Fujifilm 14MP Digital Camera With 18x Optical Zoom, Black

I decided to go with a SLR camera after being annoyed by the long delay of a regular digital camera. There is a little bit of delay with this one but not nearly enough of one to bother me. This camera is so easy to use. I usually put it in different modes to take the same picture just so I can see the variations. The best thing is the panorama mode. You take 1 picture and then turn either right or left and in the view finder it shows you exactly where to stop to line up a perfect shot next to the one you just took. It really is a neat function. You can do this with 2 or 3 shots and set it up to go right or left. I'm always amazed at how much can be done in such a small package. I did buy a case for this to carry extra batteries and a battery charger but you can throw this in your purse, too. If, like me, you carry a big purse. It's not small like a camera phone but its not huge either. This is the best compact camera I have ever bought and the results are terrific!

Bought this for my trip to Machu Picchu, & I was blown away by the quality of pictures it took. I was a bit worried because the Mega Pixels aren't much higher than my phone, but the picture quality is far better on this camera. If you are looking for a good vacation camera at a decent price, this is definitely worth a look.

I've now had this camera for several months. Overall, I am satisfied with the purchase. I have taken many excellent pictures. The battery life seems very good (I'm using rechargeable batteries). I love having the viewfinder option and using basic AA batteries (two of my main reasons for choosing this camera over others) The reason I didn't give it 5 stars is that the auto mode doesn't always produce the same quality of photos as the point-and-shoot I owned before this. With a little care and some adjustments, this camera has served me well. It has the option of changing many settings and I have taken some pretty nice pictures with a little care. But when I just grab it to quickly take a photo I've been slightly disappointed at times. But, that all said, I like it and am satisfied with my purchase.

The button got stuck on the first day and after that it wouldnt take any pictures. I tried for hours to make it work again but now luck. i was really looking forwarded to using it.

I'm not a photographer -- I've always used point-and-clicks. This camera has been a great next-step camera for me as I graduate from the point-and-clicks. The pictures are vivid and the camera is very easy to use. It travels well and I really like it. Like I said, I am not a photographer. I travel extensively and wanted something to capture great moments. This is a good intro camera to the SLR world.

I was very pleased when I got this camera. It was very light weight, fit the hand well, and took good pictures. However, after about 3 weeks when I would turn it on it would say "turn camera off and turn on again". I noticed the zoom lens would not move on it. Something seemed to be locked up. After reading about others with the same problem I had no choice but to return it...which I might add that Amazon made it VERY EASY to do. Apparently Fuji needs to work on this problem because otherwise it was a very nice camera for the price. I was disappointed!

Bought this after my S1000fd finally broke on me (banged it up one too many times) and was pretty disappointed with it. I bought it because even though I loved the S100fd, I wanted an upgrade (more MP and Optical zoom) but was very unimpressed the the noise of the higher ISO (like I read in other reviews) and the auto-focus was slow (when it worked) and the LCD screen to review the pictures was pretty grainy and even though looked fine when uploaded to my PC, still couldn't get the comparison of how much better the playback on the S100fd was. I did really like the panoramic feature, but honestly didn't have it long enough to 'play around' with a lot of other features. I returned it without much of a second thought.... just didn't impress me the way I thought it would despite the similar bad reviews.

I just got this camera today (super fast shipping from Amazon, btw) and it's already by far the best camera I've ever owned. It's incredibly user-friendly and I've already used it to take photos for my work's website - everyone was impressed! The panoramic setting works great and is super easy to use. Best. Camera. Ever.