Fuji S5100 Review from Schmeg.com

   

I owned a pocket-sized digital camera that took great pictures but at the expense of short battery life. It was a 2.1 megapixel Canon that I had purchased 4 years back. I wanted more pixels and more zoom so I bit the bullet and started shopping for a new model.

My old camera only had a 3x zoom, which is adequate, but I really wanted 8x or better along with 4+ megapixels . I noticed among the models that met my criteria, most were in the $500 and up price range. I came upon the Fuji S5100 and though it looked to be a bit smaller, and the price looked almost too good to be true-- under $400. I went to my local Circuit City, looked it over and was very impressed . I liked it so much that I bought it on the spot.

It was a nice day out so I gathered up the family, grabbed my new Fuji S5100, and headed to our local park and started snapping away. I was impressed with the battery life as I'm still working with the same set of batteries days later. I really like the camera, but I have a few issues with it. My old camera had an optical viewfinder, allowing me to use the LCD screen less, thus saving battery power. Some of the features, required a bit of manual dexterity to use--minor inconveniences at worst.

Make sure that you get at least a 256 mb memory card for your Fuji S5100, a set of 4 rechargeable batteries along with a charger that works in the home and car and a nice camera case and you have a winner of a setup.

I think the Fuji S5100 is a great camera and I highly recommend it.