Where does one find specifications of a camera?

Question

First place I shot for is dpreview.com or Steve's Digicams. In either case the Fuji S700 is not there. Can't find it under Fujifilm. Any Website that has all specs of cameras?
The Fuji S700 is a camera my friend just bought.

Answer 1

The S700 is also known as the S5700. See the 7th box down on this page: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Fujifilm/fuji_finepixs5700.asp It's not the same as the S7000, Morie. I only found it because I had one in my hand when I was looking at the pictures.

I stumbled across this as I was researching the camera for my brother - after he already bought it. Your friend already bought his/hers, so YOU decide if you want to share my opinion. "For what it is," it seems okay, but it is what it is.

My canned answer:

My brother bought his Fujifilm S700 (aka S5700) on an impulse, figuring he'd try it out and return it if he developed buyer's remorse. He was pleasantly surprised with the results. He likes the relatively compact size (compared to an SLR) and he especially likes the double-shot mode where the camera takes one picture with a flash and one without with one push of the shutter button. It saves both and you can decide which one you like better later on.

See a review here: http://www.steves-digicams.com/2007_reviews/fuji_s700.html

See also:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/compare_post.asp?method=sidebyside&cameras=fuji_finepixs5700&show=all

Steve says, "The only downfalls I found were the above average amounts of purple fringing, and the fact the LCD blacks out in between shots (when shooting in a sequence not burst mode.)"

See here for a sample of the purple fringing he is talking about. This will occur in a high contrast situation and in this sample, you can see it clearly around the wheels and any chrome trim. This is ISO 64, too, where you would expect the very best image quality. Click on "All sizes" and then "Original" to see it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/samfeinstein/899705078/

Answer 2

er... the S7000 came out in 2004.

that's a heck of a lot of time in the digicam industry.

you just didn't look far enough down the list at dpreview

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilms7000/


Doah. Sam's right (below). I guess my eyes are going and I added a zero.