s700 vs. s1000fd PLEASE HELP!!

[tackada]

Ok. So, I ordered an s700 on Amazon the other day. Today, the seller emails me saying "I dropped the camera. I will refund your money but the lens is cracked." So now I am up to choose again. I went with the s700 mainly out of a gut feeling, but now I'm starting to second guess it. So should I get the s700 or go with the s1000fd? Help would be appreciated. Thanks.

[mrodgers]

I certainly hope it wasn't similarly priced as this....

http://www.amazon.com/Fujifilm-Finep...1258601&sr=8-1

$350 on Amazon for the S700! I bought mine last Christmas (2007) for $200. It's now an old outdated model and I think goes for around $150? Don't quote me on that though.

I can't tell you to go with the other camera, I have no idea what that is. I can just say that the S700 is a nice camera for the price. I have far outgrown it over the past year in my learnings of photography and I need a good dSLR with much broader limitations than I get with the S700. Unfortunately, funds do not allow that, so I am stuck with my little ole fuji.

You can check this out and see some images from my Fuji. Some of the images are from a few years ago with my 2 mp, but I have the camera listed on the side for each image....

My Gallery

It is extremely limited in comparison to a dSLR, but it is nice in that it holds all the different manual modes and has a nice zoom level. The quality falls drastically when you move past ISO400. I use ISO400 for indoor shots and do noise reduction on them, but ISO64 and 100 are great for outdoor shots.

I was very happy for this past year+ with purchasing the S700.

[mishababy]

I also have the Fuji S700 and there is also another thread about it

Fuji FinePix S700

and there is a link in there where I got mine from Walmart and it is only $159 that is a lot less than I paid but $350 sounds a bit too much from amazon. I love this camera and have taken lots of great pics with it. Im still an amateur photographer.

[ditch_azeroth]

i'm not sure how prices go these days for superzooms but have considered getting a 2nd hand canon s5IS? their sx series superzooms are great too, but i'd rather get a g10 for a point shoot. that said, the s700 is also a great superzoom for its price.