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Thread ID: 64434	2005-12-15 00:28:00	New Digital Camera	Rob99 (151)	PC World Chat

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412810	2005-12-22 02:58:00	Now the owner of the Fuji FinePix S5600, also splashed out on a 1Gb xd card. This camera is fantastic, you can take photos in the dark without flash. For anyone looking for a similar price/features camera, I highly recomend this camera. The only catch is you also need a xd card the 16Mb that comes with the camera just dosent cut it. You may also want to get 4 rechargeable AA batteries.	Rob99 (151)
412811	2005-12-22 09:52:00	Now the owner of the Fuji FinePix S5600, also splashed out on a 1Gb xd card. This camera is fantastic, you can take photos in the dark without flash. For anyone looking for a similar price/features camera, I highly recomend this camera. The only catch is you also need a xd card the 16Mb that comes with the camera just dosent cut it. You may also want to get 4 rechargeable AA batteries. And the price was?	Cicero (40)
412812	2005-12-22 10:12:00	The price I gather is around $600 and the mem card can be around $200 is it? Just a guess. Those Fuji are nice, not a SLR but its more portable and the controls are v easy I didn't need a manual to know all the settings. How to change the shutter or aperture in A or S mode or just pop on auto mode. Or pop on manual which control to do aperture and which to do shutter and the exposure compensation controls. They are nicer than many pocket cams those smaller ones becos those rely on the LCD screen, which is fussy, the mentioned Fuji's more are via the buttons, easier to access. Ok, they may not be as good as SLR but they are v good, ya not gonna compare pix side by side anyway or look v v close to make close analysis. The drawback of pocket cams like my Canon A510 is that its too fussy to use. to date I think I had it for couple of months now, taken no more than 80 pix and still got the original 16MB card. I use the SLR most times. Only thing I can complain with Fuji is that not as responsive as a SLR and viewfinder bit hard to use. Less feedbacks with the mechanism but hey it is not a SLR so no real complains but I can yak about it. :D Could also be slow write times too and the xD cards are a bit expensive compared to others, bit like Sony mem sticks. The Fuji is a good middle ground between a consumer cam and a SLR. A mixture in between. The long lens is handy too like for sports and nature. You can avoid the flash, a friend had the older s5000 which I suggested to him, only ISO 400, I belive the models has been upgraded, last familar model that I am aware is the s5100 at 4MP but I am not familiar with the later ones but no doubt they are good cams. ISO 1600 can provide you flash free photography but remem.. high ISO is more grainy. Flash is good but its a diff approach, esp good for pple photo's to light up shadows under eyes, around hair etc. For such a cam, 512MB is nice or 1GB, 2nd set of spare rechargie batts and a fast charger for most pple thou slow charge may be more healthy for batteries, get one with heat monitor protection. Not aware of the image stabiliser feature, how is it? Anti blur is it like the Panasoncis? I am aware with the s9500 I think that image stabiliser or anti blur mode it ups the ISO instead and maybe some flash works too, its not true image stabiliser, this IMO is not as good cos up ISO is grainy, better to use traditional IS feature like the Pana. 3MP or 4 or 6MP should be plenty or else the mem card just gets too small :D Soon you better look at 2GB cards, esp if you shoot RAW format. This by the way is possible under Photoshop RAW feature, additional download from adobe.com, you can underexpose by 2 stops. LIke -2.00. Software can lift it up, esp useful if you in a concert or such and need fast shutters, will be some color shifts thou, a option at least. To my knowledge it is 2 stops, to my cam it is however, if not, it should be similar. This method together with ISO 1600 or just with ISO is good for like rock concert of demo's at night with fireworks at the back, when u need a relative quick shutter and a f/8 or such so the back is more/less in focus too. Not a biggie but a adv at least. Or like night sports. If you want a geeky cam that is not SLR. This is Fuji, Pana, Olympus. Canon and Nikon does not fare as good IMO. Thou the Canon Pro 1 is quite good. Nikon no contention, not bad but features wise its not as good as the rest. I use Nikon SLR and dSLR and I don't have a Coolpix. The Sony DSC R1 is good too much expensive, that is prob the best non SLR digicam thou but it i does cost more than a entry dSLR but it is for a diff market than a SLR so its not that bad if u look at it that way. Ideal for person who is not wanting a real SLR.	Nomad (952)
412813	2005-12-22 11:21:00	Good for you Rob. An excellent choice. Did you get, or were you offered the Fuji "Essentials" pack currently available with the purchase of a Fuji camera? It costs $99, and contains a carry case for the camera, a lens cleaning kit, a 256MB xd card, plus a voucher to get a Philips DVD player! I found it great value, and the DVD player is excellent. Very compact & good quality. Plays DVD's, CD's, MP3's, & jpeg,s etc. It's all good stuff, (if you need it) Anyway I'm sure you will be very pleased with the 5600, as I am with the 9500.	Bazza (407)
412814	2005-12-22 11:44:00	The camera cost $530 from Harvey Norman, with plenty of negotiating; the manager wasn’t happy selling at that price LOL only just above my cost at the importer/wholesaler. The XD card was $172. I haven’t played with the image stabilisation yet, but it looks handy when passing the camera to someone else to take a photo. I have also recorded a few small movies of the kids; 1 GB will do around 15mins. All in all I'm very pleased.	Rob99 (151)
412815	2005-12-22 11:46:00	Did you get, or were you offered the Fuji "Essentials" packNo, didn’t need another DVD and I knew I was going to get a 1 GB card.	Rob99 (151)
412816	2005-12-22 18:56:00	Not sure how the fact that a camera is.....Single Lens Reflex.. A camera that uses the same lens for viewing and shooting. A mirror reflects the image from the lens to the viewfinder. When the shutter button is pressed, the mirror flips out of the way and the shutter opens to expose the film,has anything to do directly with the qaulity of the camera.?	Cicero (40)
412817	2005-12-22 20:41:00	In the 'old' 35mm cameras SLR refered to being able to see the exact image through the lense reflected off a mirror as opposed to a camera that had a seperate viewfinder off to one side giving an approximate area of view. In general SLR refered to any 35mm camera that had interchangeable lenses. With the digital cameras such as the Fuji and some others the view is aquired through the lense (much like a 35mm SLR) but the image is shown on a small LCD display inside the viewfinder or on the larger extenal LCD display, giving a fairly exact area of view in real time. SLR doesn't directly have anything to do with the quality of the camera, but the exposure meter is reading from the actual area of the photo being taken through the lense, so will provide a more accurate meter reading than a camera with a seperate viewfinder/meter.	Shortcircuit (1666)
412818	2005-12-23 01:22:00	Smart choice Rob, you won't be sorry. Hook	Capt.Hook (5586)
412819	2005-12-23 01:38:00	Go for Fuji. I have one - can't remember off hand particular model - 3.2 M pixel with 6X optical zoom. Main advantages (to me) are the optical xoom and the fact that it also has an eyelevel electronic viewfinder. This is a real plus when ambient light conditions make it difficult to clearly see the LCD screen on the back. It's easy to switch between the two. With your budget, got for the largest optical zoom. Forget about the sales hype re didgital zoom ! It's not a zoom - it's a crop & enlarge function. Good luck :waughh: :thumbs:	Woody (710)
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