Customer Reviews
Great Camera, lousy service.
I bought this camera for my daughter. She loves it, but it lost the sound recorder. I took it in to the Fujifilm service center, which happens to be located where I live and they can't even look at it for at least a month. There are no other alternative servicing facilities with a quicker response. It is the worst service time I have ever heard of. I would not buy another Fujifilm camera.
Perfect!
I'm a 20 year old guy and a sophomore in college. I've never owned a digital camera before but I decided it would be a good idea to have one to capture the craziest time of my life. Since I can't carry a purse around I knew I needed a small slim camera so immediately the fuji caught my eye. After a lot of reading reviews and comparing to the other ultra compacts I finally decided on the Z1. I couldn't be happier! I don't know a lot of technical stuff about digital photoagraphy and I'm sure an expert could point out some imperfections in the pictures. But for the average person I think the pictures look great. The speed of this camera is excellent as well, take the camera out slide the cover and snap the picture its easy and you never miss anything. I did buy a 256mb memory card, it seems almost pointles that they even give you a 16mb one but it has to come with something right? I haven't even read the manual yet and I'm sure this camera can do a lot more but I'm just not concerned with that yet. Its got video too which is cool. I love how I can just put it in my back pocket and go. If your looking for a compact camera to capture your everyday life this one will suit you just fine!
Great camera for those on the go
Wow. This is my second Fujifilm camera, and could not be happier with it. I had three reasons for upgrading and this camera met them all.
#1- Speed: Besides processing pictures MUCH faster than my previous camera, the Z1 starts up AMAZINGLY FAST. This means less photo ops are missed waiting for the lens to come out of the case and the camera to come on.
#2- Size: I'm the kind of person that likes to bring a camera along everywhere. I'll take tons of pics, delete the lame ones, and keep the jewels. This camera is slim and about the size of a deck of cards.
#3- Quality: With any digital camera upgrade, you expect quality improvements. The real-light (or whatever they call it) feature makes for much better color. And a 3 mega-pixel jump was nice, too.
On a side note, the proprietary battery that is included with this camera is amazing. I used to carry extra batteries with me at all times. The Z1 lasted an entire week on vacation (over 200 pics) and the battery indicator never changed.
Some gripes: You have to use the included dock if you want to transfer pics to your pc or use a tripod. The LCD screen is HUGE, and very exposed. This means you have to be careful not to scratch it, a problem for those (like me) who take their camera with them. There is no Webcam mode on the Z1, unlike my previous Fujifilm camera.
OVERALL, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS CAMERA. (I could never find this model on display in a brick&mortar store, and bought on faith from Amazon. You may have to, as well.)
