• Fairly good image quality, easily within 90% of the top of the league
• Sharp images with good resolution
• Flexible flash settings
• External flash hot-shoe
• Good manual features with full manual (if limited to two apertures) mode
• Good battery life from supplied rechargeable lithium battery
• Automatically stores camera settings for next power-up
• Great ergonomics, good weight balance
• Tram-lines in Auto mode
• Well positioned tripod mount

• TIFF format cannot be opened in Photoshop (must be opened and re-saved in another application)
• Slow processing
• Noisy focus / zoom mechanism
• Odd zoom lever
• Terrible viewfinder
• No ISO control
• Limited low light ability
• Limited shutter speed range in Shutter Priority (1/8s is slowest shutter speed)
• Visible noise on most images
• Clunky "press OK to store image" sequence
• Big, bulky and weighty

Overall conclusion

Here's my rating of the Fuji MX-2900:

The MX-2900 is a fair attempt to capture the imagination of owners who are looking for a 2+ megapixel digital camera with manual features and a traditional look and feel. And for most it would produce good results, however it's not top-of-the-pile and has some shortcomings which wouldn't make it my choice.

Below Average

So which one should I buy? A question I get asked several times a day, and I wouldn't like to say In a new addition to my reviews (after the amount of feedback I normally get) I've added a link to a specific forum in which you can discuss the review or ask me specific questions which I've not answered in these pages.

Enter the Fuji Discussion Forum