Film Reviews

Size:

The most compact for the F series, very thin in thickness and weight around 140 g with battery. It's really the camera that can put in the shirt pocket or hang as a mobile phone.

Outlook:

The material of the case is metallic aluminim, rather cool and futuristic. The lens cover is good for protection. Anyway you can use the viewfinder to get the rough setting first. The start-ups is fast.

Ease of Use:
As for beginner/daily use level, the quick menu buttons on the back is very convenient for you to swicth to movie mode and adjust zoom, flash & modes.

As a bonus, there is also a self-timer.

Comments:
Only 2 valid megapixel (extend to 3m by software) & only digital zoom, I have it for my kids for causual shots. Pic quality is fine for 4" x 6". And the LCD cannot cover all the area. Poor for night shots as predictable. The using of a new XD cards formatt is also why I do not turn back to old models. The main point is the price...if you have (or dunno mind to) Smartmedia, the Finepix 50i , 40i or 30i or Casio Exilim are also good to buy instead, as these can play MP3 music. For better picture quality and more advance setting in such size range the Minolta Dimage Xi is much better.

Accessories:

Come with a cradle ( for connect with PC, TV ), battery (NP-40 which is very small) & an adaptor. You may need to buy an extra battery $25 or a slim case ( i use a PDA case n look smart ) and expensive xD cards as well.

If you plan to buy a camera-phone, take this instead for its size and quality.

This is it, guys, if you can find it in stock anywhere. You won't see it in a store. There's no zoom, but you won't miss it, and the battery lasts through a full day of use. The cradle is a must-have for convenience, charging and downloading just by setting it in the cradle. Get a 256 meg memory card for it and set the quality setting just one step below maximum, and you'll have 339 high quality 8x10 photos without downloading. Great for the techno-phobes.

I wanted a camera without a zoom lens (because I don't find them useful) and something that would fit easily in my shirt pocket. I also wanted a camera that I could carry effortlessly, so that I'd likely carry it. So you'd have it for those moments you'd like a camera-not just the big events. Well, I am so in love with this camera.

Despite its small size the pictures are fantastic. We have even enlarged portions of some shots and printed them 8x11 and had very little pixellation.

But, the best thing is that I now carry the camera nearly al the time - and its no burden. Battery life is good. Best of all, connecting it to the computer and instaling the software was easy for me-and I hate computers. I love this camera!

It's a nice camera but would be even better if it had a picture so you knew what you were looking at.

Yeah you could go to the store and get your film, but as I found out, it's so much easier to have it sent to your house. And here in Oklahoma the weather is so bad, so I dont have to risk my life to go get some film to take of my family and friends.

This film produces excellent enlargments to 8x12 or 11x14. The fine grain compensates for the smaller negative. I use this film almost exclusively for personal shooting. The 200, 400, and 800 Kodak APS film are excellent choices for snapshooting and lower light shooting, but if there is enough light or a good flash the 100 speed film is the film of choice.

As always, Kodak films excell in skin tones and provide excellent results in a variety of conditions.

For excellent prints and enlargements, this is the film of choice.

I bought a 128mb card and am very happy with it. It's very nice and fast. It does cost more than some on the open market, but that's ok. It has a 5 year warranty, which isn't as long as I would like, but it's been my experience that in electronics if you are going to have a failure in workmanship you will usually find out about it early on. 5 years is acceptable.

As far as speed of the card I find it quite acceptable also. I have seen speed test of other cards and the usb enabled cards are much faster with my camera (nikon 990) if your camera doesn't support usb enabled code. Then I wouldn't bother spending the extra money that it costs. But at the time I bought my card I got it with a rebate and it was just a bit more than the others on the market.

As for the jumpshot cable, it will only work with compact flash cards that are usb enabled. I don't know of any other cards besides Lexar that have this yet.

I bought this CF card to replace my SanDisk 64MB CF card. I had heard about Lexar's reputation as making one of the fastest CF cards out there and thought I'd try it despite the price premium. Some digital camera users have said that the digital camera can only take advantage of Lexar's USB capability if it knows about it (i.e. it was programmed into the firmware/hardware to support the speed optimization). I received the card and proceeded to compare my SanDisk 64MB card with the Lexar one.

To do the informal test, I snapped an uncompressed TIF at 1600x1280 using my Nikon Coolpix 950 (a camera that supposedly is *not* optimized for Lexar media). With the SanDisk card, it took approx 45 seconds between snapping the shot and being able to use the camera again (it's loading to the media). With the Lexar card, it was reduced to 25 seconds!!! THAT'S FAST! ...and for an unoptimized camera as well.

I currently use the card either in the camera, my Compaq iPaq PDA, or in a PCMCIA slot via an adapter. I haven't used the JumpShot cable yet as I only have Win95 or WinNT installed. That will changed in a few weeks when I migrate to Win2000, but I'm sure I won't be disappointed.

As another test, I copied 60MB of mp3s from my laptop to the SanDisk and the same 60MB of data to the Lexar. The Lexar was by far much faster.

The Lexar 128MB USB-enabled compact flash card is really great for my 3 mega-pixel camera. Its capacity is relatively large, and it is faster by far than the earlier cards I had. Further, the Jumpshot reader is so compact that it is easy to carry around in the camera bag, and then it's a quick moment to download the pictures to any USB-equipped computer. It is a little pricey, and it's true that most cards don't work with the Jumpshot cable because they are not USB-enabled--but for me it's a great product that I use almost every day.

The camera is great and has great features for the price. 20 second no audio digital video capture is definitely a bonus. If you have any experience with digital photography you might find this model a little boring, you get what you pay for. The xd picture cards are very small and a little more expensive than the smart media cards. The digital zoom is ok. Battery life is ok if you set the camera on powersave. On the included 16mb xd card you can fit about 30 mid quality photos and about 18-20 high quality photos(2Mpixels). If you're in the market for a good, inexpensive, digital camera this is a great buy.

This is a great picture card. It's about 1" by 1", and it holds way more than a floppy disk. Plus, it doesn't take up half the camera. But the only thing that matters is that it holds pictures for new fujifilm finepix cameras, which is all I care about.

For those APS users who love to shoot panoramic format snapshots - here's the film for you. Noticeably sharper and less grain than the 200 and 400 speed offerings from Fuji and Kodak. Fuji's film also tend to have a bit punchier color than Kodak's, which is nice for those vacation landscape shots.

The trade-off is reduced flash range. With 400 speed film, many APS camera's built-in flash will be adequate to 16 feet. With 100 sped film, that range is only half as far. You'll either need to use your mid-roll change (MRC) feature, or be willing to get close and friendly.

Finally, some copywriter at Amazon goofed on the description: the three 3-roll packages I've bought thus far contained 3 rolls of 25-exposure film. By my count, that come to 75 shots - not 90. Still, at this price, a bargain.

I love Fugi film for all my vacation photos. The three pack is great because you get 2/ 25exp and 1 /40exp. The 40exp is great for hikes no need to carry multiple containers of flim.

I purchased one for my friend some time back and it gives excellent results. Its got a timer; which is very handy. Its looks are superb. The problem is the lack of warranty on this particular model. Overall you get Value For Money with this Fuji camera. ...

I got this camera as a gift for my low-tech parents. If you need a no hassle camera to take quality snap shots with--that is it! Easy to operate, to load and unload film and change batteries, the camera makes excellent pictures. My parents love it and use it without having experiencing any frustration. In addition, the camera is light weight and easy to carry around. Its affordable price make it a great companion for trips, where you will not be afraid of droping it, losing it, etc.

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For an all-purpose color film, I nearly always shoot Fuji's 200 speed. It has the cooler tones that I prefer in my images and a good saturation level. The only drawback that I've seen while looking at various film prices here is that they are way over-priced! The only place that I've seen where you pay more for film is in the supermarkets. Any regular camera store or photo finisher will have this stuff for a lot less, and you won't have to wait for it to ship.

I am always taking pictures and I am so thoroughly impressed with Fuji film and especially the 200 ISO that it's the only film I will use- Kodak doesnt seem to deliver the results I want and when I tried Fuji- it became my favorite right off- great colors, bold, doesnt mute them like I found Kodak to do- highly recommend.

This is a great film balanced for use in theatre conditions. The colors acheived are more "true to life" because it is balanced to accept tungsten/holgen light as white.
Using this film is just about the only way for Theatrical Lighting Designers to get high-quality, accurate photographs of their work.
The only negative is that due to its slow ASA (only 160) it can be hard to grab the shots with no movement.

When I got back my slides, I was extremely impressed. Tungsten is really a must for indoor pics, and this is my favorite. The speed is optimal so that i get a fine grain but dont have to use a big aperture or too long of a shutter speed. It worked well in bright light and low.

I performed extensive tests (about 2 rolls each) of Fuji and Kodak APS films at 100, 200, and 400 ASA, using a Canon ELPH camera (the original aspherical zoom lens model). I shot a variety of outdoor scenes in a variety of lighting conditions (e.g. downtown skyscraper architectural with bright clear blue sunny skies, flowers and trees with both bright sun and shade, rock close-ups in overcast). I shot a few indoor locations, without a flash at ASA 400, with flash for the others. I examined the results for color, range, clarity and grain. Here's what I saw:

For ASA 100, Kodak kicked ... . Clearly better color rendition, and much, much tighter grain and better detail in all the bright lighting situations, especially with panorama print.

For ASA 400, I was pleasantly surprised that Fuji really outperformed the Kodak film. Fuji had vibrant blues and was good all across to the reds. Kodak felt washed out on the blue side, weirdly. Also surprising was that Fuji had tighter grain in bright conditions; they both looked grainy of course in lower light, but the Fuji somehow felt smoother or less chunky in the blown-up panorama prints. It also seemed to have better tonal range in both light and dark settings.

Frankly, neither of the ASA 200 films seemed acceptable to me for outdoor shots; indoors with flash, both were OK and Kodak was maybe better color. Outside, they both felt lower contrast/saturation, subsequently cramped color, didn't have the tight grain of the 100, and didn't work as well in low light and indoors (without flash) as the 400. Just seemed not worth it compared to the two options.

A great all-purpose film that really delivers in low-light or outdoors. 10 rolls in the desert and underlit youth hostels showed me this is the film to beat. Not the slightest bit grainy. I also HIGHLY recommend the black and white version of this same film. B/W of APS doesn't need different developing process like standard film, and the contrast and brightness are *just* right.

I especially love the index print that you get with each roll. That along with the size options and superb clarity make it a huge amount better than regular 35mm film.

Kodak EliteChrome 100 provides extra saturated colours. This results in warmer colour tones in cloudy weather. However, the result is too unrealistic under strong sunshine, where the natural colours become over-saturated and significantly deformed. In this case, other films like Velvia return a much more realistic result, and are therefore well worth the extra money.

I have not used Kodak Elite 100 much, since I have been more interested in using professional Kodak slide film. However, I have been amazed by the splendid color contrast and resolution shown by this film (I use 36 exposure rolls, but the results would be the same with 24 exposure rolls.). It is a slightly less vivid version of Kodak's professional Ektachrome emulsions. The only film I can think of which it resembles the most is Fuji's Astia film, though the latter is slighter warmer than Elite. Kodak has done an impressive job upgrading its Ektachrome films in the past few years. This fine amateur Ektachrome film is yet another example of Kodak's recent excellence in producing state-of-the-art slide films that emphasize less grain, much more contrast and excellent resolution.

KODAK's ELITE CHROME 100 is that company's excellent general purpose slide film. Regardless of what others may say, I have always found that this film delivers the qualities I look for when I use slide film.

Unlike print films, slide films, which are really color reversal films deliver the exact same image that the photographer saw through the viewfinder when they clicked the shutter release button. Whereas print film is a true negative that is used to print the 'positive' image on photosensitive paper to receive a finished product.

Print films tend to be much more forgiving of exposure errors than slide film. There is little margin for error with slide film and it is very easy to over or underexpose slide film. Overexposure will generally result in very light images with most details and colors lost and underexposure will reveal very dark images that also lose most of the imagery and color.

I think the other review here may have confused the ELITE CHROME 100 with another KODAK slide film, possibly ELITE CHROME 100 EXTRA. That is the highly saturated version of this film and it is known for its vibrant colors and higher degree of contrast.

ELITE CHROME 100 is the consumer version of KODAK's excellent professional EKTACHROME 100. The consumer version is very well known and reputed for its miniscule grain, faithful color rendition and delivery and medium contrast.

This film also has a neutral color palette. By that, I mean it delivers colors on the slide the way the photographer saw them through the camera's viewfinder. When it comes to color delivery, this film hold NO surprises. What you saw when you took the picture is what you'll see when you get your slides back.

This is probably the most readily available slide film marketed by KODAK; it can be found in camera/photo stores and most retailers. Unlike pro-line films like Fuji's Provia and Velvia offerings, which are only available at professional outlets and camera stores, KODAK ELITE CHROME 100 can be bought in drug stores, supermarkets and the large chain discount stores like Wal-Mart, Target and Kmart.

This film, despite Kodak's marketing to general consumers also has a loyal professional following. Note travel photographer for National Geographic and member of the NIKON instructional staff BOB KRIST uses this film and its more saturated brother almost exclusively for his shots for National Geographic as well as other book and magazine layouts. He uses it because he finds the colors to be very natural and faithful. He rarely deviates when he shoots scenics or travel shots.

While this film is not designed for action or low-light, it is an excellent film for bright daylight. It is well suited to landscapes and capturing architectural details. In addition, because KODAK films are noted for their delivery of more natural complexion coloring, this slide film also is an ideal choice for portrait work.

I like Fuji slide film and there is a place for Velvia and Provia slide film. Velvia 50, the finest grained slide film until the recent arrival of its faster big brother, Velvia 100 rendered the complexions of Caucasians very "ruddy" when used for portraiture. The reviewer from Thessaloniki, Greece is mistaken saying that KODAK ELITE CHROME 100 exhibits that characteristic.

If you want "over the top" supersaturated slides, use FUJI products. For more natural appearing color and contrast, you'll be better served by ELITE CHROME 100 from KODAK.