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Thread ID: 41310 2004-01-06 20:49:00 Advice on Digital Camera brands caffy (2665) Press F1
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205723 2004-01-06 20:49:00 Hi,

As some of you might remember, I bought a Sony DSCP-72 last May - that camera was okay until a friend dropped it, stuffing up the lens and the LCD screen. Sony said $980 to fix it!!! So i've decided to go with the new camera option as they are now approximately $700 for a new DSCP-72.

However, I wasn't quite satisfied with the 3x optical zoom, and am looking for a camera that has more optical zoom. I've come across the Fuji S3000 which has 3.2mp AND 6x optical zoom. It's like SLR style, and looks good. Is Fuji a good brand? or should i look elsewhere like Canon, Nikon etc?

Thanks

caffy,

PS: I am aware that there's an similar post as well, but thats around the $400 mark, I've got up to $700 to spend, according to the insurance company :) 		caffy (2665)
205724 2004-01-06 21:38:00 I Have one, its excellent. The only downside is that the max resolution for movies is 320x240 whereas I believe the dscp-72 does 640x480.
Image quality is excellent. The 6x optical zoom is a big bonus and it has a number of manual features the sony lacks. Used for 5 months and no problems whatsoever. You will need a larger xd card
dick smith has them $639 + $65 for 64 meg xd card 		the highlander (245)
205725 2004-01-06 23:06:00 I have the Fuji S602Z, which also has the 6 x Zoom (I have a 1.85 Teleconverter lens as well).

I have had a Fuji MX2700 for years, and can confirm the quality is excellent 		godfather (25)
205726 2004-01-07 07:27:00 I generally found that Olie, Kodak and Fuji tend to have better price rations than the bigger names, the quality is nothing but competitive to the others.... nomad (3693)
205727 2004-01-07 11:47:00 > I Have one, its excellent . The only downside is that
> the max resolution for movies is 320x240 whereas I
> believe the dscp-72 does 640x480 .

Video recording isn't a problem for me, since i've just bought a Canon Digital video camera . Still haven't got it yet :(

> Image quality is excellent . The 6x optical zoom is a
> big bonus and it has a number of manual features the
> sony lacks . Used for 5 months and no problems
> whatsoever .

What features does the camera have? As the FujiFilm website wasn't informative . BlackWhite, Sepia, different photo modes etc?

thanks,
caffy

PS: looks like i might be getting this - fingers crossed - I went to Dick Smiths, and asked to look at the camera and play around with it, and it was fab, felt good to hold . Will get a 128mb memory with it - IF i get it! 		caffy (2665)
205728 2004-01-08 01:48:00 Here are two good sites with reviews of digital cameras which I have found: Imaging Resource (www.imaging-resource.com/) and DP Review (http:). Imaging resource convinced me that I had made a good buy, even though I went over my predecided limit in an auction. :D Graham L (2)
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