Fujifilm FinePix S2550 12 MP Digital Camera with 18x Wide Angle Optical Zoom and 3-Inch LCD | 
| Brand: Fuji
Category: Photography
List Price: $249.95
Buy New: $174.99
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Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 144
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Optical Zoom: 18
Display Size: 3
Maximum Focal Length: 90
Minimum Focal Length: 5
Maximum Resolution: 12
Has Red Eye Reduction: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.5 x 3.9
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MPN: S2550
Model: S2550
UPC: 074101001501
EAN: 0074101001501
ASIN: B0035WTVZU
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| Features:
| | 12.2-megapixel, 1/2.3-inch CCD for photo-quality poster-sized prints | | | Fujinon 18x wide-angle optical zoom lens (28mm wide-angle to 504mm telephoto); Dual Image Stabilization | | | Capture movies in HD quality 720p resolution | | | 3.0-inch high-contrast LCD and Electronic View Finder | | | Face Detection and Automatic Red-eye Removal; Smile and Blink Detection |
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Product Description
Sporting a 12-MegaPixel 1/2.3" CCD, a powerful Fujinon 18x Wide-Angle optical zoom (28mm-504mm equivalent) and an extra large 3.0" High-Contrast LCD and electronic viewfinder, the FinePix S2550HD is perfect for advanced amateur photographers who want an affordable, step-up digital camera that will still fit in the palm of their hand.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 20
 A Big Disappointment September 8, 2010
J. C. Roebuck Jr. (Va)
I purchased the S2550HD to replace my Fujifilm A600, a point and shoot 6.3 Mp. I was particularly interested in the 18x zoom and it's ability to take HD videos. While outdoor pictures are satisfactory, I don't find them to be any great improvement over the A600. But my first beef is with the indoor pictures. Using every setting the camera offers, many of the indoor pics turn out blurred and grainy (with or without flash), especially if you use the zoom. My next beef is with the video. If you use the HD setting, you had better have a very large SD card because a two minute clip will eat up about 800Mb. But the worst part of the video is with the sound quality...it SUX! If the volume recorded is at a normal level, the microphone "barely" picks it up and you have to strain to hear it. If the volume recorded is loud, then the result is distorted and crackly. Furthermore, if you zoom while taking videos, the result is a very loud screeching sound caused by the lens moving in and out. Not at all what I had hoped for so I can not recommend this camera.
 Great Camera for the money September 6, 2010
Desert Lover
Great camera for the money. Has an electronic viewfinder (besides a big LCD display) which is essential when shooting in sunlight - a feature not found much anymore except on SLR and cameras costing much more. Multitudes of shooting modes - go as complex as you want or point and shoot in auto. Beautiful pictures in true colors - even HD. I've been shooting at 5 to 8 but can go to 12 Megs. Exceptionally smooth video. Battery life good and uses AA which are always available. Comfortable to hold - design well thought out. Only wish it featured manual focus but auto has worked just fine. Powerful optical telefoto is nice for distance while still giving a crisp picture. Highly recommended and I do not work for Fuji!
 An OK picture taker but with design and quality shortcomings August 19, 2010
S. Diamond (Oak Park, IL United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
While the features on the Fujifilm Finepix S2550 look impressive, the camera is in many ways an unsatisfactory piece of equipment because of shortcomings in design and quality. To build a bridge camera with 18X optical zoom, HD video capability, a large LCD screen plus viewfinder, yet sell for less than $250, (the list price, but considerably less on Amazon) Fujifilm had to cut a few corners. The first cost savings was to rely on user supplied 4 AA batteries (the camera comes with 4 alkaline batteries). That adds bulk and weight to the camera but saves Fujifilm the cost of a lithium battery and charger. Users have complained about the flimsy lens cover. The way the zoom lens is designed it cannot take a sturdy lens cover or even a filter for protection. The lens is recessed within a front cylinder or barrel. When the camera is turned on the lens moves out of the cylinder and pushes anything in front out of its away, such as the lens cover. The lens cover is a cheesy piece of flexible plastic, which barely stays put when the camera is not in use. A filter or a more secure, lens cover could damage the lens as it moves out when the camera is turned on. This inconvenient type of lens design for this large zoom only makes sense because it probably saves Fujifilms something in manufacturing costs. The CD has two pieces of software, one of which Fuji has not been bothered to upgrade to Windows 7. Other cost savings have to do with the potential durability of camera parts, as they do not always have a quality feel or show an attention to detail. For example, the battery cover has to hold down 4 relatively large batteries compared to a lithium one, but it doesn't seem to have the heft to last and keep doing the job over the life of the camera. The cover for the cable inputs is even more flimsy: it doesn't have a full hinge holding it to the camera when opened, but only a sliver of plastic. The camera takes an HDMI cable for transferring video to a TV, but you need to find a compatible one on your own. Finally. don't be seduced by the camera specs. The LCD screen is OK, but not the sharpest of brightest. The viewfinder is hard to use in low light. The 18X zoom loses resolution, aperture and stability as you get closer to its upper limits. The biggest selling point for this camera is its street price. It now sells on Amazon for less than $190, a sharp reduction since it was first introduced some months ago. If you want a bridge camera with better design and quality, look at the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35. But it costs about $100 more than the S2550. You get what you pay for.
Great little camera and HD movie August 18, 2010
Everything it said it was. Great. Zoom is fantastic! Screen is awesome. Features are many and very good. You can not go wrong....
GREAT BUY August 17, 2010
Robert A. Tucker (Arkansas)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I mostly bought this camera for the 18x zoom feature; the most zoom for the money I found and though I never owned a fuji camera, I figured the Fuji was at least a pretty good camera. Was I ever shocked at the features it has for the price. I does everything and does it well. It had a ton of features and looked complicated to use at first but is one of the easiest cameras to set up and use that I've had. Just have to learn a few buttons to use it. The design of everything on the camera in ingenious, everything is exactly where it should be, easy to reach while using and feels like a real camera, not a toy. This model has a red light beam to target the subject when shooting in dark or low light situations; this can mean the difference in getting a good photo in a dark room when there is not enough light to see the subject in the display. You don't have to look at the display, press the shutter button all the way down and release, put the red beam on the subject and the camera will do the rest without you having to look at the display at all. It will give you enough time to line up your shot before taking the photo. I've gotten many more good pics using this.
The only negatives I found about the camera is that the lens cap ocasionally falls off and the strap
is a little on the cheap side; it got so twisted up I removed it. The camera itself overcomes the complaint here and a replacement strap is cheap.
The camera is good enough to use professionally, within it's abilities, and there is no way to beat this one for the price; it has many features of cameras costing much more. If I were a pro needing to use the high priced cameras they use, this Fuji would be my backup. This one's a deal.
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