Well, it’s been a long time since I updated my T189 blog but I have a few minutes spare this evening 
I did save up my September birthday money and finally bought myself the Fuji Finepix S5800 digital camera together with a 2Gb SD card and a Tamrac bag. Christmas brought a travel charger set together with four 2700Mh rechargeable batteries so I can keep the camera ‘well fed’.
It’s a really nice camera and I’m glad I bought it. But I haven’t had much opportunity to get ’serious’ with it since I actually got it 
I did take it on a short break to Lisbon in Portugal in December and took about 200 pictures with it. I’ll try and post some on Flickr soon.
Of course, after the compact, relatively lightweight Fuji Finepix F700, the S5800 feels both bulky and heavy (the latter due mainly to four AA batteries instead of an internal rechargeable cell). But it suits my small hands and the controls are pretty intuitive after getting used to the way Fuji organises things with the previous camera.
I’ve also got so used to the small F700 living in my handbag, available to whip out at a moment’s notice and snap a quick shot, that the more ‘prominent’ S5800 feels much more conspicuous. I’m not overly keen on wearing it around my neck on the supplied strap but said strap isn’t really long enough to sling over one shoulder so I can carry the camera on the opposite hip.
I hope everyone who reads this blog had a merry Christmas and a pleasant New Year – I know I did!
