The camera was introduced by Fuji on July 28, 2005.

It was awarded the title of best zoom camera for 2006/2007 by the EISA.

[1] The Fujifilm S5200 was primarily targeted at the power-user photographers in Australia, Europe and the United States.

The camera's features were fairly impressive at launch including a 10x optical zoom, a 5.1-megapixel CCD imaging sensor as well as a host of manual settings.

The manual settings which the s5200 featured allow much control over the image, such settings like TTL metering, ISO, flash, Macro, White Balance and Red Eye Reduction could be manipulated.