I have owned this product before, and when it came up stolen I wanted the exact same one, So essentially I have bought the Camera twice. The PC cam is super clear and I have recieved amazing photo quality prints from it. I was extremely impresed with "simpledeals4U" and the professionalism and care displayed by this seller, if I want something at a good price in the future I'll look no further than simpledeals4u

I have been using the 6800 for about two years now and never seem to have a problem with it yet. Unless you concider the flash fall off in dark places ( Just bump up the flash or ISO ). Somtimes I just want to record my lectures in class so I use it as a recorder. I also use it as a instant web cam at home so I could wave hello to my neice. The battery life last as long as 80 shots!! Now its selling for allot less for what it is worth. The 601 is a little smaller yet the the lense is not as clear. Try it for yourself.

This camera was my leap into "quality" digital cameras. The Porsche Design has been a bonus. I like the way the camera design looks. People have said that it is a "nice looking camera." The only negative is, sometimes when using the VIDEO function, in bright shots (sunny) there will be lines that drop across the screen, not totally blocking the screen though. I like the big video screen on the back of the camera. I like that the camera comes with a cradle that allows video Internet calls and easy downloading of pictures. The editing software that comes with the camera is easy to use. I upgraded to a 128 memory card and haven't looked back.
GOOD camera! Email me with comments, questions or concerns.

Since most of the reviews here cover most of the details about this camera, I will just give you the most important points:

PROS: This camera has excellent picture quality, it looks great, it is built solid, and I have not had a problem with it, technically. It was certainly worth the money and the cradle and power supply was a great bonus.

CONS: The thing that really ruins this camera for me is blurry pictures. I get way too many of them! The camera is light and the shutter speed, even in good lighting, just does not help you eliminate camera shake. You cannot see the slight blurs on the built-in screen, but when you get them home, you find that many of your great shots are ruined. Moving objects are also captured as blurs, even in good lighting when everything else is in focus in your picture.

WRAP-UP: Great camera for the price, but I would recommend holding out for the next version of this one. From what I have seen at Fuji's website, they are adding a "sports" mode which I imagine will make up for the extreme amount of blur that makes this otherwise great camera painful. Losing a good shot is always sad. Also, keep in mind that the autofocus is entirely light-dependent. When you use flash in a darker setting, auto-focus does not work! Another bad point for certain situations.

If you do a lot of outdoor and flash photography, or you are willing to use a tripod, then the picture and color are EXCELLENT for a camera in this price range.

this is a great camera. it has many options and features that many cameras don't have on teh market today. for the price of the item, you cannot beat it. very good product.

The biggest problem of this camera, the lens won't come out reliably. You may have to try on/off couple times. My wife always joke this camera, it need Viagra. When you need it to work, it won't erect.

I owned a Fuji 6800 for 5 years and used it a LOT. When I purchased this camera in 2001, it was something of a curiosity, with it's unusual shape and control layout. But I needed something small and light for my work as a technical writer (photo illustrated user and tech manuals) and I'd had good luck with Fuji in the past, so I gave this camera a try, despite what was at the time a nearly $1,000 price tag.

6800 Experience

With a 3.3 mp sensor, I knew this camera was never going to take the sort of images I was used to with my film SLR cameras. But, for the type of work I was doing at the time, this level of resolution was more than adequate. In good lighting, the images from this camera could easily be printed at 8x10 with no difficulty. In low light, this camera delivered somewhat grainy results (max 400 iso), but given the fact that I was usually working in either well lit or "use flash" situations, my customers were always impressed with the images from this camera. As advertised, this camera offered a 6.0mp shooting mode, taking advantage of the octagonal design of the sensor elements, but frankly, I found the 3.3 mp mode images to be of higher quality. The zoom range on this little camera was fairly limited, but again, for the type of work I was doing, it was satisfactory. VOICE - I loved the fact that this camera offered a voice recording mode, so I could not only use this device to take pictures, but I could also record up to 2+ hours of voice notes on just a 64mb card.

CONS -

No Manual Mode - this camera doesn't offer any manual mode options. If you need manual mode, look at the 6800's sister camera, the Fujifilm FinePix F601 3MP (SCCD) Digital Camera w/ 3x Optical Zoom. I purchased the 601 for about $100 a few months ago (when the sensor on my 6800 finally died after 5 years of heavy use) and it's GREAT. It's a superior successor to the 6800 in just about every way. And it comes with manual mode for exposure and white balance. VERY nice. See my review of the 601.

Image Quality - the image quality on these cameras is pretty good, but not great. For illustrating

ISO Limit - This camera only offers up to iso400, so if you do a lot of low light shooting, look at the 601 with it's iso1600 limit

NOTE - IF YOU'RE LOOOKING AT THIS CAMERA (6800 or 601) IN 2007 ... the memory cards for this sort of camera are VERY hard to find these days. I had a friend look for them on E-bay for me (for my new 601) and in any seriously large size, the memory cards cost more than the camera itself.

3x Optical Zoom - Given the fact that I know own a 12x optical zoom Panasonic with image stabilization, the unstablized 3x zoom on the Fuji seems very restrictive. But, for close up work (such as I do for my manuals), it works fine.

601 Experience

See my review of the 601 for a detailed discussion of it's performance and features.

These are great little cameras, I never had any trouble with them (I don't consider death after 5 years of heavy use a real issue) and I can heartily recommend them, given the caveats above.

this thing can take about 80 pictures on 1 card (that are thin and are hard to find now) right when you are at a concert or something and taking tons of pictures, it runs out of memory.it also records really bad quality videos, and the sound recorder isn't the best.