Fuji 4700z digital Camera

Here is my personal opinion about my Fuji 4700z digital camera (DC). Don't be surprise if you come across anything that sounds family from other review sites, cause I read a lot of those and some are in my head and I agree with them.

I have done a lot of research before going into buying this DC. At the time of purchase, I was deciding between Olympus 3030z, Nikon Coolpix 990, Canon S20 and Fuji 4700z. Here are the reasons why I choose Fuji 4700z over the others:

• Aan excellent choice for DC, 3.3 Mega Pixel CCD, good lens, full manual control, 3X optical zoom, use AA size batteries, looks like conventional camera ... I had times that I stuck in between this one and the Fuji 4700z.
• The price is a little steep -- US$899 at time of purchase, and the lens cover is not self-retracting, it's not as small as Fuji 4700z, not full metal case

• From the review I've read, this is one of the best DC out there for armatures to semi-pro photographer at time of my purchase. It's the standard for comparisons in many reviews.
• Excellent color reproduction, 3.3 Mega Pixel CCD, rotating LCD for shooting at different angle, if my memory serves right, they also run on AA size batteries...
• Priced at US$999 at time of my purchase, looks kind of wired to me, doesn't look like conventional cameras but at the same time doesn't appeal to me.

• Good small size DC with decent pictures, retractable lens with cover, their price tags won't scare me away (S10: sub US$500 and S20: ~US$750), it looks nice.
• It uses canon's own rechargeable batteries, which means you can't use AA size batteries for "emergency situation", S10 only comes with a 8MB CF card for storage (S20 comes with 16MB), only 2X optical zoom.

• I like it the first time I saw and put it in my hand in compUSA. Very small size, I can put it in my jeans' pocket, though then the jeans will be a little tight, haha~
• It doesn't look like any other camera at all, and at the same time it's very appealing with the full metal case.
• It uses AA size batteries, and it comes with 4 rechargeable batteries and a *really slow* charger.
• It has a 2.4 Mega Pixel Super CCD that can product a 4.3 Mega Pixel pictures. (Read on, this may not be the best thing ...)
• It's a little expensive than the rest of the 2 Mega Pixel range DC, but I totally buy the feel and look of it ...
• Please continue to read the pros and cons on the next page ...

Here is something to read about SuperCCD 

As it turned out the 4700Z has one of Fuji's new "Honeycomb" SuperCCD's, the major difference between a SuperCCD and standard CCD is the orientation of the CCD pixels. In a SuperCCD they're orientated in a diamond formation, turning this into a square image requires interpolation which generates a higher pixel count. The Fuji 4700z has a 2.4 megapixel SuperCCD which generates a 4.3 megapixel image (2400 x 1800). This means that the cameras internal

systems are processing those diagonally orientated pixels to generate the image... The jury is still out as to whether this is a good thing or not, the SuperCCD design does lend itself to higher sensitivity thus the 4700z has a lowest sensitivity of ISO 200 and highest of ISO 800 (typical digicams have sensitivities ISO 80 / 100) ... (from dpreview.com)