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Fuji Finepix Z2
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jha07's Review of Fuji Finepix Z2

23rd Dec 2006

Overall Rating

2 stars
  • Value for money
    3 stars
  • Image Quality
    2 stars
  • Features
    1.5 stars
  • Time Digital Camera Owned
    Less than a Week
  • Battery Life
    3.5 stars
  • Ease of Use
    4.5 stars
Good Points

Compact size, stylish design, easy to use, quick startup, 2.5" LCD looks great, using the zoom doesn't decrease picture quality as much as most cameras


Bad Points

Bad picture quality, bad movie quality, not enough features / options,


General Comments

I currently own a canon A75, it's a 3 Mega pixel camera and is 3 years old. I bought the fuji z2 because it's compact, looks great, and it claim's to be good for low light conditions. I figured having 5 mega pixels should give me at least the same picture quality as my old camera. I was wrong!
The Z2 claims it can take pictures in low light conditions because of the ISO1600. What they didn't tell you is this setting makes the pictures very grainy. I suppose if you never zoom in or look at your pics too carefully, you can get away with using this setting. But personally, I find anything higher than ISO400 makes the picture quality too bad. Unfortunity, taking pic indoors, even with the flash, forces the camera to use ISO640 setting. This is in the auto mode. You can force it to use ISO400 or lower, but this makes the pictures look dark. So it's a trade off.
Pictures taken outside are acceptable. But most cameras are capable of this.
Needless to say, I returned this camera after a few days. Perhaps I'm too picky, but after reading the other reviews on here, I guess I'm not the only one.
One reviewer pointed out that you need to view the pics with the included software, or the pictures look bad. I never installed any software, but I find this hard to believe since I am just using windows picture viewer.

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