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[OM] Re: Fuji S9500 and Canon 300D Digital Cameras

Subject: [OM] Re: Fuji S9500 and Canon 300D Digital Cameras
From: ScottGee1 <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:33:14 -0500
Well, you might want to read Simon's conclusions before considering
the S9500 a replacement for the 300D:

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilms9000/page15.asp

ScottGee1

On 11/21/06, Allan Mee <bigalsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi
> I actually went into the camera shop today and compared the 'looks' of an
> actual Fuji S9500 Digital camera wth a Nikon D50 and Canon 400D (by looking
> at them in their glass cases). The Fuji S9500 is just a tad smaller (maybe a
> cm or so) than a D50 and would certainly 'look' the job on top of a tripod.
> It's my friend's S3100/3500 that's sooo diminutive that it would be a joke
> to try to use. The Fuji S9500 has a hotshoe for external flash too - and I
> can afford it cash!
> I rang the shop where I'm getting the Canon from (to see if I could go and
> collect it) - they say it will take up to a week to arrive and that they
> will ring me when it arrives???
> If they mess me about I'll just go out and buy a Fuji S9500 from Curry's - I
> felt like just buying one today and getting it all over with. As far as I
> can see, the only 'fault' with the Fuji S9500 is that it has a fixed lens.
> But the 28-300mm (compared with Canon's 28-80mm) plus 3 more megapixels does
> make it a very tempting proposition. In addition, the Fuji S9500 can make
> short movies at up to 30 FPS at VGA resolutions (NOT that I'm looking to
> make any movies - but it could be useful to have a few secs of movie
> sometimes, to accompany the shots of/at a wedding, say). I didn't actually
> play with the camera because I might have said 'blow the Canon' and just
> bought it. I suspect the camera shop I'm getting my Canon from (hopefully)
> will have both cameras and I'll be able to have a play with, and good chat
> about, both. The Fuji S9500 really is a handsome beast of a digicam and I'm
> sure that only knowledgeable 'photographers' would know its a not a full
> DSLR. It would quickly pay for itself (I hope) doing portraiture - although
> the thought of maybe one day accidently scratching the lens or dropping the
> thing worries me. I thik if Fuji gave it a  bayonet mount with
> interchangable lenses (and kept it at more or less its current price) they
> really would have a entry level DSLR to challenge Nikon and Canon for entry
> level digital photographers. I can't see Fuji rushing to do that and maybe
> risking losing out their S-series pro DSLRs to it though.
> Allan

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