sabret00the
12-27-2008, 03:49 AM
I was looking for a cheap superzoom camera with SLR like features to upgrade from my Sony Ericsson K790i mobile camera. This is when I came across the Finepix S5800 which is the model replacing the S5700 / S700. This camera offered best of both worlds at an amazing price. The S5800 has a sensor resolution of 8.0 megapixels and offers a good quality 10x zoom lens, SLR-like handling and a full range of manual exposure functions. It sports a 2.5" LCD monitor and a 230k electronic viewfinder with a 60fps refresh rate like SLR cameras. But where this camera makes the real difference is offering so many advanced features and a very good build quality and such a low price.
The camera body is made of plastic and it has a rubber grip below the shutter which makes it very easy to hold. This more or less makes up for the absence of optical image stabilzation. The camera feels a bit heavy but stable when held with the right hand due to the 4 AA size alkaline batteries which are placed on the right hand side of the camera. Battery backup is good. Overall the camera is ergonomically designed.
I have mostly used the camera in AUTO mode hence I wont be the best person to comment on the exposure modes available. The flash pops up automatically and it is pretty powerful. The camera offers Macro & Super Macro which are pretty good for taking pictures of tiny objects. Overall picture quality is good. However, during night time photography pictures taken in low light conditions have a lot of noise.
Conclusion:
I have been using this camera for sometime now and I would definitely recommend this camera to someone who is looking for a little more than a PnS camera. This camera offers a lot more features than a typical PnS camera but lacks image stabilzation. But for the price it comes it's a killer.
The camera body is made of plastic and it has a rubber grip below the shutter which makes it very easy to hold. This more or less makes up for the absence of optical image stabilzation. The camera feels a bit heavy but stable when held with the right hand due to the 4 AA size alkaline batteries which are placed on the right hand side of the camera. Battery backup is good. Overall the camera is ergonomically designed.
I have mostly used the camera in AUTO mode hence I wont be the best person to comment on the exposure modes available. The flash pops up automatically and it is pretty powerful. The camera offers Macro & Super Macro which are pretty good for taking pictures of tiny objects. Overall picture quality is good. However, during night time photography pictures taken in low light conditions have a lot of noise.
Conclusion:
I have been using this camera for sometime now and I would definitely recommend this camera to someone who is looking for a little more than a PnS camera. This camera offers a lot more features than a typical PnS camera but lacks image stabilzation. But for the price it comes it's a killer.