Fujifilm FinePix A800

Opinion: Yet another cheap camera.

I had the opportunity to test the Fuji FinePix A800 for one day.

GOOD:
- runs on 2 AA Batteries
- uses SD card
- point and shoot

NOT GOOD:
- very slow auto focus (AF) even in bright light (no real snapshots possible)
- awful AF motor sound
- bulky design (in my opinion)
- speaker on the bottom of the camera gets covered by thumb
- dust on sensor (2 big spots!)
- no spot AE metering
- no center weighted AE metering
- slow menu
- slow review mode
- very slow zooming while reviewing
- some pictures are greenish (no setting to fix this)
- light overexposure
- Batteries may fall of when opening SD-card compartment

I had no fun using this camera.

Opinion: Je viens d'acheter ce petit Fuji et c'est mon dixième numérique
Je vous montre quelques épreuves sur le site a800.free.fr
Ce que je peux dire c'est que pour ce prix c'est une REFERENCE !
Balance des blancs superbe quelque soit le mode
Bonne dynamique ( jugement sur un écran cathodique )
Couleurs un peu riches ( certains aiment )
L'abération chromatique est très discrète ( bel effort M. Fuji sur ce point faible... )
Zoom numérique valable jusq'au 300 mm équivalent !
400 iso très bon
800 acceptable pour une tirage 10x15

Le CCD HR est vraiment le meilleur dans sa catégorie.

Fujifilm a réussi sa mutation et de plus ses produits ont tous un équilible équivalent ( à l'image des pellicules argentiques ) et donc une identité propre.

NB contrairement à ce qui écrit dans une autre critique je n'ai constaté aucun défaut de bruit de lenteur ou autre !
Et puis si vous ouvrez la trappe c'est soit pour changer les batteries ou enlever la carte , alors si vous êtes "gogol" , acheté un jetable !

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I have just bought this small Fuji and it is my tenth numerical !
I show you some tests on the site a800.free.fr
How I can say it is that for this price it is a REFERENCE ! Other manufacturers are not with the height
Balance white superb
Good dynamics ( CRT view)
Colors a little too rich (some like)
Chromatic aberation very soft
Valid numerical Zoom until 300 mm
400 iso is very good
800 acceptable for a pulling 10x15

CCD HR is really the best ! in compact so

Fujifilm made a success of its change and moreover its products a whole a balance equivalent (to the image of the silver films) and thus an identity have.

Note + : Contrary to what writes in another criticism I did not note any defect of noise of slowness or other! And then if you open the trap door it is is to change the batteries or to remove the card, then if you are “gogol”, bought disposable !

Opinion: Great Image quality with a few quirks.

Judging from the specifications, this one probably shares its sensor and lens with the F40fd, and it shows. Detail level is just great, purple fringing is low for the most part and the lens keeps corner softness quite well under control. Contrast and color saturation are nicely balanced and not overdone. The in-camera sharpening is also on the safe side, the pictures are tack sharp but still retain some room for later sharpening in software.

High-ISO performance is very good. I would say that the image quality of the A800's ISO800 mode is similar to what we are used to see between ISO200 and ISO400 from other (non-SuperCCD) compacts. The noise remains quite unobtrusive and the is no ridiculous overblurring going on, images get just *slightly* softer as ISO is increased.

The build quality and finish are really nice considering the price. Some parts of the case actually look and feel a lot like polished metal (and, unfortunately, also collect finger prints rather easily).

Since this is an entry level point'n'shooter, some of the more interesting settings are are either unavailable or hidden away in the scene modes. Let me give you a run down of what is possible: First, this camera has a "manual mode" which I'd call a poor man's Program AE – here, you can set ISO, EV, white balance, flash mode and macro mode. For longer exposures, there is a "night mode" which fixes ISO at 200 and allows the camera to automatically set exposure times up to 3 seconds. Then there's the "fireworks mode" which lets you manually set the exposure time between 0.5 and 4 seconds (ISO is fixed at 100, infinity focus). If you know how to work around its limitations, you can get amazing results from this camera.

Opinion: I have used fujifilm 2600Z before, that one give me a very good image quality, so I bought this one, thinking it should be about the same quality, but I am wrong, the image is very blur, can not compare to 2600Z , totally not acceptable, none of the picture are sharp. people must stand still, even a slight move , the image will blur, even the still image also not clear, I immediately returned the camera and changed a Canon A570 IS.