I've had this camera for approx a year now. Image quality-wise I've had excellent results. I own a Nikon D-70, a Nikon 7900, a Kyocera/Yashica Lv3 (all excellent digital cameras), but the Fuji E550 is definitely up there with the best of them, and at times exceeds their picture quality, too.
The flash is acceptable; I shoot predominantly with the 6mp (tried the 12mp -- very good, but takes up too much space on my memory card.)
I recently purchased the E900 Fuji, but for some reason had miserable picture quality results. Must've had a bad one -- pix were either soft or blurry. I would bet there was something wrong with the lens or other mechanics of the camera, so I don't blame it on the company.
All in all, I would absolutely recommend this to an aspiring photographer, or an advanced amateur photog. Can't go wrong with this one.
Problems:
No problems with this one, but had picture quality problems with the E900, as mentioned above, so better to test a few of them before making the switch, if you're interested in the E900.
The flash is acceptable; I shoot predominantly with the 6mp (tried the 12mp -- very good, but takes up too much space on my memory card.)
I recently purchased the E900 Fuji, but for some reason had miserable picture quality results. Must've had a bad one -- pix were either soft or blurry. I would bet there was something wrong with the lens or other mechanics of the camera, so I don't blame it on the company.
All in all, I would absolutely recommend this to an aspiring photographer, or an advanced amateur photog. Can't go wrong with this one.
Problems:
No problems with this one, but had picture quality problems with the E900, as mentioned above, so better to test a few of them before making the switch, if you're interested in the E900.