Just bought one of these for my dad for his birthdaySeems like a good little starter camera. The only downside is that it only has digital zoom and (thanks to the way Fuji do their digital zoom) this means that you've got no zoom at all at 2 megapixels resolution and very limited zoom at 1 megapixel. At its lowest res (0.3Mp VGA) the zoom goes in quite a long way, but you don't buy a 2 megapixel camera to use it in 0.3 megapixel mode, do you?
If you're not that bothered about the zoom, then seriously consider it. Otherwise, you'll need to spend some extra pennies on something with a decent optical zoom lens (at least 3x, and preferably with the highest mm equivalent at maximum zoom - the good 3x optical ones go up to about 115mm.)
It's well worth looking around Steve's Digicams and DPReview.com before making a decision.
(If you're not that bothered about the zoom, then seriously consider it. Otherwise, you'll need to spend some extra pennies on something with a decent optical zoom lens (at least 3x, and preferably with the highest mm equivalent at maximum zoom - the good 3x optical ones go up to about 115mm.)
It's well worth looking around Steve's Digicams and DPReview.com before making a decision.
Horatio P Lemming,
Thu 3 Apr 2003, 13:01,
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