Fujifilm FinePix 18X Optical Zoom Digital Camera User Review

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My Review 

I want to share my experience with reviving my camera after it was rained on. I love my camera and am learning to use manual settings to take remarkable pictures. Unfortunately, I did this during the rain one day, and the camera stopped working. I tried all of the wrong things (using a hair dryer, trying to turn it on) then read up online and dumped out the batteries and the memory card and put it in a rice filled bag for 10 days. After that, I put new batteries in it, and tried again. Nothing. But hold on! I had put the memory card in my laptop, and it too did not work. But I forgot to take it out, and two days later, I tried it and it worked! So, I thought, this must be a magnetic field thing, and I set the camera with batteries in it, on top of the laptop overnight, and lo and behold, it now works, just as well as ever! I would recommend this champion camera to anyone!!

Camera "pros" 

This is a good buy for a digital camera with some manual options and HD video capabilities -- same features as much more expensive cameras.

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