Simviation Forum - looking for a new camera

Jul 23^rd, 2007 at 6:34pm

john_uk Ex Member

ok, im looking at buying a new camera, my current kodak Z740 is ok for the everyday snapping but when it comes to more advanced things its lacking manual control of settings.

here is one im looking at, any comments or whatever on this camera muchly appreciated

Fuji finepix s9600

what would you people recomend for around £200 - £250
if their is anything decent within that price range

cheers
john

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Reply #1 - Jul 23^rd, 2007 at 9:12pm

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Back in the 2 mp days, Wendy had a Fuji 2800 and it pleased her immensly........one thing you can be sure of with Fuji - they really bring saturated colour home for you with their in-camera image processing ....... Cool

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Reply #2 - Jul 24^th, 2007 at 4:32am

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You know the Z740 does have manual control right? "PASM" Its limited from 80-400 iso (100+ have horrible grain) F-stop is from 2.5ish to 8.0 and Shutter speed is from 1/1000 to 8 sec. Though I'm guessing you just want better control and quality (as do I) so that Fuji looks to be pretty good so good luck Wink

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Reply #3 - Jul 24^th, 2007 at 5:21am

john_uk Ex Member

yeh im aware of the PASM mode on my kodak but the quality is poop most of the time.

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Reply #4 - Jul 24^th, 2007 at 5:49am

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Rifleman wrote on Jul 23^rd, 2007 at 9:12pm:

Back in the 2 mp days, Wendy had a Fuji 2800 and it pleased her immensly........one thing you can be sure of with Fuji - they really bring saturated colour home for you with their in-camera image processing ....... Cool

I'll second that, still use mine even with an slr&dslr cameras, seems to give the best colour of the lot.

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Reply #5 - Jul 24^th, 2007 at 1:59pm

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I have a Fuji S9600, it's the best camera I've owned (so far Wink

) but it took me a good few months to get to grips with all the various settings and I feel i'm still learning now... I bought it in February.

But it does take great photos. OK it's not a DSLR but it's as good as you're gonna get in your price range.

BTW it has a half decent video capture on it too and I'd recommend at LEAST 2 Gb of portable media, I have a 2Gb XD card and a 2Gb Compact Flash card in mine (it takes both at once.)

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Reply #6 - Jul 25^th, 2007 at 12:13am

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........, I have a 2Gb XD card and a 2Gb Compact Flash card in mine (it takes both at once.)

I didn't know that Embarrassed

...good to hear though, my camera does the same thing, but since I can only get 1 gig in type "H" xD media, I use it to transfer and store from my high speed Compact Flash 2 gig card. Once they come out with a 2 gig "H", I'll get one of those. Until then I'll suffer with only 3 gigs in the camera. Roll Eyes

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Reply #7 - Jul 26^th, 2007 at 6:02am

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Anybody got any comparisons between the Fuji s9600 and the Nikon d40, apart from the price Cheesy

Im looking at getting a new camera, and have always like the d40, but little to expensive, however you can get a new on on Ebay for £290.

So i was just after some opinions?

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Reply #8 - Jul 26^th, 2007 at 3:56pm

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Have a look here:

http://dpreview.com/

Omag directed me here when I was looking for a new camera, it has very in depth reviews of LOTS of cameras.

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