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Editors' Rating:
6.8 of 10
| • Value for money |
8 |
| • Ease of Use |
7 |
| • Performance |
6 |
| • Image Quality |
6 |
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Average User Rating:
9.0 of 10
(9 vote)
| • Value for money |
10 |
| • Ease of Use |
10 |
| • Performance
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8 |
| • Image Quality
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8 |
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Approximate Price:
$239
Where to Buy ?
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PROS
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Good image quality.
• Camera is beautifully
designed.
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Simple interface.
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CONS
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Shutter lag.
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Lack of manual control options.
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Includes: FujiFilm FinePix A303 Digital Camera, 16MB xD Picture Card,
Two AA alkaline batteries, Hand strap, USB cable, CD-ROM featuring FinePixViewer software and drivers,
camera manual.
Recommended
Accessories |
Fujifilm's FinePix A303 harmoniously blends great image quality with point-and-shoot simplicity in a pocket-size package. It doesn't boast bells and whistles such as manual shutter control or picture effects, but it does include a 3x optical zoom at $350, a price that will perk up the ears of bargain hunters.
It's small and uses very little power but it offers ultra-fast processing speed, the fastest in its class.
If you want gorgeous digital photos, automatically, with point- and-shoot ease of
use - and you want the lowest 3.2-megapixel price in the industry - the Fuji FinePix A303 is the digital camera for you. Sleek, compact design, fully auto, featuring lightning-fast 3X optical zoom and all the
extras - including movie mode! Super light at just 5 ounces!
FinePix
A303 Major Features:
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3x Zoom Digital Camera featuring 3.2 effective
megapixels. |
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3.2 effective megapixels for
2,048 x 1,536-pixel images.
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1.5-inch color
LCD monitor. |
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Precision retractable Fujinon
3X
optical
zoom lens, 5.7-17.1mm
(equivalent to a 38-114mm lens on a 35mm camera). |
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Digital zoom up to 3.2x magnification. |
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Real-image optical
zoom viewfinder. |
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64 Zone TTL Metering, Program AE, and Manual exposure
controls. |
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Still, movie,
and macro Shooting Modes. |
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Movie Mode (without sound). |
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Auto
exposure
mode
(Exposure Comp. available in Manual Mode). |
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Adjustable white balance (Fine, incandescent, fluorescent, daylight, shade). |
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Manually adjustable aperture settings from
f/2.8-f/4.8(W) / f/7-f/11.6(T), depending on zoom. |
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Shutter speed settings from 1/2000 to 1/2 second. |
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Built-in flash with five modes (auto, Red-eye reduction, forced flash, suppressed
flash, slow synchro). |
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Variable light sensitivity: ISO 100 equivalent. |
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10-second Self-Timer. |
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xD-Picture Card storage (16MB included). |
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Powered by 2 AA Alkaline batteries
(included). |
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USB cable for high-speed connection to a
computer. |
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DPOF (Digital Print Order Format) compatibility. |
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Full Specs |
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Customer Reviews
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Jones
Smith,
from New York, NY, US, Jan 10, 2003
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Fujifilm A303 is a very good digital camera for beginner, but if you are want to be more advance, this is not the one you are looking for. Fujifilm A303's price is very attractive, I used USD245 to buy it from the internet. Since it is a really good deal to spend this amount of money to buy a 3.2mega pixel digtial camera. This DC has a very simple panel, which is easy for beginner to handle. Normally, you use only 3 buttons to take the picture, which are power switch, zoom lever and shutter button. Good apperance is an important concern too, and it won't let you down, the lens cover just blows you away and the cam is small and light. The data transfer speed is above average. That's all the features I can think about, after that, here are some cons to it. We are know simple has two meanings, I mentioned the first one on above and there is the second one. Simple in here means not enough, for advanced user, you won't like your camera that simple. Next the automatic settings is not smart enough, because it always causes overexposure or underexposure. You will feel beaten when you see your LCD screen showes something you don't recongize. After that, picture tend to blue or dim but I don't know what causes this. Fujifilm a303 has enough features for beginners and causal picture takers, but not for advances or night-shotting lovers.
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Value for money
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Ease of Use |
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Image Quality
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