FUJIFILM FinePix A500 Digital Camera

Pros: Relatively inexpensive, Small size and weight, Easy controls, Simple navigation
Cons: Poor focusing and optical systems lead to blurry and out-of-focus photos

If you want a small, inexpensive, 5.1 mega-pixel digital camera and you don’t mind sacrificing a bit on sharpness and focus, then you probably will enjoy the Fuji FinePix A500. At its most basic, the FinePix A500 is a small, easily carried, 5.1 ...

Pros: Low price, good autofocus, decent picture quality
Cons: Small LCD, controls could be improved

I bought the Fujifilm FinePix A500 because it was the best deal I could get at the time among entry level digital cameras, such as the Olympus FE130, Nikon L3 and Sony S600. I’ve only had the camera for a few days and have taken a couple dozen ...

Pros: Cheap - Small - AA Batteries
Cons: Bad picture quality - XD Card - Slow operations

This is a compact digital camera from Fuji featuring the dreaded infamous Fuji SuperCCD. A brief intro on the inner workings of the sensor are needed. In order to reduce prices on cameras the manufacturers are trying to 1) Reduce sensor size to ...

Pros: Excellent image quality! The Fujinon glass lens and CCD image chip take very nice pictures.
Cons: With this camera good pictures take time. Very slow to "write" the images to storage

On the surface; there is much to like about this camera. - 5.1 million pixels - PictBridge Enabled - 3x Optical Zoom - 5.2x Digital Zoom - 1.8" LCD Screen Size - Selectable sensitivity up to ISO 400 - 2x AA-size alkaline (included) - ...

Pros: clean, sleek aesthetics very attractively priced
Cons: button access and functionality picture quality

The Fuji 5.1 faced a hefty group of excellent cameras in its class in late 05 and early 06. Aesthetically they had designed it with the sturdy block look with very good retracting lens after shots. It had a sheer silver almost brushed stainless steel ...

Pros: small and slim shape, easy to get started
Cons: some problem to get booted up at the first time

I bought this camera as a birthday gift for my mom. She was very happy when she got it. It is very slim and thus easy and comfortable to hold, so it is very good for women to use it. My mom is not very good at using complex electronics so when I started ...

Pros: Compact
Great photo menu
Flip around LCD display
Cons: It uses batteries quickly
Flash is barely useful
LONG!!! cycle time 

I have had my  Polaroid A500 Digital Camera for nearly a year now. I use it for family and friend gatherings, pet photos ect. typical domestic use. I love how compact it is. It ...

Pros: Small size, macro feature, simple to work.
Cons: Don't know of any.

This camera has a small format to it. It is really easy to take anywhere. People in some of these reviews say fuzzy pictures, but I don't understand why. It may be they don't understand the two-step button. The picture taking button steps half way to focus the picture, then you push a little to snap the picture. The tactile is kind of light feel between these two steps and the people with the fuzzy pictures may be pushing the button all the way through without the focus step.

I get excellent sharp pictures both long range and macro view.

I had a Fuji 2650 2.0 MP the past 3 years and loved it. So simple to operate, and A500 is even easier to operate. Love it! Fuji all the way!

Pros: Takes very good picture for reasonably inexpensive camera. Buyer will not be disappointed.
Cons: Uses up batteries quickly. Use only QUALITY re-chargeble batteries. Cheap batteries simply do not last.

The A-500 has good features and settings. To get best quality pictures use the features, read directions how to apply features if you are a novice user, ie., pictures of moving objects,sports action, close ups etc. I have taken amazing pictures of nature with this camera. Accessing features are a bit inconvenient due to accessing them through LCD screen, where as many cameras have access buttons on camera body.

Has a view finder, a must for outdoor use. LCD display screens are virtually impossible to view in sunlight.This was the reason I chose the A-500 over the A-700. Although, the A-700 had an audio feature with the video mode, a real plus if you use it a lot.

Pros: Light-weight, easy focus, relatively inexpensive
Cons: batteries, slow operation

I bought this camera to replace a Kodak camera that kept breaking. My primary reason for choosing this camera was price. It was the most affordable at the time I purchased it. Generally speaking, I like the camera. I mostly use it to take pictures of my 15 month old daughter. Herein lies the problem, the camera is kinda slow so I end up missing some shots and some shots are blurred. But, the camera is light weight and focuses well. Another downside is the batteries, it uses AA batteries. I much prefer the kind that recharge. But again for the price you cannot beat this camera. For this price range I would definitely recommend it.