Fujifilm FinePix Z3 Review

Fujifilm FinePix Z3ThinkCamera 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.

September 11th, 2006 Posted by David in Uncategorized at 12:17 pm Comment Now! »
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