Fujifilm - FinePix S4830 16.0-Megapixel Digital Camera Bundle - Black

Received this camera 2 days ago and have been playing with it and so far we like it. The camera is a great point and shoot, definitely not a DSLR. I bought this to replace the camera on my 5S for when we take trips as I wanted something with more features than my phone. The camera is quite versatile. The only gripe I have is in low light conditions. Seems like the camera takes a while to adjust or sometimes just cannot adjust and the pictures come out dark. Great pictures on bright sunny days though, not too over-exposed. The zoom on this is excellent, at 30x digital zoom it definitely works like it should. Some cameras run the risk of longer zoom-lower quality picture, and this one stood its ground fairly well. The CD installer is only for Windows, not Mac so beware. Otherwise, you plug in the provided cable to the camera and to a usb port and no problems with viewing your pictres and transferring them to your computer. The included 8gb card holds about 975 pictures at 16mp 4:3 and about 9 mins of video. Speaking of, I havent tried out the video function yet. I do wish the LCD screen was a little higher quality. After a picture, it makes me feel insecure that the picture looks horrible and am not around my mac to upload it to verify if I should've snapped a 2nd one, o well, gotta get used to it. All in all I like it alot and for $120 on deal of the day I wasn't going to pass it up. I definitely recommend it for a point and shoot and not if youre looking into doing anything fancy.

I have two prior earlier release models of this camera that are 14 megapixels with similar zoom range and have turned out to be great for capturing nature photography and other action shots. I was going to purchase the S 4830 on Deal of the Day to upgrade the megapixels. Then I realized from the specs and the owners manual that this camera no longer has a viewfinder. The viewfinder provides a workaround to the slow shutter speeds reported for the Fuji Megazoom S series cameras in that it bypasses the LCD display on the rear of the camera that takes time to refocus and shoot when the shutter button is pressed. The S 4830 only has the LCD display, not the viewfinder. On the earlier viewfinder models, you can partially depress the shutter release button and focus on your subject matter. Once the focus is locked in, pressing the shutter button down further takes an almost instantaneous shot, equally rapid to that of my Olympus DSLR. Using the viewfinder method, I can catch diving pelicans and other fast action shots that are virtually impossible with the LCD only model. If you don't need to be able to take action shots with fast shutter response, then this should be a fine camera for your needs. But if you need DSLR type shutter response, you will be disappointed. The viewfinder for me was the biggest selling point for this Fuji S series of cameras. Without it, it becomes a decent point, and shoot, and wait for the shutter to snap the shot camera. I'll pass on this one and hope they add the viewfinder feature back on future models. Hope this helps you decide.

Thanks, Best Buy, for a special price on a wonderful camera. My wife had been complaining about an older point and shoot, so when the deal appeared, I grabbed it. The camera is just what she wanted - a fair step towards a system camera, where the buttons and programming were an intermediate step. The camera is totally cool, even having a Russian menu system which happens to be her native language. Small or large miracle, and I got all the credit. The selection of "fine" image rendition is exactly that, and early shots show it clearly. The zoom range is exceptional, but be prepared for solid bracing or a tripod when you go to the max focal length. Feature control via the menu or the buttons is excellent, and some neat shortcuts are there: bracketing either zoom or exposure or both is quick steps. Hesitating to take a face portrait if the subject blinks is oh too clever. We haven't gone through the gamut of permutations, but I am sure there will be more positives to come. And it takes me to a point where I wonder if there is any sense to using a system camera for most situations. Happy with it (unless I change my mind).

For this being a camera, I was expecting a better picture quality than my GS4. This however, was not the case. Taking pictures inside a building still takes some minor tweaking of the camera settings depending on the number of windows around. My girlfriend has used this camera for a lot of close up pictures of her cat, these close pictures have turned out well. Pictures being taken outside however require a deal of adjusting the settings. I found this to be easy, but some of the colour has been lost. Had I paid full price for this camera (I got it as a Deal of the Day) it would have been brought back later that day. This camera might be good for someone else, but for me and the things that I wanted to use it for, I wish I would have realized the return time was only 15 days. Some of the features on this camera are good. The video that it takes is smooth, the panorama stitching works great, the zoom is fantastic, changing the settings works well and is fairly quick. Again, for the full price, I would not recommend this, but if it's on sale for more than 50%, I'd say look into it.

This camera and it's package became on sale repeatedly for several months , due to tempting price I got it as a gift but tried it first to check up the quality of photos , I found out that the processor is very cheap , slow and not working properly specially when is a little darker , forget about night time photos , over all feel of the camera is very cheap , not even worth the price after such great discount , it was embarrassing to give it to anybody as a gift , so the only option was to return it back , over all cheap material , slow , lack of quality photos in day and defenetly at darker conditions ( low light ) , any shakes causing blur , very poor moving toward 30x ..... Not worth it at all , not recommending specially to beginner because this could destroy their passion toward photography ... Poor poor poor ......

I got this on the deal of the day for my wife, and it is a great camera for the price. There are better cameras out there, but I doubt any beat this one at it's price point. I've gotten some high quality professional looking photos just using the automatic features. The zoom is solid as well. I've had some trouble in low light situations, and I did have one zoom malfunction. The lens got stuck and the camera said there was debris in it, but I could not see anything obvious. I just wiped it off a few times, turned it on and off, and it started working again. This camera is also not compact and feels a bit fragile. The shutter speed can be a bit slow, but what do you expect in a low cost non-SLR?

Fuji knows it will not communicate with Windows 8.1 and both Microsoft and Fuji offer no update or resolution. Picture quality is no better than my Kodak Z612 and without the viewfinder very difficult to time an action shot successfully. Anything above 12X zoom needs a tripod and the menu system makes ever change you want to make a multi menu exercise. This is the first product I have purchased at Best Buy that I probably will return. I have 60 years of photographic experience an can tell you that Fuji needs to hire an ergonomic engineer yesterday to straighten out their operating system.

Want the advantages of an SLR camera without the necessity to figure out which interchangable lenses to buy and then have to figure everything else out? Well.........this Fujifilm FinePix will do the trick at a fraction of the cost. Want to get great shots at a concert but your little handheld can't get it done or are afraid to get turned away at the gate for not having a media pass? This camera is your answer as they allow it through as the lens is not detachable but you'll still get the pro quality shots with the 16MP quality and 30X zoom. I shot a couple of major festivals with this one this year and I am VERY satisfied with the results.