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Fujifilm FinePix F100fd Digital Camera

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(3 out of 5)


A good (but not great) compact camera that unfortunately doesn't live up to its heritage.

Review date: Jul 31, 2008

The Fuji FinePix F100fd certainly has its work cut out for it. Like the F50fd before it, it will be inevitably compared to what most people feel is the best low light compact cameras of all time, the FinePix F30 and F31fd. Unfortunately, Fuji gave in to the Megapixel race on the FinePix F100fd, which pretty much did away with the high sensitivity advantage that made earlier models such a success. The F100fd performs slightly better than other compact cameras, up to a point (ISO 800), but above that, images become a noisy mess. The camera is marred by other flaws as well, including a slow lens, a sluggish startup time, and poor battery life. The FinePix F100fd certainly isn't a bad camera -- it's just an average one -- which is a disappointment, considering its heritage.

ProsCons
  • Very good photo quality
  • slightly better than competition at ISO 400 and 800
  • 5X zoom lens in a compact, stylish body
  • CCD-shift image stabilization
  • Nice 2.7" LCD with good outdoor and low light visibility
  • Good autofocus performance
  • Effective dynamic range expansion feature (though ISO sensitivity goes up, too)
  • Redeye not a problem thanks to auto removal feature
  • Memory card slot supports both xD and SD/SDHC cards
  • Optional underwater case
  • Doesn't live up to the legacy of earlier F-series models
  • Poor image quality at highest ISO settings -- some detail smudging at low ISOs
  • Slow startup time for a compact camera
  • Below average battery life
  • Lens is on the slow side at wide-angle
  • No optical viewfinder
  • No image stabilization in movie mode
  • Few manual controls
  • Plastic tripod mount
  • can't access memory card slot while camera is on a tripod

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