A review of the Fujifilm FinePix A500 digital camera is available at DPInterface.

The FinePix A500 is equipped with 5 megapixel resolution, a 3 times optical zoom an a 1.8 inch display. The A500 is compact, but not tiny, and is designed as a simply, no frills entry level camera with an affordable price tag.

The review conclusion:
“I’ve not much to say about the Fujifilm FinePix A500. It’s just your average entry-level camera with 5 megapixels and 3x optical zoom. The FinePix A500 has good battery life, is user friendly and good image quality. However, the FinePix A500 has a terrible LCD (With 3 bad points), no continuous shooting, slow performance and is certainly not for low-light shooting.

Sadly, I can’t recommend this camera to you - it’s certainly not worth the money. The only time you’d be shooting is outdoors and even then, you’d be using the viewfinder. Some good alternatives include the Canon A430, Panasonic LS2 and Sony’s S600.”