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Fuji FinePix F30
Fuji FinePix F30
  • 5 out of 5
"Great camera... if you know what you're doing"
  • 5 out of 5
"A compact camera with SLR performance"
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Vince (vran2004) 0 pts
November 24, 2006 5:08 AM

Is the Fuji F30 or Panasonic DMC-FX01 better for an old lady who only uses the auto mode?

Is the Fuji F30 or Panasonic DMC-FX01 better for an old lady who only uses the auto mode?
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TomH (tharrison) 9645 pts
November 24, 2006 2:21 PM
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The Panasonic DMC-FX01 and the Fuji F30 are pretty much equivalent cameras. Both are well rated, both will do well. As far as usability, neither is particularly focused on being easy to use. Consider Kodak Easyshare digital cameras for ease-of-use (and remarkably good cameras, as well). But in truth, as long as you're in auto-mode, mostly it's just a press of the button. The bits that can be troublesome mostly involve transferring pictures, etc. For that I would get Google's free Picasa photo editor, which is out-and-out wonderful.
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jess (js2006) 0 pts
November 25, 2006 7:27 AM
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I have gone through Kodak Easyshare series after the advise. However i am concern that without the Image Stabiliser, will it be difficult to get good pic under shaky hand?
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TomH (tharrison) 9645 pts
November 25, 2006 4:35 PM
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An image stabilizer is a great advancement in photography -- they really do work. They cost a little more though. They are most appropriate for cameras with long telephoto lenses, since the greater the magnification, the more camera shake is magnified, creating blur. But it's also true that a very small camera can be hard to hold steady. I'm a big fan of the Kodak V610 because it's small and also has a nice zoom and image stabilizer.
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Johan Krüger-Haglert (aliquis) 2 pts
January 25, 2007 6:50 PM
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Recently bought the Fuji F30 for my sister but couldn't find the image stabilization in the manual or camera so I checked the price comparision page I had used and yes, it stood there. Googled for reviews and found out that there are no image stabilization on the Fuji, just the mode which raises the ISO (light sensetivity) even more to make it handle low light situations better (better sensetivity == shorter time with the shutter open == less chance of you moving your hands a lot.)

I don't know which one is better thought, the Panasonic got image stabilization and optics starts of at 28mm, but the Fuji takes better and more crisp photos due to a better CCD, it have awesome batterylife, better flash and better LCD.
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