Fuji FinePix S9500 Review

Good Points
Uses AA batteries which are always readily available.

Fixed lense, no dust on sensor.

Quick start up time.

Good manual control for creative shots.

Bad Points
Very noisy above ISO 400.

Steep learning curve after using a point and shoot camera.

General Comments
I can't add anything more technical then other users have.



I upgraded to this Fuji Finepix S9500 from a Nikon 7600, a camera I was glad to see the back of - the S9500 in comparison is a much more complicated camera and not one you can pick up and take good shots from the off, some understanding of shutter speeds and apertures is needed to use the camera to its best potential.



I've had great fun with this camera over the past 8 months, I've also sold a lot of pictures to guests passing through my B&B business as well as a few through a stock library I belong to. I've also had photographs used in a local newspaper and I'm currently negotiating with a glossy magazine to use a photo I took of a gun dog, I say this to illustrate the point that while the s9500 can not hope to compete with a dSLR, it can still produce images that are saleable, and for the average user, the images produced are of an excellent quality and easily printed up to A3.



I had considered moving on to a dSLR in the future, but at the moment this camera fulfils all I need from it and more.