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Hey Photographers!

RinaRina — Sat, 31 May 2014 16:19:44 GMT

That TSV on HSN looks great! I think I want it. FUJIFILM #338-723

Yikes! $269 and Free S&H!

I haven't bought a camera in 20 years, but this looks like a good deal to me.

Is it?

I need to hurry up! The white is almost sold out.

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bonnielu — Sat, 31 May 2014 16:24:20 GMT

Please someone answer this post. I was about to buy it. However I saw the word "battery," and was wondering if such an advanced camera that looks wow would use BATTERIES instead of rechargeable lithium which I have always found convenient and cost effective. It gets 300 shots on the BATTERIES and I can take over that in an evening. For my purposes, I am not sure.

Anyone have some ideas about this before I blow that much money only to have to walk around with batteries.

Perhaps I am overreacting but I was so excited to see it and now I am very unsettled as to what to do.

P.S as for me no shipping and NO TAX where I live.

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RinaRina — Sat, 31 May 2014 16:29:48 GMT

@ bonnielu - I'm CRAWLING the walls right now. I've been shopping for a camera since LAST summer. I've read numerous reviews and the battery life is always a problem. They're not addressing the battery issue at all on the program.

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RinaRina — Sat, 31 May 2014 16:31:04 GMT

Auto wi-fi downloading to you-tube! Amazing!

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RinaRina — Sat, 31 May 2014 16:32:13 GMT

$54/mo. flexpay. OMG! I'm gonna CRY!

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bonnielu — Sat, 31 May 2014 16:58:33 GMT

I am so on the edge. I want it sooo badly. It looks great and I take thousands of pictures, no fooling. I want all it has to offer but in the 21st century... batteries??? Or am I over reacting. Please, I hope someone with some information answers this. I know it is 300 shots, they said so in the specs. I will need a suitcase to carry them all on vacation or going to my square dance and ballroom events. I am only 5 feet tall I can see it now, ole bonnie, draggin' along a bag of batteries bigger than her.

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bonnielu — Sat, 31 May 2014 16:59:18 GMT

Are u buying Rina? Or are you thinking about it. I am so close.

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RinaRina — Sat, 31 May 2014 17:14:46 GMT

On 5/31/2014 bonnielu said:
Are u buying Rina? Or are you thinking about it. I am so close.

I'm still "thinking" about it. My situation is different from yours. You said you take "thousands" of pictures. I hardly take any, so this was a "splurge". I've been wanting to download videos to you-tube; I've been wanting to use some other camera besides my IPAD; I've been wanting to take more video. But, will I actually do it because I bought a new camera? I dunno .... maybe/maybe not. So, I'm still on the fence ... because I really don't take a lot of pictures. I want to, but I don't. (Perhaps, if I had good camera I would .. ?) However, if I were in your situation, absolutely YES, I'd get the camera! Because you take a lot of pictures. The camera IS fantastic. If you have to carry around batteries, so what. Considering all the automatic features, that's no big deal. JMHO.

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bonnielu — Sat, 31 May 2014 17:38:28 GMT

You might have convinced me. I tried to call Fuji a few minutes ago but they are not in today. My luck.

I am a gadget nut. But I am slowing up since I am seeing it as wasteful. But I need this camera for what I need to do. Batteries... geez, gotta get over it.

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Meeras — Sat, 31 May 2014 17:49:01 GMT

very nice..

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violann — Sat, 31 May 2014 19:51:05 GMT

I agree with rina.

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Buck-i-Nana — Sat, 31 May 2014 19:56:24 GMT

I have a similar Fuji, except it's not WiFi capable. I love it, shoots beautiful photos and is NOT a battery hog.

My only misgiving with the camera is with the rapid fire picture taking. It does shoot very fast, BUT it doesn't write to the memory card very fast. The rapid fire was one reason I bought the camera, to capture my grandkids in sports. I can rapid fire to try to catch the best picture of bat contact ball (or other similar situations), but if it's a swing and a miss, my camera hasn't saved all those shots I just took in time for me to catch the next swing.

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RinaRina — Sat, 31 May 2014 21:35:40 GMT

Plus, my other problem is the LEARNING curve. I may want to make videos, but how long will it take me to LEARN to make videos. For example, how do I add background music? Does the camera do that? Is there software that does it? I don't know if I have the level of curiosity or the patience necessary to learn all that stuff. I bought a bread maker over a month ago and still haven't used it yet. That only cost $70.oo. But, I certainly don't want to "waste" $270 ... due to lack of ambition or motivation.

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Kachina624 — Sat, 31 May 2014 22:10:05 GMT

Do a little homework before buying. I've discovered in the past that HSN often sells old models right after a company has introduced or is getting ready to introduct a new and better model.

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RinaRina — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 01:22:31 GMT

FujiFilm show is coming back on @ 10:00 PM.

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RinaRina — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 01:23:48 GMT

White is sold out!

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bonnielu — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 12:00:36 GMT

I decided against it. I think it was probably a great buy but I could not get past the batteries since I do go places with my camera and it is not always that comfortable carrying around anything extra let alone batteries. One other thing that kept me away was NO REVIEWS. I understand it was brand new... world launch or something like that.. but the review thing is always my number one rule before buying any electronics. It is not like buying a blouse or a pair of slacks, the total was no small change to make a mistake with.