Judging a camera's value is no longer the megapixel numbers game it used to be...Although the E900's resolution is impressive, this light, easy-to-hold compact digital camera does more than just create big image files...There was some fringing in the shot, but overall it was still quite sharp...The flash coverage on our flash test shot was quite good, maybe too good, since it blew out...

Very good photo quality (though see issues below) Good high ISO performance for a non-SLR camera ...Sluggish performance in some areas: RAW recording, playback mode Fuzzy details...The E900 is just slightly smaller than the old E550, as you can see...Let's start our tour of the E900 now, beginning as...

Quick access to commonly used controls Many manual controls...Need two hands to operate menus Pop-up flash feels a little flimsy...Digital camera resolution keeps going up, and the FinePix E900 ($410 as of 2/6/06) continues this trend as the first point-and-shoot camera we've seen with a 9-megapixel sensor...Most impressive, among our current testing group...

Overall, a really nice little camera, especially for a little over $300...Additionally, it uses AA batteries (recommend rechargables), gets plenty of pix out of them and of course, there's 9 megapixels of info to play with...manual settings, auto bracketing, and RAW), fast focusing, decent flash, macro mode, good low light ability, a mem-card (only) restricted movie mode, compact size, ergonomic shape,...

Buy a good LCD protection screen so you can rattle this camera around in your pocket without a case (there are a number of crummy protection screens around) I find Sanyo Eneloop batteries work well and avid some of the battery life problems that some users have reported...raw mode is good for people who like post processing...An update with image stabilization would be radical! Super CCD must do something;...

highly recommend this product, an when coupled with a 2gb sd card, should provide us years of use and maximization of many of the features...I LOVE my E900, and HIGHLY recommend it to true photo enthusiasts! :)" "I guess I can not directly report about the product itself since I really never had a chance to use it...Takes good pictures, not great ones, but for the price good enough...This...