controls.

• Reviewed by: sssxyz

  Strengths: 10x optical zoom, use AA batteries, intelligent flash, SD / xD card compatible

  Weaknesses: bulky, date impose feature

  Overall: I bought this camera before we took our Christmas vacation. In general, I really like it. It is a great camera for the price (on sale). I love the 10X optical zoom. My old digital camera only has 3x optical zoom. The long zoom gives me a chance to zoom in the far away object. Being able to use the regular AA batteries is very nice although I would recommend to use rechargeable batteries. It needs four batteries. The battery life is very good when using rechargeable one. The intelligent flash seems to help me a lot in indoor pictures. My old camera always over-exposed. Able to use either SD / xD card is a big plus. I wish the size was more compact like those packet size one. I am still puzzling how to print a picture with date imposed. From the user manual, it seems you can tun the date impose on and off only when using the PictBridge to print picture. I usually took the SD card out and use the SD card reader in my computer to do print or upload to the website.

• Reviewed by: goodrisktaker

  Strengths: 10x optical zoom, use AA battery, able to use len filters, choice of SD / xD card

  Weaknesses: odd shape, not optical image stabilizer, weight

  Overall: I wanted a digital camera with longer optical zoom but did not want to pay a lot of money. I found this camera on sales during the Christmas holidays and was within my budget. I like the 10x optical zoom. Using rechargeable AA batteries saves me paying a lot of money for those special OEM batteries. This camera accepts SD card which I have quite a few at home. I would not have bought this camera if it only uses xD card. You can easily find SD cards in a very low price but no xD cards. Because the len is not extending it out when zooming, you can use len filters to protect the len or create some special effect. The shape of the camera odd and not very attractive. It is kind of big and a little bit heavy because of using AA batteries. It has kind of image stabilizer but not a true optical one. It simply bumps up the ISO to compensate it. It also does not have those face detection features.

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