Fujifilm FinePix S5800 Reviews: Digital Hybrid Camera

+ Versatile camera with plenty of options if you wish to over-ride pre-sets. Excellent image quality

- Plastic casing seems rather fragile - I very soon purchased a camera case!

+ it appears at this point of time A ok

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+ Cheap, long zoom, easy to use

- focussing

+ fantastic little camera. Its a good step up from the compact and its got all round usability.
The zoom is fantastic and everything is in focus. picture quality is great with virtually no fringing and no blurring.
It has hardly any shutter lag compared to the compact and focuses very quickly.Startup is quick.
The macro function is superb with great clarity on the flower close ups we did. Video is not the greatest but still reasonably with sound included. Have as yet not had a chance to play with the manual settings.

- The only sore point so far is not particurly good colour rendtion when the flash is turned off.

+ easy to use out of the box
big screen

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+ Love this camera! Lightweight, easy to use, professional looking, large display screen, great picture quality and AMAZING zoom! Highly reccommended!

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+ Nice Camera, quite easy to use.
Good Images including in low light. I was very pleased with the detail I got from a picture in low light after I processed it in a picture packsge and lightened it up.

- Not completely intuative, got oin a mess when the internal memory which is quite small filled up and I hadn't read the book!

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- Batteries.

+ easy to get started and very good pictures - amazing zoom

- woudl have liked one rechargeable battery rather than 4 cells

+ Good quality, nice to handle.

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+ Ease of use

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+ Wide range of settings for different types of pictures

- The manual is quite complicated, and the internal memory is very low.

+ The ultimate digital camera for dummies - this tells you what each setting is for before you use it (eg portrait, automatic flash, no flash etc). Light, easy to hold and takes great photos. Delighted with this purchase.

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+ Compact, easy to use and set up.

- Cannot change lense. Many cameras have a small rechargeable battery this does not and only uses AA batteries.

+ easy to use - takes very good photos.

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+ It's good for taking photographs with a shallow depth of field.

- You can't use flash while you're in super-macro mode.

+ good picture quality ,batteries that were supplied are still going have not had to buy any yet and took loads of pictures. excellent value for money a great starter camera.

- only bad point is it doesnt come with a case.

+ Fantastic bit of kit for the price.

- None as yet.

+ Easy to use,takes more than one memory card format,great bridging camera .

- None as yet

+ Easy to use straight out of the box if you need to get snapping quickly

- Big hands with small camera, I had to train myself to keep fingers away from the flash when it wanted to pop up. sorted now though

+ good camara easy to use takes very good pitcures very good value for the money

- none

+ easy to use, feels like a proper camera,

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+ Amazing value for money and suprisingly good image quality

- none

+ Great if you are looking for a camera that is better than your 'point and shoots' but not as complicated as the professional ones out there.
It is certainly great value for money.

- None so far

+ Easy to use, lovely to hold- very ergenomic. Quick to turn on so you don't miss the unmissable picture.

- Small internal memory but this can be solved by purchasing a memory card

+ This camera had received very good reviews and is all that I expected.
I am by no means an expert at photography and wanted only to "dabble" at manual effects which I am really enjoying and dont think it will be long before I upgrade to a real SLR and it will all be down to this camera.
I must also admit to a strong bias for Fuji.

- Nothing to put off purchase and I would only be nitpicking if I gave any.

+ We bought this product for our son who is ten, he wanted a camera that had good zoom and produced very good quality photos and was not too complicated for him to use. He is very happy.

- Include a camera bag next time!!

+ Light and easy to use.

- none as yet.

+ Very good value for money. Probably the best Camera in its price range. Definitely Recommended. Good Battery LIfe. Looks professional acts professional when needed. Has a great book inside if read and followed, sure enough to make u semi pro with the camera.

- Fuji not as popularas Canon or Sony. Will need to buy a separate SD card memory. Recommended 2GB atleast due to the quality of pictures.

+ good set of manual controls

- no case or memory card. Also does not come with mains adaptor

+ Good control of image quality settings in manual or automatic mode.

- None found so far

+ An excellent camera for the price!

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+ For me one of the best aspects of the camera is that it has a traditional viewfinder as well as a screen. I find this easier to use and it consequently uses less battery power.

- Linked to the above - as the controls are quite sensitive when I look through the viewfinder I sometimes inadvertantly hit the macro button.

+ Easy to use and produces good quality pictures in auto mode.

- The camera is quite bulky when compared to some of the other 10 x zoom models.

+ Great value for money

- Not so good indoors under tungsten bulbs withiut flash as expexted.

+ Ease of use, black and white fine pics feature, ability to manually set the aperture and light exposure

- No other effects features (Sepia for example)

+ The camera is easy to use and the quality of images is extremely good

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+ great picture quality.

- the pop up flash keeps getting obstructed by my fingers due to the lack of space to hold onto the camera on the left side.

+ Love the functions on the camera, and the size I have really small hands and normally have trouble holding cameras. Anti-Shake and Red Eye are fantastic for catching great photos that dont need editing... The neck strap is very comfortable and has a wide padded bit for the back of your neck - close ups are a dream to take. An absolute pleasure to use and play with.

- Battery compartment cover is flimsy and not of same build as rest of camera and the lens cap is a waste of time - it needs to be alot better.

+ cheap to buy
features

- focusing sometimes
auto flip up flash hand sometimes gets in the way
low light (indoors) photos poor with flash o/k

+ Its a handy camera to use with one hand,all the menu features are easy to understand,good size zoom that can be used while in movie mode.

- None really, but could have made the flash a bit more stylish, as it tends to jump up quickly, and could spoil some shots. Thats it really, good value and portable.

+ easy to use, lots of features which are making me want to learn to use it fully instead of just using the basic as i usually do when taking photos.

- not found any yet

+ Very pleased with the S5800. It has lots of good features. Good Software easy to install. Very good value for money.
The S5800 replaces a S5600 which has given very good service over the years and is still in use.

- Does not come with a protection case.

+ Great compromise between SLR & compact. Still use my Contax 35mm for "serious" photography. This Fuji sits well in the hand, not too small and fiddly like most digital compacts when you are used to a bigger camera. Picture quality more than adequate for my needs plus it runs on AA cells which is great if you are away from a charger.

- Haven't found any yet. - Perhaps the time lag between shots is a bit long?

+ Unbelievable ease of use and features for a budget camera

- Has a tendency to a bluish cast in poorer light

+ Very high level of features, remarkably good images considering the definition (probably down to very good lens?), compact but solid enough to hold steady with ease, very good manual.

- Pathetic memory. Considering how cheap SD cards and the like are, its a little tight not to have included one.

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- user manual a bit overtechnical

+ For the money, I don't think you can beat this! It is packed with features and has an incredible zoom.

- Can take a bit of exploring or some time with the manual to find out all it has to offer. Hardly a fault!

+ Excellent and easy to use for a novice

- None found as yet

+ Lightweight and compact, but with a 10x optical zoom and then a 5x digital zoom - allows you to get really close. All this and it has an image stabilisation system to keep photos sharp and no blurring. It allows for full manual control as well as a full range of pre-set mode functions. All in all I am impressed with it, especially for the price I had it for.

- Need to buy additional power pack as it saves draining the batteries when uploading to the computer and need a storage card too - from my reading in preparation to buy this, an XD card is favoured to an SD card as the photos are more sharp and vibrant

+ Value for money from a big name

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+ everything very good value priced camera

- nothing,only thing was no case icluded in price!

+ Good Sturdy product,

- none

+ great price, simple to use, fantastic quality pics.

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+ Compact. Good range of features. Battery life good so far. Easy to use once you've acquainted yourself with the menu system. Image quality good.

- Some purple fringing (in certain external light conditions only). Needs a specific 5 volt external power supply. Indoor flash needs practice.

+ Lense and image quality are extremely high. 3 weeks on I'm still running on the original set of batteries. I've had 4 digital cameras before, and usually paid more, but got much, much less. This has become the benchmark for what I'm looking for in a camera. My brother-in-law bought one a week later. Only 8MP, but the 10MP doesn't have zoom in video mode, so am glad I opted for this one.

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+ I find the shape makes it easier to grip and some of the operations like zooming, macro etc are a lot quicker to get to when you need to take a quick picture

- Would prefer to have a clip on neck strap, I find the current strap gets in the way so if you need to remove it, it takes some sorting out

+ Quality pictures and facilities

- I am still getting to know it better

+ Feels and looks like an SLR i find it much easier to hold than smaller cameras. Good easy to use night shot and sport shot features. Excellent for really close up pictures too.

- Have not found any

+ It is a much better camera to hold i.e. Better grip, than other digital cameras and is fairly simple to operate. It is very good value for money

- None found to date

+ Ease of use

- Haven't found any yet

+ Fantastic piece of equipment

- Bulky, not easy to carry aroudn on days out.

+ Excelent bridge camara does allI could ask it to

- None

+ The camera actually surpassed my expectations.

- The only flaw would have to be its size....

+ value for money

- not really.camera's very good for amateurs like me.

+ small light and compact

- blue hew on zoom,

+ Love the great close up pictures we can take! With a new baby it has been a delight!

- None that I can think of right now!!