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Compare Prices on Fujifilm FinePix A101 1.3MP Digital Camera

FinePix A101 is an ultra-small, fully automatic and affordable digital camera that is versatile and easy to use. Whatever the opportunity, its simple point-and-shoot design lets you take still shots easily at a moment’s notice, create short video clips, and it may even be used as a Web cam. The camera features 1.3-megapixel CCD, simple user-friendly controls and easy USB computer connection. Auto lens cover protects the lens during storage, and switching the camera on automatically opens the lens cover and readies the camera for shooting. FinePix A101 offers fun features everyone can enjoy. Set to automatic, or select manual for greater control over each exposure.FinePix A101 assures clear, natural color image quality. FUJIFILM’s advanced color technology captures near film-like digital color. FinePix A101 makes it easy to take great-looking pictures simply by pressing the shutter button, letting the camera do the rest with its fully automatic system. Fast processing lets you take pictures in quick succession. With movie-recording feature you can capture all the fun in up to 20 seconds of video. Ultra-compact and lightweight, the FinePix A101 is small enough to fit discreetly into a purse or pocket. This perfect pocket design allows the camera to be taken anywhere to capture those spur-of-the-moment shots.

• Amazon Sales Rank: #104786 in Camera & Photo
• Size: Pocket Size
• Brand: Fuji
• Model: A101
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Dimensions: 2.60″ h x 3.90″ w x 1.60″ l, .32 pounds
• Memory: 8MB
• Display size: 1.6

Features

• 1.3 megapixel sensor captures enough detail for photo-quality prints at 5 x 7 inches
• 2x digital zoom lens
• Included 8 MB SmartMedia card holds 24 images at default resolution
• Connects with PCs via USB port
• Uses 2 AA batteries

A Must-Buy digital camera!!!
I love this camera. It worth every penny!
If you’re like me, you don’t want to spend more than $500( or even $300) to buy a close to perfect camera. But the quality should be good. Then this is it! Why? (1) You don’t see a lot camera below $200 come with flashlight, do you? (2) It’s 1.3M Pixels CCD. That means you can print 5×10 pictures. (3) PC Camera feature. (4) Compact size, easy to use.
Of courese, it has some room to improve: (1) It’s a battery-eating monster! Buy a lot of batteries or buy rechargebale batteries. (2) No optical zoom.(what do you expect for less $200?) (3) 8M smartcard is not enough. I’ve upgraded it to 64M from amazon.com for $29.(4) If it has built-in microphone would be convenient while using pc camera feature.
I suggest you can do some research and compare it with other cameras in this price range. It would surprise you.
(ps. if you want a little better quality, it has a sister product A201 which is about $60 more but 2.1M Pixels.)

Great digital camera - low price
Very well designed, full feature, really small digital camera at a very low price. 1.3 megapixels great for computer display and good for regular sized printed photos. Has many many high end features. Uses cheap AA batteries (not long lived, however). Available ac converter. Requires USB (with windows 98, 2000 or ME) computer to download to PC. Exceptionally easy to use. Has close-up macro facility (can take photos of regular text on a page). Bottom line - a really well-designed digital camera

An INCREDIBLE bargain!
This camera seems to have it all for a sub-200 model! Although I am not a novice digital photographer, I am not a professional — nor do I want to be. I wanted a camera that would take nice pictures of friends, family and the occasional scenery shot that could be printed out or uploaded. The Fujifilm 1.3 does this well, and prints very nice photos at photo size (I do 4×6, 5×7).

The selling points (besides the price) are as follows: 1) its very small — making it easy to take with you in a pocket, 2) it works on both my Mac OS X and Win 98/ME PC via USB — essentially plug-n-play, 3) it takes great daylight pictures, 4) it doesn’t eat batteries if you don’t use the display mode — ie: operating it like a normal camera using a viewfinder. I have not filled up the 8 MB card that came with the camera yet, although I haven’t tried very hard (maybe a max of 20 photos on fine resolution in a sitting). Because I download to a laptop, I don’t really need to spend additional money for a bigger card. I’ve also dropped it a few times, without affecting performance, so its a pretty sturdy little camera.

The only issue I have with the camera is that there is a learning curve for most of the features that may cause you to lose good photo opportunities at first. You have to read the manual to know how the display works, and how to set the camera for different sorts of lighting schemes. I blurred a few photos because I didn’t realize the macro switch had turned on while it was in my bag, and didn’t discover this until later when I downloaded them. I haven’t quite mastered the various flash settings and took a low-light, indoor shot from about 8 feet away that isn’t great. If I were to put some time in learning the display functions, rather that setting it on “auto” and using the viewfinder all the time, I might become quicker at changing the settings for different lighting situations. As it is now, the camera is fine for my uses, and I can usually brighten the “mistakes” in Photoshop.