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Review summary: The S8000fd comes equipped with Fujinon's 18x Wide Angle Optical Zoom lens, offering great flexibility in a compact SLR body style camera. With a 27mm-486mm equivalent, it's offers a great deal of versatility for composing shots. The fixed lens ...

Verdict: This model also features a full-resolution ISO equivalency of ISO 1600. The S8000fd can achieve ISO 3200 and ISO 6400 at 50% (4MP or lower) resolution. Such high light sensitivities allow for faster shutter speeds, which help reduce blurring caused by ...

Review summary: The Fujifilm Finepix S8000fd offers an amazing focal range in a relatively compact and lightweight digital camera package.

Pros: Excellent focal range ; Good flash performance ; Accurate viewfinder ; Good shutter performance

Cons: Image quality at large sizes somewhat soft ; Battery life suspect

Verdict: Perhaps an even better demonstration of that flexibility Fujifilm talks about can be seen in the following shots at Stanford Stadium. The first shot was made at wide angle, and the others at various focal lengths depending on picture composition. ...

Review summary: fujifilm finepix s8000fd review: Fuji's S8000fd 18x megazoom has a nice body design and offers a commendable level of control, but its mediocre image quality and sluggish performance acts blights what could otherwise be an excellent camera.

Pros: Long 18x optical zoom lens with 27mm-equivalent wide angle, Nice manual exposure controls, Sensor-shift image stabilisation

Cons: Sluggish performance, Mediocre image quality, No hotshoe, No RAW capture

Verdict: Fuji's S8000fd 18x megazoom has a nice body design and offers a commendable level of control, but its mediocre image quality and sluggish performance acts blights what could otherwise be an excellent camera.

Award: Recommended!

Pros: Phenomenal zoom range that includes real wide-angle to long telephoto capability, Versatile, fun and easy to use package, Good range of features, Bright, punchy 'consumer friendly' output, Good detail and color at lower ISO settings, Generally ...

Cons: Strong purple fringing and chromatic aberration and at long end of zoom, Slight corner softness at shorter focal lengths, JPEGs a little soft and slightly over-sharpened, can look a little 'over-processed', Shortest focus distance (without using macro ...

Verdict: Like the other 18x zoom / 8MP cameras on the market the FinePix S8000fd is a camera that tries to be all things to all men, and in some respects it succeeds, in others it shows the limitations of current compact camera technology in a very stark manner.

Review summary: The 8-megapixel Fujifilm FinePix S8000fd is fronted by a massive 18X zoom and includes a range of useful features, offering digital SLR-like capabilities combined with the ease of use of a point-and-shoot. Its list price of $399.95 (you can get it for ...

Pros: Affordable. Sturdy design. Excellent 18X zoom lens. Effective image stabilization. Can capture movies.

Cons: Dual image stabilization creates some image noise. Some shutter lag. No RAW file support.

Verdict: Dual image stabilization creates some image noise. Some shutter lag. No RAW file support.