Fuji S5500 Advice

chappy

I'm just on the verge of buying this one, Fuji s5500, all the reviews seem very good and it's the cheapest price i have found, 4 mp, 10x opt

£206 + p&p

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/pro...oducts_id=99296

Any thoughts anyone

Cheers
Jayne

Malestrom

Not sure what happened to your link, it seems to have been shortened for some reason. Heres the correct link.

chappy

Thanks

Malestrom

jamesjeeves

I have bought a number of Digital camera from 7 day shop.

Don't bother paying the extra carriage as things generally take about a week to come anyhow.

I had the S5000 - it was pretty good.
The S5100/5500 is fantastic.

Buy an Olympus XD card 512mb while you're at it as they are only £39.99

The 10x optical zoom works really well, the camera has very little lag and meters well in the dark too. A big optical zoom is well work having.

Video is excellent quality at 30fps with sound - eats memory though - only 7mins on a 512mb card - so buy two if you want to record video. Get some 2400mah Rechargeable batteries for long life - though this camera is also good on that.

4mp is all you really need for 6" x 4" and maybe a bit bigger. Though saying that I once produced a picture 1.1metres across with the S5000.

I also have an 8mp Olympus - very very good pictures - but many draw backs compared to the S5500.

Okay so i've waffled enough - Buy it - you won't be dissapointed.

Simon

chappy

Hi Simon,

Thanks for your feedback

The optical zoom at it's most, are the pictures blurred without a image stabiliser,

Dont know weather to go for the Panasonic Lumix FZ3 as posted on grab it board, but its 1mp less then the fuji ?

lellie

also interested to know what auto focus is like - especially in low light as I mainly use my camera for gig photography.. I need something that isn't going to blur every ten seconds.. if only it had an af assist lamp..