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Fujifilm FinePix HS10 Digital Camera Review

qphotographic.com Fujifilm FinePix HS10 Digital Camera - (10MP, 30x Wide Optical Zoom) 3 inch Tilting LCD . . . the good far outweigh the bad. I suppose it all comes down to what you want to use it for and what your criteria are. Mine are: a) must be able to take good still photos of: wildlife people landscapes and outdoor scenes rock concert scenes b) I also want a camera that's got the facility for HD video (now we've got a grandchild) c) needs to have a good manual zoom d) isn't too heavy e) reasonably priced I could satisfy all the above apart the last two with a decent DSLR - and I've looked at these in the past - but DSLRs are nearly twice the price (and even more if you want a decent 30x zoom lens) and heavier (and heavier still if you have to have the sort of zoom that's integral to the HS10). I've had my HS10 for around three weeks now, and I'm still getting to know my way around. I've tried most of the basics, and it seems, so far, pretty-well exemplary. I had a wren family nesting right outside my back door and set up the camera on a tripod in HD movie mode and got some terrific half-hour movies at the touch of a single button (and the stills from the movie were good too). I've tried it on full extension of the zoom for photos of birds, the early evening moon (even without a tripod, it produced brilliant results) and aircraft at my local gliding club. I've used the macro setting (much better than that of my previous Fuji S9500 zoom) to great effect. It's ...