The Fuji cameras are excellent. I forgot to mention those in my post. They used to make some great film cameras.
Roy Inman From: shabbona_rr <[email protected]> Reply-To: S-Scale <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:35:19 +0000 To: S-Scale <[email protected]> Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Camera for Christmas --- In [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com> , "bcgsteam" <bcgsteam@...> wrote: > After much research I just recently purchased what has proven to be a very versatile camera in the relative new class called 'super zooms'. It is a Fujifilm HS30EXR. It has a zoom that goes from 24mm-720mm (believe it or not!) and has fully manual controls, yet it is MUCH smaller and lighter than a digital SLR (because the lens is not interchangeable) although it won't fit in your pocket. It's not perfect (none are) but I've gotten nice general photos, photos of grandkids playing sports (it can shoot 6 frames a second), and it takes HD video. I have also just finished shooting both a set of layout photos and a set of close-ups of a scratchbuilding project both for publication using the manual controls. The pictures are crisp and clear with good color rendition. I hesitated because Fujifilm is not one of the bigger brands, but the reviews were good and it has a nice set of features overall. I've been very happy so far. I almost bought a Fuji HS10 about a year ago, before I decided to have my S9000 repaired at KEH. Another list member had expressed disatisfaction with the slow shutter response time for some of his action photography. However, a family friend obtained one and is happy with it. I believe it will do the job and almost wish I had bought one myself. There is nothing wrong with Fuji optics as far as I am concerned, and I liked the idea of the 24-720mm lense, but I am satisfied with the S9000 and see no reason to replace it at this time. I also like the larger viiewfinder of the HS10 boB Nicholson ______________________________________________
