Fujifilm Finepix A700
Featuring a 7.3 MegaPixel Super CCD sensor, a 2.4″ LCD and 3x optical zoom, the FinePix A700 is aimed at first-time digital camera buyers and consumers looking for an upgrade to their first digital camera. It has a simple design, which is something that digital camera makers should really try to move away from.
The FinePix A700 will be in stores early October and will sell at a price of $199.
Features of the FinePix A700:
- A 7.3 MegaPixel Super CCD HR sensor
- A 3x Fujinon optical zoom lens developed specifically for the FinePix A- series by Fujinon, a Fujifilm sister company
- A 2.4-inch LCD that enables easy viewing and playback. It features an anti-glare coating for improved viewing in direct light.
- Automatic ISO setting up to ISO 400 with low noise.
- Four scene modes — Portrait, Landscape, Sport and Night
- Internal memory: The camera has approximately 12MB of on-board storage
- xD-Picture Card slot
- Two AA batteries power the FinePix A700
Fujifilm FinePix Z3 Review
ThinkCamera has a great review up on the Fujifilm FinePix Z3, a compact digital camera that was made for taking shots in average situations, the bar, a dim house, this little shooter should have you covered.
The Z3 does rather a good job at a range of “normal” pictures. The lens seems plenty sharp enough and doesn’t have any major faults. There’s a little distortion at its very widest setting, but nothing that would really trouble you in everyday shooting. By current standards, 5MP could be considered a little on the small side but the camera is capable of some very nice looking A4 prints.
Exposures are also pretty good with most general scenes returning a very pleasing picture. The dual exposure mode can work well if you’re not sure whether to use flash or not. However, on a number of shots with high contrast scenes the main area came back a little underexposed. This isn’t unusual (the camera has to balance a bright sky and dark foreground) and can usually be dealt with by exposure compensation. On most compacts this isn’t a big deal but on the Z3 exposure comp only works in “manual” mode. If you are shooting in “auto” mode (and the camera performs very well in this mode most of the time) you are 10 button presses from adding +1 exposure compensation.
In the end they give the FinePix Z3 a rating of 8 out of 10. Its lowest mark being 6 out of 10 for ease of use. The highest mark being given to its design. If you want to purchase its little brother the Z1, have a look at Digital Camera HQ.
Fujifilm Finepix F30 Review
PopPhoto has a review up on the Finepix F30 from Fujifilm.
There’s nothing about the design of the 6-megapixel Fujifilm Finepix F30 ($340 street) that screams “look at me!”
It’s your basic contemporary boxy rectangle 3x retracting-lens digicam. There’s a nice 2.5 inch LCD on the back that gains up and down well enough on its own, along with a button to crank it up in sunlight. It’s got a couple of buttons and knobs here and there in the typical places to control modes and settings. In short, it’s very similar in design to so many other digicams on the market right now. But what’s inside this camera differentiates it from all the other 3x rectangular boxes on the market — an ISO range all the way up to 3200(!).
While they don’t give the camera a final rating they do list off what they liked and did not like. Some of the things they liked included the usable ISO range, aperture/shutter priority mode, ease of use, and long battery life. The negatives listed include a slow maximum aperture at telephoto, confusing manual setting, and no zoom while recording movies.
You can buy the Finepix F30 through Digital Camera HQ.
Fuji FinePix F470 Review
Pocket-lint has a review up on the Fuji FinePix F470, a small, rather average consumer digital camera. It has a 6 megapixel CCD, as well as a 3x optical zoom.
Featherweight it may be in terms of physical dimensions and weight but it also featherweight in specification. The F470 has standard 6-megapixel sensor (as opposed to a Fuji SuperCCD) at the top of its spec’ billing, 10-scene modes include the usual bits and bobs, such as portrait, landscape and sports and a flower close-up mode among others.
Images can be stored on the camera’s 16MB of internal memory but you’ll get just five images if that’s all you use; factor in the price of an additional external xD-Picture Card in your budget, it’s the camera’s removable storage of choice.
In the end they give it an eight out of ten thanks to its build quality, weight, and image quality. The downsides were listed as being a low maximum ISO, and no optical viewfinder.
FujiFilm FinePix F470 Review
Bytesector has a review up on the FinePix F470 from FujiFilm. A pretty average point and shoot camera, with a 6 megapixel sensor, 3x optical zoom and a 2.5″ LCD.
The Fuji Finepix F470 is a fairly solid point-and-shoot digital camera and fares well for most situations. The camera isn’t without weaknesses in that it has a relatively low battery life at 150 shots, and it doesn’t always produce flesh tones as accurately as some of the other cameras on the market.
However, if you plan on working mostly outdoors, or with bright lighting, this camera is worth its cost for image quality alone.
I am not a big fan of proprietary batteries especially ones that don’t last for a long time, and that is what Fujifilm uses for the FinePix F470. They also talk about how slow the camera is to respond. So image quality is great, but just about everything else is not. Maybe this is one you’d want to skip, as a balance is better than a camera that only does one thing well, and what use is a camera that can take a great picture, but is always running out of battery life, or missing the good shots?
Fuji cuts FinePix A400, A500 pricing
Fujifilm is making more price cuts today, dropping the A400, and A500 by 13% and 17% repectively. Announced at C.E.S. this year, the Fujifilm FinePix A400 and A500 are both based around SuperCCD HR imagers which increase the maximum detail in pictures.
The A400 features a four megapixel sensor, and the A500 bumps this to five megapixels. Both cameras also include a 3x optical zoom lens, as well as both a 1.8″ LCD display with 77,000 pixels, and a real-image optical viewfinder.
When they first hit the market, the FinePix A400 was priced at $149, while the A500 was $179. After today’s price adjustment, the cameras can be had for $129 or $149 respectively.
Fujifilm Announces A-series Waterproof Housing
Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Inc. has released a new product that is going to help out those with either the FinePix A400 or A500 digital camera, by protecting them from the elements.
The Fujifilm WP-FXA500 “Aquamask” waterproof housing is a transparent shell designed to fit the FinePix A400 and A500 digital cameras with will protect the camera from sand, dust, dirt, and immersion in water up to ten feet.
“Whether swimming at the pool or beach, boating or hiking with the kids, the colorful Aquamask is an all-terrain imaging tool. It’s a great investment to keep your digital camera safe and ensure you don’t miss capturing any of those fun summer activities,” said James Avato, Marketing Manager, Electronic Imaging Division, Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc.
Available later this month, the WP-FXA500 shell will set you back $79.99 USD.
Fuji Cuts FinePix S5200 Pricing
If you are looking for a bigger camera that fills your hand and provides you some decent performance, Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Inc. yesterday lowered pricing on its FinePix S5200 digital camera.
Its earlier price point for the S5200 was set at around $349 USD, and yesterday was adjusted to around $299 USD, or 15% off. Not too bad for something with a 5 megapixel sensor and a 10x optical zoom.
Fuji Finepix V10 Review
Cameras.co.uk has a review up of the Fuji Finepix V10. It is a pretty standard featured camera for the most part, though the article does introduce me to one thing that I did not really realize, the V10 has some games on it? The games included are a simple shooting game, maze, numbers puzzle and bat-and-ball style game. I don’t know of any other cameras that have games included on them, though it has been a popular cell phone feature for a long time, so I guess if you want to add a bit of “fun” that would be the way to do it, though I don’t think that digital camera battery life is good enough to be wasting some on gaming on a digital camera.
The Fuji Finepix V10 is a five megapixel digital camera with a 3.4x optical zoom lens. It has a number of key differences compared to a typical digital camera. These include a squarer shape, larger LCD and technology to help you take photos in lowlight. There are even some arcade games thrown in for good measure.
Fuji have placed the emphasis on fun with the Finepix V10 and it is likely to appeal to someone who enjoys photography without being too serious. In terms of general features the camera has everything you would expect from a straightforward point and shoot camera.
In the end the camera only manages a rating of 77, which is three points behind the Fuji Finepix Z1 in their ratings.
Fujifilm Drops FinePix E900 Price Reduction
Fujifilm USA has lowered the suggested list price of the critically acclaimed FinePix E900 digital camera to $399.
The price move adds extra appeal to an already outstanding camera.
Some of the most popular and trusted sources of digital imaging information have applauded the FinePix E900 for its operational performance and picture quality, including Rangefinder Magazine, Imaging Resource, Popular Photography and PC Magazine, which honored the FinePix E900 with an Editors’ Choice Award.
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