The Fuji 1300 compares to its more expensive, bigger brothers rather like a scooter compares to a motorcycle--the scooter is a fraction of the size, power and price, but around town, is as quick and fun as the motorcycle and you can even take it some places the motorcycle wont go. Inexpensive and lower-tech than some digital cameras but quick, easy and fun to operate, the Fuji 1300 will produce pictures very nearly as good as those from a substantially more expensive camera. The 1300 is a revised version of Fujis well-loved but short-lived MX-1200 camera. For the 1300, Fuji redesigned the case to make it (slightly) more stylish and replaced the serial transfer plug with a much faster USB connection. Otherwise, the camera remains essentially the same as its predecessor.
Compared to virtually every digital camera on the market (and especially its 1-megapixel peers), this camera is a speed demon. If you dont need to use the flash, you can turn the camera on and take your first shot in under a second. Theres virtually no shutter lag (the shutter clicks a split second after you press the button) and the camera is ready to take another shot in less than five seconds. Whereas some cameras LCD screens are slow, streaky, or choppy, the Fuji has a fast, smooth display.
Technophobes have little to fear: this Fuji is as easy to operate as a point-and-shoot film camera, automatically setting shutter speed and white balance and activating the flash, if necessary. Users looking for more creative control can adjust the exposure compensation, white balance, flash and other settings manually. The camera also has a macro mode and a self-timer.
While the Fuji 1300 lacks some of the more desirable features in a digital camera, such as an optical zoom and a video out connection, it does the basics well--taking great pictures at an affordable price. --Miles Berkeley
This is an amazing piece of kit which can be used straight out of the box... 
This is a brilliant professional level camera. At one third the price of its Nikon competitor just cant be beaten for value.
i bought my Slimshot seven months ago and it has been a great success. Simple to carry around and produce from a pocket at a moments notice, it really does take quite acceptable snapshots, rather better ones than i was expecting when i ordered the camera.
As a Professional photographer of some 15 years standing, and some 15 years of using nothing but trusty Nikon Fm2s, it was with some understandable anxiety that I ventured forth into the new digital age with the Fuji S2 Pro.
Well I got this camera after selling my Sony digicam and digital camcorder (cos I didnt really use them enough)...