A quality camera case in fine leather

I have just purchased this item and am delighted with it. It is very commodious (so do not buy it if you want a dinky handheld case!) and holds my Fujifilm S5800, 2 boxed sets of spare batteries, two SD cards, my Cybershot (in its case!!!) and there is still room for more!!! It has a shoulder strap and a belt loop and I consider it very secure since the top zips shut and then has a foldover flap which is secured by noisy Velcro! When on holiday it will double up as a small handbag to hold a small purse, lippy and a comb! Perfick!!! A quality product at a very reasonable price and certainly not limited to Fuji camera owners. Would be a good SLR camera bag too!

So pleased I bought it

Sorry to be another"I too was worried......" but again after reading all the recent reviews sent for this case and i'm so glad i did. The build is great and the camera went in fine first time..it fits perfectly, and the side pocket for spare card and battery is perfect fit too.

It is so much better i feel to have a case fit the camera perfectly than have it rattling about in a much larger case. I am more than happy with the case and the service from Amazon.

If you are concerned the camera won't fit or it's a tight fit, don't be, it fits in perfectly

TO SMALL

The case is just to small of the camera, with no straps on the camera it go in,but with them on it's very tigth to do up. sorry but is it just me.

Fantastic for the price!

I've now had this camera for a couple of weeks and have to say it's so far so good. Having owned a couple of smaller Fuji models, I umm-ed and ahh-ed over whether to go for a larger bodied camera or just another small compact that could easily fit in my pocket. In the end, I eventually decided to go for the larger one on the assumption that if I ever want to get more into photography I'd need something with a little more"horse power" than a 3x optical zoom. It'll probably never happen but there's always time left yet. (I've also now bought a Samsung NV8 to take care of my compact needs which I'll review separately).

While it feels large next to my compacts, when stood alongside my old 35mm Canon EOS 700 from way back in the early 90's, it's tiny by comparison and it makes you realise just how small gadgets have become over the last two decades. However, although it feels nice and solid, it is still reasonably chunky and heavy and you certainly do have to wear it round your neck which can become rather a drag after a while...

The photos I've taken so far are perfectly okay but then again I'm a philistine and will readily admit that I don't have an eye for professional photography. However, neither are most other people and you're almost certainly going to look the part at weddings and parties unless there's a real pro in the house! It doesn't have red eye reduction (which I thought it might when I bought it) but so far I've only managed to take one red eye photo of my daughter who I was beginning to think was borne of the devil judging by my previous cameras! The batteries - I use 2000mh rechargeables - seem to last for ever even with fairly high use of the zoom and my insistence on taking three shots of everything I choose to shoot. If there is to be a negative, it's the small fact that the cable link is yet another non-standard size USB one (I now have three Fuji cameras all with different size cables!) meaning yet another cable to store safely.

So while this isn't exactly a review - there are professionals who can do that properly elsewhere - I'll just offer my opinion that this is a very nice camera which I certainly don't regret buying - something you can't always say these days with so much over-hyped, over-priced garbage around. There's definitely room for my skills to grow with this camera and I'd just better get out there and start making use of everything on the S5800 that I'm sure is idly waiting for me there ready to use.

'I am well impressed!'

After many weeks of deliberation I decided to purchase the Fuji Finepix s8100fd. I ordered it from Amazon on Thursday afternoon (about 3.30pm) and it arrived in the Channel Islands the following day at 11.30am - what superb service! Thank you! I went out on Saturday to see what the camera could do - it was a very bright, blustery day. The pics I took were great, even with the zoom. I used the image stabiliser for most of the pics - and there wasn't one blurred image. I took a picture of Castle Cornet through a shop window - the detail, colour, etc are so very clear. (I haven't yet printed onto proper photo paper, but I am sure I won't be disappointed). Yesterday, Sunday, it was very dull and stormy - and I captured some very good images of the sea crashing over the rocks, etc. I used the full zoom (digital+optical) to photograph the rock + flag (forgotten name), which is way off the coast - and you can see the Guernsey flag very clearly. I then went onto a flower festival and even managed to capture a bee pollinating the flowers! For a very amatuer photographer, who wanted a little more than a small compact camera could do, I am well impressed with this camera. I have now purchased a Lowepro bag for the camera (Edit 110), for carrying around + an SD card.

I read many glowing reviews on other cameras but chose this camera, over the Panasonic DMC-FZ18, because it seemed more robust and was more comfortable to hold. I felt the Panasonic had a 'plastic' feel about it - it didn't feel very strong at all. I have not been able to find any reviews on the Fuji camera, despite many weeks of trawling the Internet. Hopefully this will be useful to other people. I haven't yet begun to look at what else it can do - when I do I will get back to you all.

Macro problems

Because of the shrouding around the lens/flash, I have found it impossible to use the camera in close macro mode without getting a large shadow on the bottom left half of the photo. You will need the external strobe if you want to take pictures close up, more expense & unnecessary complication than I had with the F700.

Excellent Cable.

Can't really say anything bad about this cable, it has worked since the day i have started using it. Never had any trouble with it, this cable is for my digital camera, and has never given me or my camera any grief. Well that's about it.

rubbish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Really dissapointed with the awful shiny finish and it is much too big for the z10 it just rattles around.Don't waste your money buying this,the postage was expensive and then I had to send back for a refund,which took 3 weeks to process.They only offered to refund the postage if I withdrew my feedback!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amazon have now updated the picture - and it's a great case!

Since the first reviewer left his review, Amazon have since updated the pictures and the images are correct. It's a good quality leather case, which is a good fit for the Fuji A500.

Not big enough for S9600

Although Amazon show this bag as a perfect partner for the S9600 it will not fit into this bag unless most of the protective compartments have been removed
The bag really is just to small to be usefull but just bulky enough to be a bother.

A quality product but little room for extras

This is a beautifully made product specifically for the S100FS. It has a black soft-textured real leather outer sporting a very discreet"FINEPIX" brushed-aluminium-effect badge. It has a leather/fabric carry-handle and full-length fabric strap with leather/fabric padded shoulder piece. The lining is a well-padded synthetic material with"Fujifilm" repeated diagonally across the whole interior. There is also an elasticated net that can hold (in mine) a large puffer brush, a loose cleaning cloth a spare battery - and not much more.

The camera fitted with a Hama handgrip is a very snug fit but, aside from the UV filter fitted to the camera lense, there is insufficient room to carry another filter. Dimensions of the case with the camera and above items in situ are approx. 190mm(W)x170mm(H)x120mm(D). The weight is negligible. For a camera of the S100FS's size, I consider the size as very compact. For me, this is a blessing and I find it very comfortable when carried for long periods. I have previously owned both a large and very heavy gadget bag for my previous SLRs', lenses, flash, filters etc., and a more modern fabric SLR (and not much else) carry bag and find the Fujifi case the most comfortable yet for country walks etc.

Should it be mentioned that it has attracted more than a few comments relating to its similarity to a designer handbag?

In summary then, a product which is uitable for those who do not intend to carry extras such as a flash gun and filters, but for those who do, I suggest something larger. Just bear in mind the trade-off with weight and ask yourself if you really want to carry all of the accessories, as they can soon become very heavy and uncomfortable.