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On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 19:52:37 +0100, Beck wrote:
> Do you know the differences between the s5000 and the s5500 ? I have the
> chance of getting a cheaper s5000 on Amazon marketplace but don't want to
> go with it if the previous version has flaws.
I knew a few differences last year but no longer recall what the
were. I probably read about them from reading the dpreview's Fuji
forum. I think that the S5000 had one or two minor advantages, one
possibly being the "Top" consecutive shot mode taking more frames,
so the S5500's Top 3 mode might be Top 4 or Top 5 with the S5000.
But it still can take up to 40 consecutive shots, although at a
slightly slower rate. One S5000 owner claimed to get poor battery
life using alkalines, but that may be due to a bad sample as some
reviews show no battery problems. I'd imagine that the S5500 would
do better but I haven't seen the S5000's manual. I found that the
battery life spec's reported in the manual are accurate. You can
probably download manuals for both cameras from Fuji's website, and
I'd look in a few areas, such as video capability (S5500 can take
high-res 30fps video (with audio) limited only by the size of the xD
card) and can also add voice annotations to still pictures.
I saw the S5000 in a display case recently and was a bit surprised
as from small pictures I thought it was virtually indistinguishable
from the S5500, but close up it was definitely less photogenic than
the S5500. 
One difference is that the S5000's sensor has fewer
pixels than the S5500. If you don't make very large prints this
probably won't be a big drawback. Although I don't recall other
superior features of the S5500 there were a good number of them, and
the majority of the forum participants thought so too, although to
be honest, the S5000 had a number of very loyal fans. The old
messages are probably still online, with the ones I read probably
dating back to late last year.
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ASAAR wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 19:52:37 +0100, Beck wrote:
>
>> Do you know the differences between the s5000 and the s5500 ? I
>> have the chance of getting a cheaper s5000 on Amazon marketplace but
>> don't want to go with it if the previous version has flaws.
>
> I knew a few differences last year but no longer recall what the
> were. I probably read about them from reading the dpreview's Fuji
> forum. I think that the S5000 had one or two minor advantages, one
> possibly being the "Top" consecutive shot mode taking more frames,
> so the S5500's Top 3 mode might be Top 4 or Top 5 with the S5000.
> But it still can take up to 40 consecutive shots, although at a
> slightly slower rate. One S5000 owner claimed to get poor battery
> life using alkalines, but that may be due to a bad sample as some
> reviews show no battery problems. I'd imagine that the S5500 would
> do better but I haven't seen the S5000's manual. I found that the
> battery life spec's reported in the manual are accurate. You can
> probably download manuals for both cameras from Fuji's website, and
> I'd look in a few areas, such as video capability (S5500 can take
> high-res 30fps video (with audio) limited only by the size of the xD
> card) and can also add voice annotations to still pictures.
>
> I saw the S5000 in a display case recently and was a bit surprised
> as from small pictures I thought it was virtually indistinguishable
> from the S5500, but close up it was definitely less photogenic than
> the S5500. One difference is that the S5000's sensor has fewer
> pixels than the S5500. If you don't make very large prints this
> probably won't be a big drawback. Although I don't recall other
> superior features of the S5500 there were a good number of them, and
> the majority of the forum participants thought so too, although to
> be honest, the S5000 had a number of very loyal fans. The old
> messages are probably still online, with the ones I read probably
> dating back to late last year.
Once again, thanks for the help.
Its annoying for me having two or three cameras so close I really cannot
make up my mind.
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On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 00:07:04 +0100, Beck wrote:
> Once again, thanks for the help.
> Its annoying for me having two or three cameras so close I really cannot
> make up my mind.
You're welcome. Both the Fuji and the Olympus are nice cameras.
The smaller Olympus is more pocketable, but in a camera that size
I'd want either a shorter zoom (I think these small cameras are more
difficult to hold steadily) or maybe even only a moderately long
zoom like the 6x on a couple of the Panasonic Lumix compact cameras,
which have image stabilization (but at the expense of no
viewfinder). I also don't care much for the proprietary lithium
batteries, as they might have to be replaced every 2 or 3 years, and
as I like to have a spare battery on hand, that would mean a
recurring expense of 2 new moderately expensive batteries. Hang
onto the camera long enough and its value will be less than the new
batteries. Of course for some people lithium batteries are
preferable, especially for sub-compact cameras. But they often
sacrifice features such as focusing lamps, etc.
Here's a radical idea - get both, use them until you decide which
one you prefer and then sell the other on eBay. You wouldn't get
back enough to cover the entire cost of the second camera, but it
might be well worth the additional expense. Sort of like renting
two cameras with an option to buy. Or you may like them both so
much you won't want to part with either.
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ASAAR wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 00:07:04 +0100, Beck wrote:
>
>> Once again, thanks for the help.
>> Its annoying for me having two or three cameras so close I really
>> cannot make up my mind.
>
> You're welcome. Both the Fuji and the Olympus are nice cameras.
> The smaller Olympus is more pocketable, but in a camera that size
> I'd want either a shorter zoom (I think these small cameras are more
> difficult to hold steadily) or maybe even only a moderately long
> zoom like the 6x on a couple of the Panasonic Lumix compact cameras,
> which have image stabilization (but at the expense of no
> viewfinder). I also don't care much for the proprietary lithium
> batteries, as they might have to be replaced every 2 or 3 years, and
> as I like to have a spare battery on hand, that would mean a
> recurring expense of 2 new moderately expensive batteries. Hang
> onto the camera long enough and its value will be less than the new
> batteries. Of course for some people lithium batteries are
> preferable, especially for sub-compact cameras. But they often
> sacrifice features such as focusing lamps, etc.
>
> Here's a radical idea - get both, use them until you decide which
> one you prefer and then sell the other on eBay. You wouldn't get
> back enough to cover the entire cost of the second camera, but it
> might be well worth the additional expense. Sort of like renting
> two cameras with an option to buy. Or you may like them both so
> much you won't want to part with either.
LOL I am not that rich to get both :-)
I have weighed up the pros and cons and have decided to go with the Fuji
s5500. Local Jessops have said they can price match the internet stores so
I can probably get it today. I wil be back later with opinions on it.
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On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 11:08:32 +0100, Beck wrote:
> Local Jessops have said they can price match the internet stores so
> I can probably get it today. I wil be back later with opinions on it.
Best of luck with it. The only problem I had with the camera was
due to a little impatience. I wanted to use the it before becoming
really familiar with the use of all of the buttons and modes.
Taking a couple of hours worth of indoor test shots with the manual
at hand helped a lot. Someday I imagine cameras will have a high
enough resolution EVF or LCD display that they could easily display
a readable full manual contained internally on ROM.
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