FujiFilm FinePix S2000HD User Reviews

Ownership period: less than 3 months.

I did enough research for a entry level DSLR and finally settled on S2000HD.. the black beauty. This is one of the more affordable super-zooms in the market.
Ease of use: Is it as an apt fit for the 'budding pro? or can the S2000HD truly satisfy both enthusiast and occasional happy snapper. I found myself becoming both.Its been two months since i have bought this and its very comfy to use.All one need to do is go through the product catalouge thoroughly before start using it and if you dont have patience for that just use Auto mode with flash flapped.
For your scene selection- Adjacent on the mode dial is SP or 'Scene Position', basically your pre-optimised scene modes. Select the one closest to your intended subject and let the Fujifilm FinePix S2000HD do the rest. Here we find the usual suspects of portrait, landscape, sport, night, fireworks, sunset, snow, beach, museum, party, flower, text, plus e-Bay friendly (VGA file size) auction mode.

I love the zoom bracketing feature, Fire the shutter in this mode and the S2000HD takes three shots: one at full frame and two successively cropped. The lens doesn't actually move, so all this is doing, aside from the crop itself, is producing incrementally smaller file sizes. An instant zoom function located on the four-way rear control pad does maintain pixel dimensions however, avoiding the user having to toggle back and forth by jumping to a 1.4x or 2x zoom equivalent, either in portrait or landscape ratio.
For taking pictures of moving objects like when you are in the car or your baby is running use the Anti Shake mode to get best results. You will be surprised at the quality of pictures you take in this mode.
Then there is combined natural light and flash mode, taking two shots: one with flash and one without so the user can compare and decide which they prefer. For those who have already decided the natural look is the one they prefer however, turning one click around to a dedicated natural light mode bumps up the ISO for captures without flash.

Apart from this do not forget to buy some basic assecories like tripod & remote control for taking pictures in the timer mode while in the group.So you dont have to run that 10 secs will get over (obviously you will be mounting the camera on the tripod).
One good thing about S2000HD is that optical zoom can be accessed in movie mode (sadly which many cameras lack barring some in Olympus). Having said that, a movie resolution of 1280x720 pixels is not strictly 'full' HD (1920x1080), but still betters the usual maximum of 640x480 pixels offered by most compacts.

If i need to sum up this is a camera which has amazing user friendliness with plenty of available shooting options for those who do want to get more creative and all this at small price.