My first camera ended up to be Fujifilm J27. It costs me SGD $219! It quite an affordable camera with most basic functions. Comparing with those of Canon Ixus 95, Casio EX Z90, Sony T90:

1) Compare with Casio EX Z90 (SGD $269). This camera is kinda flimsy, not solid at all. The salesman was pretty quiet, he told me certain features for a while and diverted his attention to other customers. So I left...

2) Compare with Canon Ixus 95 (SGD $319). This camera is slightly thicker than the rest. I tried the display set which was slightly laggy in recognising the scene automatically such as from normal scene to macro mode. The body was plastic, feels like a toy. Initially the first salesman promised an additional battery, but subsequently when I returned, the next salesman was not able to do so, so I feel a little disappointed..

3) Compare with Sony's T90 (SGD $449), J27 is not touch screen camera. I dont really like touch screen stuff or maybe I never enjoy touch screen gadgets. The Sony salesman who looked so uninterested talking to me, was reluctant to tell me more about the camera when I ask about it. He is simply not sincere in selling it to me. Was very angry when I ask about how much is the battery and he was not able to tell me, moreover, he said "If you want to buy the camera then I help you ask lah...." What the ... That makes me even more displease with his service. Actually I wanted very much to buy this because it was a very good price $50 off from usual price and it was a slim camera which was a dream camera of mine. However... I am still quite bother by the touch screen...

4) Finally, Fujifilm J27 ... Main reason for getting this camera was it was more affordable, not touch screen, the body feels solid, the design is great, it was quite compact and last but not least, I like the pictures taken by this camera. The colours of the pictures are quite vibrant but however I have not taken it with a night scene yet.

As a camera idiot like me, I am still exploring so I hope this might be a good basic camera for me to start with and enjoy shooting parts of my life. Hopefully I can share more pictures with you all next time. Enjoy :)

Review available @ http://www.buy-n-shoot.com/content/view/1469/

Here's a picture of my camera: