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I had purchased this camera initially for the novelty. I have been a collector of professional cameras and optics for years. I had no intention of replacing my Nikons with this little thing. But it is just flat out a blast to play with. The 3D takes a little getting used to. You need to experiment with it. It seems that the more objects that you have in the frame the better the 3d effect. The 3d movie function is not as great as the still shots are. I thought that I would take a few pictures with it and the novelty would wear off. I was wrong. I have shot a couple hundred pictures with it and have so far been really pleased. There are some definite limitations to the unit. First and foremost I only bought the camera, not the optional monitor. So all I can really see is the picture on the camera. It is a generous size screen for a point and click. I had thought about the monitor, but I think I will wait on that one for now. I am guessing that it will be like digital picture frames. They will eventually drop in price. The camera is very pricy for a point and click, even if it is 3d. Still far cheaper than the majority of optional lens that fit my dslr camera bodies. Another drawback is printing-again expensive and you cannot print 3d at home. You need to be realistic about the 3D effect- it is very much like looking at a viewmaster- just no glasses. There is some definite dept to the picture but it lacks a sense that the 3d figures are rounded. A clear separation between objects. There are several things that did surprise me. I tossed this camera in my camera bag and took some pictures with it, I also had a Nikon D2H with a vibration reduction lens. I won’t say the quality was as good, but I have to be honest it was closer than I thought it would be in terms of color reproduction. There is a noticeable amount of noise in lower light situations. I would have to recommend this camera but do keep in mind this is more a really cool toy then a high end camera. A quick word about the 2D function- you can take two pictures at the same time-different exposures or zoom factors. This seemed to me not really that useful. Almost as if they did not know what to do with the extra lens on the camera when you are in 2D mode. Most functions in 2D are easily replicated in Photoshop or similar programs. TomRead full review
This is a great, great camera. Reviews I've seen of the Fujifilm Real 3D W1 make the mistake of comparing it to smaller, lighter camera phones and similar toys and gizmos. This,however, is a far more serious piece of technolgy and a great tool. The people who will really appreciate this camera will be those familiar with "old style" stereophotography and who are looking for a digital format to produce printed stereocards and anaglyph stereos rather than just going for the "wow" factor of using it with the Fuji electronic viewing screen. Regarding size, the camera has to be a bit bigger because it has to have separation of the lenses. But as a "real" camera is is remarkably compact and easy to keep with you. It is extremely well made and finished -- no cheap materials here. This is top of the line quality. The ability to adjust the parallax separation -- either before or after shooting-- in the camera itself is remarkable, even though the auto-parallax adjustment works fine to start with. The ability to do macros by shooting separate right and left pictures is far more than the usual "camera shift" approach you can do with any good digital camera. That's because it offers the "ghost" first image that makes composition of the second picture much easier. Unfortunately, there is no vertical adjustment of the image, but the parallax itself can be fine-tuned. and if you use a free program like Stereo Photo Maker you can easily adjust any vertical or rotational misalignment anyway. Regarding Stereo Photo Maker - Fuji should package that with the camera and pay the developer of the program some cash for the privilege. But you can get if free anyway and it works great for making anaglyphs and side-by-side stereo cards. One note, someone said you need the SPM to "unpack" the stereo pair (MPO) file that the camera produces. Actually the Finepix software that comes with the camer allows you to do that as well, so you can already do separate stereo pairs. But Stereo Photo Maker does it all (formats, separation adjustments, alignment) and makes this camera a prayer come true for any serious stereo photographer. People new to stereo photography will have to learn some basic rules about composition in order to understand how to avoid having foreground and background separations that are too disparate, but with the ability to compose and delete digital photos, this is camera is a great tool for learning that as well. -- Mike H.Read full review
Very user friendly. Takes great pictures. Not as nice as a Canon, but for the price I aint bitchin! Battery door is stubborn to close and feels like it is gonna break sometimes. Image Stabilizer is an awesome feature, I shake alot and this camera makes up for that. This camera is somewhat bulky. It aint goin in your pocket thats for sure.
Great camera. Alot of features, but they are easy to use. As an overall package, this camera is simply astounding. Besides a few minor flaws, you get a nearly perfect, highly versatile camera with a fairly expansive feature set and good image quality for less than $200.
This camera takes excellent 3-D pictures and movies! I haven't had this much fun with a camera since my first digital camera 10 years ago. The only downside is that it should have come with software to make it easier to share your 3-D images. The good news is that you can download StereoPhoto Maker and StereoMovie Maker for free on the Internet.
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