Finepix is an apt name (Fujifilm Finepix 2200)

Member Name: Chris-Duncan

Product:	Fujifilm Finepix 2200
Date:	27/02/01 (540 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy to use, good quality output

Disadvantages: £350 is not cheap (£175 was much better)

I purchased my wife a Finepix 2200 digital camera mainly to keep her quite as she has wanted one or an age now. Additionally the half price sale in PC World had alot to to with the choice of camera.

Anyway having got the camera home and set the machine to the highest resolution we found that the picture quality was superb but what use is a camera that can tae less than a dozen pictures without downloading. Some adjustments to lower resolutions solve that problem nicely and the picture quality is still very good.

The battery life (we use recharagable) is pretty good taking over thirty pics without recharging.

The menu is easy to use but has all the functions you need. If you have a problem the instruction manuel is easy to follow until you get the hang of it.

Downloading (via USB) is simplicity itself and there are again simple instructions if you need them.

The cameras vital stats are 2.1 million pixels (1600 x 1200), 2.5x digital zoom, a 1.6" LCD monitor to view taken pics or as a view finder (there is an standard one as well) and a built-in flash. It is supplied with Adobe (Photodeluxe 4 & ActiveShare for Windows) and a USB cable. Also works with a Mac but I haven't tried that out.

All in all a very good purchase even if I had bought it at full price.

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