[Photo-SIG] Fuji Finepix S5200

[Roger Jensen]

Nancy,

I’ve seen mixed reviews on the S5200.

See the following from Digital Camera Info:
http://www.digitalcamerainfo.com/content/Fujifilm-FinePix-S5200-Digital-Camera-Review-.htm

Or this from PCMagazine:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1905073,00.asp

I see prices as low as $224.  Looks like a great price for 
a super-zoom camera.  Maybe too good; but the reviews seem 
to indicate this is a good deal at this price.  I have not 
tried this camera but do have a super-zoom Panasonic Lumix 
FZ20 with 12x zoom.  I like it a lot.  Although these 
cameras do not have interchangeable lens they are SLR. 
 Perhaps that is the reason for the name “mini-SLR”.  If 
you do not want to spend more than this, it looks like a 
good camera for the money.  These certainly provide a good 
alternative to the SLRs with changeable lens.  In fact, at 
this price you could not buy a lens for the other cameras. 
 It looks like this Fuji has much better speed than my 
Panasonic.

Good luck on your shopping.

Roger Jensen


On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 15:32:18 -0400
  "Nancy J. Christolear" <njc at dma.org> wrote:
> I was looking at this camera.  It is a "mini-SLR".  Any 
>idea what that
> means.  Sells for less than $300.
> -- 
> Nancy J. Christolear


Roger

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