Fujifilm FinePix S5000

Connectivity
Software (6.5)
The FinePix S5000 comes with FinePix Viewer Version 4.0 for windows, version 3.2 for Mac OS and version 1.4 for OS X. This software is adequate for making basic prints from home, but it will not make advanced corrections or alterations to images.

Jacks, ports, plugs (7.0)
The FinePix S5000 comes with a USB (Mini-B) cable to connect directly to PC and an A/V adaptor cable, enabling the user to plug into a television monitor or VCR. The FinePix S5000 supports a 5V AC power adaptor. These ports cover the basics and allow the user to utilize the S5000 with the necessary external sources.

Direct Print Options (7.0)
The FinePix S5000 provides basic direct print (DPOF) options, accessible in playback mode. The user can crop and enlarge images and select which images and quantity to print.

Memory (7.0)
The Fujifilm FinePix S5000 uses a 16MB xD memory card. This will capture 33 images at the lowest quality (1M), 25 images at 2M, 19 images at 3M, and 10 images at the camera’s highest quality (6M), and is capable of capturing 26 seconds of video. This is rather limiting and I would strongly recommend looking into a larger memory card. To give some frame of reference, 512MB cards can capture 347 images at 6M, the FinePix S5000’s highest quality setting as well as over 14 minutes of video.

Other features (8.0)
The FinePix S5000 is a pretty basic and fairly stripped-down camera but it is packaged with a lens adapter ring. This is a nice feature for any camera and will always result in more points for it. It adds dimensions to the camera that no stock frame could provide. Most professional photographers will use fixed lenses, not zoom lenses when they shoot. This is because there will generally be a greater focal range between multiple lenses and the optics will always be stronger in fixed lenses. The advantage of the S5000 is that it comes with a strong stock zoom lens and also grants the flexibility to change lenses when needed. Unfortunately you are limited to just two possible accessory lenses selections that Fujifilm makes for the camera. One is an additional 30mm wide angle lens and the other is a 555mm telephoto. While the ability to change your lenses alone provides a distinct advantage for the FinePix S5000, again the emphasis is on the length of the telephoto rather than on wide angle view. Given the impressive stock telephoto range, it would have been nice to see a better wide angle lens offered to compliment the included 10x optical zoom lens.