PitViper

Excellent price on a highly rated camera from a highly rated vendor.

6.3 MP, 3X optical/6.2X Digital Zoom, Picture Stabilization (not O.I.S.), rechargeable lithium-ion battery. 3.6” x 2.2” x 1.1”, 155 grams (5.5 oz.)

Probably the biggest downside is that it uses the expensive xD Picture Card flash memory and only has 10MB of onboard memory.

Beach Camera $315 – 50 Mfr. Rebate (through 07/15/06) = $265. FREE shipping. No sales tax in most states. (Must add to cart to see this sale price, down $34 from yesterday’s price of $349.)

“The Fuji Finepix F30 presently outdoes every other ultra-compact digital camera in terms of image quality.”… “We got some ultra-clean 5"x7" prints and some very pleasing 8"x10" prints at ISO 3200. This was so surprising that we tripled checked that the right file was being printed!” NeoCamera professional review.

“The F30 isn't quite as clean as a digital SLR, but it's way better than your typical fixed lens camera. You can print 8 x 10's (and maybe larger) all the way through ISO 800, with smaller prints at ISO 1600.” Digital Camera Resource Page professional review.

Beach Camera 9.02 (out of 10) lifetime rating and improving (9.22 last 6 months) at ResellerRatings.com. (I ordered the camera this morning a got a shipping confirmation at lunchtime!)

Rebate link. (Beach Camera is an authorized Fuji dealer.)

If anybody has a good deal on 1GB of “H” speed (faster than “M”) xD memory, please post. The best delivered price I’ve seen this week is $46.49 at Outpost.com.

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