Warm - FujiFilm a303 digicam for ~$230 w/ Goldbox + Coupon

[cix22]

My first hot deal here, so go easy.

In my Amazon Goldbox I saw an offer for a FujiFilm FinePix a303 for $241.79, apparently a 39% discount off the $399 retail, and $18.20 off the regular Amazon price. Pricegrabbers lowest price with shipping for the camera was $245 after shipping.

With the 10% off $75 coupon that expires on 3/31 found on chubbywallet (under the Official Amazon Coupon thread), the free super saver shipping that the camera qualifies for, the Goldbox price, and no tax, your grand total for the camera is $237.37.

Here's a review from DCResource.com.
Here's people's epinions about the camera.

You also may be able to BVG the camera to PCVideoOnline for $233, but it'd only save you about $8 I think.

 

[bigrash]

I bought this camera last week, and it's an awesome camera. The picture quality is amazing. The camera is very easy to use and it's very small so it's easy to carry around. I had a few pictures developed and they came out really good. For a 3.2mp camera, this is a good price. I'm waiting for a good deal on a photo printer now so I can print some pics.

The only downside to this camera is that it uses Fuji's new xD picture card which is very uncommon. My local photo developing store accepts smartmedia and compactflash but they do not accept xD. Also if you have a printer that accepts memory card it, it probably wont accept xD.

But, like I said before, the photo quality is amazing in this camera. I paid about $250 for it, so ~$230 is a good price

 

[InverseOfNeo]

Originally posted by: bigrash
I bought this camera last week, and it's an awesome camera. The picture quality is amazing. The camera is very easy to use and it's very small so it's easy to carry around. I had a few pictures developed and they came out really good. For a 3.2mp camera, this is a good price. I'm waiting for a good deal on a photo printer now so I can print some pics. The only downside to this camera is that it uses Fuji's new xD picture card which is very uncommon. My local photo developing store accepts smartmedia and compactflash but they do not accept xD. Also if you have a printer that accepts memory card it, it probably wont accept xD. But, like I said before, the photo quality is amazing in this camera. I paid about $250 for it, so ~$230 is a good price

That is true about the xD cards for now. But wait a lil while and you will see some advantages with it. One of them being that is uses less power (just below that of SmartMedia, and way below that of CF). I wont go into any other details as I dont know the timeline of them.

 

[SimMike2]

My local photo developing store accepts smartmedia and compactflash but they do not accept xD.

It is virtually a total waste of a digital camera to send your photos out to be printed. My brother just bought a Canon i320 for $29 after rebate and this printer gets surprisingly good photo quality. Generic ink for this printer is cheap. Spend a little more on a printer and you can get even better quality. My two year old Epson 880 gets plenty good enough photo quality for me.

I worked at photo labs in the past, and I recently saw the Robin Williams movie "One Hour Photo", so I say buy a printer and learn how to use photo editing software to really unlock the potential of your digital camera.

 

[bigrash]

Originally posted by: SimMike2

My local photo developing store accepts smartmedia and compactflash but they do not accept xD.

It is virtually a total waste of a digital camera to send your photos out to be printed. My brother just bought a Canon i320 for $29 after rebate and this printer gets surprisingly good photo quality. Generic ink for this printer is cheap. Spend a little more on a printer and you can get even better quality. My two year old Epson 880 gets plenty good enough photo quality for me.

I worked at photo labs in the past, and I recently saw the Robin Williams movie "One Hour Photo", so I say buy a printer and learn how to use photo editing software to really unlock the potential of your digital camera.

Well I get my photos developed online so it really doesn't matter to me that my local place doesnt accept xD.

The printer that I'm using now is also the Epson 880. Maybe it's the generic ink that I'm using, but I really don't like the photo printing quality of this printer. I'm looking at the Canon 820 because I heard good reviews of it.