looking for a new camera

[john_uk]

ok, im looking at buying a new camera, my current kodak Z740  is ok for the everyday snapping but when it comes to more advanced things its lacking manual control of settings.

here is one im looking at, any comments or whatever on this camera muchly appreciated
Fuji finepix s9600


what would you people recomend for around

[Rifleman]

Back in the 2 mp days, Wendy had a Fuji 2800 and it pleased her immensly........one thing you can be sure of with Fuji - they really bring saturated colour home for you with their in-camera image processing ....... 8-)

[BAW0343]

You know the Z740 does have manual control right?  "PASM"   Its limited from 80-400 iso (100+ have horrible grain) F-stop is from 2.5ish to 8.0 and Shutter speed is from 1/1000 to 8 sec.  Though I'm guessing you just want better control and quality (as do I) so that Fuji looks to be pretty good so good luck  ;)

[john_uk]

yeh im aware of the PASM mode on my kodak but the quality is poop most of the time.

[Craig.]

Back in the 2 mp days, Wendy had a Fuji 2800 and it pleased her immensly........one thing you can be sure of with Fuji - they really bring saturated colour home for you with their in-camera image processing ....... 8-)

I'll second that, still use mine even with an slr&dslr cameras, seems to give the best colour of the lot.

[MWISimmer]

I have a Fuji S9600, it's the best camera I've owned (so far  ;) ) but it took me a good few months to  get to grips with all the various settings and I feel i'm still learning now... I bought it in February.

But it does take great photos. OK it's not a DSLR but it's as good as you're gonna get in your price range.

BTW it has a half decent video capture on it too and I'd recommend at LEAST 2 Gb of portable media, I have a 2Gb XD card and a 2Gb Compact Flash card in mine (it takes both at once.)

[Rifleman]

........, I have a 2Gb XD card and a 2Gb Compact Flash card in mine (it takes both at once.)

I didn't know that  :-[

...good to hear though, my camera does the same thing, but since I can only get 1 gig in type "H" xD media, I use it to transfer and store from my high speed Compact Flash 2 gig card. Once they come out with a 2 gig "H", I'll get one of those. Until then I'll suffer with only 3 gigs in the camera.  ::)    ;D

[stuart1044]

Anybody got any comparisons between the Fuji s9600 and the Nikon d40, apart from the price

Im looking at getting a new camera, and have always like the d40, but little to expensive, however you can get a new on on Ebay for

[MWISimmer]

Have a look here:

http://dpreview.com/

Omag directed me here when I was looking for a new camera, it has very in depth reviews of LOTS of cameras.