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Fuji FinePix S5700 Digital Camera - Black (7.0MP, 10x Optical Zoom) 2.5" LCD | 
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| Brand: FujiFilm
Category: CE
List Price: £199.99
Buy New: £104.99
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Rating:  62 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Optical Zoom: 10
Display Size: 2.5
Maximum Resolution: 7
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 0.4 x 0.4 x 0.4
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MPN: FinePix S5700
Model: FinePix S5700
EAN: 4547410018660
ASIN: B000PH5IWI
Release Date: April 23, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 2-3 business days
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 Great Camera excellent value for money September 29, 2007
Emma Southwell (Newton-le-Willows, UK)
52 out of 54 found this review helpful
I'm only a amateur photographer but having a 3 month old baby daughter I wanted to buy a better camera than I already had. I was primiarly looking for a camera with a better zoom function (so I can do close ups without flashing in the poor child's eyes!) and this one is very good. It zooms in quite far then you have the option to switch on the digital function to zoom in even further. Picture quality is excellent and the display screen is large and bright. I bought this directly from Amazon (ordered at 2:30pm and arrived before 7:30 next morning - express delivery is excellent value) so the instruction booklet was in English and is very comprehensive. It's a very easy camera to pick up and use straight away but it's worth spending some time to read up on the other features. I spent quite a while searching for the right camera and was prepared to pay signifcantly more than this but as a keen point and shoot photographer, I think this is an excellent camera for the price.
 Bought one liked it, recommend it. July 13, 2007
I. P. Gearing (Bristol UK)
40 out of 42 found this review helpful
I have had a Kodak 4mp camera since the end of 04 and have been more than happy with what that camera does. The zoom range on the Kodak was roughly 35-135 (4x optical)and I certainly think the money I paid for it (the same as this is currently going for) as money very well spent. 5000+ frames on it is currently being used by the rest of the family and still gives good service. I wanted something with a longer zoom range and a bit more control with it. This fitted the bill (I still want that canon and all the accessories but that is going to have to wait for the big lottery win). I think the Fuji Finepix S5700 wins out, but as with everything else at this price there have been compromises.
I have spent the last ten days finding out what this camera does at its limits and overall I think that the technology has moved on.
Firstly and most notably the colours. On the back of the camera looks very different from the results imported in to photoshop, but that is something I can get used to. I always favoured slides with my choice of film stock and the kodak reminded me of kodachrome, rich reds in particular where the fuji resembles fujichrome (neither a surprise really, though kodak don't manufacture their own colour chip, but I assume they specified it). Also the fuji resembles, as I remember it, early ektachrome, especially the faster sort (a dizzy ISO 200!). It tends towards the bluish in anything but direct sunlight, but then if it is calibrated to sunlight in Japan maybe there is a slight variation in colour temperature?
The prints from photobox, who print on fuji paper, are fine, good detail and reasonable similarity to those rendered on my pc. For my liking the black and white could be more punchy, I always liked Ilford papers in the days when I had no kids and a dark room. Still do, but then those weren't viewed on a TV screen equivalent! Machine mass-printed black and white doesn't do this any good either tending towards the average, i.e. grey. Again detail is very good, but black and white is a minority interest anyway, and I haven't cracked what I have to do to my originals to get photobox the way I like it.
Controls are good and bad. The good is the dial on the top for mode selection which is certainly less fiddly than with the kodak, but the button selection on the back of the camera are fiddly and there are simply too many menu's to go through, some of them mode sensitive. Some of the controls I find counter intuitive to use. The camera is rapid to fire up and ready to go from the turn on, certainly quicker than the Kodak. Battery life is ok, 250+ frames and lots of reviewing of pictures, downloading to PC, zooming in and out and what have we. I would like to commend fuji for putting in a set of decent alkaline batteries with the camera, though I have also bought rechargeable batteries. The energiser 2500mah bought from this very boutique (actually a reseller) are going strong, and I haven't had to use the 2700 mah Uniross back ups yet, and I have used this a fair bit! I would definitely recommend buying NiMh batteries and a charger to power this (or any other suitable) camera.
Overall the quality of the camera has to be judged against the price for which it is available and I would say on these terms that the bargain is a good one. Whereas you can fiddle and faff to your hearts content in photoshop etc. there is NO substitute for spending time on getting the best picture(s) possible at the get go, and, with a couple of exceptions, this camera allows you to do this.
Great features in a neat little package. May 15, 2007
PLASMA wombat (Kent, UK)
37 out of 38 found this review helpful
This camera is a progression from the S5600, which I haven't experienced. I do own an S5500, which was the model before that. The S5500 was a great camera with loads of useful features and easy to use menus. Now the S5700 just adds the cherry to the icing. The main differences are:
- a smaller body and less lens sticking out
- a massive TFT screen which is very bright and clear
- clearer EVF
- ridiculous macro mode down to 1cm focal distance
- 7.1 megapixels instead of 3, plus high res videos
- a shedload of photo modes - face, landscape, party, etc.
- near silent focusing and zooming which also allows on-the-fly focusing and zooming while videoing.
- smarter automatic focusing options
- fast startup and very little shutter lag
All these improvements make this camera very versatile and capable. I use the camera for taking wildlife pictures and the new fast shutter and silent motors make the S5700 very suited to this. Fuli's Super CCD produce bright, crisp images. Improvements to the video mode make it very competant (on the S5500 it was a bit of a joke). Fuji's method of making features accessible via buttons and short lists rather than long-winded menus is excellent.
Overall this camera is great at taking pictures in almost any situation and is fun to use.
Would be 5 star but for one thing October 16, 2007
Dr. W. E. Allen (Belfast, UK)
33 out of 33 found this review helpful
Had been thinking of getting this camera for some time as I have grown fed up with the 3x optical zoom on my previous camera. The first thing to say is that for those used to compact digital cameras this camera will seem very large. This means however that the LCD screen is very very good compared with most cameras and better still it has a very good LCD view finder which allows you to put the camera to your eye (much better for avoiding camera shake). I have just used this camera on a long weekend break to London. I am deeply impressed with the results. The camera's high light sensitivity (up to ISO 1600) allowed me to take clear and unblurred photos in the tube and in various museums etc where flash photography is not allowed. This feature also makes indoor photography in areas to big for a flash to illuminate a possibility. The ability to use SLR like manual control over shutter and aperture allowed me to take much much more professional looking photos with for example only the main subject in focus. For the price this camera is great value and for any but a real professional is all you would ever need. One note is avoid buying the Fuji case for this camera as it is a poor fit. Also worth finding a 46mm wide angle attachment for the lens, a UV filter is also worthwhile. Get a set of good quality high capacity AA rechargeable batteries as this camera does not use a special battery pack (I prefer devices which use easily replaceable standard cells).
 A technical test May 26, 2007
abraxis (marakesh)
32 out of 59 found this review helpful
Found this review on the good gear guide. Bear in mind this seems to be a precise technical test on a relatively cheap camera.
"Unlike their latest compact camera, the FinePix F40fd, FujiFilm's new advanced model, the FinePix S5700, is a little bit of a disappointment. Sporting a 10x zoom lens and a bevy of manual features it offers a lot of functionality, but falls down in image quality.
The most noticeable issue colour. Scoring 10.6 in Imatest's colour checker test, this camera doesn't compare favourably with the competition. We almost never see models get double digit scores, so this was disappointing. Our test shots revealed strong inaccuracy across the whole spectrum, particularly blues, which lead us to think this was a white balance issue. As illustrated in our test charts, many shades of blue turned out grey. We tried playing with the white balance presets and using the custom mode, but it didn't have a big impact. The error is just high enough to be readily visible in regular photographs and will irritate some users.
Our sharpness and chromatic aberration tests also encountered some issues. For Imatest to operate properly the shot needs to be exposed correctly. Normally we take a variety of shots with different exposure compensation settings, in order to capture several that will test without error. Unfortunately with the S5700, we couldn't manage to capture a shot that was perfectly exposed. Imatest always gave us a small amount of clipping. This isn't a massive problem, but it does mean the results may not be as accurate as normal.
With that in mind we took the shot with the lowest error, which was barely big enough to cause concern, and it achieved a score of 1543 in Imatest. This is a decent result for a 7.1 megapixel sensor and places the S5700 in the middle of the pack. We noticed a slight softness to some of our test shots, but unless you're making fairly hefty enlargements this won't be noticeable.
Another area of disappointment was the chromatic aberration test, where this camera scored .188%. This is quite a bit higher than we normally see, and is most probably the cause of a lot of the softness we saw around the edges of our test shots. We also noticed a fairly prominent haloing around areas of high contrast, which was visible at small and medium magnifications. This won't impact standard 4x6in prints, but as with the sharpness, if you want to make reasonable enlargements it will become a factor.
The S5700 scored a little better in image noise, with a result of .73% at ISO 100. It produced clean, speckle free shots which will satisfy the majority of users. We also tested at higher sensitivities and found generally the noise scaled quite well. Our shots were usable at up to ISO 400 with only minor degradation, and while above that they had a very visible drop in quality, we would say they are still somewhat usable. People who enjoy shooting in low light should find this performance enticing.
When combined with the 10x optical zoom lens it also means the S5700 is a great option for shooting things like children's sporting events, as the high ISO will help reduce blur. Other features include full manual shooting modes with aperture settings from f/3.5 - f/13.6 and shutter speeds from 1/1000th of a second through to four seconds. These aren't quite as robust as the settings on some other advanced cameras (particularly the four second maximum) but they allow a little extra creative control and should sate budding photographers.
There is also the standard array of preset and manual white balance options, ISO sensitivities up to 1600 and the usual multi and spot focus modes. There is a burst mode, but it was extremely slow for an advanced camera, operating at roughly 1.2 shots per second. Compared to some units which churn out two or three shots per second this was quite disappointing. It was a little strange though, seeing as in our other speed tests, the S5700 performed admirably. With a 1.8 second power-up time and 1.9 seconds between shots combined with the miniscule .04 second shutter lag, you won't miss any action with this model.
The S5700 has a fairly standard design for an advanced model. It is chunky and angular with a black plastic casing that isn't as sturdy as we'd like. Ultra zoom models never tend to look attractive as they have the zoom lens jutting from the front and typically accompany that with a rugged leather grip. The S5700 certainly won't win any awards for style, but it manages to stick fairly closely to this aesthetic.
The controls are laid out in a relatively standard manner, with a few exceptions. Turning the unit on and off is achieved by flicking a switch, which is a novel, if useless difference. The rest of the functions are controlled using a five-way navigation ring and a function wheel. A few buttons are scattered around the chassis to provide shortcuts.
- Andrew Kliem"
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