Fuji Finepix S5000 ....... comments?

abetarrush

Hey

Jus ordered a Fuji Finepix S5000 off ebay

Its my first ever digital SLR, so, was just wonderin, is it a good camera???

Also, what price would be reasonable for it?

WB soon

Cheers

DrummerBoy

abetarrush wrote:

Hey

Jus ordered a Fuji Finepix S5000 off ebay

Its my first ever digital SLR, so, was just wonderin, is it a good camera???

Also, what price would be reasonable for it?

WB soon

Cheers

oooh Was it advertized as a Digital SLR? Cause it's not an actual Digital SLR camera!! It's an SLR-like or pro-sumer camera, simply put it is a fixed lense camera.

Fuji S5000

What did you pay for it? I hope it wasn't very much!

Oriel

It's known as the FujifilmS5000 in America, here it's the S5500.
As DrummerBoy stated, it's a fixed lens camera, but it's a good one at that.
You wouldn't expect to pay anything over €200 for that nowadays.

Oriel

By the way, it's generally better that you ask these questions before[/b] buying the camera

abetarrush

yeah, i know, but ah well

was 175 incl postage

brand new with loads of stuff


So, what IS a proper SLR? I thought it was just a cam with all the SLR settings.

Is this one just an SLR without the changeable lense???

Shrimp

It's a normal camera with slr capabilities. You wont be able to change the lens. You will possibly be able to get a wide-angle converter or some filters tho.

nilhg

Hi

I upgraded from a s5000 to a Olympus E500 earlier this year and can honestly say that while it is a good camera there is a huge gap between it and a proper DSLR, everything just happpens so much more slowly. Shutter lag was the biggest problem I had even when the scene had been composed and the exposure set by half pressing the shutter button.
I would reccomend using it in 3MP mode as the 6MP is interpolated in camera and slows things down even more.
The s5000 has since been upgraded twice to the s5500 (s5100 in US) and then S5600 (s5200 in US) which addressed most of the problems.

It is a good little camera just dont expect too much from it especially with moving subjects.

Fajitas!

abetarrush wrote:

yeah, i know, but ah well

was 175 incl postage

brand new with loads of stuff


So, what IS a proper SLR? I thought it was just a cam with all the SLR settings.

Is this one just an SLR without the changeable lense???

An SLR is a single lens reflex camera... gotta run to work now but,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dslr

Hope that explains it somewhat!!!

abetarrush

nilhg wrote:

Hi

I upgraded from a s5000 to a Olympus E500 earlier this year and can honestly say that while it is a good camera there is a huge gap between it and a proper DSLR, everything just happpens so much more slowly. Shutter lag was the biggest problem I had even when the scene had been composed and the exposure set by half pressing the shutter button.
I would reccomend using it in 3MP mode as the 6MP is interpolated in camera and slows things down even more.
The s5000 has since been upgraded twice to the s5500 (s5100 in US) and then S5600 (s5200 in US) which addressed most of the problems.

It is a good little camera just dont expect too much from it especially with moving subjects.

Well, I just need a new camera to start to use the SLR settings, and hopefully take nice pictures


Ill prob just sell it and get a new one in a year or 2


Does it generally take nice photos?

I read reviews n all online before I got it and most were positive, the main bad point was the shutter speed, but the sample photos seemed nice

I'll be mainly taking photos at my mates' gigs, and other stuff to edit in PS

cheers!

King Eric

legend of a wee camera, ive upgraded since to a dslr but learned a lot on it

look out for a tcon17 its an olympus teleconvertor but works great on the fuji s5xxx series better and cheaper than the fuji

have a look at www.s5000.net theres a forum there with loads of info

abetarrush

King Eric wrote:

legend of a wee camera, ive upgraded since to a dslr but learned a lot on it

look out for a tcon17 its an olympus teleconvertor but works great on the fuji s5xxx series better and cheaper than the fuji

have a look at www.s5000.net theres a forum there with loads of info

cheers!

Calluna

Hi, I don't usually hang out in this part of the boards but had a quick query which kinda links to the comments above. I had a FugiFinepix E550 till it broke a month ago....don't get me into the cost of repair details...but I was happy with it, but now feel I wouldn't mind something a little bit more pro, as photography is something I'm interested in. I'm very amateur but have the opportunity to do a bit of photography with my work, etc, so would like to improve my skills. Anyway, I 'm half tempted to go DSLR but had also been looking at the Fugi Finepix E9500....a prosumer? camera. Any comments? Now this S5600 might not be a bad option either.

Most of my attention has been on Fugi cos I have the memory cards, lead, etc from the dead camera and so it would be handy....I know Olympus use the same cards, so that might also be an option....The Olympus E500 looks like a cracker of a camera but may be too big budget for me....I'd be prepared to go around the €400-550 mark. And also don't know if I want to get into all the buying of lenses etc....is a prosumer a way to try it out? or will I get a feel for SLR at all with a Fugi 9500/5600?

Any help/advice would be appreciated.

positron

Some of these prosumer cameras (fixed lens with slr functions) does a decent job compared a to a entry-leven dslrs kits out there. Out of box, a Sony R1 has better glass and features than say a 350D out of box (kit lens). (A four-year-old Sony 717 effectively has a 38-200mm F2.0).

However, fixed lens camera is just that - fixed. It might be sufficient for someone who just want to continue taking really good pictures, but if someone want to experiment, try new things and shoot new subjects, thats where 350D and the like comes to form!