Strengths:Auto Mode does a good job adjusting the focus and exposure for general point-and-shoot pictures.
Weaknesses:In some cases, you may find that the zoom isn't enough for smaller, distant objects.
Posted Jul 12, 2004 - As soon as I got this camera, I was pleased with it's initial performance and soon got click-happy with it! For a simple point-and-shoot digi-cam, users will quickly learn the great quality photos it can take. Even amateur photographers (like myself) will appreciate the photos they capture compared to a traditional film point-and-shoot camera. Of course, there's also the option of reviewing the photos you've taken and deleting the unnecessary ones. Its zooming capabilities are okay though you may find yourself wanting some extra zoom on distant objects. One particular pet peeve was that the camera wasn't recognized on a Windows 98 machine I hooked it up to. I made sure to install the Win98 USB Drivers from their web site before connecting the camera, but it was no use. Windows 98 would detect the camera as a USB Mass Storage Device, but would never acknowledge the fact there were drivers already installed. I wasn't sure if the FinePix Viewer LE would fix the issue in Windows 98 since I didn't have time to download the software (over 16 MB!). I'm not sure if it was just that ONE computer, but it was frustrating nonetheless. As for Windows XP (which I own), it connects and reads/writes just fine. I would recommend this camera to people who don't want to spend the extra money for a Canon PowerShot A70 or A80.
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