#1 Mark Sullivan

Thanks for your detailed review. I'm just gonna order an M603 now.

Seasons Greetings,

Mark.

12:19 pm - Saturday, December 20, 2003

#2 Mark Goldstein

No problem - I hope you enjoy using the camera :-)

12:25 pm - Saturday, December 20, 2003

#3 carl

excellent review - really useful info and very handy insights into how the camera is to operate

10:40 pm - Monday, December 22, 2003

#4 Mark Goldstein

Cheers Carl! Are you ordering one as well? :-)

10:39 am - Tuesday, December 23, 2003

#5 Charlie

I just bought a FujiM603 for ?295 + 1Gb microdrive from a PCPro offer.

I had a small budget and had to decide between a cheap miniDV camcorder or this. Since I have two small children it was a difficult choice, but the savings on film processing and films together with the fairly decent 640x480 Vga movies meant I chose the Fuji. Only have to take one camera to the zoo. Over the first two days I took over 100pics plus countless movie clips. The 1Gb microdrive is really what makes the difference here. Not forgetting that I am lucky enough to have a PC to empty it onto.

In a couple of years hopefully there will be many more still/video choices available. Sony's new camcorder with just under 3million pixels for comparison is ?1400.

11:33 pm - Wednesday, December 24, 2003

#6 Ken

I am thinking of purchasing this camera but I would like to request a few things.

I would like to see what the video quality is like on this camera @ both resolutions and fps...

Also, does this camera not have different options such as Night Scene/Sport/Landscape etc etc?

5:19 am - Saturday, December 27, 2003

#7 Mark Goldstein

?295 + 1Gb microdrive sounds like a good deal to me Charlie.

Ken - the M603 does not have the different scene modes that you mention.

1:51 pm - Saturday, December 27, 2003

#8 Joe

I use this little camera for the family, for which purpose it is sublime. You can photo or video the children & the screen is big enough to show them an instant play-back, and the kids are fascinated by it. The photos and video are certainly good enough for general photographic use and I use this camera more than any of my other ones (Minolta D7 & DV Camcorder). It's size makes it very portable and I have found it's build quality and battery life very good. The best thing I've bought this year.

6:25 pm - Tuesday, January 13, 2004

#9 Matthew

I need a camera which can be used to take good quality photos and then easily uploaded to the website or used in printed campaigning material.

Your review of the M603 hased prompted me to purchase.
Saw the camera for ?199 in Asda - so will compare other prices and start clicking away.

4:22 pm - Sunday, January 18, 2004

#10 Mark Goldstein

?199 sounds like a good price - I believe Amazon and PCWorld may also be selling it for ?199. I think the M603 will definitely meet your requirements.

1:39 pm - Monday, January 19, 2004

#11 Joe

I only use it on best quality video setting - yes you need the microdrive, as a couple of minutes will eat up well over 100 MB, but you have the option of replaying it to a video and
storing it there. It isn't anywhere near DV standard, but
seems not that far off Hi-8 (mono). I don't have an issue with quality, and because it is so light & not that expensive I am far more inclined to carry it, resulting if far more valuable (to me)family video taken. Photos are very good just taken as a ?200 camera alone. The screen is big & viewable enough for all to see the replay without requiring my laptop of TV, which is a big bonus at a party. Features are limited, it is basically a point & shoot. Video indoors (filament bulb) is a little dark & a bit red/orange biased, but again perfectly viewable. I tried a lot of cameras & chose this one in the shop for its size, build quality, size of screen, video ability and photographic ability for the price. I saw nothing else to rival it for so many features on a budget. The only downside for me was shutter delay which can be a nuisance - but I don't know how it compares to similarly priced cameras.

2:58 pm - Monday, January 19, 2004

#12 Joe

Bit unclear on my last posting:
this camera has many good features wrt. screensize, build quality, video & photo quality, compactness, but the photographic control features are limited.
cheers
Joe

3:04 pm - Monday, January 19, 2004

#13 Stuart

I was concenred that on some of the sample images (especiallu where there is a building set against blue sky) it appears that the image has been quite seriously JPGed. You can see a lot of burring near the edge of the buidings.
Are these images consisten with the other results that you have got?
Has anyone else had problems with that?

1:41 pm - Tuesday, January 27, 2004

#14 leonard george

Basically,after reading your review-I went and bought one!!! Got it from my local Jessop's for ?178!!!!!!!!!! ,it was the last they had in stock and they priced matched Dixons who sold out(i've discovered the camera is now discontinued)-the camera is fantastic and the reason i got it was for the MPEG ability(i already have a regular camcorder-HI8 type) i can film and put straight onto the web -no conversion or mixing required..thanks for the review.........

12:09 am - Thursday, March 25, 2004

#15 Mark Goldstein

I'm glad you found the review useful Leonard and I hope you enjoy using the camera :-)

12:44 pm - Thursday, March 25, 2004

#16 Raghu

The review of M603 is excellent. It very appropriately describes the usefulness of this piece. It is not the best for both digital & camcorder but is the best in the market if one were to combine price & its features. I bought this piece 1 year ago from Singapore at US $400 (without additional memory) and what is good about it is the huge LCD, good picture quality. The movie quality when viewed on TV is not good and appears blotchy. Wonder if there is a better way to view it. The zoom is perhaps the biggest dissappointment and one realizes inspite reading earlier reviews that the camera seriously lacks. Otherwise the camera is very attractive and stops people sometimes to ask where we got this piece. I am also awaiting the development Fuji has on xd cards - last year they claimed 8GB cards in this format could be launched by 2005!

11:25 am - Tuesday, June 15, 2004

#17 Mike Penn

Very helpful review, will probably buy this model. Many thanks

8:02 pm - Monday, July 5, 2004

#18 elsie

I bought this camera in Asda for ?199 and have not used it yet. Thanks for the comprehensive review it is most helpful.
Do you know what is the biggest memory card available?

I have seen 128mb for ?40, is this reasonable?

12:47 am - Wednesday, July 14, 2004

#19 Mark Goldstein

A Fuji 512Mb card currently costs about ?110 on Amazon, whilst a 256Mb one costs ?65.

5:23 pm - Wednesday, July 14, 2004

#20 Raghu

Mark, You will not regret it. The stills, I must admit are crystal clear and the prints I have recently taken in my new HP computer are very good. Enjoy. Thanks /Raghu

4:52 am - Thursday, July 15, 2004

#21 james welsh

An excellent detailed review. I would have liked, at the end, an alternative recommendation, perhaps a camera of similar price that rates four stars or even five.

5:24 pm - Tuesday, July 20, 2004

#22 Mark Goldstein

To be honest the M603 is pretty unique and I can't think of an alternative product at this price-range.

5:30 pm - Tuesday, July 20, 2004

#23 Charlie

M603 update

I just took it on holiday and came back with the 1GB microdrive full with over 1000 3M stills and 6- minutes of edited-in-camera video.

I have been very happy with the camera - I do hope Fuji make a successor.

P.S. Does anybody know if I can use 2GB CF cards as Fuji recently anounced that their 1+GB XD cards are multi layer and will only be supported in newer cameras. I like the capacity on the microdrive but I have suffered a couple of write errors.

Charlie

1:18 am - Tuesday, November 16, 2004

#24 Mark Goldstein

Maybe you could visit your local camera shop and try one out there?

5:05 pm - Tuesday, November 16, 2004

#25 Simon Greene

My Fuji M603 screen and pictures are now defective in that both deliver a strong cerise colour with distortion of the image - does anybody have any experience of this problem ?

Simon Greene

2:02 pm - Thursday, August 11, 2005

#26 carol harding

does anyone know where i can obtain a LCD Hood for my finepix M603 digital camera, Please.

Regards Carol harding

9:25 pm - Thursday, February 16, 2006

#27 Flavio

I've been using this camera for 3 years and it started with some major failures and errors
:(, sometimes it doesnt turn on , sometimes the lens doesnt come out all the way ,. what camera should i buy next ? is it ok 3 years for this camera lifetime

9:14 pm - Monday, June 5, 2006

#28 Raghu

Hi Carol Harding,

The LCD Hood for Fuji M603, you can get it from fujifilm.co.uk.

Thanks
Raghu

8:51 pm - Friday, May 16, 2008

#29 Raghu

Hi Flavio,

My camera Fuji M603 is still in excellent condition no failure or errors, it has great picture quality which gives a 6 Million pixel output; as present gen cameras.

Thanks
Raghu

8:58 pm - Friday, May 16, 2008

#30 Ron

Hi,

My M603 is STILL GOING STRONG!

Use as general stills & video with 2Gb CF card.

Apart from 1 stuck pixel on screen, everything works OK, will get spare on eBay soon.

CHEERS Ron

6:19 pm - Saturday, December 18, 2010

#31 Raghu

Even my Fuji M603 still going strong. It still delivers brilliant pictures. Only a small tiny spot inside the lense which i dint have chance to take to technection to get cleaned other wise every thing rocks. One of my friends who brought other fuiji models & casio 8MP & 10MP but they doesnt compete with M603 even though they are current generation cameras with higher pixels. Fuji should use same lense i.e Super CCD lense on its current models to get same brilliant pictures as M603.
Raghu.

9:51 am - Sunday, December 19, 2010