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About Fujifilm FinePix F550EXR

Looking for a versatile and affordable camera to take on your travels? With a 15x wide-angle zoom lens, built-in GPS, 1080p video recording, raw support, an HDMI output and a raft of creative, automatic and manual functions, the Fujifilm FinePix F550EXR superzoom is positively bulging at the seams with photographic goodness. It's reasonably priced too, costing £230 or thereabouts.

The F550EXR is housed in a serious-looking, rugged outer shell. It might not be the lightest camera in the world, weighing around 215g with the battery and memory card included, but it's still extremely portable.

The massive zoom has surprisingly little impact on the size and shape of the unit. The lens housing is raised above the rest of the camera's body, but only by about 6mm when the device is in standby mode.

The all-black metal and plastic shell is moulded into an appealing, modern style and has some useful touches, such as a rubber grip on the front to help you hold the camera steady. The large, 3-inch screen on the rear offers a high resolution of around 460,000 pixels. Alas, we found its colours to be rather garish, and there's no way of toning them down.

We do have a couple of gripes with the camera's design, though. First up is the motorised pop-up flash, which emerges every time you switch the camera on, whether you need the flash or not. It's a thundering nuisance, particularly since it happens to be situated just where your left forefinger naturally rests when holding the camera.

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