I bought the Canon in June and have found it excellent.   No problems at
all, and there are lots of manual options.  I use it on manual all the time.
I can't comment on the Fuji though.   You probably get what you pay for !
Robert.

I am looking for a compact digital camera and have looked at the Fuji
finepix F11 and the Canon IXUS800IS. My preference at the minute is for

the Canon (better screen, smaller, has view finder, uses standard MMC
cards and pictures look good) but its expensive compared to the Fuji. I

wanted to take a look at the new Fuji FinePix F30 but the shop didn't
have one in stock.

Is this camera worth £280? If not what would you advise given I want a

good quality and compact camera.

Advice would be appreciated

bedacht in news:1155114567.133444.134370@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:

I have held both in my hands and chose the Fuji, for two reasons: the Fuji
fits my rather large hands better than the Canon (an important issue, as I
foud out). And the Fuji has a much larger CCD, which results in less image
noise at higher ISO values. I hate shooting with flash and the Fuji allows
me to do so in almost all circumstances (although Canon's IS could
compensate for that).
BTW it has a very good screen, better than the Canon, in my opinion.

JL