The quality of the pictures this camera takes are more than you would expect from an entry level digital camera. Well worth the money.

This was my first digital camera. The price is excellent, especially for what you get! The camera is bulky and slow, but I disagree with those who say it's not durable; I've taken it many places with me and dropped it (accidentally!) but it still functions just as well. The camera takes very nice pictures, and for this price, it is an excellent deal. The only two drawbacks are its size and speed. It is not a good camera for quick shots - it takes a while to start up and respond after you press the button to take a picture. However, the pictures turn out excellently! I highly recommend this camera to anyone on a budget that still wants beautiful quality photos; I've been very satisfied!

I've had this product for just about two years. It's pictures have always been pretty good and it was very easy to use. I brought it with me on a trip a couple of weeks ago, and when I turned it on, the LCD screen just had a couple of grey lines going across it. After an exhaustive search for solutions to this problem (including phone conversations with the helpline, email inquiries, and a thorough internet search,) I have pretty much determined that it is unfixable (unless I want to pay $90 to have fuji fix it... but wait, can't I buy a new one for that price? oh yeah, so that doesn't make much sense, does it?)

I would not recommend this product.

I've owned this camera for one year and i never dropped it or misused it in any way. All of a sudden my LCD screen went haywire with lines going across the screen, until one day it just completely went blank. I couldn't view any photos or change any settings, so the camera is now useless. What a waste because i thought the picture quality was decent.
Other negatives for this camera that i found is the battery compartment constantly opened up with the Slightest Touch and the batteries would fall out. But my biggest complaint is that the lapse time between shots is RIDICULOUS!! This is not the camera you want to use while your kid is trying to blow out all their b-day candles. You will only get one shot before the moment has passed. Don't waste your money on this camera.

I liked everything about this camera except for the fact that is way too fragile. My lcd screen one day suddenly turned gray with lines in it for no reason!

I bought this camera about two years ago and loved it. The picture quality is better than most cameras that cost 5x as much. The shutter speed is slow (a tip: if you hold the botton down halfway it will autofocus and then you can take the picture immediately when you are ready) and the camera's bulky -- but the photos this camera takes are amazing.

The problem is that it was dropped today (I won't say by whom) and now it is kaput (grey LCD, etc. like what happened to about 5 other reviewers). So I guess consider this thing a disposable camera. If you plan on buying another camera in a year or so, anyway, then this camera is for you.

I've had this camera for over two years and I am very happy with it. I've taken thousands of pictures and the camera is still going strong.

Pros:

-Very inexpensive
-Transporting pictures onto the computer is super easy
-Has a nicely sized viewing screen so you can see the pictures you've taken
-Definitly pays for itself over and over again

Cons:

-Very big and bulky compared to some other models out there on the market
-The clarity of some pictures is not good (flash should be stronger)

All in all, I would buy this camera again. The only thing I would really change would be to make the flash stronger (so the pictures will be clearer) and mainly, make the camera thinner. It is very thick and impossible to keep in your pocket and takes up a ton of room in your purse.

I received this item as a Christmas gift last year and boy was I surprised! I love this camera, being that it's my first digital camera.

I love that it's cute and compact. Trust me though, it's way better than the 2600 series. It has 3X optical zoom and takes pictures at a 2.0 MEGA PIXELS. Pretty low mega pixels. It comes with a hand strap, camera software, 16-MB picture card, USB-cable, picture/camera software (Windows XP/Win 98'), and comes with 2 Fuji AA-batteries which let's you start having fun once you open the box. It has a 1.5 inch color LCD screen which let's you control the brightess of it, also it lets you pan a picture after you've taken it. You can view 9-images simultaneously. It has a one finger-touch easy to open lens cover and a one finger touch picture taking button. The "MACRO" feature is pretty awesome, you can zoom into your subject to take a close-up picture.

My suggestions are this: Buy rechargeable AA-batteries and a charger for this camera because since it requires only 2-AA-batteries it will eat them up quickly. Also, it's a bit slow after taking a picture, meaning the recovery time is slow and you can't really take pictures one after the other quickly enough. You have to have a steady hand in order to take a picture and your subject needs to also be in a steady position. Moving objects don't photograph very well. If you choose to do a manual flash or no flash at all be prepared to take a lot of blurry pictures no matter how steady your hand is. I suggest leaving the camera on AUTO at all times. It does take some really nice pictures though, proof of this is in the "Customer Images" at the top of this page. Basically, you get what you pay for. It's a camera built for vacation snap shots, not to build your creative/artistic picture library or to start your picture taking hobby, for this you'd need a higher MEGA PIXEL or SLR camera. Another tip, get a higher capacity/MB picture card, the 16MB only holds about 30-pictures. Also, invest in a picture card reader so that your camera's port doesn't waste as quickly.

I loved this camera so much. It was a present, but they did a good job choosing it. I had it for a year and a half. It was very durable because I had dropped it once or twice on wood and it worked fine, then it got dropped a final time bouncing off a metal chair to concrete and the zoom lens broke, but it still works, just all the pictures are blurry. So I'm saying good-bye and getting another fujifilm because I invested in a larger xdcard and because I really liked the quality of these pictures. They were very crisp and clear even when printed-and lots of my friends cameras produced grainy shots with only 2.0 megapixels. I took some really nice yearbook photos for friends with it that came out really nice. So overall it's an excellent camera that I would tell anyone to buy if they didn't want to spend too much money on one.

This was my first digital camera. I won't describe the pros and cons of this model as other reviewers have covered this ground already. I used it for over 2 years with no problems, then the front lens became loose. The reason for the failure was evident upon disassembly. The outer barrel (the part that protrudes from the camera body) is held by three metal pins mounted on plastic tabs that are part of the lens barrel. One side of one tab broke, releasing the pin holding that side of the barrel in place. I suspect that the inner zoom lens barrel may have caught on the inside of the outer barrel, straining the tab and breaking it. Ordinarily it would be a simple fix to switch the lens to a new outer barrel, but if the entire lens assembly is sold as a unit, the repair would probably cost more than a new camera.

If all the moving parts were metal rather than plastic, the camera would probably last forever. Then again, others have commented on the limited life of the viewscreen, so my suspicion is that the entire unit is only intended to last a short period (by which time it's obsolete anyway). Digital camera design is progressing so rapidly that no one should buy one without the intention of replacing it in a few years. If you want a camera you can pass down to your grandchildren, film is still the way to go.

Overall this camera was a great introduction to digital photography.

I had this camera back in 2003, it takes great photos. I dropped it into the sand, and we all know what sand does to cameras. I now have an Olympus E-300 dSLR, and a film SLR, but I wanted a small, but not too expensive, camera for my purse. I bought just bought another 2650 for a few bucks, refurbished by Fuji, which shows you how much I think of the image quality. For those people who are saying the image quality is not good, you really don't know what you are doing. The image quality produced a perfect 5x7 and a good 8x10. It is sharp, colors a fuji fine and at these prices now, why not get a cheapy and carry it around with you. If it gets stolen, you will not worry too much about it. Again I will say, this is a great little camera.

This was the first digital camera that I owned and I got it for Christmas a couple of years ago and at first it was nice because I didn't know any better.

The camera is very wide. I personally like the slim cameras. The time it takes between pictures is WAY too long! Then the screen turns black if you wait too long to take the picture so you have to hit a button to turn the screen back on and that takes another 3 seconds. The zoom feature sometimes doesn't want to close. Also the batteries come out easily because they aren't very secure. I've taken very good care of this camera. I only dropped the camera one time and now I hear a noice when I shake the camera like something is lose inside. The screen now turns black and won't take any pictures.

There are better options out there.

I purchased this item as a Christmas gift and never received it. The seller claims he sent it, but the item never got to the birthday person leaving me in an embarrassing situation.

I order this Item , and I discovered it's broken. I contact the seller and return my money back.

For the first camera that I've taken to shows, this little guy performed surprisingly well.

For being so bulky with lackluster zoom (thank goodness I was in the front row for all 4 concerts in a row for Flaming Lips last fall), I surprised myself with the nice quality of the shots I got.

I even took some nice ones from pretty far back @ Better than Ezra at the Wildflower Fest 07.

The time it takes for this to power up is what really got on my nerves: I actually MET the Flaming Lips twice while we followed them around in the Fall and both times I was heckled by the band (in a nice way of course -- best bunch of guys you could ever meet) due to the elderliness of my camera and how we had to stand around for so long waiting for the thing to turn on.

The key with this little one is either BRIGHT light and slow situations or shoot a BILLION pictures to assure the fact that you will get some good ones (I would get about 200 good ones out of 400 and so on).

I upgraded to the Finepix s700 6 months ago and I've already outgrown that, but for just quick point n shoot spur of the moment type things, this camera would probably do the trick.