Fujifilm FinePix Z100fd Digital Camera Review

July 25, 2009

No matter how much advanced a camera is or haw much ease and usability it offers, the buyer would think twice about purchasing it if its appearance is not appealing. But this is not a problem for the Fuji Film FinePix Z100fd which is an ultra slim and smart model.

Being only 19.8 mm in thickness, it can be easily inserted into our pocket and taken anywhere you want. Rarely seen in cameras; a two colored tone and a trendy “Z” logo on the body just adds to the style. And comes in unique colors like Shell Pink, Satin Silver, Cappuccino, Brown and Black Tuxedo-the names themselves say a lot about the camera personality. With an all-metallic body design and a diagonal slide lens, Z100fd has emerged in the market as a breath of fresh air.

The camera is equipped with a mind range Fujinon 5X optical zoom lenses (equivalent to 36-180 mm) which along with the Dual Image Stabilization mechanism enables you to take blur free images since the image stabilization is supported by a CCD sensor active at high ISO sensitivity (16001).

The rear side of the Z100fd is taken up by a 2.7 inch LD screen (approximately 230,000 pixels) which is an Amorphous Silicon TFT LCD that has up to 97% frame coverage.

This 8 mega pixel camera offers a variety of best features such as:

Cropping of favorite parts of images.

Continuous shooting mode at 1.4fps.

A 54 MB built in memory and also supports XD/SD and SDHC memory cards.

Face detection so that the faces you like are well captured in the photos. (It can recognize up to 10 faces)

Red Eye Reduction to avoid the ugly red spotting in the eyes in case of low light.

The camera is also capable of producing high quality movies in the AVI (MOTION JPEG) format. Movie image of 320X240 and 640X480 at 30fps with outstanding audio.

The special features include the IR Simple technology that makes an easy and quick image transfer to any IR Simple TM equipped device possible and too without any wires required. The Fuji Film FinePix Z100fd is also compatible with Windows PC’s and Mac’s and also has a USB 2.0 port for image transferring.

So now you can take picture, taker them and share them with everyone no matter where you are. The camera is rechargeable by Li-ion battery NP-45 and has a battery charger BC-45, an A/V cable and a CD-ROM in its package.

Sleek and slim with a scratch proof LCD screen (due to reinforced glass coating), it is a fantastic compact digital camera that ensures quality, style and user convenience all in the same deal- a rare and great combination.