Film-Camera Reviews

Size:

The most compact for the F series, very thin in thickness and weight around 140 g with battery. It's really the camera that can put in the shirt pocket or hang as a mobile phone.

Outlook:

The material of the case is metallic aluminim, rather cool and futuristic. The lens cover is good for protection. Anyway you can use the viewfinder to get the rough setting first. The start-ups is fast.

Ease of Use:
As for beginner/daily use level, the quick menu buttons on the back is very convenient for you to swicth to movie mode and adjust zoom, flash & modes.

As a bonus, there is also a self-timer.

Comments:
Only 2 valid megapixel (extend to 3m by software) & only digital zoom, I have it for my kids for causual shots. Pic quality is fine for 4" x 6". And the LCD cannot cover all the area. Poor for night shots as predictable. The using of a new XD cards formatt is also why I do not turn back to old models. The main point is the price...if you have (or dunno mind to) Smartmedia, the Finepix 50i , 40i or 30i or Casio Exilim are also good to buy instead, as these can play MP3 music. For better picture quality and more advance setting in such size range the Minolta Dimage Xi is much better.

Accessories:

Come with a cradle ( for connect with PC, TV ), battery (NP-40 which is very small) & an adaptor. You may need to buy an extra battery $25 or a slim case ( i use a PDA case n look smart ) and expensive xD cards as well.

If you plan to buy a camera-phone, take this instead for its size and quality.

This is it, guys, if you can find it in stock anywhere. You won't see it in a store. There's no zoom, but you won't miss it, and the battery lasts through a full day of use. The cradle is a must-have for convenience, charging and downloading just by setting it in the cradle. Get a 256 meg memory card for it and set the quality setting just one step below maximum, and you'll have 339 high quality 8x10 photos without downloading. Great for the techno-phobes.

I wanted a camera without a zoom lens (because I don't find them useful) and something that would fit easily in my shirt pocket. I also wanted a camera that I could carry effortlessly, so that I'd likely carry it. So you'd have it for those moments you'd like a camera-not just the big events. Well, I am so in love with this camera.

Despite its small size the pictures are fantastic. We have even enlarged portions of some shots and printed them 8x11 and had very little pixellation.

But, the best thing is that I now carry the camera nearly al the time - and its no burden. Battery life is good. Best of all, connecting it to the computer and instaling the software was easy for me-and I hate computers. I love this camera!

This camera has a very appealing body design. It is comfortable and easy to grip. The pictures are outstanding. It adjusted well to poor indoor lighting conditions. The movie format produces great pictures as well. I have friends with 2.1Mpixel cameras and the movies are not as good a quality. The only downfall is that the camera doesn't have any sound features. This is disappointing when using the movie mode.

This camera is simple enough to use as a point-and-shoot yet has many advanced features. The color and clarity of images is superb. It does well in low-light situations although the built-in flash will usually improve the picture.

My only complaints are the irritatingly short battery life (buy a spare battery and the optional battery charger - it shortens charge time to a mere hour!) and the shutter lag. It is almost impossible to snap a good shot of my 3 year-old who can't stand still.

Addendum: This is now my camera of choice. It takes much better pics than either of my 35mm cameras. Like any digital camera, however, it still doesn't work well with fast-moving subjects because of the shutter lag.

As all of the previous reviewers have stated, the Fuji 4900 is an excellent camera.
Coupled with the Epson Stylus Photo 1280, I have made excellent 16" x 20" prints that look as good or better as film prints.
My Epson Stylus Photo 820 does an excellent job with 8" x 10" prints as well.
The Fuji 4900 is just an excellent camera EXCEPT for the poor battery life. I got tired of the constant need to recharge the NP-80s ( I have 6) so I bought a PowerBank MH-DPB180M battery pack from J&R Electronics and no longer have that problem.

I've had my 40i for just over 3 months and I'm very happy with it's performance. The major advantages for me have been it's size, picture quality and, of course, the very handy digital video recording functions. I would definately recommend it to friends because, in my opinion, it's the best all round performer. OK, with that out of the way, I have one major problem with the video function: Having used the camera on a regular basis, I've found myself recording more and more videos. I now have 2 64meg cards to support my habit. The videos are saved as .avi files which I thought would be ideal to send to friends to view the videos. Unfortunately, if the video is double clicked on a standard Windows PC it does not act as a standard .avi file and it cannot be viewed ie it can only be viewed either from within the Exif Viewer software (supplied with the camera) or by opening Quicktime then opening the file itelf. I'm happy to be proved wrong on this. I've tried renaming the file to .mov so that it can be recognised by Quicktime and I've also tried changing the file associations in Explorer so that the file is viewed by the standard .avi viewing software. When the file is double-clicked in Explorer a connection to the net is made to attempt to download the appropriate decompressor (which, of course, fails). My suggestion is simple - if the file generated is indeed given a .avi extension, can it be viewed as any other .avi please? I'm sure that there's a very good reason why this occurs but try explaining it to the average Joe who tries to view the video without Exif Viewer or Quicktime.

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This is one of the easiest camera's to use. The quality is great and in such a small , light but durable package! Megapixel !!!! I can't say enough about this camera. So many features. I do use the mp3 player and it works great , but to hold pics and mp3's I have to upgrade my smart media card. I will go to a 128 meg and that will be all I need. (I called Fuji and they said it will handle a 128 meg card) This camera requires a special ID smart media card and Viking makes it. Last time I looked Amazon was selling it [price] dollars for 128 meg. Nice! My wife has her eye on this beauty and now she wants one, so I ordered the metallic blue model. The movie function is nice and includes sound but I really don't use it. I noticed that although the movies have an .avi extension windows media player won't play them but quicktime does. .... Some camera buffs wish this camera had optical zoom, but I'm happy with the digital zoom and after all optical zoom means heavy weight added to the camera. No thanks, I love this baby just the way it is! Enjoy...