Owners Opinion:
Fujifilm FinePix S5200 Zoom (Elton Melo, 9 Jan 06)

5.0 million effective pixels 38 mm - 380 mm (10x) zoom

Elton Melo's Rating  Construction  4.50  Features  4.50  Image quality  4.50  Ease of use  4.00  Value for money  4.50  Overall  4.40

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Opinion Just a great camera! After using two Sony Cybershots (P32 and P10), this FinePix was a major upgrade. Don't forget to use Macro (even when your subject isn't so close) and High Speed Shooting (even when your subject isn't moving). In order to protect the lens, I bought a cheap 55mm UV filter. If you save your pictures in Cromo mode, you probably won't need a polarizer filter, nor Photoshop's Auto-levels/Autocotrast ;-) If you have a 1Gb XD card, and if you're planning to take less then 100 pictures, I hardly recommend RAW format. Each picture has 10.2 Mb (!), but the details are amazing!

Problems - Hard-to-use manual focus; - Noise at high ISO (ISO 200 has some noise); - Auto-focus beeps even when all sounds are turned "off" in the menu; - Flash is activated even in clear indoor spaces. If you don't use the flash, the pictures "shake" a bit. However, if you use it, the subject becomes clear and the background dark. I need to do some experiencies in order to find a solution.