FujiFilm FinePix HS10

usability, zoom, performance, portability, price

95% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

performance, usability, image quality, zoom, size

portability, reliability

100% of the reviews on Amazon.ca give this product a positive rating.

Awesome 30x optical zoom lens with manual operation; Versatile 24-720mm focal range; Cool Pro Low-Light Shooting mode; Bright 3.0-inch, tilting LCD; Well built and comfortable body; Produces nice exposures and colors outdoors; Competitive shooting...

Uncomfortable eye piece; Narrow viewfinder magnification; Above average amounts of noise at all ISO settings; ISO 3200 and 6400 are pretty much useless; Limited playback information ; Bottom Line ; FujiFilm has produced a competitive model in the...

FujiFilm has produced a competitive model in the mega-zoom category. This model is sure to please those who are looking for a step up from their current point-n-shoot, but are not quite ready to take on the dSLR world. Our only real complaint is that...

With a wealth of innovative features, shooting modes for every experience level, not to forget that amazing 30x zoom, the Fujifilm Finepix HS10 is one of the best super-zooms around and also a viable alternative to a DSLR camera. The HS10 only misses...

Uniquely versatile 30x (24mm to 720mm) optical superzoom lens ; Manual zoom ring ; Lots of external controls ; Sensor-shift image stabilization ; Lightweight, digital SLR-like build ; Jam-packed with sophisticated automated features ; Excellent 1080p...

Slow shot-to-shot time ; Slow autofocus ; Mode switching and UI can be sluggish ; EVF/LCD Auto switching is slow and might make you miss a shot ; Image quality not on par with similarly priced digital SLRs ; High-speed 10fps shooting only allows 7...

Flash: Our manufacturer-specified testing (shown at right) doesn't work well at wide-angle when the reported distance goes beyond 16 feet, because that takes the camera out of the main lab, so the wide-angle result is inconclusive. The telephoto test...

Fuji includes a sturdy plastic lens cap (with a retaining strap) in the box, to help protect that big 30X zoom lens from the elements

A huge zoom range; Fairly sharp images

Some awkward controls; A disappointing viewfinder

The Fujifim FinePix HS10 is a powerful camera with an incredible 30x zoom lens and a number of useful special shooting modes. And it does so without much compromise, shooting images with good color and low noise. But it is far from perfect; the same...

Versatile, 30x zoom, Excellent image quality, Very good feature set

Low resolution LCD, Expensive, One-touch video button not instant-on

30X lens with few artifacts ; Good image quality up to ISO 1,600 ; 1080p video and HDMI out ; Powerful, comfortable DSLR-like controls ; Articulating display ; Fast autofocus ; Panorama mode

Sometimes imprecise autofocus ; Pro Low-light mode not very effective ; 1080p video bitrate could be higher; motion blur ; Still an insistence on proprietary USB out ; Odd choice of AA batteries for power

The body: build quality, controls and portsThe in-between quality of ultrazooms often manifests itself first in your first grip of the device. They're usually not as well-built as a DSLR but still somewhat higher than a typical compact camera.

30X lens with few artifacts ; Good image quality up to ISO 1,600 ; 1080p video and HDMI out ; Powerful, comfortable DSLR-like controls ; Articulating display ; Fast autofocus ; Panorama mode

Sometimes imprecise autofocus ; Pro Low-light mode not very effective ; 1080p video bitrate could be higher; motion blur ; Still an insistence on proprietary USB out ; Odd choice of AA batteries for power

The body: build quality, controls and portsThe in-between quality of ultrazooms often manifests itself first in your first grip of the device. They're usually not as well-built as a DSLR but still somewhat higher than a typical compact camera.