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Fujifilm FinePix A303 3MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom

Fujifilm FinePix A303 3MP Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom

List Price: $299.99
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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A sharp little number
Review: I was surprised at the sharpness of the pics. Colors seem to be good. I havent played with the settings much so any contrast brightness problems I can easily fix in a photo editor. I plugged it into our Macintosh G4 at work and all the photos were easily imported into iPhoto.
The camera was smaller than I expected. It has no case so you may want to find one for it. My only beef is that the casing of the body is plastic instead of metal. Metal would be nice, plastic makes me nervous about how durable it will be in the long run, but hell for the price I am very happy with it.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Is it worth your money ?
Review: I will try to point out some of the problems with this camera,

1. It looks cheap and feels cheap plastic. Cover of lens although good looking in pictures, is very flimsy. Try playing with one in a store and you will realize what I mean. Its basically a very thin sheet held by a spring, sure to break soon.
2. Too thick/big to compete with Canon Elph's.
3. Very less weight means more camera shake and blurry pictures. Yes for a digital camera being too light is also problematic.
4. Picture quality only average for a 3MP. Nothing spectacular. Don't be guided by just a "3MP" tag... doesn't necesaarily mean better quality. (Just like having fastest processor on your PC doesn't mean best performance, other things like motherboard, chispet, memory etc also count)
5. Has max shutter of only 1/2 sec, meaning you won't get any decent night or low light pictures.
6. No Video out port for watching pics on TV.
7. No sound recorded with movies. Movies have too low frame rate and useless quality. Use as a webcam also isn't practical.
8. Lens worse than even other Fuji, 2650.
9. To make things worse, it uses a propreitary xD card which is *more than twice* as expensive as CF card here on Amazon. Plus there's no 128MB in stock anywhere as of today. Death to xD card !

Why wouldn't someone buy a Canon A40/S200/S330 or Fuji 2650 or Nikon 2500 or Minolta Dimage X or one of dozens of Kodak/Sony/HP models floating around ? Why A303 with new propreitary card and no features for the price except a 3MP tag ? Maybe you might like it though.

I don't see any reason why Fuji couldn't use SD or MMC or CF or one of the existing formats or add video out and better movie mode. Hopefully FujiFilm will come with something better next time around !

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: This digital camera wasn't my first choice but...
Review: I wouldn't trade it for any other brand. I love the size and the quality of the pictures. I take it with me everyday and have been asked by many to take pictures for special occassions and can depend on the FinePix A303 to deliver.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Camera!
Review: I'm not a photography expert. Wanted a camera to take pictures of my children. I purchased this camera after much searching on the net and reading of magazine reviews. My local camera shop strongly recommended it. It is very easy to use, pictures are clear, sharp, and easily downloaded to your PC. Friends and family are amazed at the pictures and prints (from shutterfly.com) developed from the camera. (8x10 are unbelievable) The only downside I can see is slight red-eye in some photos..which is easily removed with software programs.

My wife (who hates cameras) even learned how to use in 2 minutes! You won't be disappointed.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: AWESOME CAMERA
Review: Is a wonderful camera! My girlfriend has one and she took her XD card to a photo place and had some pictures printed out, and printed her own on quality paper and you could not tell the difference. If you read the manual that comes with it you can figure out the best settings for the flash and everything else. Would really recommend this camera to anyone. I bought mine new on ebay for $212, and that also included a 32MEG card(along with the 16MEG), 4 rechargeable batteries & charger, cleaning kit, and case. She paid $300 alone for her camera, so if you shop around you can get some good deals.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great little camera
Review: Just bought this little guy and I am very pleased. One negative reviewer hit the only drawback, it's plastic and feels a little fragile. Other than that, it takes great pictures with minimal effort. Buy yourself an expanded memory card too. I bought the 128 MB SanDisk xD card and it works great as well.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Best deal
Review: Paid ... & free 32meg card at "a store".
Love the camera. Great pic's. Not a battery hog if you use quality ones. Moved up from Kodak 3400 and glad we did.
Nice size and weight. Far as the complants on plastic body
go it is comparable to all cams in that price range.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Love it.
Review: Pros: excellent pictures/colors, light, easy to use (point & shoot), very good PC software, and much better priced compare with other 3.x Mega Pixels.

Cons: plastic body, shuttle lag.

I recommended this nice toy to all of my relatives and friends. We all love the outcome of pics.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The FinePix A303 is Nice Point & Shoot Digital Camera!
Review: Pros: This camera is compact, easy to use, has very good photo quality, inexpensive, Easy menu navigation, 3X zoom lens in relatively compact body, separate self-timer mode.

Cons: The movie (video) mode has no sound, Some add ons are a must and cost more, No rechargeable battery included, fairly long shot-to-shot delay, noisy images.

Summary: Just bought the A303, and I don't think I could be any happier. I have been snapping and printing shots for the past few days and it has been very easy, even for a technological nivice such as myself. The camera is small, good looking, and lightweight (7oz!). I Paid $300 before accessories, resonable for 3 megapixels. The camera basically comes with everything one would need, but for those who take a lot of shots, a larger memory card (16mb included with camera) would be necessary. I looked at many other brands. Canons were a little bit overpriced, Sonys looked good, but the accessories end up costing more than the camera. If your first time digital enthusiast like me, go for the A303, you won't be sorry!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Surprisingly Little Gem!
Review: Surprisingly good images from a small camera at a small price, what's not to like? Now and then, for work, I've shot with a number of 35mm, a couple large format film cameras, one pro-35mm digital, and one digital large format studio system. That's for work though. The little Fuji A303 is for fun and what simple fun it proved to be.

The camera belongs to my 12 year old nephew. It's so simple that a youngster has no trouble getting shots that are every bit as good as the ones I take! Carrying it around all day, taking indoor and outdoor shots, close-ups and scenics, this little camera never flinched. I never had to override any of the automatic exposure settings. It handled backlighting with ease (my subject was in front of a very bright window with southern exposure). I couldn't make it fail. Exposures were brilliant.

These images look great printed out, and they are super for use in web sites, email, etc. I'd even use them in a small brochure if shot at the highest setting. (But they are jpegs with some compression so I wouldn't use them too large if the printing is done professionally). All in all, I can't fault this little camera. It's a little stunner. You won't be sorry if you buy it.


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