FinePix S1500 Review - Brand New

Here's a Fujifilm FinePix S1500 Review for all photography enthusiasts out there. When considering which compact digital camera to purchase such as the Fujifilm FinePix S1500 Digital Camera avoid the mistake of making comparisons with far more expensive digital SLR cameras. It would be unfair on the compact digital camera manufacturers and yourself because you will not comparing like with like.

All of the major and popular camera manufacturers make a range of compact digital cameras and Fuji is no exception with the Fujifilm FinePix S1500 Digital Camera.

This is a camera full of versatility and functionality for both those who wish to capture the moment on fully automatic and those who wish to have fun, get creative, or improve their photographic skills by experimenting with the Aperture and Shutter Priority modes.

You may be surprised at how compact this digital camera is given its functionality and range of features for you to enjoy including the 12x zoom, the 10 Megapixel CCD sensor and the large, clear 2.7" screen.

For those of you who have experienced disappointment in the past when your wide angle panoramic shots haven't quite worked for you the new Panoramic Shooting Mode will make it easy for you create excellent panoramic shots. This mode captures and combines a maximum of three consecutive shots at 3 Megapixels each, which are saved to the memory card as one larger panoramic image.

"The weight is not noticeable. Batteries are still going after two weeks of daily use. Picture quality of static and moving objects is superb, even face detection working periodically. Two very neat features - the super-macro lets you take photos 1cm away from your object, and the ability to stitch 3 photos together to create a landscape is pretty cool. Overall every photo taken has come out as good as, if not better, than I expected.

In this FinePix S1500 Review, I also want to touch on the following: If you are into action or sports photography you will not be disappointed. The FinePix S1500 digital camera has all the features you will need:

- The Continuous Shooting mode captures the action at 13.5 frames per second. You can then view them as a streaming sequence using the High Speed Playback feature.
- You can frame and compose shots of moving subjects at high zoom settings with relative ease using the Instant Zoom feature.

Moreover you can track the subject you wish to shoot through the LCD screen and when you release the shutter Instant Zoom captures only that part you have selected. Normally only found on more expensive digital SLRs, the Tracking Auto Focus function tracks the subject automatically and ensures your subject is kept in-focus even when the zoom range is fully extended.

Three further features make this compact digital camera very good value for money:

- The FinePix S1500 digital camera also features Automatic Scene Recognition which recognises the type of scene you are shooting and adjusts the settings to optimise the results. This feature can select from 6 pre-set scene modes such as Portrait, Landscape, Night Portrait, Backlit Portrait, Macro and Night.

- The Dual Image Stabilisation will reduce the blurring effects of both hand-shake and subject movement to produce sharp, clean results no matter under what shooting conditions.

- Last but not least for those of you who take a great deal of portrait or family photographs the unsightly red-eye reflection that can often spoil flash photo's can be a thing of the past with the Fujifilm FinePix S1500 Digital Camera's Face Detection feature.

A FinePix S1500 review would not be complete without telling you where you can get great deals on this camera.