Fuji s6500fd £142.49 delivered BE VERY QUICK

foo_fighter4000

After all of the trouble i had with my fuji s3500 and the shocking repair team im not sure if id bother with fuji again to be honest!

I was having problems at the end of my warranty and i sent it off to fuji direct (who aren’t actually fuji direct but some poxy local electronics repair shop round the corner from their HQ) to have it repaired.

The first repair took 6 weeks before it came back - unfixed, the second took a month and the third took five weeks and they still hadn’t fixed it! The problem was only dust on the inside of the lens (leaving dark spots all over photos)! To be fair at the end of it i got my money back but only because i bought it with my Barclaycard (which offered an extra years free electrical warranty at the time) but the amount of wasted time without a camera that fuji left me would make me seriously think twice about any fuji product ... since then ive gone to Canon and never looked back FARRR better camers IMHO

laticsforlife

Nickknackpaddywack wrote: »

Go through Quidco & not only do you get 3% cashback but the link gives a further 5% off making it online £142.49 plus the cashback , total 8% savings

The 5% offer says,

3) *This offer excludes all Digital SLRs,

So presumably you cannot use the 5% voucher code given via the Quidco link?

Edit : Or is it not a true DSLR (fixed lens) so does qualify ??

Can you use multiple codes to get more off?

5% is £7.50, whereas the code from HotUKDeals is for £10 off?

laticsforlife

In answer to my own question, No you cannot combine voucher codes, it takes the last one off when you input the next one, so the £10 off £100 order is best bet.

I've just ordered for store pick-up, and you don't actually pay until collection, so effectively have a cooling-off period (which means wife kicks my !!! for spending more money and says NO!)

Ho hum, life's too short eh.

biglugs

Does this class as a digital SLR? You can't remove the lens and replace it with anything else, which I thought was the whole point of getting a DSLR camera?
And the Jessops website has this classed under Digital Compacts, so you should be able to use the 5% Quidco link.

laticsforlife

Yes but the other code is better at £10

doozeruk

This is not a digital SLR (DSLR) it just looks similar, but quality wouldn't be :rolleyes:

extractor_fan

http://www.steves-digicams.com/2007_reviews/fuji_s6000fd_samples.html

Sample Pics

laticsforlife

doozeruk wrote: »

This is not a digital SLR (DSLR) it just looks similar, but quality wouldn't be :rolleyes:

Yes but you are getting 'near' quality (and features) for a fraction of the cost.

Will I really notice the difference between the pictures I get from this Camera to those from a 'proper' 8mp D-SLR costing £400?

Will they be £260 better? No, I doubt it.


Unless I am a professional (or camera buff) I reckon it is an absolute bargain piece of kit.

Think of what you get;

Proper 10x zoom, with a manual twist lens (far better than buttons)
Excellent CCD from Fuji
SLR features
Decent screen and a viewfinder (albeit electronic).
6.3mp - more than enough for A4-sized prints.
3200 ISO - whoosh, excellent.

quidsinquentin

As far as I can tell, the only difference between this and the high cost ones is that the fuji does not have image stabilisation. In all other respects its as near as dammit.

doozeruk

laticsforlife wrote: »

Yes but you are getting 'near' quality (and features) for a fraction of the cost.

Will I really notice the difference between the pictures I get from this Camera to those from a 'proper' 8mp D-SLR costing £400?

Will they be £260 better? No, I doubt it.


Unless I am a professional (or camera buff) I reckon it is an absolute bargain piece of kit.

Think of what you get;

Proper 10x zoom, with a manual twist lens (far better than buttons)
Excellent CCD from Fuji
SLR features
Decent screen and a viewfinder (albeit electronic).
6.3mp - more than enough for A4-sized prints.
3200 ISO - whoosh, excellent.

Yep I am on this side of the fence also, but it is better to make it clear it simply is not a DSLR.

I spent £400 on a 'bridge camera' last year which easily would have bought me a DSLR with a lens kit, but it would not have bought me the portability, 12x stabilized optical zoom lens and a host of other features I would rather have over a DSLR.

While it is fact a DSLR will give you better images, it is also a fact 'most' people would not notice the difference between an image taken on this camera and a DSLR as long as it was printed no bigger than A4, and lets face it, how many people often do that, theres no doubt this is a bargain (all sold out at my local BTW) and that is why I have bought one for my father........ and started the thread