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Fujifilm FinePix A200 2MP Digital Camera | List Price: $199.99
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Brand: Fuji
Binding: Electronics
Release Date: 2002-09-25
Warranty: 1 Year Limited
Features: - 2.0 megapixel sensor creates 1,600 x 1,200 images for prints at sizes up to 8 x 10 inches
- 2.5x digital zoom lens with autofocus
- Stores photos on 16 MB XD card--25 images at fine and 39 images at normal
- Connects to PCs via USB port
- Powered by 2 AA alkaline batteries (included)--rechargeables recommended
Great value [Posted on 2004-09-17]
I had and tried several digit-cams and can say that you cannot find a better camera for this price.
Pros:
+ Great value, low price
+ Easy handling
+ Portability, light weight
+ Great Fuji colours, good auto white balance
+ Fast shutter response, close to film cameras
+ Control over exposure, flash and pre-programmed white balance
+ It uses AA's, great battery life
+ Changig between images in playback mode doesn't take hours
+ Excellent prints from the photos
Cons:
- Images noisier than competition (but they are more expensive also)
- Images too much compressed, therefore less detail, no control over jpeg compression (but this is the same with most Fuji models unfortunately)
- No control over ISO
- Low resolution LCD, too dark in low-light
- No optical zoom (but at this price it's ok)
- The camera has a cheap feel to it (but again, at this price it's ok)
- Weak flash for outdoor night shots, but enough for smaller room shots
- Flash recharge time takes a few seconds, camera freezes (but this is the same with most Fuji models unfortunately)
- It uses expensive XD-cards
- Sluggish zooming and panning in playback mode
- No sound in video
I highly recommend this camera for beginners or to those who doesn't want to spend more on a digital camera.
I've read many negative reviews due to it's bad photo indoors. Okay, it's not a Canon G3. At first I thought the same, but then set the controls to manual, set the exposure up to the highest value and then shot the picture. The end result was much better than in full auto mode. So my advice is indoors and in low-light set the exposure manually, you'll be glad you did I promise.
The colours are well balanced, and the prints come out great, no matter how noisy the images are, you won't notice that on the photo paper.
This model is now out of sale, but if you can find a second-hand one at a good price don't be afraid to buy it, it's an excellent buy.
Good for what it is [Posted on 2005-07-06]
This camera is designed to be an entry-level snapshot camera and it is very good at being just that. It takes decent photos and is very easy to use. As other reviewers have indicated, it does tend to chew through the batteries, but I just buy AAs cheap at Sam's and don't worry about it. It works especially well in outdoor situtions. It performs less well in low light. Due to this limitation, it is just about useless as a webcam. Even with all the lights on in the room, the webcam image is almost totally black. The flash and the lens are less than an inch apart, so this camera is very prone to redeye. There is a redeye reduction mode to the flash that works okay, but doesn't totally fix the problem. All-in-all, for an entry-level camera, the A200 is quite usable. Just be aware of what it is and don't expect it to do more.
I love it [Posted on 2005-10-08]
This camera is amazing. Out of the 3 digital camera's under $150 I've used, this is by far the best, beating out the Kodak and the SiPix. I originally bought the SiPix, and it was junk. Don't buy the SiPix that's under $150. The Kodak for some reason didn't seem like it took as good pictures as the FinePix, but the software was a little better, being from Kodak.
This camera can take pictures of resolution up to 2 megapixels, but I don't even use that option because the 1 megapixel pictures are so amazing. It comes with a 16MB removable memory card, so you can take around 49 pics at 1MP, around 24 at 2MP, and it takes short videos for about 30 seconds in mpeg format at a 320 x 160 resolution, or more on a lower setting. The LCD screen can easily be turned on or off to save battery power, and the 2 AA batteries it takes lasts pretty long. It has a nice, sleak design, and the software has no issues with windows XP at least.
The only cons I could think of are that the only zoom it has is 2X digital zoom, which is pretty much useless, and I never use it, since it's the same thing as zooming in with your picture viewer on your computer. So you can consider it not having any zoom. The software for it works well, but it could be better, options wise. The filenames of the pictures will default to a number depending on its order on the memory card, so if you transfer pics to your computer more than once in a day (since it creates folders based on date), you'll have to rename each pic. But I hardly complain, since the pictures come out so incredibly well.
I'm so happy with this camera! If you want a camera under $150, this is the one to get. Don't even waste your time with the Kodak, unless you want the one with 3X optical zoom, but that's $200. I use it for general purpose, taking pictures of freinds and such. Once in a while I take a picture of a sunset at 2MP, and that will be photo quality printed on a full page. 1MP creates crisp and clear desktop wallpaper size images, and .3MP will created good smaller images to put on websites. There's no reason to buy anything else, go with the Fuji FinePix A200!
great for photographing artwork [Posted on 2006-08-30]
This camera is great for photographing artwork. It's the only camera I could find that doesn't bow the edges of paintings or watercolors (I think a lot of cameras have a lens that distors things, but you can't tell until you photograph something that is supposed to be rectangular).
The color reproduction is also good.
If you want a camera that takes good pictures of distant objects, or one with higher than 2mp resolution, look for another camera.
A great little camera with some quality issues [Posted on 2006-10-02]
I've owned one of these cameras for about four years now, and I have been very pleased with it. It is light, small and easy to carry. It takes beautiful pictures--very sharp, and with good colors. The pictures look good even when you blow them up so big you can see the individual pixels.
It was actually my second camera like this. The first had a problem with the USB port on the side of the camera, and I took it back to the store and traded it for a new one. This camera also had a problem too, after about two years, the button on the back that is needed for making settings stopped working properly.
But still, considering the cost of the camera and the quality of the pictures, I will be buying another one. It's worth it.
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