1 From OK to DOA
I got this camera 6 months ago as an "upgrade" to my previous Fuji. I was happy with it for the first months but over the last month the quality of the images got horrible (to say the least). Now I can't take pictures at night or with low light. I will stand 3-4 feet away from the target and the picture won't come out right. I don't think it has to do with the flash, since some pictures taken at daytime are coming out washed out, too. I've also noticed some red lines in some of the images. What else can I tell you? I'm writing this review while I'm researching for a new camera.
2 Not Happy
I am a long time Fuji fan, starting with a 35mm film camera. My next camera was a FinePix 2300, which served me well and with which I have taken over 11,000 photos. Looking for something a little better, I next purchased an A310. This camera has never given me the sharp and clear pictures that I get with the 2300, and I have never been happy with the camera. I love the little xD picture cards and I really like the cradle, but I sure do not like the camera. At the present time the A310 is retired and I am using the 2300.
Bob Gussman
Houston and Costa Rica
3 One of the best in it's class
Pictures are worth a 1000 words. Please see the pictures in my photo gallery (www.people.umass.edu/nishanth/ ) which I took with FinePix A310 at 1MP setting.
+ Points:
It doesn't drain the batteries quickly as others.
Crystal clear pictures.
Extreme close-up and long range shots with equal ease.
Light, compact and elegant.
High quality 6 MP prints.
Equipped with almost all functions which you can ever need.
Easy picture management software.
The only defect I can find is the lack of an UV filter.
I strongly recommend its purchase.
4 I'M TELLING YOU THIS IS THE BEST LITTLE CAMERA YOU CAN BUY!!
I own an awesome Canon Rebel S2 camera (35mm) and needed a fit-me-in-a-pocket sleek digital camera with decent megapixels. I saw this camera and bought - LOVE IT! It shoots in 6 MEGAPIXELS! What Fuji did was they found a way to "overlap" the 3.1 megapixels onto eachother to creat 6 megapxls.
I OWN IT FOR OVER 2 WEEKS NOW AND TESTED THE PHOTO QUALITY:
Let me tell you the COLOR is 100% ACCURATE - TRUE TO LIFE COLOR which was my number 1 quality I was looking for (next to megapxl and clarity).
I blew up one of the photos to 13" x 18" and THE PICTURE IS CRYSTAL CLEAR, the picture was of me and my dog and you can see the finest hairs on my dog. NO PIXELATION WHATSOEVER!!!! People were very impressed!!!!
It's very compact. The next best one is Canon S400. See the complete reviews with test images at www.imaging-resource.com . For the money you can't beat it!
Wait a year or two and then upgrade to a fancy 5 megapixel or by then 8 megapixel
(which just came out for $1000). Technology rapidly advances- in the meantime stick with this camera- you'll love it!!!
Krissy
5 Great product for the money
I have had my Fujifilm a310 for 3 weeks and I am amazed with it's performance. I was considering getting the Canon elph s100, however after reading the article in Consumer reports I was convinced that the a303 was what I was looking for. The a310 is newer than the a303. I am a college student who does not have the money to spend n a pricey 4 or 5 megapxel camera, but needed an upgrade from my 1.3 MP olympus.
My two key elements of criteria for purchasing my new camera was battery life and shot to shot recovery. The a310 is excellent for both.
I thought that getting a camera with AA batteries would leave me always having to replace them, but this camera has allowed me plenty of shots (around 200 so far), with the screen on and I still have yet to replace the batteries that came with the camera. That also includes many movies that I took (no sound but still worth taking).
The shot to shot recovery is great, about 3 seconds. I can take a shot and then be ready for another almost instantly. Also upon opening the lens the XD card does not need to be loaded at all, and the camera can take a picure as soon as the lens has loaded in the correct position.
All this for over a hundred dollars in savings to cameras that perform equally if not worse. The camera is small, cheap and takes great pictures. If you have the money you should get a 4 or 5MP camera however if you want a 3MP camera look no further than the a310.
6 Fujifilm FinePix A310 Great Camera -> Great Price
I had a Sony Mavica and decided to go to a smaller camera without sacrifing quality. Well I could not be more happier with the FinePix A310. It takes the best pictures I have ever seen for a 3.1MP digital camera. The 6.0MP option actually works well and gives you the ability to print huge pictures without pixelation. I have seen some reviews about bad pictures with image noise. The only time I saw this is when I had the flash off in a dim lit room, but that would happen with any camera. The only flaw I could find with this camera was the LCD screen is not protected in anyway by a protective border. Other than that it is a top quality camera for a great price. If you are looking for a great digital camera for under $400, then the A310 is for you!
7 great camera
We just purchased this camera 2 weeks ago. i am amazed at what great pictures it takes.
It is so easy to use and very easy to get pictures from card. So far we love it.
We took the advice of a friend that owns a camera shop. He is sold on the fuji.
8 Great camera, lightweight, and very easy to use!
Ever tried using an Olympus digital camera and wished it were a little easier to navigate the menu's? Fuji digital cameras are the answer!
I've tried Olympus' digital cameras before and must say the people who designed the menus and buttons were not thinking of the average camera user when designing it.
This little A310 camera is nice. It has an automatic sliding cover that covers the lens when the camera is turned off.
The pictures it takes are great, as long as you are in Fine (3MP) mode. 1 and 2 MP modes are good too, but noticeably less than the 3MP. Macro mode works excellent. Colors are good.
To compare it to an older Fuji Finepix 2400 camera- the 2400 would show mysterious white circles in the photos when taking pictures under low-battery conditions. With the A310, I can take pictures until the batteries are on their last legs.
The only real beef I have with this camera is that its movie mode does not allow sound via any type of built-in microphone. You're stuck with silent movies. This isn't a big deal me however, since I'm not into videotaping..
9 Disappointment - Image Noise
The Finepix A310 was a disappointment to say the least. I got an excellent deal on the camera but because of it's image noise, the camera suited no purpose. I read the reviews regardin the noise, but assumed it was an exaggeration. It was no exaggeration. Do not purchase this camera if you are going to use it to take pictures (AKA: Don't buy this camera) The image noise and blurriness in pictures will disappoint you. In my testing I compared the image noise of this camera to that of a Finepix 2650 (2MP), Nikon 2100 (2MP), and Canon Powershot A70 (3MP). In all these cases, the Finepix A310 faired far worse. I have returned my Finepix A310 for a Canon PowerShot A70. Couldn't be happier.
10 Love this Camera
I just bought this camera in September, took it on vacation to Yellowstone National Park - the photos were unbelievable. I had no experience with a digital camera, but this was so easy to use and the instruction book was easy to understand. I would recommend getting rechargeable batteries & a charger. Digital cameras eat batteries.
11 Fantastic images and so easy to use
This camera rocks. It produces gorgeous images with almost no effort, and is smaller than a disposable film camera. The design is so completely intuitive, I didn't even look at the manual and was shooting pictures within two minutes of opening the box.
It takes exceptional photos in low light even handheld. Add a tripod, and the lowlight images are truly beautiful. The redeye flash works great, and the variety of settings available to choose from make this much more than a point-and-shoot. (Although leaving the setting on Auto gives consistently beautiful photos.)
The macro setting is particularly good on this camera, with results that remind me of pictures taken with my expensive Nikon film camera.
AVI movies too? Wow, this is a great camera!
It eats batteries with slightly less voracity than other digital cameras, and only uses TWO instead of four, so having a few spares is no trouble. I am planning on purchasing the cradle and rechargables.
Oh, and the zoom lens is wonderful. You can even zoom while shooting AVI movies, which is unusual especially on such a small camera.
The self-timer option is nice, too.
The software is really easy to use, with nice features for tweaking your pictures. I have found, however, that this camera's images rarely require any correction.
Believe the hype that it takes 6 MP quality pictures with only 3.1MP. I don't know how the Fuji folks did it, but they did.
12 Wonderful Pictures and Easy to Use!
I received this camera as a gift last Christmas. I am your average technology user - not a computer wiz by any stretch - and I found this camera so easy to use right out of the box. It takes gorgeous pictures and uploading to my computer is as simple as plugging it in to the USB cable. In the year that I've owned the camera I've never had one problem with it - and it's been put to the test with the hundreds of pictures we've taken of our first child! I highly recommend this camera.
13 This Is A Great Camera!
I got this camera a couple of days ago and it is the best camrera I've ever had. It is easy to find what you want. It makes very nice colourful pictures. The A310 is a great camera so I would really recomend it and it has a very good price for what your getting
14 Liked it at first, BUT...
Soon found out that the 400 shutter speed was useless due to excessive noise in photos. Indoor shots were almost always underexposed with noise and bad color. Outdoor shots usually good, but very sensitive to backlighting. (backlit photos come out darker and noisier than from other cameras) I agree with the one reviewer who said these problems seemed to become worse after a few months.
Pictures were sharper and had better contrast than those from my old Fuji, but the noise and bad lighting / color (especially indoors) made me buy another camera (got an Olympus D-540 so I could make use of my xD cards) which I like MUCH better.
Sorry about the 5-star rating I gave this camera before really getting to know it. Many of the pics from this camera are just unacceptable when compaired to pics from just about any other camera in the same price range.
