Fuji Finepix A201 Review

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Fuji Finepix A201
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zakrocz.'s Review of Fuji Finepix A201

5th Jul 2002

Overall Rating

4 stars
  • Value for money
    2.5 stars
  • Ease of Use
    3.5 stars
  • Image Quality
    2.5 stars
  • Features
    4.5 stars
Good Points

Cheap compared to similar priced cameras that had less features. Small and funky. 20 second movie mode is great fun. Smooth installation, everything worked first time.


Bad Points

Cannot handle taking pictures indoors with indoor lighting.
Software does not allow resizing of photos ie 5" x 7", etc.
Menu system on the camera itself has been designed by Alan Partridge (for non-UK residents that means by an idiot).


General Comments

This Fuji Finepix A201 digital camera was really growing on me during the first few days after purchase. After I got to grips with the menu system on the camera, which is frankly a mess and doesn't follow it's own rules, I was really feeling good about deciding this was the camera for me. It's my first purchase of a digital camera and I am now totally in love with the freedom allowed by being able to snap away, safe in the knowledge that you can view, delete, generally mess about knowing your not wasting valuable film.

Unfortunately this all ended the first time I used the camera at night in my home. The images taken inside under indoor lighting are covered in white circles of light. According to the manual this is caused by using a slow shutter speed and high temperatures. Hello? I'm in England, and it's not hot, not even approaching it. As for the slow shutter speed, that was also not true. The camera was set on Auto with auto-flash selected.

So now I'm really heartbroken because I know this camera is useless to me now, because I take a lot of photos indoors at night :(

I will mess about some more tonight with the manual settings, but I'm not holding out much hope. I'll be back to edit if I get a positive result, but the fact that I have to do this is a very big minus point. All I want to do is press click and have a cheap and cheerful photo without having to mess about with advanced features.
Postscript:
Having studied the manual further, I have now found the cause of the white circles of light on my photos, it's actually down to dust particles, obviously I need to dust more :)
I also think it didn't help that I took the photos close to a strong light source, which probably made the problem worse.
I now intend to keep the camera, and would recommend budget buyers to give it a try.

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