User Reviews & Ratings

speaklightly - (August 21, 2004) As a professional digital camera lecturer, I must admit that the Fuji E-550 was a very pleasant surprise for me. Priced at about $340, this digital camera produced digital photos that were much sharper, more detailed, and more excellent than I, frankly expected. I found the digital camera very easy to use right out of the box. While this digital camera does have a 12mp interpolated image size available, I found the 6mp native image size to have more contrast, detail and resolution. As you might expect in a consumer digital camera, the digital camera's flash is not very powerful. At 200 ISO it will produce excellent exposures out to 13 feet. By adding a supplementary slave flash such as

snufalufagus1 - (September 24, 2004) I spent a LOT of time investigating digital cameras online -one would think I was buying a car or something. Anyway I am a novice camera user and remain very impressed with this little guy. I would certainly recommend it. The movie mode is great for 'vignettes' or small movie snapshots. I also use the black and white a lot. I also didn't think the LCD would matter very much, but it does: I never use the viewfinder. I appreciate the large size of the LCD when passing the camera around to friends to view pictures and movies. Hint #1: Immediately jack up the megapixel resolution to 5 so that you can capture moments in the best resolution possible. Then, bypass Sony's ridiculous profit margin

joysmahal - (October 27, 2004) This camera is awesome. I upgraded from a Canon A70 and it was well worth the money. The Canon A95 uses 4 AA bateries, but it eats through normal alkalines way too fast. I highly recommend getting rechargeable NiMH AA batteries and a quick charger. The swivel screen is a major plus, it's 1.8" compared to 1.5" from the Canon A70. The screen is also higher resolution than the A70. I have used the camera for 3 weeks and printed about 50 pics so far. The pics look great and I even cropped to zoom in on some pictures and you couldn't see any sign of pixelation. I love the manual flexibility with this camera, plus the automatic modes make it easy for anyone to use. The camera

rockyandthebullwinkles - (11/22/2009) I love the options but when I'm at a gig I need dependability . Beringer replaced my first new one after two months use . Now the second new one is doing the same thing . I treat my equipment with great respect and purchased a case for this board . All the caution in the world will not keep these XLR jacks from breaking down

btwhite - (11/22/2009) I could almost quote a similar complaint!! We have had the item for a little over 3 years! First problem, a few months after our 1 year warranty expired, one of the door hinge/spring in the microwave broke! Second, we came home to find that the outer glass on the microwave door spontaneously shattered, found bits of glass all over the floor. We only use the microwave to heat milk for our children, chicken nuggets and the occasional popcorn bag -I can't imagine the product having so many issues with such a limited usage. After reading all the BAD reviews, I feel as if we should all get together via e-mail (TOM at sbcglobal, maybe) and file a suit to receive the repairs for FREE and/or get a refund for any monies spent repairing these issues! The item should be RECALLED!!! What if one of our children was standing near the microwave while it exploaded!?? The glass may be tempered, but this matter is extremely dangerous!

hooray40 - (11/22/2009) I think there should be an infomercial channel to show consumers how products are not worth your time and money. Very disappointed with Hoover mfg. and the way they treat their customers when you call and try to get some kind of resolution.