with 28-400mm lense, it is a good thing which makes easier for people to capture any photo for any range. 28 mm is wide enough and 400 mm was pretty long range for it. it is such a compact lense. Compare to DSLR camera, mostly, we need to change the lense again and again, probably the object runs/flies away while we change the DSLR lense. if you want to get such a lense (wide and long range)for DSLR, it will cost you more than the DSLR camera itself.
The next thing, this camera is good at handling a shot on a dark room/low light.Do Not Use FLASH..
Try to use your hands but no tripod, and compare the result with another bridge camera, you will be impressed for it's performance.

What I hate from this camera, I t has a bulky appearance, and it is heavy (almost reach 1kg)
The battery live is short as well.. you probably need 2 or 3 spare batteries.
Quite slow on focus.

Compared to other "bridge camera", I think fs 100 is the best for its class.
Dont compare this camera to DSLR class, but compare it with "bridge camera" classes.Iit is a nice camera for beginners.

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very fast and likable camera. continuous shooting of 7 fps on 3 Mp is excellent for sports. low light shooting with high ISO is better then any compact or even some budget SLR's.external setings mean you don't have to go into manu's that often. zoom and focus on the lens is next to none. once you pick it up you don't want to put it down. I replaced Canon EOS 30D with Fuji S100FS and don't regret it at all. No more dust on the sensor.

Would prefer optical view finder and battery could last a bit longer. get a spare one, thought.

Very capable machine. fast focus and shooting. love the external buttons and setting. it has a full SLR appeal. Sceene mode is very usefull.

like Summary

- the first time you turn the camera on and the time you need to set up the camera when you can take a photo.
- the battery life
- range of the aperture / shutter speed ( 4sec. f.8) !

S100FS provides a nice balance between solid feel and light weight.
In first place stays my Nikon camera (D80) using a Sony as back up camera but wanted to know about the new S100FS , so I am still "testing" but must admit some features are very well designed compared to Sony and Nikon !
The camera is reasonably fast, performs well at higher ISO settings, and has extended dynamic range to prevent loss of highlight details , I would recommend the camera to any serious photographer, it takes a little time to get used to the camera settings but it doesn't mean the programs are hard to handle , I guess it takes some time with every digital SLR Camera / Bridge Camera !

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Sony cybershot R1 , Fuji Fine pix 9600, Pentax K10 , Canon EOS 350,

Great Lens 14x 67mm, with good Marco
The 1st , 2x digital zoom That I thinks looks good and dont hurt the pictures like most
Looks and holds like a DSLR
Great screen menu
Great control over all the camera settings
Cheap Battery's for adding extras
Great Digital Image Stabilization
Jpeg and CCD-RAW file settings, std and fine in Jpeg
Nice Lens hood w/ door for filters
Good low noise at 100 - 400 ISO
Fast focus
Good speed writing std and raw files for a super zoom
Construction is really great
Like the XD ,SD,SDHC setup.

None so far but one !
Need more accessories made for this camera.

Excellent Camera. I'm glad I mad the change from my DSLR to this camera. No more
bags of lens, and One Camera,One Lens, and no DUST !! Man this is great.. The lens has a excellent range,2.5 LCD works great and the tilting screen rocks! EVF works good. all the controls and switches are lead out great. I'm very impressed with this camera . the only few things that make it NOT A DSLR is changing the lens and a little smaller CCD. This camera can hold its on in the ISO 100 - 400 with the DSLR (entry-level) Cameras. It takes great pictures. Go to the pics users have posted Let the pics do the talking.

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Have not Needed

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S602Z
S6000
DS
K10D ( DSLR and 9 lens)

Great shooting range 28mm to 400mm with single lens.
Film simulation works well for me.
DR work well capturing subtle levels in the shots
Good low light shot up to 1600 with little noise. ISO 10000 is fun for shooting without flash where the room is very dark. Grainy, but I get clear shot without blur.
I though it was TTL when I first looked through the EVF. It's really good.
Good balance between GREAT pictures and user friendliness for the non-expert.

Extra battery is hard to find.
Rubble grip started to peel after 4 months. Superglue helped good as new.
Sometime focusing in low light is a little hard

Outstanding camera with great lens. The camera is the fastest point and shoot that I have ever used. I can usually get a clear shot from someone standing on a corner driving by at 30 MPH from the time that I see them to turning the camera on to getting the shot and it is a very sharp photo.
Feels like a DSLR (people on the street are always fooled including other DSLR users). Picture are good, color is very good. Got a clear shot of an F22 at the air show zoomed and using digital zoom 800mm equivalent. Yes it had some PF, but I got the shot for much less than the $1200 and up price for an 800mm lens. My friends were impress including a DSLR owner. My friends shooting outdoors on a windy day at the rodeo refused to change lens. They missed opportunities.
At a closer range the shots I take look good to the average everyday Joe's eye. They can't tell the differense from mine and my friend's D40., and I don't need to change lens.
Zoom shot through 400mm are the best I have seen with a point and shoot. Very clear.
Also, I find that the macro lense works well from a distance using the zoom lense with the macro setting. Great for my bad back.
The average person that I know personally that owns a DSLR does not shoot well enough to justify a DSLR. As for the price, a DSLR on the cheap with lens to capture 28mm to 400mm would be much more expensive than $700-800. For me as an intermediate occasional shooter, I can't justify the cost of a DSLR (and the lens that I would want) at this time. For those like me, the camera was a God send.

Customer Service

No need yet

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Minolta A200, Fuji 5200, Canon D30

Super macro zoom to .4" really spectacular pictures to be had on this mode for nature photograhy. The film simulation modes are excellent and no gimic as only fuji could show you.
Dynamic range really shows better gradient levels in fine pictures.
The heavy lens of 67mm just a work of great art. Look around at the pictures people are taking with it.
Construction is really great other than the memory door but who cares it's fine ans works. So many other features like the the iso strengths and high speed shots. Have had great low light pictures and the dual image stableizer design is obvious by the effectivness. The EVF that I usually do not like at all is the best have ever seen and can fool you for a momoent as to how good it is and fas

Some say too heavy but have no problems with it as it is easier to hold stable from shake and just feels like a real camera. Fixed lens....But what a fixed lens!
Memory door very lite.Battery life somewhere in the 250 shot range but recharge is fast around an 1-1.5 hours.
EVF not for everyone. Not as quiet noise wise as an slr. But so close that you cannot see any difference in 90%+ of your pictures. Extremely acceptible.

Excellent camera with Excellent lens. This camera is a great find and have been comparing very closely to my D-80 with serious lenses and E-510 with the same.
No, the D-80 is way better but looking at the end result(the pictures) no landslide.
As for the reported run away (ca). I have yet to experience this with many high contrastpictures? Forget the lab talk and just look at the pictures. this is why we buy cameras. The 13 element lens at 67mm speaks for it self over the tradidtional 15-16 light stealer lenses.
Very impressed with this camera love the main features of film simulations and dynamic range enhancements. Well made but the memory door is lite but so is my e-510 and never broke it.
This is a great camera on a picture level that will not let you down in my opinion.
Have no problem with saying I blew it and it is not a great camera but it truly is a wonder and use it all the time and to the max! One of my favorites to say the least!
Use your eye's to determine the value of the pictures no LAB! common sense...

Customer Service

Have not needed so far...

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Owned a Leica Vlux-1 NO Competition! and noisy. Owned a canon s5 is and talk about CA! Noisy too...

Use a D-80 with a large arsenal of great lenses and a olympus E-510 with great lenses also.

well constructed
menu easy to navigate
great shots even at 400 mm

macro could be a bit better
get a slight purplish ting in some high contrast shots..but this can be fixed some what by useing a polorizing filter
battery runs down quickly

i have only owned this camera for about 2 weeks now and i must say i find it a big step up from my old fuji finepix S9000...i get great shots even at 400mm zoom..DR works well(no washed out highlights)....i really like all the FS modes...they work well for the most part.....iso up to 10000 at 3m is a big pluse for me....it takes good night shots with some slight tweeking of the settings.....all in all i think it is a great camera for the price..

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Fuji FinePix S9000

Good Lens with Effective Optical and Digital Image Stabilization functions.
Good adjustable Flip screen.
Takes good pictures at Low Light settings (needs to increase ISO and Lower Aperture Numbers)
Great Camera for Travelling (you don’t have to carry a camcorder and a DSLR with multiple lens)
Has CCD-RAW
Takes great Telephoto at 400mm.(make sure you change the macro setting.)
Light Weight
It comes with a Lens hood
Good Macro
Low Image Noise when shooting below ISO 200
Also good camera for beginners and novice user

Starting Price at $799, it is too expensive for a Mega Zoom Camera.
And the picture is not as Sharp as a DSLR.
Battery Charger is big and it also comes with a large inconvenience cable
Some purple fringing can be found
Buttons and thumb wheels are not well design
Slow Auto Focus
Continuous shooting only has 3 Mb at 7 frames/Sec
Play back mode is frustrating to use.
Camera screen is small compares to the New DSLR

Over all I was please with the FUJI s100fs, it is a great camera for hiking, travelling, or if you are a Paparazzi. I purchased my new Fuji S100fs from Aden Camera at $620 Canadian + 20.00 Shipping, but they send me a demo with pictures of their store and employee still in the camera. There were finger prints all over the camera screen, and a small scratch at the side of the flip screen’s frame. I called Aden camera, and they refuse to do anything about it.
My advise is to wait for this camera to go on sale and try not to buy any expensive camera on line.

Customer Service

AdenCamera(Canada) has some attrative advertised Sale Price.
But be very carefull and do not buy any expensive items online from them.
Once they have your money, they will not care.
Poor Customer Service.

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14.3 time optical zoom
Optical stabilization.
22.2 mega pixel using free software s7raw.
400% dynamic range.

It is not a real SLR

This is an excellent camera for the price. The last reviewer gusravo said it was hard to focus. I found that if you use Manual Focus mode and the one-button- focus inside the focus selection dial, it can focus at any difficult condition.

Furthermore, if you shoot in raw file and use the free software s7raw to process the raw file, you get double resolution of 22.2 mega pixel due to the unique diagonal arrangement of the pixels inside the sensor.

It has 28-400mm Fujinon lens, 14.3 times optical zoom with optical stabilization. It has super-macro mode to focus as close as 1cm. It can shoot 7 pictures per second in jpeg, or 3 per second in raw. It also has 400% dynamic range, so you can say goodbye to blown-out highlights.

It weighs like a SLR and shoots like an SLR, except that it is not a real SLR so it can also shoot in movie mode.

I will say it is a good buy.

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Metering is excellent as is noise performance. Handling, size and ergonomics.

the dual IS works great too.

The Fujinon lens designers need to go back to school!!! Very poor here, even the lens on my old S9500 is better.

Poor focusing in low contrast light, even hard to get focusing in macro mode. Film simulation a gimmick, but why???

A good attempt by Fuji at giving a camera that would try to compete with a baby DSLR / superzoom lens combination, but at around the same price. The camera is solidly build, good ergonomics, feels good in the hand. The sensor is quite OK, the film simulation is a geeky feature, I would prefer to have ADOBE RGB than "Provia". Noise performance in line with 'super CCD" standard, that is better than any other small sensor camera, but still below current DSLR capability.

The lens is dissapointing, with visible PF at the edges, distortion at wide end. Too ambitious, if Fuji marleters had any smarts they would have gone for a narrower range but higher quality optics to complement the electrocnics which are quite good.

I have one as a ready anytime casual camera, and that it's all it will ever be.

Price is in Australian dollars

Customer Service

no experience with customer service

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