Fujifilm FinePix S5200 : A quick look

Main feature I like:

• 10x optical and 5.7x digital zoom and optional wide and telephoto lens adapters.
• The Fujifilm S5200 is fast. Startup is about 1 sec. and there is no practical shutter lag.
• The S5200 lets you shoot video as motion JPEG and save it as AVI files at 640-by-480 and 30 frames per second. Color, sound, and image quality of the clips are good, and they can be any length up to the capacity of the memory card.
• When shooting video, the S5200 adjusts well to varying light conditions, such as when you move from indoors to outdoors.
• Low-light images at sensitivities up to ISO 1,600. ISO speeds: Auto, 64, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600.
• The camera stores pictures on xD-Picture memory cards (16 MB xD card is supplied) and features fast USB 2.0 Hi-Speed connection to PC and Mac computers.
• The camera stores pictures on xD-Picture memory cards (16 MB xD card is supplied) and features fast USB 2.0 Hi-Speed connection to PC and Mac computers.
• Single or Continuous AF and Manual focus.
• Electronic color viewfinder w/115K pixels.
• 15 - 1/2000 sec Shutter Speeds.
• Manual Mode provides full control over both aperture and shutter speed.

Drawbacks:

• It lacks optical image stabilization.
• 1.8 inch LCD is not impressive. It could have been bigger.