Fujifilm FinePix J250W 10MP Digital Camera with 5x Wide Angle Dual Image Stabilized Optical Zoom

by Fuji

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 5.5 x 2.8 inches ; 1.1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001R23JMG
• Item model number: FinePix J250W
• Batteries: 1 Lithium ion batteries required.
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,542 in Camera & Photo (See Top 100 in Camera & Photo)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 16, 2009

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The FinePix J250 is the perfect on-the-go camera, fitting easily into a shirt pocket or hand bag. Despite its slim design, the the FinePix J250 boasts a 3.0-inch, high-resolution LCD and Fujinon 5x wide-angle optical zoom (28mm-140mm equivalent on 35mm camera) which makes it easy to capture distant objects or large groups at close range.

Automatic Scene Recognition
The FinePix J250 feature Fujifilm’s new SR Auto (Automatic Scene Recognition), which enables the cameras to intelligently recognize six types of scenes automatically. For each picture taken in this mode, the cameras will optimize the ideal exposure, focus, white balance and ISO for the scene to ensure the best quality picture is captured with ease.

Fujifilm’s FinePix J250 also offers the following features:

• Image stabilization: the FinePix J250 sports a combination of Mechanical and ISO-based stabilization creating complete anti-blur protection making it easy to capture all the action.
• Scene modes: pre-programmed scene modes provide top-quality photos in a wide-range of shooting conditions.
• Low light shooting: utilizes ISO settings of up to 1600 at full resolution, to capture stunning images even in low light.
• Battery life: long-life rechargeable Li-ion battery for extended shot life.

Product Description

Fuji Finepix J250W 10MP 5X Wide Angle Digital Camera Black.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, May 30, 2009

By	deepcloud - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fujifilm FinePix J250W 10MP Digital Camera with 5x Wide Angle Dual Image Stabilized Optical Zoom (Electronics)

I purchased this camera to act as a small back-up to my Nikon D200. I owned a Fujifilm Finepix F10 and that camera was great. Excellent image quality and great low light ability. It was on this experience that I bought the J250. I was actually expecting better quality than my F10 since that camera came out in 2005 and cameras have progressed quite a bit. I was wrong. The image quality of the J250 flat out sucks. The low light ability is among the worst I have seen. Images at 400iso and above are pretty much unusable. The camera is also not ergonomically designed. The exposure comp adjustment, something any photographer should use is buried in a menu option and even though there is a setting called "manual" it not manual, with the exception of white balance.

I returned the camera after one short evening trying it out.

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Just received today - so far, so good., May 12, 2009

By	Michael W. Lasota (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Fujifilm FinePix J250W 10MP Digital Camera with 5x Wide Angle Dual Image Stabilized Optical Zoom (Electronics)

I'm going to write a follow up eventually but right off the bat, I have to say I love Fujifilm cameras.

I had one from 2004-2006 that got stolen, replaced it and used it until I broke it. Eventually I tried an Olympus Stylus 710 and it was.. ALWAYS blurry, always fuzzy and just didn't react well in low light, or .. any light.

The Fujifilm is a bit heavier than my Olympus and a touch heavier than the older model I had (can't remember the number) but, it's beautiful. Colours are vibrant and even with the flash off, and low light (I live in Oregon), the pictures come out clear and sharp. Not over processed, but natural looking.

This is important to me. I also enjoy the speed of the memory. I purchased a 16GB Transcend Class 6 SDHC memory card and it writes quickly, and reads on my laptop (Dell Inspiron 1525) very fast. The images loaded quicker than off the XD card I used in the Olympus! (I thought XD was supposed to be faster?).

I'm going to experiment around town tomorrow - live music venues (vital to me) and try to find sunshine shots. Hard to do in Portland this week.

All in all, for an affordable point-n-click, I recommend so far.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars good camera, December 12, 2009

By	Sandra Bryan "Sandi" (Cortez, CO) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This review is from: Fujifilm FinePix J250W 10MP Digital Camera with 5x Wide Angle Dual Image Stabilized Optical Zoom (Electronics)

A nice little camera that I can carry with me at all times. Have a lot of problems in sunshine taking a picutre. Guess I'm old fashioned and miss that view finder. But, if you just want to make sure you have a camera that you can easily carry anywhere, this is a good one.