The only cons I could think of are that the only zoom it has is 2X digital zoom, which is pretty much useless, and I never use it, since it's the same thing as zooming in with your picture viewer on your computer. So you can consider it not having any zoom. The software for it works well, but it could be better, options wise. The filenames of the pictures will default to a number depending on its order on the memory card, so if you transfer pics to your computer more than once in a day (since it creates folders based on date), you'll have to rename each pic. But I hardly complain, since the pictures come out so incredibly well.

I'm so happy with this camera! If you want a camera under $150, this is the one to get. Don't even waste your time with the Kodak, unless you want the one with 3X optical zoom, but that's $200. I use it for general purpose, taking pictures of freinds and such. Once in a while I take a picture of a sunset at 2MP, and that will be photo quality printed on a full page. 1MP creates crisp and clear desktop wallpaper size images, and .3MP will created good smaller images to put on websites. There's no reason to buy anything else, go with the Fuji FinePix A200!
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Good for what it is, July 6, 2005
Reviewer: Jinxo
This camera is designed to be an entry-level snapshot camera and it is very good at being just that. It takes decent photos and is very easy to use. As other reviewers have indicated, it does tend to chew through the batteries, but I just buy AAs cheap at Sam's and don't worry about it. It works especially well in outdoor situtions. It performs less well in low light. Due to this limitation, it is just about useless as a webcam. Even with all the lights on in the room, the webcam image is almost totally black. The flash and the lens are less than an inch apart, so this camera is very prone to redeye. There is a redeye reduction mode to the flash that works okay, but doesn't totally fix the problem. All-in-all, for an entry-level camera, the A200 is quite usable. Just be aware of what it is and don't expect it to do more.
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Great value, September 17, 2004
Reviewer: Luppapa
I had and tried several digit-cams and can say that you cannot find a better camera for this price.

Pros:
+ Great value, low price
+ Easy handling
+ Portability, light weight
+ Great Fuji colours, good auto white balance
+ Fast shutter response, close to film cameras
+ Control over exposure, flash and pre-programmed white balance
+ It uses AA's, great battery life
+ Changig between images in playback mode doesn't take hours
+ Excellent prints from the photos

Cons:
- Images noisier than competition (but they are more expensive also)
- Images too much compressed, therefore less detail, no control over jpeg compression (but this is the same with most Fuji models unfortunately)
- No control over ISO
- Low resolution LCD, too dark in low-light
- No optical zoom (but at this price it's ok)
- The camera has a cheap feel to it (but again, at this price it's ok)
- Weak flash for outdoor night shots, but enough for smaller room shots
- Flash recharge time takes a few seconds, camera freezes (but this is the same with most Fuji models unfortunately)
- It uses expensive XD-cards
- Sluggish zooming and panning in playback mode
- No sound in video

I highly recommend this camera for beginners or to those who doesn't want to spend more on a digital camera.
I've read many negative reviews due to it's bad photo indoors. Okay, it's not a Canon G3. At first I thought the same, but then set the controls to manual, set the exposure up to the highest value and then shot the picture. The end result was much better than in full auto mode. So my advice is indoors and in low-light set the exposure manually, you'll be glad you did I promise.
The colours are well balanced, and the prints come out great, no matter how noisy the images are, you won't notice that on the photo paper.
This model is now out of sale, but if you can find a second-hand one at a good price don't be afraid to buy it, it's an excellent buy.
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it doesn't work, February 4, 2004
Reviewer: Arturo
Hey this is for everyone buying cameras over the world out of the united states, I have a problem with my camera and I don't have anyone to help, I've been trying some help in amazon's help area but they just have thousands of links but any simple email where I can ask for some help, I don't really understand why is this site so well known on "customer service", but I just cannot communicate with no one in the company to ask anything, I'm just mad about this, if anyone can help me to contact amazon or fujifilm please post an email or whatever cause there's no such a thing like help in the "help area". I need to repair my LCD monitor of my camera, it's really fragile, so if you're still thinking on buying in this site or even buying something from fujifilm, don't do it, they don't care about the customer satisfaction at all.
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