written by Ash. on 03/09/2002
Good Points
Excellent picture quality, good range of settings, movie feature.
Bad Points
Size? Small screen. Wide angle distortion.
General Comments
The Fuji Finepix F601Z digital camera is a nice design, but not as 'Porsche-like' as its predecessor the 4800Z. Pretty easy to use and produces excellent picture quality with a good range of options.
Can digital cameras get any smaller?! This is getting a bit small for my liking - and it's slippery! I don't like the smaller preview screen (compared with the 4800Z) and the menu selection rocker switch is again a bit small to use accurately - you get used to it though.
Worst thing in my view is the barrel distortion you get on the wide angle setting. Try taking a picture of a building with nice parallel uprights and it looks like an inflated balloon.
Still, I rate this as a useful camera to keep in your pocket or bag - you hardly know it's there and it produces great pictures.
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Stuart Chalk.'s Response to 36104_Ash.'s Review
Written on: 02/12/2002
very helpful. 6800 or f601z ?????????????????