Tech Review: Fujifilm S2000 HD Digital Camera

We wrap up last week's Digital Camera Week a bit late with this close up of the Fujifilm S2000 HD Digital Camera.

Look below the cut for the written review from Attack of the Show.

What You Need to Know

• Right handgrip makes it sturdy to hold
• It's really not that big or heavy when you're shooting with it
• The controls are simple to use with dedicated buttons for specific functions like high-speed shooting or the electronic view finder
• This means you're not going to navigate through too many menus
• Overall, it's a pleasure to use
• The camera has a 15x optical zoom
• It's pretty amazing how close you can get, but you definitely need to have image stabilization turned on
• Auto focus is also slow to none when zooming; you have to press the shutter to force it
• Shoot thirty-three high speed shots in three or five megapixels or infinitely in even lower resolution
• In normal light you can get some pretty cool slow motion, but don't even try in low light
• Image quality is sort of disappointing
• In low light with no flash, blur and noise are prominent
• With a flash, it's too blown out; there's no middle ground
• Outdoor shots look good, which mean you can probably squeeze some nice pictures out with a lot of manual tweaking
• If you need the zoom and want to tweak settings, this an okay choice

Price

• $270
• If you just want to use the auto settings, then we'd recommend a cheaper point and shoot like the Canon SD1100

Overall Rating

• 77% (how do we rate gadgets?)