newbie advice please - Canon A540 v Fuji finepix e900

Hello all

I am looking to get a new camera, lo end and have pretty much decided on
either a Canon powershot A540 or a Fujifilm finepix E900.

Does anyone have experience/advice of either or both of these? I've read
loads of reviews and they seem to be about equal (in UK they are roughly the
same price, but is the 9 megapixel fuji much better than the 6 mp Canon or
does it sacrifice quality somewhere?)

Cheers

Mark

"MarkI" wrote in message
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Hello all

I am looking to get a new camera, lo end and have pretty much decided on
either a Canon powershot A540 or a Fujifilm finepix E900.

Does anyone have experience/advice of either or both of these? I've read
loads of reviews and they seem to be about equal (in UK they are roughly
the same price, but is the 9 megapixel fuji much better than the 6 mp
Canon or does it sacrifice quality somewhere?)

Cheers

Mark

Going on image quality, I'd go Canon in this case. Compare test shots on
http://www.steves-digicams.com I'm not against Fuji (I have a couple), but
I'm not impressed with the image quality from the E900. First, shadows are
quite noisy and there is a lot of grittiness at object borders. Finally
there is a bit much purple fringing. The noise reduction tends to smear away
detail on some objects. Canon tends to be more hands off with the NR, but
you get a constant low level noise accross the image. It looks more natural
than the E900.

I bought the Canon A540 to replace my A610, however I was dissapointed in
it. Much more noisy and the lens seemed a bit softer on one side. The A610
blew it away.
-S

"SimonLW" wrote in message
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"MarkI" wrote in message
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Hello all

I am looking to get a new camera, lo end and have pretty much decided on
either a Canon powershot A540 or a Fujifilm finepix E900.

Does anyone have experience/advice of either or both of these? I've read
loads of reviews and they seem to be about equal (in UK they are roughly
the same price, but is the 9 megapixel fuji much better than the 6 mp
Canon or does it sacrifice quality somewhere?)

Cheers

Mark

Going on image quality, I'd go Canon in this case. Compare test shots on
http://www.steves-digicams.com I'm not against Fuji (I have a couple), but
I'm not impressed with the image quality from the E900. First, shadows are
quite noisy and there is a lot of grittiness at object borders. Finally
there is a bit much purple fringing. The noise reduction tends to smear
away detail on some objects. Canon tends to be more hands off with the NR,
but you get a constant low level noise accross the image. It looks more
natural than the E900.

I bought the Canon A540 to replace my A610, however I was dissapointed in
it. Much more noisy and the lens seemed a bit softer on one side. The A610
blew it away.
-S



Thanks for that - I seem to keep swaying towards the Canon. Is there
anything else you may suggest in the same price range (130 GBP)?

Thanks


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