Fujifilm Finepix F440 4.1MP Digital Camera with 3.4x Optical Zoom

Sure it only has 4.1 megapixels, but with my new job, I've got money to burn, and I'm still not interested in buying a new camera. It's small, incredibly simple to use, takes great shots, and good video. It feels solid in my hand, and the cradle is a great added bonus. This is a great everyday camera to carry with you on the spur of the moment.

The F440 takes great pictures and with the 1 gig card you can shoot nearly forever. The wav. files are new to us and we're really enjoying that feature. It's size is perfect for purse or pocket. We think larger megapixel cameras are a waste of money for the average family photograghy. We rarely print anything over a 5x7. Highly recommended.

I've owned this camera for about 18 months now. I paid twice the current price, and it was worth it. The camera has performed perfectly in every situation used, and we use it alot. The battery has held up extremely well. It works as well now as when it was new. I can easily take hundereds of pics with the screen and flash on.(have 512MB XD card)

Only downfalls are that occassionally the Power on/off switch doesn't respond as expected, almost as if it's confused and they're is a small 1/3 second or so delay when a picture is taken, typical of all consumer digital camera's. Also, slightly exagerated colors -not necessarily a bad thing.

Video and audio quality are also good, though 1 min max per video. Biggest asset is camera size, smaller than a pack of smokes- makes it easy to take along. Truly a point and shoot camera in auto mode.

Highly reccommended!

I bought this camera about four months ago, and it took beautiful pictures - color quality was much better than the A310 I had previously purchased from Fuji. The small size is great, except that I couldn't find a case that fit it well. Because of this, in my purse it seems that it accidentally turned on (which happens quite easily, unfortunately), which caused the lens to push out against my rigid purse which broke the zoom. I attempted to take it to a Fuji place to get it fixed (I bought it recently enough that it should have still been covered under warranty), but they said that it would cost me over $175 to fix the camera (what was wrong apparently is not covered by the warranty)! I didn't see any warnings about this, and had I realized that this was a possibility, I would never have bought this camera.
Summary: great camera, but watch out for it accidentally turning on in tight spaces

I bought this camera because of it balance of picture quality and small size. In its first month of use, I can definately say that this camera delivers. Advanced users will probably be frustrated at being unable to have an 'artistic license', mainly because it lacks some of the features that show up on bigger, more complex cameras like sephia tone, panoramic pics and the like. I'm confused as to Fuji's direction with this camera, though, because when I bought it the vendor said it was being phased out, and for that reason was substantially cheaper. Be careful with your memory selections too-- the mem card the Fuji uses is one of the more expensive available on the market. Thats the one thing I wish I would've taken into account before purchase. But all in all I'm very pleased.