FujiFilm finepix s4400 review

my new camera...

my new baby :)

This year i somehow managed to stay on santa's good list and as a result i was rewarded with a new camera, a Fujifilm Finepix S4400 (pictured above). I previously had a basic digital camera that, although it was a great camera, wasn't quite good enough for the types of pictures i wanted to take.

A professional DLR camera was also a bit out of my league so i settled on a bridge camera and the perfect one for me. For those of you who don't know a bridge camera is in the middle of a professional SLR and a point-and-shoot camera. They generally have long zooms and many 'auto' settings. If the user knows how, there is also the option to fiddle with the shutter speed and aperture.

I did some research into a few other brands and makes of bridge cameras, such as Nikon Coolpix and Canon Powershot but I settled on the Fujifilm Finepix for a few reasons

1. it had a HUGE zoom for a smallish camera (28x)
2. there was a panorama option 
3. it was simple to use yet still provided the option to take advanced photos by manually changing the shutter speed and aperture
4. it wasn't too expensive
5. it looked cute (what can i say, once a picky girl ALWAYS a picky girl)

I've only had it a few days but I have already fallen for it. 

I would strongly recommend this camera for anyone not quite professional enough in photography to invest in a rather expensive SLR camera but still interested in taking a variety of shots that a basic digital camera can't offer. Also for any Vloggers out there it also shoots in HD with amazing quality and isn't too heavy to carry around.

Here are some quick examples of photos i took with the camera, unfortunately i couldn't find my stick that kets me put my memory card into my computer so these are technically photos of photos i've taken which may explain the poorish quality... 

using the macro setting

using the black and white format and the macro setting

using the black and white format

a little about me

where to begin...
let's start with the technical stuff, my name is Emma, i'm 16 and am currently trying to survive through my GCSE's - easier said than done.
I study all the basics (math, english and the sciences) as well as drama, history, art and french which I guess is a good way of describing my personality...
Drama = i'm confident when i'm comfortable
History = i find it hard not to dwell on the past
Art = i can never do anything simply, it always has to be done my own creative way
French = i'm a hopeless romantic

other interests?? well writing has always been a bit of a private passion, but creative writing not essays - defiantly not essays!! Anything arty farty will always interest me - though i must say i do struggle to get much entertainment from galleries. I'm always taking photo's, mostly of my dog as everyone else around me is rather fed up of my constant camera snapping. Sport isn't really me thing but I have been tap dancing since i was 6 and occasionally join in in a game of rounders. Boredom does come easily to me but all i've got to do is stick on a disney movie and i'm sorted, well at least till the films finished.

why am i starting a blog?? well why not, people pay money to read about the lives of celebrities so why not hear about my life for free - though it hardly compares to that of Emma Watson.

anyway thats enough of my blabbing...How are you??