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Fuji FinePix S9000 Zoom
Fuji FinePix S9000 Zoom
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wickedguysap (wickedguysap) 63 pts
September 17, 2006 5:18 PM
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Extended Zoom Advice?


Hi Guys,

I have seen that there are some wonderful folks on this website who are willing to help out with all our doubts, well I am looking for 1 at this moment to make my decision.

Well I have been scouting for a extended zoom camera for the couple of days and I looked at the reviews of most of them, what it boiled it down for me was that 3 cameras stand out in the reviews and specs. Fuji FinePix S9000 Zoom , Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30, Sony CyberShot H5  I went to the stores and handled all the 3 cameras I loved the 3" lens on the Sony and the image quality is not that bad, can't say much about the Panasonic because the sales person was pushing me towards the Fuji all the time, he took some pictures at macro level and it just floored me the far off objects were not bad either.

Now I leave it in your expert hands to help me out with my purchase, I know there a lot of reviews out there but all of them say that the camera they have purchased is the best.

Please guys I depend on your frank opinion.

Thanks 
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TomH (tharrison) 9645 pts
September 17, 2006 8:17 PM
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I think you have narrowed down the choices well.   All three cameras are well liked by many people.  Our experience at DCHQ is that if you can get 50 or 100 actual people saying mostly good things about a camera, it's a good camera.  People write reviews when they love something or hate something and tend to not bother when the product is just "ok". 

So go with the voices of the people: they concur that the H5 and DMC-FZ30 are great cameras (their ratings are amongst the highest of all cameras).  The S9000 is a good choice.  One important difference: FZ30 has a maximum ISO of 400 whereas the H5 goes up to 1000. That's 1-1/2 stops extra low-light shooting.  Panasonic has just released the [url=http://www.digitalcamera-hq.com/digital-cameras/panasonic-lumix-fz50_reviews.html]FZ50 which is an upgrade to the FZ30 and getting good reviews, and it has a much higher ISO setting -- 3200, although at a steeper price. 

So if price were a factor, I would go with the Sony.  There.  I said it. (I have a long-standing grudge against Sony because of their silly memory stick format, which seems very "betamax" to me.  But that's just me. _).


Tom
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JDBlackhawk 2 pts
September 30, 2006 12:37 PM
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I just purchased the FZ30, silver version. I also own and use Canon D30 and 10D dslrs, the Lumix FZ10 and several others-Dimage 7i, Olympus C-2100 and Fuji 6900z (which is an ancestor to the Fuji S9000). In the right hands, all are incredible instruments for image capturing. Initial impressions of the FZ30-beautifully engineered but alot of plastic, don't drop it-the FZ10 seems more solid. Image stabilization is amazing, works great. If you need to freeze action shots-dslrs are still better. If you like a larger camera, this is. Just slightly smaller than my Canons with 28-300mm Tamron lenses, but lighter to carry and larger than the other digitals I own. Colors are beautiful-but blows out highlights pretty easily-I think all the digitals do. If you can't lug around dslrs and lenses, this is a powerful picture-taking machine. I don't own the Fuji, but the resolution and color of my Fuji 6900z has always been impressive. I would think the S9000 is at least as good. But I chose the FZ30 based upon my experience with the FZ10 with which I've captured long-distance nature shots impossible with anything else without a tripod, even with a tripod! Pictures save to the card fast, the LCD and eyepiece are very clear, as good as I've seen through any digital eyepiece. There is noticeable noise when viewing blowups on screen, but not as pronounced when printed. And if you like to tinker with camera settings, this has every adjustment imagineable, somebody brainstormed this one really well. I need more time to assess picture quality of this camera, but hope these comments help you.
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doc007cdm 0 pts
April 4, 2007 5:20 PM
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Why wasn't the Canon Powershot S3IS mentioned? Isn't it
the same class?
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