Fujifilm FinePix S8000fd user reviews

Pros The price - the spec.

Cons Build quality leaves a little to be desired

Summary At the price, nothing on the market realistically compares.

Pros EVERYTHING I always wanted

Cons Wish I had it 50 years ago!

Summary I've taken photos my entire life. I specialize in bugs, birds, and blooms. I started out with a Brownie, then a SLR Canon with 1000 pounds of lenses and finally a couple of SONY Cybershots. This little camera, which I bought from HSN, is the camera I wish I'd had my entire life! Light-weight, lightening fast, and takes macro-close ups worthy of National Geographic. I bought rechargable batteries and can shoot for 4 hours with no problem. Thanks to this camera, my sales of nature photos are up 33% and I've only had it for 6 weeks. I love it!!!

Pros Lite, compact

Cons That darn f-mode button

Pros Value for price

Cons Focus has issues

Summary I received this camera as a gift and initially was thrilled with the 18x zoom. Since my initial love I have found that the autofocus often focuses on something other than what I am trying to photograph such as the braches in the background if I am shooting at a bird.

Using the auto settings I have found that taking pictures of people causes bluring if they move at all unless I use the flash.

The image quality is descent but no better than my Sony DSC-S75 point for everyday picture taking (birthdays, weddings, candid shots). I find myself using the Sony for most situations and the Fuji when I need the zoom or if I can take the time to set the manual settings. If I set the settings manually instead of using the auto focus the images seem to turn out better.