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Review summary: The Fuji Finepix S8000 is a super zoom camera with a long 18x optical zoom lens. Picture quality is very good. It is also easy to use and I like the design as well. The camera has manual exposure controls and is available at a very reasonable price.

Pros: Length of lens - build quality - colours - indoors

Cons: Purple fringing

Verdict: I was impressed by the Fuji Finepix S8000. Picture quality was very good indeed and the 18x optical zoom is going to prove attractive to many people. It is also quite easy to use and is well worth a closer look.

Award: Recommended!

Review summary: Fuji's long-awaited super-zoom flagship is here at last. Can it live up to the hype?

Verdict: The Fujifilm FinePix S8000fd is a very sophisticated and immensely versatile camera for all types of photography, with enough features to make up for a slight lack in total image quality. It has superb handling, very good performance and excellent ...

Review summary: The new sensor-shift image stabilizer allows hand holding shots at the long focal lengths and slower shutter speeds. The wide-angle makes this a great camera for landscape and large group shots.

Review summary: The Fujifilm FinePix S8000fd is an 8 Megapixel super-zoom camera with a massive 18x optical zoom lens and built-in sensor-shift image stabilisation. Announced in July 2007, it follows a popular line of SLR-styled super-zooms from Fujifilm, although ...

Pros: Massive 18x optical range with wide angle ; Effective built-in image stabilisation ; Good build quality and ergonomics ; Closest focusing distance of just 1cm ; Massive 18x optical range with wide angle ; Effective built-in image stabilisation ; Good ...

Cons: Coloured fringing when zoomed-in ; No RAW mode ; Quite leisurely startup and shutdown speed ; Rivals more compelling overall ; Coloured fringing when zoomed-in ; No RAW mode ; Quite leisurely startup and shutdown speed ; Rivals more compelling overall

Verdict: Viewed in isolation the Fujifilm FinePix S8000fd is a good super-zoom camera. The 18x optical zoom range is extremely flexible, the stabilisation really works and the image quality at lower sensitivities is more than acceptable. As such we can award ...

Award: Highly Recommended!

Review summary: The Fujifilm Finepix S8000fd digital ultra-zoom camera joins the likes of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ18 and the

Verdict: The Finepix S8000fd represents Fujifilm's best attempt yet to fuse the advantages of compact and DSLR cameras together, rivaling the latest entry-level DSLRs. The likes of the Nikon D40x, Pentax K100D and Canon EOS 400D all offer faster performance ...