Fujifilm Finepix V10 5.1MP Digital Camera with 3.4x Optical Zoom (Gun Metal Grey) by FUJIFILM
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Digital camera reviews of Fujifilm Finepix V10 5.1MP Digital Camera with 3.4x Optical Zoom (Gun Metal Grey)
Digital camera Review: Cute, tiny, stylish, aweful image quality
Summary: 2 Stars
I recently purchased this camera-- I wanted a small, cheap backup camera, and the price Amazon was offering it at was incredible. Once the camera arrived, I took it out for several test shots under different lighting conditions (indoors w/ flash, bright indoors w/o flash, outdoors closeup & distance). Uploaded the pics to my mac, took a good look, and returned it to Amazon within six hours of the first shot.
Looking at the whole picture on the screen, the Fuji's image was noticeably "soft", and when zoomed in at all, they looked like watercolor paintings. Noise everywhere, even on shots where I dialed down the ISO. 4x6 printouts were barely acceptable, I'd never go larger. Overall image quality was what I'd expect in a camera from ~2000-2001, not a current generation camera. Compared with my other 5MP camera (an S2IS), these images were not useable. Still, this is a clever little camera that looks great & would be very easy to carry as long as you're not picky about noise in the image.
Digital camera Review: Decent pictures, beautiful screen... Skip it, though.
Summary: 3 Stars
The screen is amazing, but the quality of the pictures just doesn't compare with the F20, which is the same exact price. I thought it would be smaller, but actually, they are extremely similar in size. Please note this camera is kinda heavy for its size. It's not that weird to hold it with your finger on the screen, but it is honestly a bit less than ideal. Anyway, bottom line is, if you care about the picture quality, go for the F20. The camera bodies are very similar, the screen is only a bit smaller on the F20, and you'll be taking sharper, cleaner pictures.
I also thought this would be durable. (I am notorious for breaking things.) The screen is very well protected, but I have somehow broken the power button, from no discernible impact. This may seem like a small thing, but the power button turned on very easily if I didn't have a case on it; things would bump into it and turn it on. If you do invest in this camera, get a case so you don't waste all of your battery taking pictures of the inside of your bag.
Digital camera Review: Definitely a great purchase!
Summary: 5 Stars
I absolutely love this camera! It is easy and fun to use. The compact size is so convenient for taking to bars and outings. The screen is so big and clear, makes sharing your pics so easy. Takes great pics in dark rooms like bars. I definitely recommend this camera for anyone looking for a simple, but elegant camera with lots of extras.Digital camera Review: Disappointed
Summary: 1 Stars
Got this camera looking to replace our old Canon SD110. Very cool unit with fun features. Unfortunately it seems that all the money went into design and not performance. While flesh tones were good the photos were very grainy. Switching from the auto settings to manual trying to override the ISO didn't help. Indoors, outdoors, all consistently dissappointing.Digital camera Review: Disneyworld Photo Results Are In !!
Summary: 5 Stars
Excellent experience with this camera after just returning from Disneyworld! I shopped hard and studied many reviews before purchasing this V10 and it's one of the best purchases I've made. There's an endless list of cameras and reviews out there so let me tell you what convinced me on this one.
First, I really admired a 3-inch LCD and limited my selections to this feature. Since many 3-inch LCD cameras are comparable in price to 2.5 inch I found by going to a camera shop and viewing the different screens the 3-inch is easily the way to go.
I purchased a Samsung S1050 camera a week prior to purchasing this V10 and ended up returning the Samsung. The S1050 was a newer model with very limited reviews but had 3-inch LCD, was 10.1MP and even ran on easy to find AA batteries. However, batteries only lasted for a dozen or so pictures, camera was big and it had some glitches that I mention in my S1050 separate review.
I took the V10 to Disneyworld and snapped as many pictures as I could. After the 2nd day I'd taken approx 200 pictures and battery meter finally dropped 1 notch from full power to 3/4 power. I'd purchased 2 extra batteries on e-bay for 11 bucks and inserted 1 of these into camera for my 3rd day at Disneyworld. This 2nd battery snapped another 200 pictures and is still on full power. Also, I used flash on every picture taken so I'm impressed with battery strength. I purchased a 1GB xD card for 24 bucks and it holds over 400 pictures at the highest quality setting.
Here's a tip regarding this camera I was unaware of until reading photography advice: A few test pictures I took in full sun all seemed to have dark faces. Of course because the sun is directly overhead it casts shadows on facial features when not using flash. Solution is to keep camera on AUTO with flash. Every picture I took indoor or out used a flash and every picture I took was vivid, bright and clear. This camera takes remarkable pictures and this tip made a huge difference in picture quality for me.
Video and sound is excellent. I took a few video shots with this and it's very smooth and may have made my Hi8mm camcorder obsolete. With quality of this video I see no reason to lug my camcorder along especially since I'm able to carry this camera easily in my front pocket. Camera is also fast out of the starting blocks. It seemed to take only a second or two after powering on to snap a shot and was very quick when taking multiple shots.
Nice feature on this that allows you to take 2 shots and compare, 1 w/flash and 1 w/out. However, after using this a bit I realized every shot looked better w/flash so decided to keep this on always as I mentioned above.
Features seem fairly straightforward and easy to use and camera is small making it easy to carry around. The 3-inch LCD screen is incredible to use for both viewing and taking pictures. Of course a bigger camera would allow you to put your hands all over it and not cover up the screen but I believe the small size is important. When Amazon dropped the price of this camera to under $150, purchasing this camera was an easy decision and after a Disneyworld trip I'm truly impressed with the results.