FUJIFILM FinePix S9500 Zoom Digital Camera

This camera has an enormous number of outstanding features.

I bought it because it can do so much other cameras can do, but few can do as a package.

Firstly startup is 0.8sec. Most other cameras take up to 5 seconds.
Shutter delay is 1/100th sec. Most other cameras have a 1/2 second delay.
Minimum zoom is 28mm. Most cameras only go down to 35mm.

Photo quality is impressive and with 9 megapixels you can produce prints up to A3 size.

The manual zoom means you don't have to spend ages zooming in and out via buttons. The manual zoom is precise and fast.

The LCD can be hinged down 45 degrees - Great for shooting over crowds - and it can be hinged upwards 45 and 90 degrees - great for low level shots.

The centre part of the LCD screen can be enlarged to help focusing in low level lighting.

All the controls are reflected in the viewfinder so when you make an adjustment, you don't need to lower the camera to see what are adjusting.

The centre portion of the viewfinder can be enlarged to help with manual focus.

You can bracket exposures, manually override the focus to fine tune your photo, choose from 3 different metering modes, choose programmed, shutter priority, aperture priority, or full manual exposure control.

One useful feature that is rare in today's cameras is the ability to fit a standard cable release - especially useful for anyone taking low light photos with the camera on a tripod.

The movie mode can give two sizes: 640x480px or 320x240px.