Review on Fujifilm FinePix F505 16 MP CMOS Sensor and 15x Optical Zoom Digital Camera + 4 GB Class 10 SD Memory Card (Black) by Jerry Frey

I like this camera so far. I bought this for a photography class I'm taking next semester and have used it more times than I thought I would. Pros: Comes with a free 4GB SD card. Has a GREAT picture which is really important! The picture is better than my grandmother's Fujifilm, which she paid $400 for and I only paid $160 for. Has many different settings. If you switch it to extended mode, it has seamless panning. Most panorama settings require you to take three shots and try to line them up correctly and you will always end up with two lines in the middle of your image, but in this case you just pan the camera and try to stay level and then calibrate she rest of it and mix it together and it looks whole. The EXR setting is amazing! The first day I got it my grandma had me take a whole bunch of photos of the house she was selling and she had to go in and out. Different areas of the house were lit differently and it didn't matter, EXR figured out the best setting to turn on to get the best picture and went there! The best part was that it could tell if you were outside or not and the picture quality was the same everywhere. it didn't let in enough sunlight to put out an image, and in low light it didn't get dark at all! It's fairly light for its size, but heavy and strong enough not to feel cheap. What really matters is that it feels techy and futuristic when you turn it on :) The flash pops up and the lens caps snap into place and it makes a cool little noise. It's not needed, but appreciated by nerds like me :) Cons: I haven't really found it yet. The only thing that COULD be one of them is that the scroll wheel is very sensitive. I'm sure there is a way to change this, I just haven't looked for it yet. It's easy to scroll through the image you're looking for, but it's no big deal. If I find something big I don't like I will update the rating but for now I like it. In fact, I would recommend this to anyone who isn't a total pro and really wants to get some great shots without having to lug around a giant SLR. UPDATE: This little camera is great. She takes pictures as good as the Canon Rebel that a girl in my class has! The detail on this camera is amazing. It has the same pixel count as the Nikon Dx5100 (or something like that). I also like that the battery lasts a long time. I've only had to charge it once since I received it a few weeks ago. I still can't find anything wrong with that. The resulting pictures are so good that someone asked me to take pictures of their engagement. UPDATE 2: So I thought it was worth mentioning that I just dropped this camera. I was walking my dog and he was in my sweatshirt pocket and he was pulling on the leash and he jumped out and landed on the concrete. It landed face down and the only damage I found was a small chipped paint on the corner. So far very happy with the durability of the camera and I still like it. Another thing to note is that the word "Fujifilm" starts to rub off a little under the screen, but this doesn't affect performance in any way. It's not that important. If this was helpful, I would greatly appreciate it if you could take a few seconds to click the info button above. gratitude :)