Price-performance ratio totally fine!

I've been looking for a while for a camera with which I can make higher-quality images. I've decided I no reflex to buy time, but a bridge camera. I had several very important points. I wanted to a good quality of images and a simple (partly automatic) operation, with the lay people who do not have much time to sit down with the functions apart, get along well and losknipsen directly. Furthermore, it was important to me that I (if I get better with time) can also make manual adjustments and that the camera has a battery and is not operated by batteries. Also makes my student budget too high a price not to. These are so many demands on a camera. I've been looking for a long time and also interviewed, who are more comfortable in this area. At some point I finally came across the Fujifilm SL 300 and was thrilled from the start. In folgenen times I'll just go through a few characteristics of the camera and describe:

HOUSING
When I unpacked the camera I noticed the robust, good processing directly. The look I like. Black and simple is exactly my taste. The camera fits comfortably in your hands and is remarkably light, so it can be kept well even with one hand. The ON / OFF button is to push and I like it so well. The probability that the camera is turned on by mistake so is therefore rather low. The buttons are my judge it after appropriately arranged and logically structured.

Zoom function
The camera has a large 30x zoom. The zoom works well and thanks to the image stabilizer, the images are almost always very sharp. I've noticed that there are, however, at maximum zoom is a little more difficult to shoot sharp images stabbing. The slight tremors of the hand will fall very significant. The situation is different if one ensures that the camera has a solid foundation and is not disturbed by hand movements.

Image quality
The image quality find perfectly acceptable. The key of course is to compare the pulling. Compared to the picture quality, which I have been accustomed to the quality of the Fujifilm SL300 is really good. Compared to the bridge camera my brother (who, however, has also tasted twice) cuts the quality of images from slightly worse. Especially in low light I have yet to make trouble very sharp images. That can especially be my lack of experience, because I have not much time had me in the evening to deal with the camera.

Quickness
I had in mind, because Fujifilm cameras have often been depicted as rather slow rating systems and I did not want it, first to wait an eternity until the camera is finally ready for a photo. That would be particularly annoying, especially in nice snapshots. But this is fortunately not the case. The camera of my perception works on fast and needs in the automatic program is not long before she makes a good impression. The camera shoots at full resolution 1.2 frames per second, which should also be rather slow well, but I also do not negatively noticeable. Locate the fine. I also read that, who can do with 3 MP satisfied are also 8 fps.

Flash
The camera has a built-in flash, which you have to fold up manually. The built-in flash is comparatively rather small, but perfectly adequate for everyday use. Furthermore, and I think that is a great solution that Fujifilm has found that there is also such a hot shoe, on which you can attach an external TTL flash, if the built-in flash is no longer sufficient. The fact that the flash must be lifted manually, I find also good. So you can not waste)

Operation
I had mentioned earlier that it's important to me that even lay people who just losknipsen it can take good pictures. This requirement meets the Fujifilm SL300. The automatic program I really like. The function of the choice of subject makes me happy. There are programs, among others, for portraits, landscapes, macro shots (for example flowers), sports shots, sunsets, and programs for low light conditions or night scenes. Furthermore, there is also a smile detection (which works well) makes a program for taking pictures of fireworks (also great!) And programs in which the camera automatically 3 times the motive ranzoomt or eg an image once with and once without a flash , Even for photographing texts there is a program that works also very good.

Conclusion
For a camera in this price range, this camera is very good. You have to define your needs and desires clearly, of course forever. My claims will all meet the camera. Those who want high-quality images of beautiful moments fertigere easy to offer than traditional compact cameras, but would make no professional images, the camera will probably satisfy these. The camera can be well served by laymen, but has more experience with the possibility to make manual adjustments. I especially like also that the camera is so light and good in the hand. Price-performance ratio is perfect!