Page 2 FujiFilm FinePix 2800 - September 5, 2002 Color accuracy is important to many digital cameras users and this area is often the downfall for many cameras. Some cameras are better than others, some are far worse. Using our 5.1 MP Olympus E-20 professional level "SLR" type Digital Camera which is known for it's color accuracy as our benchmark, we took photos of various natural colors. The FujiFilm 2800 Zoom does very well in all base colors with the exception of red, which seems to shift slightly but noticeably towards the blue. (see samples below) FinePix 2800 Zoom red shifted towards blue Olympus E-20 Red Benchmark image Unlike most digital (and film) cameras, which provide an optical viewfinder to look through when you frame your picture, the FinePix 2800 uses a color electronic viewfinder in addition to a regular-size, 1.6-inch LCD on the back of the camera. The electronic viewfinder is a tiny LCD that displays what your lens sees. The benefit of this is that you see the exact field of view of your intended image, something you don't usually get with optical viewfinders. Alternatively, you can use the 1.6 - inch LCD display on the back of the Electronic ViewFinder and LCD Display				camera to frame your shots, but that will drain your batteries fast than your kids will drain you wallet at Disneyland. This feature will solve those of you that guillotine heads with camera and in general improve your photos content. Now you're thinking at this point, this has got to be a whooping BIG camera, not unlike the Olympus E-10 or E-20 (which I own) and the Canon or Minolta SLR like Digital cameras! Well you're wrong; this is surprisingly small camera, just look at it in the palm of my friend's hand! This camera is also capable of recording up to 60 seconds of motion video with sound and audio notes up to 30 seconds in length, which can be attached to your individual pictures. The FinePix 2800 Zoom can also operate as a PC-cam for computer-to-computer video conferencing. The "Digital Film" media for the FinePix 2800 Zoom is SmartMedia cards; it comes with a 16 MB card. SmartMedia cards are now available in sizes up to 256 MB as of this writing. Images, movies and sound files are transferred to your computer via a built-in USB connectivity port. I'd suggest that you buy a SmartMedia reader for your computer instead of draining the camera batteries while downloading images. Picture viewing is simple and fun with the included FinePix Viewer software, which launches automatically once the pictures are downloaded to the computer. This may sound very strange to some, but I will not buy or recommend a digital camera that uses either an internal non-removable rechargeable battery, or a removable proprietary rechargeable battery. Why? If you're out in Flat Broke N.D. and your internal battery suddenly dies, what are you going to do? This camera uses 4 AA Alkaline or better batteries, which means you can either buy 2 or 3 sets of NiMH batteries and a charger for back at the hotel, or buy a volume pack of AA Alkaline at Sams Club. As for your budget, I found this camera for my friend at Amazon.com for under $320! List price is $499.95, but as you can see digital cameras are heavily discounted. I like this camera, a lot. Enough that I wish I had one. How's that for an endorsement.
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