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Fujifilm FinePix Z20fd Digital Camera - Champagne Pink (10MP, 3x Optical Zoom) 2.5 inch LCD
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Daughters Love It!
(5 out of 5) by Mr. Peter J. Chapman on May 21, 2009 (Burgess Hill)I purchased the Fujifilm Finpix Z20fd Pink digital camera for my daughter's 17th birthday. Sadly she's one of these young people that is obsessed with taking 1000's of photos with her friends and chucking them all on facebook, I hope that one day she will appreciate composition and lighting to actually produce some pictures that would be worth framing.
Right, this camera is small, stupidly simple to use and best of all it is PINK, my daughter LOVED it. I personally have the superb Fuji F20 and it was nice to see that the low light capabilities of my model have carried over to the Z20fd. Wacking up the ISO setting without using the flash is superb when you need to take pictures descreetly.
The great feature is the IrSimple(tm) innovation, `IrSimple(tm)' enables devices to wirelessly send digital images to other IrSimple(tm) enabled devices such as other digital cameras, PDAs and photo kiosks.
Some of my daughters friends have other models of Fuji compact cameras with the IrSimple(tm) technology, they are forever swapping images between them, although I wish they wouldn't! My daughters laptop harddrive is filling up rather quickly, it'll be me that will have to splash out on an external unit to meet her storage needs. Kids eh!
Right, this camera is small, stupidly simple to use and best of all it is PINK, my daughter LOVED it. I personally have the superb Fuji F20 and it was nice to see that the low light capabilities of my model have carried over to the Z20fd. Wacking up the ISO setting without using the flash is superb when you need to take pictures descreetly.
The great feature is the IrSimple(tm) innovation, `IrSimple(tm)' enables devices to wirelessly send digital images to other IrSimple(tm) enabled devices such as other digital cameras, PDAs and photo kiosks.
Some of my daughters friends have other models of Fuji compact cameras with the IrSimple(tm) technology, they are forever swapping images between them, although I wish they wouldn't! My daughters laptop harddrive is filling up rather quickly, it'll be me that will have to splash out on an external unit to meet her storage needs. Kids eh!
26 of 40 people found the following review helpful:
Just because its pink, doesn't make it OK...
(2 out of 5) by Mr. W. Coles on May 5, 2009 (Beyond the Thunderdome)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....
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....
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
What a picture
(5 out of 5) by Lion Sleeping on Feb 10, 2009 (Midlands, UK)Bought for my elderly Mother, who is gradually learning the many functions. Great piece of kit for snapshots.
23 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
Best of all its pink
(5 out of 5) by foxcylady on Sep 22, 2008Ah the perfect camera for a girl. Easy to use does all the thinking for you and gives perfect results. Just those few points above would make me buy it but also its small compact fits in handbag and the quality of the picture sublime.
Oh yes and best of all its pink!
Oh yes and best of all its pink!
63 of 63 people found the following review helpful:
Fantastic - exceeded expectations
(5 out of 5) by H. Price on Aug 26, 2008 (London)This is a really good camera. I bought it recently and I am so pleased I did. The Shake Control is really good - as good as that on a camera 4x the price. The red eye reduction and face detection work equally well. It's simple to set up, and the software installed very quickly. The only drawbac was that it is from the USA, so I need an adaptor to be able to charge it, but I picked one up for £5. Overall, this is perfect if you want a quality, stylish, tech - packed camera.