F10 or Z1?

[Tu Madre]

Im looking at purchasing a digital camera for just basic point and shoot purposes. I am debating between the F10 and the Z1. I handled an F10 at my local store and liked it. WHats are the differences between the 2? and which one would you recommend? Thanks.

[waruwaru]

You should play with a Z1 and decide for yourself. I may sound biased, but I was going to get a Z1, but ended up with a F10 instead. Here are some reasons:
- F10 is a bit bigger, but still small enough
- I didn't like the sliding cover
- F10 has ISO 1600
- F10 has more settings to tweak, like longer exposure time
- F10's resolution is just a tad higher
- Fuji makes an underwater case for the F10

P.S, F10 (and I assume Z1) can be a quirky, requires you to think more about settings. Make sure you can live with them before the purchase. F10 can take amazing macros, and very good pictures without flashes in darker areas.

[Rex914]

F10 by far. I wasn't impressed at all by the Z1's image quality.

[speaklightly]

Tu Madre-

I believe that waruwaru covered things quite well. I like the F-10 a lot and have taken some fantastic photos with the Fuji F-10. My daughter chided me a bit, saying that I got good results because I have a great deal of photographic experience.

To convince her otherwise, I urged her to take the F-10 with her on her recentvacation, and she did. She found the F-10 very easy to use and particularly good for flash photos.

Here is a sample Fuji F-10 photo.

Sarah Joyce

[wrzlgrmpf]

I got my Z1 4 weeks ago.
It is very difficult to get sharp images. The AF frame is tiny, and as there is no optical viewer, you have to rely on the display. Its readability is very poor and depending on light conditions, and very often you simply can't see anything on it. This problem exists on all cameras without optical display, but due to its tiny AF frame, the Z1 is almost unusable when there is sun in your back or in dark conditions.

[swgod98]

P.S, F10 can be a quirky, requires you to think more about settings.

Do you mind going into more detail about this? Why do you have to think more? Is it because the "auto" setting gives unreliable images? Or, are you just referring to the odd menu system?

Describe a typical "shot" with the F10................?

[waruwaru]

Do you mind going into more detail about this? Why do you have to think more? Is it because the "auto" setting gives unreliable images? Or, are you just referring to the odd menu system?

Sorry for not being clear. You are correct, most people unhappy with their F10 don't like the 'auto' settings. I had an old Sony 2 megapixel Cybershot before the F10, and I don't think I've gotten many blurry pictures. With F10, I have to hold the camera more steady. But that might be because of the much higher resolution and longer exposure time that I am getting with F10. When the subject is too close, F10's flash also tend to over-blow the exposure. The menu is a bit un-intuitive, but I got used to it after a few days. Check the other forum for some of the major complaints. So, you have to think more when you take a picture. I don't know much about exposure/shutter-speed before, so I have to learn abit more now. If you want to just click, and let camera worries about the rest, then you probably won't be too happy with F10.

However, I do like my F10 very much. Like I mentioned before, it's great for macro shots, night/low-light shots. The camera starts very quickly, and the LCD is very bright. I think I have taken thousands of shots already because I tend to take it with me everywhere. I think I am starting to getting a hang of this camera, so it's alot of fun.