Several of my students have used Fuji cameras, and they were excellent.  You can see some of
their photos at:

http://www.oursites.com/willard/
or
http://www.oursites.com/nick/

Both of these students used Fuji cameras.

The Canon G3 is also a sweet camera in the $800 to $900 range.

Bill in Willcox

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Scotti" <jscotti@pirlserver.lpl.Arizona.EDU>

> Hey Ken,
>     I have a Fuji FinePix 2650 that I love.  It takes excellent pictures and
> is small enough to carry easily.  It has 2 megapixels resolution.  It's not
> great for low light level pictures, but does most of what I need well.  The
> camera I really have my eyes on is the Canon 1DS which uses the standard EOS
> lenses and has a detector that is the same size as a 35mm frame.  It's got 11
> megapixels.  Unfortunately, it costs about $8000 - without any lenses!  Ok,
> at least I can dream right?  The Canon 10D is my fallback camera when I
> strike the jackpot - it costs less than $1500.....  I guess I may be dreaming
> for a long time.  BTW, you can find the FinePix 2650 for about $200 or maybe
> a little less if you shop around or look on the internet.  I've also used a
> Fuji FinePix S602Zoom which is a great camera for about $600 that has a lot
> of manual controls on it as well as automatic functions.