Fujifilm Finepix 602 Zoom

Pentax cameras used to have an advertising slogan: Just hold a Pentax. The point was that the camera felt good to hold; solid, ergonomic and well-built. It fit your hand well, and felt comfortable. Hold one in a camera shop, and you would be well on the way to buying it. The slogan has gone, but the advice behind it remains. If you're going to spend money on a camera, make sure you get it in your hands first, that it's comfortable, well-built and that it suits you. If it feels good, and assuming all the features are what you're looking for, then chances are you'll be happy with it. OK. Lecture over, and on to what this opinion ...  Read the complete review

The S602 is an amazing camera. It has full function SLR stlye controls with shutter speeds from 15 seconds to 1/10,000th. It has full manual controls with Aperture and shutter priority settings and a fullyAutomatic setting. It has a built in flash which I have so far found to be excellent. It has fully controllable White Balance settings with various presets and a couple of spaces for manual settings you can save. It handles just like any SLR and the hand grip is really comfortable. A good feature of this camera is the dual memory type slots. It will accept both CompactFlash II and SmartMedia cards. The features of this camera are far too numerous to ...  Read the complete review

The reviewer above meant 5 Stars. No camera is perfect but this one comes closer than any other at this price range (or even a lot more). You have to look at ALL the features and the quality to believe what you get. The value is incredible. Some of the feature that was important in my decision to buy it was: 6x Zoom 15sec to 1/10,000 sec shutter speeds 5FPS mode Last 5Frames mode Auto Bracketing Both Smartmedia and CF/Microdrive Memeory Slots Uses 4 AA batteries (I use NiMH rechargables) View last picture before saving incl. multiple frame modes 640x480 30FPS Movie mode ...  Read the complete review

The 602 is chock full of features for the serious amateur photographer. I picked the camera for sports photography because of the 6x zoom lense, pretty good shot to shot times, and 3 meg resolution. The camera uses readily available NimH batteries and compact flash or SD memory cards. I bought an IBM microdrive (1 gig drive) which allows me to store 868 3meg, jpeg - fine resolution images. No problem to take the camera on vacation for two weeks! I recharge the NimH's using a cigarette lighter adapter on my charger. The camera has a host of features. You can change the ISO setting from 160 all the way up to 1600 for poorly lit indoor shots. The ...  Read the complete review