http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital/lineup/s6500fd/index.html
How good is it actually? Well... It's really almost like a DSLR, with mechanical zoom and manual focus (i.e. you turn the rings on the lens to zoom and to adjust the manual focus). Most DSLRs would have another ring for aperture as well. It has a pop-up flash. It has shutter priority, aperture priority, manual mode etc. It has a very good grip. It has 10.7X optical zoom. It allows photo-taking in RAW mode. It comes with a lens hood. It can take objects as close as 1cm in the super macro mode! Basically, it's really loaded with functions. And it only costs $599, with 2Gb xD card, screen protector, adobe elements, tripod and card reader. We swapped the tripod and card reader for a filter, since we already have 2 tripods and we don't really need the card reader. We found the filter more useful as it would protect the lens.
Since I already have a small Casio Exilim, I also felt that it'll be better to have one that can take good photos. And when a small one is needed for convenience, she can always use mine. Furthermore, she also felt that if she's going Australia, she's going to want to take photos of scenery which would be better with the S6500fd. And just as I thought, after playing with the S6500, she has no regrets buying it despite the size. Because it's just so hard to go back to those compact cameras with few functions once you've tried the good cameras with functions allowing you flexibility, and produce good photos.
But she really thought about it for a long time before buying. In the end, we ended up going back on Friday to get it. And on that very night (after meeting her friend whom she got to know due to diamonds knowledge sharing), we took some photos at Clarke Quay. BTW, these were taken at a slower shutter speed, without a tripod, so it's not very clear:
I think we'll be having lots of fun with this camera. Look out for more photos next time!
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