Playing With the New Camera

Last week I saw a Fujifilm S1800 on sale in a local department store. It was $150.oo less than it had been last time I looked at the price so I bought it. Today I noticed that the price had dropped by another $30.oo. So it goes. The past few days I have been putting the camera through it's paces to see what it can do.

My good camera is a Lumix FZ-50, and is far superior to the Fuji. Nevertheless it's good to have a backup camera.

A late afternoon shot of the mouth of the Knik River.

The Fujifilm's strong point is it's macro capabilities. That's no big deal for a digital camera. This is a Starflower.

wild Rose

Dwarf Dogwood

Forget Me Nots

Wild Strawberry flowers

Dandelion

Maple leaf

This Robin is the only bird I have photographed with the new camera. There is about a 2 second delay after I press the shutter button. This is terrible for wildlife photography.

The road to Goose Creek. The setting for the Goose Creek Bear painting that gave me so much trouble is just off to the right.

The main problems I have with the new camera are the long shutter delay, and the lack of manual zoom, or manual focus. In spite of that, this little camera is in many ways far superior to any 35mm camera that I have ever had, and I have had many 35mm's over the years. I was perfectly happy with them, but now I would never go back to film cameras.