After much research and trepidation I bought this newly released camera. There were no real reviews available because it just became available in the US the end of March. I am replacing a Finepix A310 which for the price was a decent point and shoot but was damaged beyond repair in an accident.

For features and picture quality I believe the price is hard to beat. After experimenting for a week, I have found the photos to be excellent both in doors and out doors with various modes available such as portrait, landscape and even a night mode. The one thing that plagued other cameras in this class was underpowered flash..the flash is more than adequate for a camera of this size and I am extremely pleased with the results.

It is smaller but more solid than my previous finepix and very intuitive controls and miserly on battery usage while most others are simply battery hogs. It even does video with amazing good quality however the sound is monoraul and leaves something to be desired.

If you need a point and shoot with some manual adjustments available, good battery usage, compact and occasional video then this is the camera for you. Again..proof is in the photos themselves. Oh..this thing powers up ready to shoot amazingly quick...

Enjoy..you can't go wrong with this one..latest technology and usually can be found up to 30% off its list price.

This little baby packs a punch. 5.2 MP, 3.0 optical zoom with automatic lens extension, along with 4.1 digital zoom. Great flash; never too bright ot too dim. I haven't even begun to investigate all the features this camera incorporates into its small size, but it is shaping up to be a real winner!

I bought this camera about 2 months ago, its excelent, I recommend it, and the the prices for 5.2 MegaPixels is very low.

I purchased this camera from Amazon.com on July 19th and absolutely love it. This is the first camera I've ever owned and I'm having so much fun using it. It takes wonderful pictures and the software program is easy to install. I'm even starting to play around with the short movie features.

Additionally, it's cute and compact. I would definitely recommend this camera to anyone and after doing price research at various stores in my area I feel I got any excellent deal by purchasing it through Amazon.com

It's an outstanding Digital Camera . its size is small to compare other Digital Cameras but its features and options are so vast , it doesn't have many functional bottons or arrow keys on the body of the Camera but it has many features ,options and camera control Functions through Menus appearing on the LCD , you can scroll , move , select and manage the menus on the LCD by the Simple Arrow Keys and bottons implemented on the body of the camera . The Quality of the pictures are outstanding for printing and seeing in the computer and you can easily zoom in to the objects because of the advanced quality ,however when you attach the camera to TV to see them on the TV screen ,some pics apear to be Blur and hazy but when you zoom to the objects you see a clear image on the TV screen, anyway the Quality of the pictures are so great when you download and see them in your PC . it's also capable to record with sound with a reasonable quality .

This camera is tiny and gives great pictures all features you would like on these camera size. Pictures are very clear and sharp. It very complete. If you are looking for a pocket camera, this is the one. Don't wait for a fast shutter on this kind of camera. This one a winner compared to Olympus D-535, Canon A400 or canon 510.

While we have only had the camera for a month, and have taken only about 60 photos, we are very satisfied with the camera. We are happy that we now have a small camera that you can take to any function by clipping on your belt, putting in your purse, or in my fly fishing chest pack--just in case... We have taken most photos on 3 MP, and find that they look excellent on 4 x 6 format. Haven't done any enlargements yet. We have another Finepix camera we use when we plan to get 8 x 10s or larger, anyway. Sticking with the same brand makes it easier to learn how to use the camera, as the logic is similar. We like that it uses AA batteries. Based on our past experience with rechargeables (negative), we just use off the shelf throw-away (oops, recyclable) AA alkaline batteries. Since they can be obtained cheaply and the charge does not diminish when you take them on a trip.

I bought this camera as my first camera, looking for something not too expensive with 5 megapixels and a 3x zoom.
The quality of the picture is good for a computer use but I haven't try to print or enlarge them.

The camera has some small troubles.
* The screen has not a very good quality and stay blocked some times on the last picture
* Once the camera stay blocked "open". I fix this by removing the battery and put them back, then I was able to turn it off.
* The camera don't deal very well if you take pictures of a dark place from a sunny place or opposite. You get some over-exposition or under exposition. I wasn't having this problem with a Canon I used from a friend during a trip.

My conclusion:
* It's a cheap one for a cheap use. You don't really worry about and get nice picture (I use these pictures for a web site and it works great)
* If you can, add 50-100$ for the same kind of camera but known to work well.

I bought this camera as an upgrade to a three-year old Finepix 2600Z that I noticed was slow compared to the newer ones. The pics were still excellent - so I figured I'd stay with Fugi. Since purchasing the A350, I've become increasingly interested in taking more professional "LOOKING" photos. So, I've tried the Nikon Coolpix 7600, the Cannon SD500, the new Cannon Power Shot S2 IS, the Cannon PS A10, and the Finepix F10. (Sending three of the above mentioned back). And, I keep coming back to this little no-nonsense, non fidley, point and shoot wonder. It is the easiest and the best of them all.

At first some pics were blurred, until I learned the secret of standing against something to brace myself, holding my breath as I shot the photo, and just using the focus feature like it says in the manual. And behold! Great pictures! I'm a big fan of natural light, and shoot most of my pictures without a flash, and try and fill the frame. That's what works for me anyway. Some people love to "set up" the shot, and that's fine - but I've learned that's not for me, I don't have time to fiddle - espicially when it's catching children in unaffected and natural states of being. I love spontaneous shots. And with this camera, those are within my reach.

It looks as nice as the "upper end" purse/pocket sized Cannons, (same size - but a tad thicker), it's much less complicated to use, and the price is unbelievably reasonable. Everyone should have one - even if it's just to have as a back up. You'll find yourself using it more than the one it's backing up. :)

Can't beat the price, nor the high resolution and ease of use that this little camera offers. Perfect for all family snapshots, travel pictures, and even for semi-formal portrait and wedding shots. As with most digital cameras this camera will eat batteries; but not as quickly as the majority of other brands and models. Very satisfied -- I'll never go back to film-based photography!

I received this as a Christmas gift today and was not pleased. It's way too tiny and flimsy for my taste and has a very female look and character to it. I gave it to my sister who agreed it wasn't a very masculine-looking camera. However, she claims it's the perfect size for her purse, lol. All the pictures I took with it came out either DARK or BLURRED. You really have to play around with it to achieve clear, bright pictures and I don't have the patience for it. Also the LCD screen easily scratches - again cheap. I've dealt with many digital cameras in the past and while I could have settled for this one, I'd much rather get something I feel confident about its quality of pics, features and appearance. The camera is perfect for the young teen crowd with little experience with a digital camera. All others be forewarned!!!

I thought I would purchase an inexpensive 5MP camera from a "camera" (or at least film) company passing up the more expensive Canon line. I have taken close to 100 pictures and I am very disappointed. 1) Autofocus stinks - too many blurry pictures (heartbreaking); 2) Image in LCD too dark at night - you need to use the view finder or take picture "blind"; 3) Eats batteries - 2-AAs won't even last a day; 4) Menu difficult to navigate; 5) Slider selector on the back easily gets pushed into movie mode; 6) Flash stinks - you need to be on top of whatever object/subject you are taking a picture of; everything else is dark or black. Overall, I wish I can return it, but I already cut out the UPC symbol for my rebate.

I received this camera as a gift last Christmas. Unlike a reviewer below, I took some time with it before writing this review. I also don't care what the camera looks like. Sure, its small and sleek, but I prefer that over big and chunky....
Anyway, I have had a generally good experience in the 60 -70 pics I have taken with it. One thing I really like is the menu system is very intuitive. I didn't read the manual at first, just started messing with it, and I was able to take good quality pictures, and figure out the movie mode. It has a simple menu system for those that don't like reading the manual. (read the manual anyway, there's good stuff in there) Another feature I like is the macro mode. I took some VERY close shots of my pets and various car parts and they all turned out excellent. Flash has worked well. Not perfect though, as I've occasionally had to take the pic again when the pic showed too dark. I picked up the 1GB memory card for more memory, as the 16MB card it comes with will only take about 20 pics at the best quality. 1GB will let you take a little over 700.
My only complaint is the LCD is a little dark and slightly fuzzy. The pics turn out much better than the LCD screen shows, but you sometimes can't tell in preview mode if the pic you just took was great or kinda crappy.....
Overall, I'm happy with it, and my wife got it for a good price. If you're looking for a no fuss, easy to use camera, find this one on sale and you won't be disappointed.

This is my seventh Finepix..A205 A210 A330 A340 A345 and A350 in addition to Finepix s602. I am teaching Digital Photography to Seniors and I highly recommend the Fuji Products. Those that
complain either are not holding the camera steady or not making
sure that the focus is right in the center.. When I move up to the next model camera, I usually give the older model to my niece, nephew, or granddaughter. Many of my former students are
making great photos with various digital cameras because they
are: Holding the camera steady, pressing the shutter release
halfway so the camera focusses and sets the exposure. Then after
clicking the shutter, holding the camera steady for about a second. I even recommend using the self timer for still subjects
so there is no chance of blurring the picture

very fast service and a pleasure to do business with. the camera is great. thanks alot. i will do business with amazon again.

I bought this with giftcards I recieved from Christmas. The pictures came out VERY blurry. There is a hand icon that comes onto the screen when the camera shakes too much. Well every time I took a picture the hand icon came up. I adjusted settings and everything but it still came up. I would even put the camera down on a table but the hand icon would not go away. I take pictures of my kids mostly, who never hold still, and ALL the pictures came out blurry. I was very dissapointed and returned it. I got a Cannon that was only fifty dollars more and am MUCH happier.

impressed with the quality of the camera,pictures look great. just as impressed with the quick service and delivery from Amazon. i was amazed when my delivery arrived several days before expected delivery date. i have been leary of ordering online but with this experience i will definetly do business with Amazon again.

I gave this camera to my son for his birthday. He will be going to China for 6 months, and wanted a small, light camera to take with him. Did I mention that the camera was also a very good price! He is extemely happy with the camera and has taken many pictures. He did mention that the camera needs a larger memory card, as it does not hold as many pictures as he would like, so I would suggest that anyone buying this get more memory. However, the camera is light, small, simple to use, and takes great pictures.

I've had this Camera for a year now. It's not terrific, but it's not bad. The Quality is exceptional in day light, with poor lighting the pictures are alright, a tripod is needed to take really really nice pictures, with a tripod this camera is great. Not enough features though..well there aren't any features. But hey this is a good camera, not for serious photographers, but for casual photographers for trips and stuff.

I'm just a college student, and even I was unimpressed by this camera. The timing is awkward and the pictures are often out of focus. Of course, when you can get a good shot, it's lovely. I have a cheap, old digital camera that I was replacing with this one, and it isn't NEARLY as good as my old one. Bizarre.

I bought this camera october 2005 for a little more than the listing price here (i thought it would be a lot lower by now...). at first, yeah, i loved it! the only problem at first was that it took blurry pictures and it's very very slow. if you have shaky hands or if you drink coffee or anything with caffeine in it, prepare yourself for blurry pictures (my mom took homecoming pictures with it...none came out...all u could see was a blue blur (me) standing next to a taller black blur...very attractive). The camera is like ultra-sensitive for blurriness. so once i got used to the blurriness, it was great and i took it everywhere. its not like really tiny like all of these new cameras that im currently looking to buy, but it fit in my purse (that says something).
so in late december (almost 3 months after buying), the sound on the video function broke. i mean i was having a blast with the (low quality) videos and my friends but then that broke and instead all you could here was this wonderful high-pitched tone. not fun. i would have returned it then had i not lost the receipt...
then about two weeks ago (mid-august) another breaking! now the LCD broke! all it shows is white. just white. i just LOVE it (sarcasm). so i come on here today to buy a new camera because were going to chicago and i need a camera and i see this on the top 20. bad choice.
all i can say is that this camera is perfect for you if you want a camera to last less than a year and take blurry pictures from the start.

I was super-excited to get this camera, and very disappointed with it once I did. The pictures are blurry far more often than not, even when resting the camera on a table or solid object. Additionally, it's so slow at taking them that ANY movement (eyes blinking, etc) likes like a massive blur. And the video skips all the time. It just misses entire parts. I would highly recommend NOT getting this camera.

I purchased this camera based on previous good experience with an older model Fujifilm camera, reviews here, price and functions. At the same time, I also purchased the larger xD card. Almost out of the box, this camera has given me nothing but grief. What others had said about the blurry photos I can certainly echo. A month or so after purchase, the lens would not open, or it would not open totally. I first thought the batteries were dead and that was the cause....after changing the batteries, the problems still existed - SOME OF THE TIME. Not always - just sporadically. Just enough to cause me to miss many unique and memorable photo opportunities.

In addition to that, now that I'm looking at other brands of cameras I find the xD card I purchased is not transferable so I'm out the cost of that as well. Another malfunction of this camera is after "erasing" all photos on the xD card, taking more photos and uploading the new photos, I found that all the photos originally erased were still there and uploaded again with the new ones? I don't know if that was a camera or memory card malfunction but it just added to my dislike of this camera.

I would NOT recommend this camera to anyone....it's a total dud. I'm very disappointed with Fujifilm and am now looking at Nikon and Cannons. Good luck Fujifulm...you need it

I got this camera for christmas last year. It was wonderful for about 9 months. I'm one of those people who takes their camera everywhere and takes pictures of everything, and for quite a while I was very please with the camera. Then at about 9 months, the zoom stopped working and about a month ago it stopped taking pictures. Well, it still takes pictures but none of them turn out. It takes blank pictures. lame.

This was my first purchase of a digital camera. The features are pretty standard. The pictures I am able to take are either very good or fuzzy. The fuzziness applies to some of the pictures that the auto focus is unusable. For some reason and in certain situations, I am unable to get the AF to work.
As I said before, when the AF works, I can get very good quality pictures...
You will want to get a bigger memory card too.

I WAS HAPPY TO RECEIVE MY CAMERA,FAST AND EXACTLY WHAT I ORDERED,,...GREAT SHIPPER....

I am happy to have this camera. Only it's little bit outdated. But prce - performance ratio is great.

bought this a year or two ago and have had nothing but excellent pictures. i even took it to europe in a backpack where it got a bit of beating up while backpacking and i have yet to have it break down on me. i live in the mountains and we get our fare share of snow. ocassionally i leave it in the car where the temp gets down to freezing and have never had it have any problems. all in all... BUY IT!! absolutely a great buy!

It's a good camera for its price.The pictures do display a little bit dark on the camera but when its loaded to a pc it comes out ok.

This camera is great, easy to use with clear results. We replaced a cheap digital camera that was not near as nice as this one. We are not professional photographers but wanted a good quality, easy to use camera for family photos and work needs as well. We love it. Its not one of those extraordinary cameras with all the doodads but if you are looking for straight forward, clear pictures, its great.

i love this camera. so far its the best digital camera i've owned. the only problem with this camera is that it eats the batteries like crazy. Its best to buy rechargable batteries so that you dont spend so much money.

I bought a nice used fuji a350. IT's good for the most part. Software is good to use, if you know anything about draging highlighted stuff over to a folder. It took me some time to figure it out. The camera in the first few weeks, the telescoping lense somehow got cocked out of possition, and would not slide back in. I don't know if it was bumped or jumped gear? I very carefully, examined it, and did some chriopractic bone snap and got it back in place and seems to work now. The pics turn out nice for the most part. , but can be blurry probably due to movement?. Im not happy with very close up's, but maybe there is a manual setting?? You must stay away about 18 inches for it to not be blurry. The flash I think is alittle under-power, so night shots should be with normal talking distance. The Video mode sucks. sound and video skip about every 10 seconds. Sometimes making the sound off track of the video for quick split second or cuts out. I don't know if this is normal or is my camera bad? but im figuring from my research it very well could be normal for this model. But the video does come in handy if your not worried about little skips or missing words due to audio cutting as well. I dont like the delay when you take a picture. THis is my first real dig. camera, comming from a kodak dc20 win.3.1 type. so I will know what to look for when i get a different one, but for now, I think 5mp will be fine for my picture taking. Bring extera batteries.

I have had this camera for about a year. It takes excellent pictures, but it does eat batteries and recently- it finally died. None of the pictures I now take come out. Sometimes they do and sometimes they have tons of thick white scratchy lines on them. This has never happened before. I always keep everything on automatic.

For 8 months, this camera did what it was supposed to. Then the lens would not open. Sent back to Fuji under warranty and 6 weeks later, it was fixed. No issues for another 8 months, then sometimes the lens opens and sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it will come into focus and sometimes it won't. This = missed photos or some blurry shots.
It was decent while it lasted, just bought a Canon.

Fujifilm Finepix A350 5.2MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom

This is actually the 2nd of this basic model that I have owned. For the price I paid it takes good pics.

I didn't have the blurry picture issues that some folks have complained about. I suspect a lot of them were taking pictures indoors and had turned the flash off.

However, both of these have had problems with the lens sticking. The first one was an A345 and it's lens failed after about 13 months, i.e. after the warranty ran out.

I bought the A350 as a replacement about a year ago because I liked the layout of the controls on the A345 and the optical viewfinder, great for action shots. I love the continuous shooting mode, if you're trying to catch a good shot of a duck coming in for a landing or taking off, or any other kind of action shot this feature works great.

Now the lens is starting to stick on the A350. From the other reviews I've seen this appears to be a basic design flaw.

I like to carry a camera with me all the time in case there's a photo opportunity. This camera does not appear to be rugged enough for that. I'm going to take it to work to photograph equipment and test setups as long as it holds up and probably pop about $100 more for a decent Canon to carry around.