FUJIFILM FinePix F601 Zoom Digital Camera

Pros: Quality Pictures; Video Recording; Build Quality; Compact; Extras
Cons: Auto Focus problems; Shutter Speed in Auto mode.

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Introduction

The Fuji FinePix F601 Zoom, costing just over £400 at time of purchase, isn’t the cheapest cameras you can buy. Right on the same shelf as the F601...

Pros: Colour quality, 640x480 video, small size, docking cradle
Cons: the usual small-camera cons: some red eye, just ok flash, smaller battery

I have owned a Finepix 6800 for a year. I sold it and "upgraded" to the F601 for a few reasons... its tighter, smaller body and its 640x480 (VGA) video with sound.

I've heavily researched every camera and tried out several, including Canon...

Pros: Fully manual controls, two screens, great picture quality, ease of use
Cons: Battery life, flash

I bought the Fuji F601 after my first Fuji died. I've had the camera for about a year and a half now and I don't regret my purchase at all. The F601's biggest advantage are the manual controls. Most point and shoot cameras offer manual "features", ...

Pros: Sturdy Housing, Very Versatile, Uses SmartMedia cards, Great Value!
Cons: Menus are small.

First, I'll assume if you are reading this review that you have become overwhelmed by the sheer choices of cameras out there. I'll also assume you have set aside a certain but limited amount of money to buy a digital camera. If you haven't already...

Pros: Great exposure control and contrast, good manual controls
Cons: no more NP-80 battery, docking cradle costs extra

I have been selling digital cameras for about 2.5 years and this is the one I like best. It has just about all the great features of Fuji's other great cameras (4700, 4800, 6800) plus just a few really nice improvements.

The best thing they...

Pros: Small size, light weight, great photos, great video
Cons: Video out on docking station, lack of PAL, fast charger costs extra

I updated this review after returning from a long vacation trip where I used the Fuji F601z a lot. Overall, the performance of the camera was outstanding, and I was very happy with it. I upgraded my already-good rating in a few areas. Also, I've added ...

Pros: Good Pix, Video with Audio, Output to TV, Web-cam, File copy
Cons: 5-hr recharge time, microphone pick-up not sensitive enough, no pouch

Please look to Fujifilm website for technical specs.

Ergonomics
Nice metallic body makes it look expensive and cool. Nice to hold but requires 2 hands to navigate about. About the size of a normal camera, so it'll fit in your pant pocket...

Pros: Picture Quality, Ease of Use, Solid Build Quality
Cons: Battery life could be better, USB2.0 would be nice

I purchased this camera for around $650 Canadian a year ago, wanting to have it for when my son was born. I really have nothing but good things to say about this camera. The few minor cons that I was able to list are really not anything to complain ...

Pros: Solid,good quality images,fast recycle,easy to use,good range of exposure modes.
Cons: Vertical format shape and 8 way selector take getting used to.

I'll begin by stating that there are only two minuses to this camera-it's shape and handling,and the ...

Pros: Small, convenient, easy to operate, good movies, good pictures in bright light.
Cons: Poor quality pictures in low lighting, zoom button too small and difficult to operate.

Overall the Fuji F601 is a very nice 3MP digital camera but has one major drawback: in auto mode you need to be outdoors with a lot of light to get sharp pictures. First the positives. The camera is very nice functionally with a few exceptions. The di ...

Pros: Excellent picture.Versatile. Able to make short movies(*.avi)with sound.
Cons: Multi-function switch could be a little bigger.

Upgraded from a cheap 640x480 digitil camera and was amazed and the wonderful pictures and video this little package produced! Smartmedia so nice to work with (gotta get a card reader for even easier uploads of pics to PC). Very satisfied with this...

Pros: Size, color quality, Options, Battery.
Cons: Layout, battery.

After owning two other Finepix 1400z and 2800z all I can say is Fuji is doing a great job! Not only have they blown me away with the price but the quality is outstanding. Did I mention its full manual! 3x optical zoom too, not just digital. Te only...

Pros: Size and Best resolution you can get today (8/02) for under $450.
Cons: Automatic white balance indoors and menu system.

Today the top resolution king of all digicams is the Fuji S2 which uses the same hexagonal super CCD. Its little brother F601 uses the same CCD technology and beats out top 4 MP cameras and matches the resolution of lesser 5MP such as Minolta 7. Look at...

Pros: Good pictures!
Cons: Some red eye

My wife drown my lovely Fuji last winter. I was heartbroke. Sent the camera back to Fuji to see if it was repairable. It was not but Fuji did offer to sell me a new model at wholesale price or send me a refurbished f601. Remember, my camera was long off ...

Pros: Great all-aluminum construction, compact size, fantastic image quality and great body design.
Cons: $599 MSRP.

WOW! That was the first thing I said when I saw the Fuji F601 Zoom camera. Besides the all aluminum body construction, the camera is small and compact. Very sleek. The previous models, including this one is designed by Porsche. Pretty cool. After...