Kodak EasyShare Z981 Vs. Fujifilm FinePix S2550

[maikeru]

I'd like to pick the brains of my fellow forum members regarding the selection of my next camera which I'll be picking up in a few months. I've read great reviews - and not so great reviews - for both cameras. With my limited experience with a camera, I'm thinking the naysayers simply don't fully understand the capabilities of their camera. Again, I'm a novice so I could be wrong. My question is simple: which do you think is better?

The Kodak Z981 or Fujifilm's S2550

Thanks in advance for your advice.

[ired4400]

Hello,
I just received this camera for christmas, I am very new to digital photography, only other digital camera is a polaroid that I really enjoyed . Just want to say I realize that most people on this site use much better equipment, but I am really enjoying everything I am learning.
Also would like to share a pic I took at the lake on 1-1-11 , not within the challenge week for a spot of color but I really like this shot and would love input .
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[Faith Huddleston]

Hi! I just joined this forum and in looking for comments on the Kodak Z981, I came across this thread. I have been using a Kodak C613 and C813 until just recently when I purchased the Z981. I have been playing with it about two weeks and for me it is great. I have the ability to let the camera do it manually, which I didn't even do on the two smaller cameras, or I can up my level and learn more about aperture, shutter, ISO by doing them manually, which I choose to do. I have attached three pictures that I took of the same subject, but varying the light in each frame. (hope I did it right). Anyway, the long and the short is that I am enjoying using the camera, I like the quality of the picture that I can get, and like that I can vary settings my way if I want.