Fuji's best camera yet!!!!

I bought the Fujifilm S700BK after being a happy owner of the older S3100. I was looking for something with a bit more resolution (7.1 megapixels is great!) and I found the S700 with far more than I ever dreamed a camera in the $250 could have! I actually paid more for my old S3100 which had only 3.2 megapixels.

The camera is so loaded with features that I haven't even tried all of them yet. The 10X optical zoom is very clear and the colors are great - just like you would expect from Fuji. Add the image stabilization in the mix and the camera is worth the price for these features alone!

Of course, you get much more. This camera uses XD and SD cards so you can use whichever card you have on hand. No other camera I know of can do that.

If you want a simple to use camera, just leave it in the AUTO mode and everything is automatic. If the light is too low, the camera pops the flash up by itself so you don't ruin the shot. Just point, zoom, and click for great photos.

You will probably want to experiment with the other features once you get used to the camera in AUTO. For instance, did you ever have trouble deciding whether to use flash or not for a particular shot? There is a setting where the camera takes two pictures right after each other, one with flash, one without. You can compare them immediately on the display and see which you like better. Neat feature!

For close-ups, you get not only a macro function, but also a super-macro mode that lets you get 1 cm away from your subject. I tried it on a printed page and you can see the individual dots forming the letters!

Even the flash is "intelligent" as Fuji calls it. When you take a flash photo, the camera "looks" at your subject and figures out how bright to make the flash. No more washed out or poorly lighted flash photos!

I could go on listing feature after feature, but I would have to re-write the owner's manual to get them all. I haven't found one thing I don't like about this camera. This one will be my camera for a LONG time!