Good Indoor camera

[f1fan111]

Budget

£150-£250 (new or 2nd hand)

Size

Does not matter

Features

5+

Standard+

image quality 6+

Do you care for manual controls?
yes

General Usage

What will you generally use the camera for? - everything but indoor photo quality is very important

Will you be making big prints of your photos or not? A4 size possibley

Will you be shooting a lot of indoor photos or low light photos? Yes

Will you be shooting sports and/or action photos? a few

Miscellaneous

Are there particular brands you like or hate? Nope

Are there particular models you already have in mind? Fuji S5600 (think was S5200 in some countries) and S6500FD (one on ebay £120 atm)

My current Camera is a Olympus C-720 (8x Optical Zoom 3x Megapixels)

Thank you for any help

Michael

[bascom]

What size do you want? Yes Fuji S5600 and S6500 have high ISO and should do well indoors but they are big. Fuji F30 is smaller.

[Hany]

Stay away from the S5600. I had bad experience with it. Mine malfunctioned after only 4 months of use. It displayed a "focus error" message and didn't shoot any photos. I had it fixed at the authorized Fufifim dealer in Dubai. But Fujifilm technicians turned out to be by no means educated to fix a camera. They fixed the "focus error" message, but caused two other problems. The AF assist lamp doesn't work at all, and all the camera shots are blurred and out of focus. The result is that still after paying to fix it at an authorized Fujifilm dealer the camera is unusable.

[f1fan111]

After thinking about camera choice abit more i changed my mind and now want a small compact camera.

The F30 looks very good but the F20 is abit cheaper, what are differences in the F series range?

This camera will be used alot indoors and for gigs so indoor shots will be important. Any other cameras i should consider? new or old i don't mind just something thats good in low light as all we get in UK:p

thanks

[Riley]

Stay away from the S5600. I had bad experience with it. Mine malfunctioned after only 4 months of use. It displayed a "focus error" message and didn't shoot any photos. I had it fixed at the authorized Fufifim dealer in Dubai. But Fujifilm technicians turned out to be by no means educated to fix a camera. They fixed the "focus error" message, but caused two other problems. The AF assist lamp doesn't work at all, and all the camera shots are blurred and out of focus. The result is that still after paying to fix it at an authorized Fujifilm dealer the camera is unusable.

i would go oevr their heads, and write or call fuji about the problem

[mattdm]

The F30 looks very good but the F20 is abit cheaper, what are differences in the F series range?


F20: most basic.

F30: adds more pixels on the LCD, bigger battery, slightly stronger flash, and aperture/shutter priority modes. Also, mode dial for controls -- the F20 requires fiddling in the menu to switch modes.

F31fd: like the F30, but with face detection, which is probably nice for your usage. May also have some firmware tweaks (better outside?).

F40: the upgrade to the F20 due in march. Like the F20, but with an SD card slot and an (unproven) 8 megapixel sensor, and the face detection feature.

F50: presumed successor to the F30/F31fd, may be announced in March. Likely to be just like the F31fd but with SD slot and 8 megapixel sensor.


My general recommendation is to go for the F20 or wait for the F50. If you can't wait and want more than the F20, get the F31fd.

[tat2dphreak]

I just got my F30, and played with it all weekend. the F30 pics turn out great!I'm very impressed