A Feature-packed Bargain - BUY IT

I am totally amazed with this camera. I have owned an "old faithful" Fujifilm Finepix S3100 for several year and thought I'd never give it up - until I saw the S5700 (which is exactly the same as the S700BK, the US version.)
The 10x optical zoom is fantastic and the zoom takes place inside a fixed lens assembly (no more dust getting into the lens from joints in the lens body like the S3100.) Add the image stabilization and you get great shots even if you move a bit.
The auto mode makes this camera easy enough for beginners, but there are plenty of features for the advanced user. In AUTO, the camera is almost fool-proof. If the light is too low, the flash pops up automatically to let you get a good shot.
There are dozens (or hundreds) of other features on this camera, so I'll just cover the ones that I like the best. It has "intelligent flash" which means that the camera calculates the amount of light put needed from the flash to give the best picture.
There is a mode which takes double exposures of your subject, one with flash and one without. This lets you compare the 2 images side by side in those cases where you're not sure whether flash is needed or not. I like this because you don't miss a picture because you should have used flash or you get a washed out one when you used flash, but shouldn't have. NEAT FEATURE FUJI!!!
The camera also features ISO settings up to 1600 which means that you'll be able to get those low light photos that you couldn't on other digital cameras.
Fuji could not have made this more universal - it takes both SD and XD memory cards. You can use what you have on hand!! You can also upgrade to whichever card is least expensive when you need to. How cool is that!
Of course, my favorite feature is still included on this camera - It uses 4 AA batteries. This means that you can have a couple of sets of rechargeable Ni-MH batteries ready and if you use them up and are still out shooting, just pop in a set of Alkaline AA's and go back to shooting. I hate those "other brands" that use an expensive special battery. You have to spend more for an extra battery on those and when your battery is dead, you are done shooting. Not so on this camera!!!
Battery life is great. Once again, the flash does not operate unless it is popped up. That means that the camera doesn't waste battery power charging up the flash circuit every time you turn the camera on, unlike so many other cameras. Why charge the flash if you're shooting outdoors?? Some manufacturers don't get that but Fuji does on this model.
The display is very nice and clear at 2.5 inches. It also has an eyepiece viewfinder which is very helpful when following those motion shots and in very bright light when LCD displays are hard to see.
This camera also has a movie mode with audio at a full 30 frames per second! Many cameras slow down the frame rate to try to get a clearer picture, but this one doesn't need to.
I have owned many digital cameras and this one will make me list my old favorite Fuji S3100 on eBay. This is the best camera I have ever used or tried out. The colors are very vibrant just like all Fuji cameras I have used. It's compact and as easy to operate as you want it to be. For just under $230 it's as close to a professional SLR as you can get! It's a bargain, no it's a steal!!!