Fujifilm Finepix F50fd Digital Camera
June 12, 2008
The Fujifilm Finepix F50fd Steel Grey Digital Camera succeeds one of the most popular models of the company, the ‘Finepix F31fd', renowned for its competitive performance at low light environments. In the new edition, they have effectively retained the manual controls of the previous model as the aperture and shutter priority modes. However, they have also augmented the new one with a dramatic 4 MP increase that takes the total up to a whomping 12 MP resolution, augmented the LCD screen to a 2.7” device supporting 100% scene coverage, refined the body to an Aero curve design and also added a novel concept called Face Detection 2.
Face Detection 2 and co
A technology that realises up to ten faces in a frame with intuition is known as Face Detection 2. The F50fd also features a mechanical CCD-shift and ISO 6400 combination for image stabilisation followed by the advanced IrSimple technology to receive or send picture data to and from other feature supporting devices through infrared method. Amongst the various shooting modes, the Natural Light and Flash and Natural Light modes excel. The former refers to a process of increased shutter speed, with fast ISO speeds minus the flash, enabling explicit natural results while the latter, when employed, effects the clicking of two photos, one with and the other without flash. A choice can be made later from a saved collection of both the images.
Other key modes
- Portrait, Portrait enhancer and landscape
- Sport, night , fireworks, sunset
- Snow, beach, underwater
- Museum, party, flower, text
- A smart continuous shooting mode
Additional Flash News and White Balancing aspect
The Fujifilm Grey Compact Digital Camera comes with a built in flash that further effectuates Auto Flash, Red Eye Reduction, Suppressed Flash, Forced Flash, Slow Synchro and Red Eye Reduction with Slow Synchro modes. The White balancing aspect of the camera engages different themes like Fine, Daylight, Shade, Warm white, Incandescent light, Cool Light and custom for presetting automatic scene recognition.
Recording and Playback
The F50fd supports the movie recording of 30 frames/sec (640 x 480 pixels) and 25 frames/sec (320 x 240 pixels) with monaural sound. For still images, a data of 4000 x 3000 / 4224 x 2816 in 3:2 formats and 2848 x 2136 / 2048 x 1536 / 1600 x 1200 / 640 x 480 pixels lie subject to recorded memory. The playback functions of the model also excel with an array of features like slideshow, face detection with red eye removal, micro thumbnail mode, date sorting, rotate image, voice memo, trimming, single frame and multi frame playback.
Conclusion
The chief advantages of the Fujifilm Finepix F50fd Pocket Digital Camera are the shutter and aperture priority modes, a good image stabilisation mode and an exceptional face determination aspect. However, too many shutterbugs believe that, in spite of all the pro factors, the whomping increase of 4 mega pixels along with obscure ISO speeds of 800-3200 has clearly boomeranged the image quality of the model. In these circumstances, the F31fd should obviously stand tall, rated as the compact model rendering best low light performance.
| General Info | |
|---|---|
| Brand | FujiFilm |
| Model | FujiFilm FinePix F50fd |
| Colours available | Silver and black |
| Weight | 155 g |
| Resolution | 12 MP |
| Screen size | 2.7” |
| Lens type | Fujinon 3.0 x optical zoom lens |
| Storage media | 25 MB, xD Picture Card, SD Card |
| Memory Capacity | 2GB |
| Optical zoom | 3.0 x optical zoom |
| Digital zoom | 8.2 x |
| Viewfinder | NA |
| Focusing | Auto |
| Shooting modes | Normal , continuous and Position |
| Shutter speed | 3 sec – 1/2000 sec |
| Sensor type | CCD HR 1/ 1.6" |
| File format | Still: JPEG, Movie: AVI (Motion JPEG) |
| Battery type | NP-50 Rechargeable Battery, AC power adapter AC-5VC |
| Battery life | 250 shots |
| Warranty | 2 years |
| Features | |
| Built-in Flash | Yes |
| External flash | No |
| Video function | Yes |
| Voice recording | Yes |
| Timer | 10 sec / 2 sec delay |
| LCD display | Yes |
| Face recognition technology | Yes |
| Wrist strap | Yes |
| Night shot | Yes |
| PictBridge compatibility | No |
| In-camera editing | Yes |
| Scene selection modes | Yes |
| Red-eye reduction mode | Yes |
Fujifilm FinePix F31fd Digital Camera
June 1, 2008
Successor to the F30, a popular model of the yesteryears, the Fujifilm FinePix F31fd Compact Digital Camera retains the manual controls of the former. A smart, Face Detection Technology that comes integrated in the processor of the camera distinguishes the model from its predecessor, the F30. This is not as augmented as the Face Detection 2 technology sported by some of the later models, say F50df, as it can also identify up to 10 faces but not as explicitly as the latter. Another modification is the most striking one, the fastest ISO speed of 3200 at the maximal resolution. This is perhaps the trump card of the F31df, enabling it to perform breathtakingly in low light conditions.
Fewer Pixels with a Larger Sensor: A swim against the tide
The F31fd's meticulously maintained 6.3-megapixel resolution along with the stunning duo, a super CCD HR VI sensor and a Real Photo Processor II hog the credit for its brilliant low light capabilities. The increased light capturing capacity of the combination at a marginal electronic noise enhances sensitivity, resulting in real colour, clear images and fine details. This is obviously the missing factor in the F50df. In addition, the quick response time of the F31fd fortified with a 1.5 sec- start-up time, virtuously eliminate missed opportunities by capturing almost all desired scenes.
Power Packed Illumination
The NP-95 Li-ion battery of the Fujifilm FinePix F31fd Pocket Digital Camera is nothing less than revelation considering the fact that it supports a cool 580 shots per charge. The recharging is also reduced to a trivia for a smart AC adapter that comes with the package, ensuring that no another occasion is missed. The new i-Flash system of the camera along with advanced power aspect proves synergic in providing genuine looking subjects and brightly detailed backgrounds.
Other Key Features
- The model is adorned by a smart Auto Focus with a 5 cm Macro, ably assisted by center, multi and continuous area modes
- Presence of an AF supporting lamp proves the perfect foil to the impressive AF part
- A multi-dimensional white balancing aspect featuring Auto, Fine, Shade, Daylight, Warm white, Cool White and Incandescent light modes also enhances the model
- Continuous shooting of 2.2fps maximum 3 images
- IrSimple technology enables high speed data transfer to and from feature supporting devices
- PictBridge print compliance for accessing a printer without the computer's help
- The F31fd also allows capturing of VGA movies with sound at a rate of 30 frames per second
- Versatile playback features
Conclusion
The Fujifilm FinePix F31fd 6.3 MP Digital Camera obviously eclipses its precedent, the F30 as well as its successor, the F50fd in the sector of image clarity. Its intuitive conception of right situations at a striking pace is something with which the other models tend to struggle. It also excels in low-light performance, shrewdly using the combined expertise of the anti blur and intelligent flash features. However the absence of a few inspiring features plays the spoilsport to a small extent like a histogram, for shooting as well as the playback, a manual AF, an AF lock on the intended subject and a raw mode. The continuous mode also trails a bit with a 3 shot limit that might turn off the sports professionals.
| General Info | |
|---|---|
| Brand | Fujifilm |
| Model | Fujifilm F31fd |
| Colours available | Steel Grey |
| Weight | 155 g |
| Resolution | 6.3 MP |
| Screen size | 2.5" |
| Lens type | 36-108mm equivalent |
| Storage media | Internal memory and xD picture card |
| Memory Capacity | 26MB |
| Optical zoom | 3 x |
| Digital zoom | 6.2 x |
| Focusing | Auto |
| Shooting modes | Normal, SP, Continuous, High speed shooting |
| Shutter speed | 3 sec to 1/2000 sec |
| Connectivity | USB |
| Sensor type | Super CCD HR |
| File format | Still: JPEG, Video: AVI |
| Battery type | NP-95 Li-ion battery |
| Battery life | 580 shots |
| Warranty | 2 years |
| Features | |
| Built-in Flash | Yes |
| Video function | Yes |
| Voice recording | Yes |
| Timer | 10/2 sec |
| LCD display | Yes |
| Face recognition technology | Yes |
| Wrist strap | Yes |
| Night shot | Yes |
| PictBridge compatibility | Yes |
| Scene selection modes | Yes |
| Red-eye reduction mode | Yes |
Fuji FinePix F30 Digital Camera
January 21, 2008
Fuji FinePix F30 Digital Camera is a new arrival to the market that has got new features to be mentioned. You can take impressive snaps with this new digital camera. The image sensor type of this unit is CCD. The resolution that this unit made featured with is 6.3. The camera is a compact one.
LENS
The lens in this unit supports an optical zoom of 3x and a digital zoom of 6.2x. The focus type of this unit is auto focus. The focal length is 8 to 24.9 mm.
IMAGE QUALITY
The image quality supported by this unit is good. This is generally calculated with the resolutions that it renders to the user. The image resolutions that this unit could render are 640 x 480 pixels, 3024 x 2016 pixels, 2848 x 2136 pixels, 2048 x 1536 pixels and 1600 x 1200 pixels.
VIDEO
The video resolutions supported are 320 x 240 pixels (QVGA) and 640 x 480 pixels (VGA). The video speeds of this FinePix F30 Digital Camera are 30 frames per second. The video formats supported are AVI format and motion JPEG.
EXPOSURE
The exposure controls of this unit are,
• Aperture: f8/f8 (w/t) - f2.8/f5 (w/t)
• Shutter Speed :15 - 1/2000 sec
The white balance controls are Auto, Manual, Daylight / Sunny (Preset), Fluorescent (Preset), Incandescent (Preset), Shade (Preset), with 0.7 frames per second.
STORAGE
The storage capacity of this FinePix F30 Digital Camera is a built in memory size is 10 MB. If you are in need of extra memory, XD picture card can be used. The compression modes supported by the device are fine and normal and the compression types are JPEG and EXIF 2.2.
EXTRA FEATURES
• An in built flash with functions such as Flash Off, Auto Flash, Fill-in Flash, Red-eye Reduction Flash and Slow Sync in integrated in the device.
• This unit has got an LCD panel and the size of the panel is 2.5 inches.
• The interfaces supported are USB 2.0 and Video Out interface.
• The power supply for this unit is through Proprietary Lithium battery. The battery life is 500 images.
• The other included feature is self timer with a timing of 2 sec and 10 sec.
• This is made featured with an in built micro phone and speaker.
OPERATING SYSTEM
The operating systems that this unit could support are Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows 98SE, Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, and Microsoft Windows XP Professional.
DIMENSIONS
The dimensions of this FinePix F30 Digital Camera are estimated as,
• Height: 5.6 cm
• Width: 9.1 cm
• Depth: 2.8 cm
• Weight: 0.15 Kg
Fuji Finepix S9600 Digital Camera
December 7, 2007
as it is very easy to use this device and will give you amazing prints in colour.
Details
• This new digital camera comes with super CCD HR type optical sensor. This optical sensor size is 1/1.6 inch. The resolution provided in this sensor is 9.0 mega-pixels.
• Minimum shutter speed of this camera is 30 seconds and the maximum shutter speed is 1/4000 seconds.
• Types of shooting modes are provided in this product like, night mode, natural light, anti-shake, portrait mode, landscape etc.
• Special effects available in this product are chrome, black and white.
• JPEG and RAW are two formats which can be accepted for still image in this camera.
• White balance feature has three options such as custom, automatic and presets.
• A built-in microphone is provided in this digital camera.
• LCD monitor type viewfinder with colour support is available in the cute product. It has field coverage up to 100%.
• Fuji Finepix S9600 Digital Camera is provided with an aspherical lens. Its focal length is from 6.2 mm to 66.7 mm. It comes with automatic and manual focus adjustments. Its lens aperture is F/2.8 to 4.9 and the camera comes with 10.7x optical zoom feature.
• A display is provided which is made of LCD TFT active matrix technology. This size of the display is 2 inches.
• A Pop-up camera flash is provided in this camera. The effectiveness of this flash range is from 0.3 m to 5.6 metres. It includes flash modes such as :
• Fill-in mode,
• Slow synchro
• Auto mode
• Flash OFF mode
• Red-eye reduction
• An expansion slot is available in this digital camera to connect XD-Picture Card and Compact-Flash Card.
• Types of connectors given in Fuji Finepix S9600 Digital Camera are:
• 1 x USB
• 1 x composite video output
• 1 x composite audio output
• 1 x DC power input
• It has 'self timer' feature which can delay time up to 2 to 10 seconds. Additional feature available in this device are listed below:
• Audio recording
• Date/time stamp
• Pict-Bridge support
• Histogram display
• Cropping an image
• Digital image rotation
• DPOF support
• USB 2.0 compatibility
• Fuji Finepix S9600 Digital Camera can operate with the support of 4 AA alkaline batteries.
• 12.8 cm x 12.9 cm x 9.3 cm (W x H x D) is the measurements of digital camera. It weighs about 0.65 kilo grams.
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Fuji Finepix Z1 Digital Camera
July 26, 2007
Slim and compact the new Fuji Finepix Z1 digital camera is a camera that features a range of advanced camera features including digital zoom and optical zoom. The camera delivers brilliant images with good clarity.
The new Fuji Finepix Z1 digital camera is a 5.1 mega pixel digital camera that delivers good images with the support of the CCD HR sensor that actually captures the images. The camera features a non-extending refractive optical zoom lens that supports a 3x optical zoom. Also the camera has support for 5.7x digital zooming capability. The focus adjustment is also done automatically in this device.
The Fuji Finepix Z1 digital camera also features an integrated camera flash that supports a range of flash functions that include Fill-in mode, slow synchro, and auto mode, flash OFF mode along with built in red-eye reduction. The 2.5-inch colour TFT active matrix LCD display screen that shows you how is your photos look like exactly. The scratch resistant screen is the added advantage of the model.
Additional features
The additional features of the camera include built in microphone, self-timer, USB, PictBridge support, audio recording, auto power save and more. The camera also allows you to take video clips at a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels at a speed of 30 frames per second. The video images are stores as AVI files while the still images are stored as JPEG files. The Fuji Finepix Z1 digital camera features a flash memory of 16 MB with XD picture card and is also supported with flash memory. The camera allows you to take brilliant images as it supports various shooting modes that include Landscape, portrait mode, macro, night scene, sports mode, and natural light.
The physical aspects
This new Fuji digital camera is made of unique aluminium body with black colour that makes the device look very attractive. The digital camera features a depth of 1.9 cm, a height of 5.5 cm and a width of 9-cm. The total weight of the camera is 100 grams only making it one of the digital cameras that are very light in weight. A lithium ion battery that has a capacity of 710 mAh supports the camera.
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