**Introduction** I'm by no means a professional, in fact I'm very much a beginner, but I enjoy technology and taking photos with my point and shoot compact digital camera. So decided now was the time to take the plunge and buy something that little bit more advanced. Something I could take out of 'automatic' mode to try to improve the pictures I take. The Fuji S1800 was the camera I chose, and this review should hopefully give an insight into things from a beginner's perspective. After spending several months keeping an eye on the refurbished cameras section of the Fuji online shop ...  Read the complete review

*Why did I want a new camera?* I have never been one of those people who want a dream camera, something that can do everything and everything. Mostly because I am not a good photographer and only use point and shoot ones for the purpose of catching special memories. That was until I started my own business, with me taking pictures of all my products my previous digital camera Nikon Coolpix was not working for me in the high quality department. Close up shots we're a no, no and if I could get close enough the pictures looked blurry and none professional. This was when I decided this camera was not enough and I needed some more. I remember searching and ...  Read the complete review

This camera is superb. For a low price tag it offers amazing control over images with very accessible manual controls as well as perfectly good automatic/ scene settings. The 18x zoom is great and the camera also performs quite well at macro distances (I would guess a minimum focal distance of around 50cm), the S1800 also has an easy to use in built flash and the usual pre-set modes of use. I use this as a quick and easy alternative to my DSLR and am rarely dissatisfied, only occasionally do images appear a little colourless, but this, I'm sure is often as much the photographer's fault as the cameras! Easy to navigate and quick to flip between viewfinder and the ...  Read the complete review

Ideal if you want to get those close up shots but don't want to be carrying extra lenses around with you. Quick at loading up and taking the picture, also uses a button which opens the flash bulb allowing you to control when you have flash (and is easy to make sure there's no accidental flash when taking photos in museums and art galleries). Really easy to use while still allowing you to adjust settings for the more expirenced phtographer. A good priced camera for high quality photos! It comes with many different settings for different photo types without being too confusing and also has a handy mode which lets you swap between close ups, extreme close ups ...  Read the complete review