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Yarii (Near Greentucky) –

  

I was afraid to order this, though I’ve owned several Fuji cameras and I’ve been very pleased with them. I still have my first digital camera, a 2 MP Model A205 I got in 2004 – it works fine as old as it is. So why the hesitation to order this T200? The 3 reviews I read which don’t think highly of this camera. I’m here to tell you don’t be put off by the other reviews. Sometimes you also have to take into account when you read a 1 star to 3 star review that the person writing it has no idea how to use a camera, not accusing anyone here, but always keep that in mind. I’m not a professional by any means, but I’ve been buying/using digital cameras for almost 8 years.

This camera was intended as a gift for a young relative of mine. I took it on a test run beforehand, and here are my thoughts.

One reviewer complained about this having no focus assist lamp. That’s a plus for anyone photographing pets, I own many cameras with this and most you cannot turn it off, so a blinding red lamp lights up right before you press the shutter on these types of cameras causing the cat’s or dog’s eyes to shut. This T200 does not have this lamp, and I’ve been able to obtain good pictures of my pets with the “Natural” mode choice on the dial. There is also a “Natural and Flash” choice too, which is working out well – 2 shots are taken in rapid succession, one with no flash and one with, so you can compare which one is best.

Essentially, this camera is EXACTLY the same as the Fuji T300 Fujifilm FinePix T300 14 MP Digital Camera with Fujinon 10x Wide Angle Optical Zoom Lens (Black) – and look at the reviews for it compared to this camera. The only difference is the T300 has a 3″ LCD screen and the T200 is 2.7″ LCD screen. Not a big deal, and I preferred the gunmetal gray to black. It’s a beautiful gray, great build quality (mostly metal), the fit and finish is fine, and it even has a textured surface on the right front to help with gripping such a small camera. This camera IS tiny though.

Photos taken with this camera are true to color. Outdoor shots are better than indoor, but it’s this way with any cheaper P&S camera. Shutter response time is OK, although I have seen faster in the Sony camera I recently returned. When you are taking Natural & Flash, there is extra storing time, the same with the Panorama Feature, even using a Class 10 SD card.

Battery life is good. The optical image stabilization is good. Some people think there’s something wrong with the camera when the dial is turned to SR Auto and you can hear the zoom motor – but that’s what it is supposed to be doing – when you have the dial turned to SR Auto (SR stands for Scene Recognition) and you aren’t holding the camera still, it can’t decide what you want it to focus on.

Oh, and this camera DOES have optical zoom during videos. But I have a complaint and I don’t know why Fuji does it this way when other camera manufacturers like Panasonic do it right. With this Fuji, while you are optically zooming out during a video, the audio goes away, then it resumes when you are finished zooming. I assume they do this so you don’t hear the motor sound in your video, but it’s just plain stupid to do it this way. The 720p videos are very good quality.

If you choose this camera, also pick up an SDHC card, preferably Class 10 for videos. They normally say Class 4 or 6 for videos is adequate but a Class 10 card would be even better and they don’t cost much more.

This camera is thicker than other ultra-compact cameras due to the 10X zoom. The lens area isn’t flush with the rest of the camera body, making the camera approximately 1-1/8″ thick. So take that into account when choosing a case for it.

Here’s a good fairly inexpensive SDHC card:
Transcend 8 GB Class SDHC 10 Flash Memory Card TS8GSDHC10E

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http://www.canonpowershotcamera.net/power-shot-camera/canon-ixus-220-hs-digital-camera-review/comment-page-1#comment-1390 pawpaw2514 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:49:09 +0000 http://www.canonpowershotcamera.net/power-shot-camera/canon-ixus-220-hs-digital-camera-review#comment-1390 thank you for the very nice and helpful review :) i have a question though. does this camera have auto focus when filming? would the focus change if i put something really close to the camera, and revert back when i remove it? thanks! :) thank you for the very nice and helpful review i have a question though. does this camera have auto focus when filming? would the focus change if i put something really close to the camera, and revert back when i remove it?

thanks!

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