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14 Jun, 2016
So adjustable
This is a brilliant TV bracket that is solid and easy to fit. It has allowed me to position the TV in the perfect place for viewing from bed, while making it possible to push it to the gap alongside a wardrobe when not in use.. It has such a good amount of movement from the joints. The only slight negative is the TV is not so easy to keep level as the system for stopping the rotational movement is not the most secure. But still a great bracket, especially for the price.
14 May, 2012
A great value for money camera, let down only by its innacurate exposures.
0 of 2 found this helpful I bought this camera after reading all the reviews, and most were pretty good. However the odd complaints people had about the HS20 were well founded. The autofocus does not always work on the subject first time, it sometimes needs a second go, but this is not a major problem. The worst thing is the fact that it hardly ever seems to get the exposure correct, when trying to photograph motorsport action I had to set the compensation to under expose by a stop or two to correct it. It can focus fairly quick so the pictures are pretty good, especially when panning. I used continuous auto focus.
The other thing that lets it down is the limited aperture control, only going to F8 is a bit of a let down on a bright day as the speed has to be so high, making it difficult to get any impression of speed. I was photographing drifters and even the spinning rear wheels were frozen in time! Sometimes fast speed is not what we want. It also limits the artistic effects of bluring moving water in waterfalls etc, although I guess a neutral density filter could help with that.
I am also surprised by the features and number of settings, far more than I used to have on my OM20 Olympus 35mm, and maybe a few too many for a bridge camera, but I'm sure I'll get the hang of them all eventually.
The 30x zoom is fantastic and more than enough to get in close to the action. I love the manual zoom because I can turn the camera off and back on without losing the position and saves a lot of battery power. Incidentally I spent about 6 hours taking pictures and never changed the batteries. I was using Nimh batteries.
The camera feels good in the hand and has a quick response, and if using the auto settings it is easy enough to use. so I think despite the little niggles it is a great camera for the money, the zoom is hard to match and top brand cameras like canon etc are way above my budget as it would have to be a full DSLR to get some of the features this Fuji has. It would be good if Fuji could give us an update to make the exposures more accurate, but that is the only thing I would change. Well maybe a higher res viewfinder as it is a bit difficult to judge the focusing accurately when using it rather than the LCD screen.