Opinions on Fuji S5600 please

greengiant · 27 Dec 2005 at 19:07

I'm hopefully going to order my new digital camera in the new year.
At the moment I have an Olympus C5000.

I'm looking at a Fuji S5600. I realise I won't gain any more pixels as they are both, however the 10x optical zoom and Raw mode are selling points for me. However lack of flash hotshoe means I won't have anywhere to put my hotshoe spirit level which I use most of the time when taking landscape photos. (But a wee bit of self adhesive velcro would sort that?)

Another thing I like about the Fuji is that the zoom lens is enclosed, no bits zooming in or out which should make it a bit more rugged.

However not read of anyone who has actually used one so I don't know how good it actually is.

So, any thoughts about this camera? I'd prefer not to spend too much more than the price of the S5600 (currently 220 or so) as I want money spare for accesories.

Thanks in advance
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Brian

greengiant · 28 Dec 2005 at 17:54

Thanks for the replies. I'm pretty certain about the S5600 now. Just got to wait until pay day on the 24th Jan. (Got other things to buy beforehand!)

cheers

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Brian

greengiant · 30 Dec 2005 at 18:45

TomWilko, nice pictures on your site. If they were taken with the S5500, then I think the S5600 is the camera for me!

Will probably be waiting until I get paid end of january (Extra holiday pay time! + payrise!)

Thanks for all the replies.

greengiant · 2 Feb 2006 at 19:58

Hi Guys.

Just to say that I have now got my S5600, and am now getting into the swing of using it.

I have added a 55mm UV Filter, and I tend to be shooting mostly in RAW mode.

Planning a nice walk / photo session tomorrow, so I should hopefully have more pics soon!

regards

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Brian

greengiant · 6 Feb 2006 at 18:09

Some shots from my S5600:

A piggy, at full optical zoom:

Forth Rail + Road bridge, taken from about 4 miles away, again full optical zoom. Slight vignetting present though?

Both pictures taken in CCD Raw mode.

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Brian

greengiant · 6 Feb 2006 at 20:21

Raymond - the camera was on the tripod for the 2nd image. I didn't use the 2 second self timer trick though. so perhaps the camera moved slightly while pressing shutter button.

Another shot taken same day as the bridge shot. Slightly hazy looking as it was quite a hazy day. Again full 10x optical zoom, ccd raw mode. 200iso so slight noise.

Quite impressed to be able to read the writing on the side of the boat!