| A | is outstanding and exceptional, rated in the top 10% of digital cameras. |
| B | means they are good, with some standout features. |
| C | means they are mediocre, and probably more trouble than they are worth. |
| D & F | mean they are absolutely awful or old. Avoid at all costs. |
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- 26th of 63 in Extended Zoom
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- 13th of 41 in Fuji
- 29th of 71 in Over $600
- 4 out of 5
Cool Features. Searching PDF User Manual.... Not Cool
(John Snider - 4/23/09)The camera is actually not too bad if there is decent light and it is set correctly. Under low light conditions it performs about as well as I found other brands of superzoom cameras.
I bought it for its supermacro feature, that will still focus with the object just about touching the lens, and for photos in natural light. It performs both very well.
Very cool is the exposure bracketing and adjustable flash. The Auction mode that lets you combine shots is also cool.
Lots of very useful features, such as adjusting the flash, are available but you would have to dig through 294 pages of manual on your computer screen or run across them by accident- very not cool. Why Fuji choose to print a manual that doesn't explain much then make you search on your computer for the really useful features is beyond me .
The digital zoom , when enabled, actually goes to 5.7 X (on top of the 18 X optical zoom) and works in super macro mode. Expected distortion at the far end of the optical telephoto zoom range. The expected distortion is there when you do digital zoom also.
Playing with the settings to get it to take decent photos under low light is possible, but out of the box settings are not so good.
Was able to get very clear shots indoors at night with a single 60 watt compact fluorescent bulb as the source.
