Fuji Finepix 2800

The Fuji Finepix 2800 is a little bit bulky now., but gives good grip.

Unusal shape ( like the traditional SLR)

Zoom works fine

Easy to use.

Decent lens and picture quality

Let down only by lack of high capacity memory card.

Even with a 128 mb card, will soon be filled up if used for video clips.

Over all it's a great camera for the price. I sold mine to get a newer version of fuji, and I regret it. So if anyone is interested to sell there Fuji finepix 2800, I will be glade to buy it from you.

The Fuji Finepix 2800 is excellent for all-round pictures. Digital cameras are going for more and more megapixels but 2M is perfectly adequate for all shots up to 8"x6", and most non-commercial printers today can only handle this spec. Variable settings give additional control of picture quality. 128 SM good for most trips and occasions. Always use a card reader to transfer images to computer. EVF a must for viewing in bright sunlight, something that pocket digitals miss out on completely!

I have owned my Fuji Finepix 2800 Digital Camera for over 2 years and it has been put through a lot! Very tough, very reliable and for a great price. Constantly amazed at the quality of shots taken and the Macro feature is remarkable. Batteries don't last long in any DC but used sensibly the Finepix will last all day. The large optical zoom enables a real zoom quality and freshness to your pics and cropping is a breeze. I particully like the vintage movie look you achieve when you use the video cameras - it's just like being in the Wonder Years! Fantastic camera at a very reasonable price. Recomended!!!!

First of all one of the lugs holding the strap broke after about 12 months and now even worse the Fuji Finepix 2800 digital camera will not turn on despite cleaning battery terminals etc

pc world refuse to do anything

the camera is 2 yrs 1 month old and according to trading standards consumer law protects me so guess who will probably have to sue pc world.

I came across a helpful site which explained that the fault was well known:

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1012&message=8896091

The mount for the strap on my Fuji Finepix 2800 digital camera broke after 12 months

But worse still the camera has completely died

no power, some web sites says this is a known fault, after 2yrs and 1 month

PC World are refusing to fix it

But will be taking them to court as it's so young in camera terms

I've got a canon slr which is still fine after 30 years!

I stepped-up from a A101 to the Fuji Finepix 2800, both are great digital cameras, but the 2800 is exceptional for the price. I have three 16MB SmartMedia cards to go with it and I can shoot all day and edit quickly when I get home. One of the very best cameras and an ideal companion to my SLR

Can and do recommend it anyone.

Considering the Fuji Finepix 2800 was the first digital camera I ever bought, I didn't do too badly. Would I buy another Fuji? I doubt it. And, I'll tell you why. Just after I bought it the smart media became almost impossible to locate. Come to find out, it is no longer made. (So, I hope my film chip lasts!)

Faces tend to go on the red side. Thank goodness I have Photoshop! But still, a less red-biased profile could have been used. (Does Fuji use that awful SRGB?)

Hot spots in the flash are very annoying. I've helped to reduce it by playing around with the EV.

Being a novice to taking digital pictures, i was amazed at this little package. The first thing that caught my attention about the Fuji Finepix 2800 Digital camera was the easy setup. After turning on the camera for the first time it asked for the date and time, no searching through pages of instructions to find out how to do this. The next thing that caught my attention was the handling of this camera, all the buttons where either at my finger tips, or could be operated with the thumb i found this to be really good as after a very short time i didn't have to keep checking if i was pressing the right button or not.

the 6x optical zoom was good, The macro for close shots was amazing,

power consumption on my first set of batteries was not good but the secound set have lasted longer so i'll put that down to the shelf life of the batteries.

the only bad points i have about this camera are:

when you press the button to take a pic, there is a delay untill the camera actually takes the pic. At first, my pics where coming out blured untill i got used to this delay.

when i erase or format the memory card the counter resets it's self to 000000. while this ok for the camera, you need to be careful and lable/tag all your pics as you could end up with a lot of pics with the same number and confussion will set in.

while taking a pic in dark places was hard and a hit or miss thing, harsh flash,

i dont use voice recording so no big deal there.

As i said at the beginning i am a complete novice to taking digital pics, But this little camera has me hooked, from the moment i picked it up and took my first picture. (i only have it a week)thumbs up a really amazing little camera.

I just recently purchased this Fuji Finepix 2800 digital camera for an excellent deal. It was marked down from $499 CAD to $299 CAD. I researched this camera on the 'net, and found it to be highly recommended.

I love the fact that this camera, although by no means large, is easy to hold. I don't like the other smaller is better cameras being sold. I would worry about dropping and losing the camera. This camera has a comfortable hand grip, and is quite sturdy.