Fuji Finepix A330 Review

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Fuji Finepix A330
3.9 stars
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cjury's Review of Fuji Finepix A330

6th Dec 2004

Overall Rating

1 stars
  • Value for money
    1.5 stars
  • Image Quality
    3.5 stars
  • Features
    3.5 stars
  • Time Digital Camera Owned
    1 - 4 Weeks
  • Battery Life
    3.5 stars
  • Ease of Use
    1.5 stars
Good Points

Nice looking; seems to work well


Bad Points

Over complex for an entry level digital camera. I feel it has a terrible interface with Windows XP and Fuji technical support were not interested in helping me.


General Comments

Fuji Finepix A330: I chose this camera because it seemed to offer the right balance of price, performance and ease of use - I bought it for my wife who isn't technical litterate. I also invested in a cradle for ease of connection to my PC. I was led to believe that with this, downloading to the PC would be as automatic as possible - ldeal for my wife.

The operation of the camera is fine. It is my first digital camera, so I have nothing else to compare it with, but with a little practise it seems to do what it says on the box. However, in the hands of my wife even the auto settings seem complex.

The worst was yet to come. I have spent a whole weekend trying to get it to take to XP. There are countless websites that try to solve the 'autoplay' problem, but none of the suggestions work. Why? because it's a problem with XP and until it is fixed, Fuji can't get the camera to work with the supplied software. So why do they supply the software and let people waste their time with software that doesn't work?

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  • Daviddug on 30th May 2005

    I`ve just bought the camera (A330) I took some pictures loaded the software (I have XP Home) everything worked just as the quick start guide said it would. I`m computer literate, but miles away from being an expert and I found the software and camera easy. The picture quality was good enough for a newcomer to digital photography and I`d consider £80 value for money.