Very Nice Full Featured Digicam

The S9000 uses Fuji's 5th generation Super CCD HR to give very nice images that can easily be printed at 13 X 19 inches.

Although the RAW Mode is slow (6-8 seconds to process) and very large to store (18 MB), it is my choice, when I want the very best print.

The manual zoom ring is terrific, for utilizing that 28-300mm zoom lens.

I don't have a problem with the xD Picture card, as many folks seem to. A storage media, is a storage media ... it stores images taken. The H type xD seems to do a pretty fast job of it, for me. Fuji is nice enough to also allow for the CF Card.

The Hot Shoe is good, works really well with my standard Sunpak flash units.

For flash, I can shoot out to 150 feet, with my external flash unit. Where flash is not a good idea, the Fuji Natural Light Mode works wonders ... upping the ISO to get a good shot.

For what I use a digicam for, group photo histories, holiday, family memories, the S9000 does me a superb job.