Fujifilm S5500

Advantages: Price, Looks, Feel, and most importantly images.
Disadvantages: Speed from off to ready to shoot

...Background: I bought the S5500 by accident. I teach PhotoShop and one of my students has an S5500 so I knew it was a nice bit of kit, but I was not looking for a new camera (I already had a cam that was fine for the time being) so it was academic. My Girlfriend had said a few times that she wanted a digi-cam, but the S5500 was not an option here either. This is where luck and/or fate stepped in, I had to fly to Bangkok with a colleague on business, and he wanted to buy a camera there, as they were cheaper. I had rather stupidly left my camera at home, so decided to accompany him and get a cheap disposable. While at the shop I noticed the S5500 on the shelf for far less than I had seen it for in the UK, I bought it as my new main camera and phoned my girlfriend to tell her my old camera was now hers, everybody was happy. The Look...

Mex5150 14.02.2005 · Read review
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Review of Fujifilm FinePix S5500

Will it get 5500/5500 or 5/5500?

Advantages: Cheap, Simple, Does it's job, Clear enough...
Disadvantages: ...Not HD quality, Kinda small, not incredibly vibrant colours

...So Still sat in the Uni Library (see the COMPAQ Evo review), and I though I'd review the monitor that's sat inches in front of my bored and sad little face. It's a startling silver colour (imagine a silver ps2/ps3 if you would) on the front, with a dull black casing away from the front panel. The product name is at the top of the monitor just above the screen) with COMPAQ in red to the "viewers" left and "5500" in black to the right. Theres three buttons in the centre (menu, - and +) with an on/off switch to the right...all pretty bog standard really. The size, 15" isn't really upto much, I'd feel much more "at home" (my house PC, not laptop is 19") with a larger screen but I guess it's acceptable if nothing else. The quality is possibly off todays standards of HD ready 1080i monitors, but it's again an acceptable standard. However...

iamasadlittleboy 26.02.2007 · Read review
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Fujifilm S5500

Advantages: Very good picture quality and easy to use
Disadvantages: size and picture shake when zoomed in

...I bought this camera about 4 months ago to replace an older fujifilm camera stolen on holiday. My parents had the older version, the S5000, which I had used and liked, but when it came to getting mine the model had been upgraded. But good news, the annoying delay on the old version between pressing the button and the shutter opening had been resolved and action shots are now easy to do. The shots I have taken are very clear and I cant fault them. The ease of use of the features means that i have actually used many of them. However - the camera is very bulky compared to other ones of the same specification, and the extra zoom you get with the size is only useful if the camera is on a tripod / ledge. I took the camera to my childs carol concert, where i was approx 10 metres away from her, and I could not get a reasonable close up...

richbmth 03.02.2005 · Read review
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Fuji Fine pix s5500

Advantages: Great quality camera, reasonable price
Disadvantages: Battery drains very quickly and only takes normal batterys

...huge on the pc and allows people interested in design/etc to use the photographs with high resolution without compromising on size. Another interesting feature is the camera comes with a cable to connect to the TV so you can view your photos on your TV screen. The video function on the camera comes out superb quality and looks good but is very memory intensive and on good settings it?s about a 1mb a second. One downside about this camera is the fact it takes normal batteries instead of a built in rechargeable battery, the battery life is limited and a set of batteries can last only a couple of sessions. Overall the price for the camera is very reasonable and the quality is amazing I defiantly recommend this as a purchase....

furtherseemsforever 22.01.2005 · Read review
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Fujifilm FinePix S5500

Advantages: Price, Weight, functions,
Disadvantages: Start up time

...I have always been a compact camera user and very much the amateur snapper, However after spending some time with a friend of mine who is a semi-pro photographer I discovered just how addictive it can be to get "The right Shot". Following this I recently decided to move up a step and get a better camera. I was concidering going down the Digi SLR road but decided that would be too expensive in these early stages and was recommended to have alook at the Finepix S5500. They Retail at about £280 but after a bit of internet bargin hunting I managed to get one with 256mb of XD memory for £200. The only downfall with this was that the entire user manual was in GERMAN!! This ceased to be a problem when I Registered the camera on the Fuji website and was able to download the English version in PDF format. The camera itself is...

jcmagic 09.05.2005 · Read review
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Logitech Z-5500...It will blow your head off!!!

Advantages: Very loud, very good quality, easy to set up
Disadvantages: Big and heavy subwoofer but that's to be expected!

..., I did some research on the type of connectors I would need and where to plug them in. As it turned out I could theoretically plug some speakers straight into the ps3 via optical cable to deal with games and films. So, pretty simple then...or not. I never thought it would be so hard to find some reasonably priced speakers! Almost all of the surround sound kits come with a DVD player which I did not need because of the ps3's ability to play them as well as Blue rays.... So after failing miserably to find any, I eventually came across the Logitech Z-5500 - and I'm glad that I did. ~ The Setup I Have Now Got ~ When I found these speakers I originally thought that they would not be suitable due to the fact that on the box it says they are to be used mainly for PC's - but this was printed long before the PS3 came about, apparently. Now my set...

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Review of Logitech Z 5500

This pictures So nyce you'll be square eyed in no time

Advantages: crystal clear sound and picture, lightweight, good sized screen and much more
Disadvantages: none what so ever

...Televisions are something the majority of people have in there homes, (I mean, what else is all your furniture pointing at?) and with this digital switchover approaching faster than a whippet on steroids people are having to buy either a digital box for there old faithful television or a brand new television with built in digital. Anyway, I have had the pleasure of having a dig box which was plugged into the bedroom television, but when I recently saw a cracking offer on a Sony television with built in freeview I jumped at the chance to replace my old faithful television in the bedroom, (not a lot else happens in the bedroom these days anymore?) The television in question is the Sony KDL- 26S5500 with Bravia 2 and much more? ** THE SPECIFICATIONS IN BRIEF? * HD ready * 16 watt power output, 0.5 watts on standby * 26...

blissman70 14.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sony KDL26S5500U

Nokia 5500 Sport

Advantages: Durable, packed with features
Disadvantages: mmmmm none that I can see

...Nokia 5500 Sport In a nut shell : Candybar type phone, lightweight, durable, packed to the brim with user freindly features, Good camera, good sounds. Features : Well to start with its got a groovy wee torch, that you can turn on from a single button press ( no fumbling around in menus etc ). Its got Bluetooh, infrared, and a microSD memory card slot, which can take up to 1gb, although I have heard rumours that a 2gb can be used ( not tried it yet though ). A 2mpg camera and a radio and a pedometer (step counter). It also has a speech thing that narrates your text messages to you whilst you are out and about. In music mode you can tap the phone and it changes tracks etc. It`s the same in sports mode, by tapping it does various other things. So, should you get a 5500? It depends on what you want. For me its absolutely perfect...

coolwaters3uk 27.02.2008 · Read review
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Sony KDL-46W5500 - awesome LCD TV with stunning pictures

Advantages: Stunning pictures, loaded with features, useful extra connection options
Disadvantages: Expensive - but it is a Sony

...Finally decided to upgrade my old Trintron CRT and spent the past 3 months or so looking at the various LCDs available out there. I initially settled on a Sony KDL46W4500 after seeing one in a store and was just about to part with my hard earned cash when I started reading reviews and read about the so-called dreaded 'backlight bleed'. Given the high cost of the Sony, this completely put me off, so it was back to the drawing board for me. I spent more time looking around but never quite found a set I fancied as much as the 46W4500, that was until the Sony KDL46W5500 came out. I couldn't find any reviews but found it online at a very competitive price so I decided to take a chance on it. All I can say is I'm glad I took the risk. The picture on this set is nothing short of stunning. I don't have HD installed yet but the SD picture is...

VinnyH 31.05.2009 · Read review
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Fuji FinePix S1500. Descendant of the S1000fd

Advantages: Huge zoom, Focus Tracking, Easy to use
Disadvantages: Bulky, A little slow, AA batteries are a bit inconvenient

...The Fuji FinePix S1500 is the latest incarnation of the very successful FinePix S1000fd. It is very SLR-like in appearance and the added bulk of the battery-holder/grip does give it an assured feeling in your hands. Of course, this can be a disadvantage, and if you want a camera that you can just slip in-and-out of your pocket, then maybe a slimmer compact should be considered. The 12x optical zoom is excellent and it equates to 33-396mm in 35mm terms - and if this isn't enough, there is a 5.7x digital zoom feature too. The menus are friendly and easy to navigate, and there are helpful explanatory prompts that appear on thew LCD screen when the mode-dial setting is changed. There are 14 preset scenes to choose from, each setting the camera to its optimum settings for the given scenario, but on top of this, the camera can be used...

rabidbadger 31.08.2009 · Read review
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