Home > Consumer Reviews > Fujifilm FinePix Z20fd Digital Camera - Champagne Pink (10MP, 3x Optical Zoom) 2.5 inch LCD

Extremely easy to use. Really good quality pictures. And the camera looks good. Love the fact that it is pink and doesn't get borrowed by the male members of my household!

I bought this camera for my daughter's 13th birthday. She was absolutely delighted with it. The colour is gorgeous, it's light and really easy to use. Definitely a good buy.

Cameras these days seem to have a year or so lifespan then they die on you. I've been through four digi-cams now, each time they get a little bit slimmer, have a little larger screen and more megapixels.

In my case I started with a modest 1 million pixeler about the size of a club sandwich too big for your pocket and screen the size of a stamp. In the Fuji's case it's pocketsize.
Second off I had a Casio, 2 mega-pixel, this time designed on a packet of cigarettes, theory was if you could carry a pack of them, you could carry that. Great, however it had a lens that came out when you turned it on which was fine until I took it to the beach and sand got into the mechanism grinding it to a halt. Again in this one's case, lens `n' zoom is internal.
Thirdly I had a small Konica, internally zooming, 2 inch screen, and doubled my pixelage again to 5 mil. Worked great, but again died young at about 18 months so I found myself buying this.

On paper it seems like I'd be getting another upgrade: bigger screen at 2.5 inches, slimmer frame, yet again twice as many pixels at a whopping 10 million and the slidey on-off that I love. Trouble is 3 out of 4 shots I take with this produce terrible images. Now I'm not an expert by a long shot, but I have taken a few hundred thousand photos on these pocket cameras in most conditions and it seems that unless you are in broad daylight, with no glare behind you you'll get a blurry or over exposed shot.

Good points are as above really, it's compact, huge screen, point and shoot, pocket size and good battery life.
But maybe have a play first. It seems it flashes even if you're taking a picture of the sun which has a tendency to make people look like ghosts, and if you remove the flash you'd better have a hand as steady as a miniature ship-in-a-bottle maker because otherwise you'll get blurrrrs everrrrry tiiimme.

There are plenty of modes from action, to party, to beach etc, but if I'm honest they are all the same, i.e. flash.

-Oh, there is one good mode called `auction shot' where you can take multiple shots in one image (in quarters) for eBay and stuff...unfortunately you cant take photos of the camera itself otherwise that's where mine would be....

Really whizzy little camera - love the colour! Face recognition setting good too but can get a bit confusing when more then 1 face! The only downside, which is just something to get used to more than anything, is that the lens is quite close to the top left resulting in some annoying finger shots - oops! Would still really recommend...

Bought this camera for myself as previous kodak camera had broke. Camera is really compact, so great for carying everyday in your handbag. Only drawback - can feel a little too small if you are used to a bulkier camera. Camera takes great pics & is really easy to use - you probably wont even need to read instructions! As detailed in other reviews, the lense is located at the top left of camera & you do have to carefully place your fingers to make sure they are not obstructing the view - not really a big problem! All in all I am well pleased with this camera - easy to use, big enough screen, takes great pics & is really funky looking.