A cracking camera (Fujifilm Finepix S7000)

Member Name: martymcr

Product:	Fujifilm Finepix S7000
Date:	15/07/04 (616 review reads)
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Advantages: ease of use, quality

Disadvantages: none

I've had several digital cameras over the past few years, and with each one the features and the quality has got better. My existing camera is a Canon A70 - an excellent camera, but I felt the need for something more sophisticated, and my partner wanted something with more manual options.

We decided on the Fuji Finepix S7000 after reading lots of online reviews. I ordered from Amazon because it was the best price at the time (£356) - they excelled themselves by delivering next day.

The camera comes with a pathetically small memory card (Fuji's own type - XD Picture Card) but I'd ordered a 256MB additional card as 16MB is barely enough for half a dozen photo's at 6M pixels. The camera can also use Microdrives if you want loads of storage.

You don't get a case with the camera, but again I'd chosen one on Amazon with it - I decided that it was worth protecting.

The camera is very easy to use - the screen on the back is very clear and bright, and if you prefer you can switch to using the viewfinder - its electronic, colour and shows all the same information. The pictures it takes are stunning - its hard to beat the fully automatic mode and my partner has played with most of the manual modes, but to be honest 90% of the time automatic is fine.

The camera appears on your PC as an external storage device via USB - the transfer of images is extremely quick - a lot faster than the Canon A70 ever was.

Not really much else to say, but I will amend this review with some links to a couple of online reviews as they cover the technical aspects in loads of detail.

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