For the price, this is a great camera

It is intended for the novice, everyday user up to the lower middle level photographer. I have owned mine for over three years now and plan to upgrade soon and give my Fuji S3000 to my daughter now that I have learned a little. Don��t expect the instant response you get from a traditional 35 mm camera. Most digitals that are lower priced have a delay in processing the picture you just snapped and then another delay before they are ready to take another picture. With the more expensive SLRs, that��s now a different story.

Problems I have with the S3000:
-Short battery life �� Buy some (8 or more) rechargeable AAs.
-Small 16 MB memory comes with the camera �� Buy a 128 MB. It can store over 100 photos at 3.2 mega pixels.
-Cloudy days or thick forests are considered low light and you get blurry images. I��m still trying to figure a work around for this. Indoor with flash works okay, but your battery life suffers.

Things I like about the S3000
-6x Zoom �� Lets you get in close
-Inexpensive �� Mine was less than $200
-8x10 in. prints turn out great
-3 plus years and still working great
-The automatic setting works great for most situations
-You can take it off of automatic and experiment a little