Fujifilm FinePix S5000 Zoom - Expert Reviews

Review summary: The S5000 is one of the best-looking SLR-style digital cameras we've seen and comes from the same lines at the S602 Zoom. The plastic casing is solidly built but feels much lighter than the 448g our scales declared. This is mostly down to the ...

Verdict: Continuous shooting potential is decent, as you can either capture five frames at 5fps or 40 frames at 1.6fps. Also, a cunning final-five frame mode means you can keep shooting and only keep the last five frames taken. Unlike the S602, though, the ...

Review summary: Built like an expensive SLR, but comes up short on resolution.

Verdict: The S5000 is a very attractive-looking camera; it has the appearance of a high-quality, high-performance model. Unfortunately, it doesn't fully deliver on the performance part of that equation.

Review summary: The FinePix S5000 looks and feels like an expensive camera, with a rubberized black body you might find on a single-lens reflex model, and a pronounced grip that makes it especially comfortable to hold right-handed. Its 10X zoom lens is still ...

Verdict: You can take good-looking movies with this camera--30 frames per second, with clear audio (most cameras still only offer 15 frames per second). In addition, you can take up to 5 shots per second; and unlike with the cameras' clunky manual focusing, ...

Review summary: The FujiFilm Finepix S5000 has been getting a bit of press lately. I like the look of this chunky little camera with the 10x optical zoom lens. Its list of features is very comprehensive. Having said this my only worry with it would be that it is only ...

Review summary: The S5000 is an excellent all-rounder with enough basic and advanced functions to please all but the most demanding photographers.