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"Best superzoom hands down. Very Poor Review by CNet here" on by hwky556
Pros: High ISO great quality, Manual Focus Ring, Zoom Ring, Great LCD
Cons: Would like dedicated ISO dial/button, wish it had SD memory
Summary: CNet is apparently obsessed with Image Stabilization nowadays and it shows with their review of this incredible camera. I own a Canon S3IS that has IS and the pictures above ISO 200 are awful and completely unusable. This camera takes wonderful pictures up to ISO 1600 and even has ISO 3200 in a pinch. This is MUCH more valuable than having IS but being stuck with noisy images at long exposure times. I've done a ton of side by side comparison image testing and this camera wins every time against the S3. Yes, it is bigger than the S3 but I was keeping it in an around the neck case anyways so what's the difference. This cam fits into the same case and weighs about the same.
The S3IS had a terrible time focusing in both low light and at the long end of the zoom. It was no good going to manual focus mode because it took forever and you'd miss a moment. The manual ring is much faster. I also like the zoom ring instead of the S3's finger dial near the shutter. This is more accurate and much faster. Focusing is also better and the face recognition system actually works to my surprise. There have been a lot of head to head comparisons on pro camera review sites that have pretty much shown the S3, Panasonic, and Sony H5 are very similar on image quality and features. This camera blows them all away. It also has an auto popup flash where you need to manually pop it up with the S3. Much more convenient. The S3 was an okay camera but very frustrating even after all the time I spent with it. At least go to some other sites for reviews and comparison shots to see and don't just take Cnet's ratings as gospel. Every camera seems to get a 7.2-7.4 lately anyways. What's the deal with that?
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I have a CANON S5 camera. I have shooted a lot of nice snaps with it I was very happy with it. All my friend praised a lot for my camera. But when last week my friend bought a new FUJIFILM S6000fd and compared the picture quality the FUJI camera beat my cam in all aspects. The picture prints are simply great over my canon, color sharpness is awesome with FUJI. ZOOM is excellent of FUJI, low light photos are extremely well over any digi CAM. We have taken a same subject with same setting of both camera but FUJI pictures are come with a great color n brightness. THe MACRO photos with FUJI S6000fd are better then any SLR cam.<br><br>I have bought this camera after go through with CNET review but now I realise there are somany digi cam who always stays over n above CANON. I dont know why CNET people discourage FUJI CAMERAs. as FUJI performing really well with picture quality and print quality as well. <br>My friends just Try FUJIFILM S6000fd/ S8000fd you forget all digicam. Its a great camera with this price tag.
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Indoors or out, and even in full zoom mode without a tripod, I have found the 6000fd delivers clean, crisp results, even in automatic mode, which, as a newsman, I use almost exclsuively.
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I agree! I've been using finepix s6500fd for a month now, the quality of pics in low light is incredible. I like the non motorized zoom, I feel like using my 35mm classic Nikon and Canon cameras. I used to look down on Fuji, but now I should say that this is the most "cost effective" camera I've ever found. I see my friends and most people tend to look at "popular" brands like Canon and Nikon, when they want to buy one. This "gem" tend to be overlooked.
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I agree that CNet is overly obsessed with IS. Given a choice I would take superior high iso performance any day. I do not agree that this is the best superzoom however. All things considered I will take the advanced features of the Fuji 9100 over the 1 stop improvement in noise of the 6000 any day. It's a personal choice coming from a someone with 11 months experience with a 9000.
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