Camera Reviews

speaklightly - (August 21, 2004) As a professional digital camera lecturer, I must admit that the Fuji E-550 was a very pleasant surprise for me. Priced at about $340, this digital camera produced digital photos that were much sharper, more detailed, and more excellent than I, frankly expected. I found the digital camera very easy to use right out of the box. While this digital camera does have a 12mp interpolated image size available, I found the 6mp native image size to have more contrast, detail and resolution. As you might expect in a consumer digital camera, the digital camera's flash is not very powerful. At 200 ISO it will produce excellent exposures out to 13 feet. By adding a supplementary slave flash such as

snufalufagus1 - (September 24, 2004) I spent a LOT of time investigating digital cameras online -one would think I was buying a car or something. Anyway I am a novice camera user and remain very impressed with this little guy. I would certainly recommend it. The movie mode is great for 'vignettes' or small movie snapshots. I also use the black and white a lot. I also didn't think the LCD would matter very much, but it does: I never use the viewfinder. I appreciate the large size of the LCD when passing the camera around to friends to view pictures and movies. Hint #1: Immediately jack up the megapixel resolution to 5 so that you can capture moments in the best resolution possible. Then, bypass Sony's ridiculous profit margin

joysmahal - (October 27, 2004) This camera is awesome. I upgraded from a Canon A70 and it was well worth the money. The Canon A95 uses 4 AA bateries, but it eats through normal alkalines way too fast. I highly recommend getting rechargeable NiMH AA batteries and a quick charger. The swivel screen is a major plus, it's 1.8" compared to 1.5" from the Canon A70. The screen is also higher resolution than the A70. I have used the camera for 3 weeks and printed about 50 pics so far. The pics look great and I even cropped to zoom in on some pictures and you couldn't see any sign of pixelation. I love the manual flexibility with this camera, plus the automatic modes make it easy for anyone to use. The camera

yorktr1951 - (12/10/2009) I've used the A710IS since 2006; very satisfied. I use low "film speed" and a tripod for low light time exposures with adequate results. Viewfinder is essential in rapid shooting at air races or rodeo events. Viewfinder is coupled to optical zoom. Acquired the AS720IS as Christmas present for wife. Camera has 6x optical zoom. Most replacements on the market now have only 4x zoom. So far, good results with this camera; a happy wife with a much better camera. Camera has been discontinued. GET IT WHILE YOU CAN!

Unhappy31 - (12/09/2009) No easy way to see an expire date or expiration date. It is sad since DURACELL is a brand I now/USED TO LOOK for. The store would not take back since it was a week later. I got screwed out of $12 for 4 AA batteries that would not hold a charge. There was a

britking - (12/09/2009) Nothing really to add--just be careful as the dial on the back that is important has stuck and is almost impossible to use now. Still under warranty, so will send back to manufacturer, but then we'll be without the camera. Canon's are normally built better than this. If not for this, which is incredibly annoying, would have been a great point and shoot.