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Fuji FinePix F40fd Silver Digital Camera

FinePix F40fd Silver Digital Camera

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Fuji FinePix F40fd Silver Digital Camera

  • Reviewed by:

    03-15-08

    Duration of ownership: 10 Days

    Strengths: Excellent Picture QualityEasy to useVery good battery lifeLot of scenic optionsValue for Money - You wont find a better camera at this price

    Weaknesses:None so far

    Overall Evaluation: I have always owned a Canon. But My last Compact Canon Camera was very dissapointing. I bought it for my brother and also recommended one of my friend to buy it. My friend and my brother still hold me responsible for suggesting such a bad camera. At low lights Canon cameras simply dont perform well. To my surprise this Camera has been performing excellent at low lights. I dont know wht everyone prefers Canon. After buying this camera , I feel I will never go back to Canon Products

  • Reviewed by: cfan88

    03-10-08

    Duration of ownership: 3 Days

    Strengths: Usable pictures under low light condition

    Weaknesses:Not a real hardware image stablizer

    Overall Evaluation: I received it two days ago and have tried it out at night and at noon. Unlike the other compact DC, it does produce usable pictures in any light condition without using flash. IS(image stablizer) is the only job it does not exceed my Canon A570IS. After FinePix's $50 rebate, both Fuji F40fd and Canon A570IS are selling at the same price as the best DC at its own court.

  • Reviewed by: inaxenws

    12-28-07

    Duration of ownership: 1 Months

    Strengths: Low noise at low/mid -light, compact, good image quality, large, clear LCD.

    Weaknesses:No image stabilization, no manual shutter control, no optical viewfinder.

    Overall Evaluation: After researching compact digital cameras, I came to the same conclusion as the one often mentioned on photography forums: if you want to shoot in mid/low -light conditions without that awful flash, either go Fuji Super-CCD sensor, or a "real", but expensive, D-SLR camera. In the image quality department alone, the F40fd does not disappoint: low noise up to ISO800 sensitivity (ISO1600 is unbearably noisy), sharp focus, good color balance. However, unless you do shoot with a flash or do shoot outdoors under plenty of daylight, most of the photos consistently come out blurry, since the camera always automatically chooses way too slow a shutter speed to eliminate hand-held camera motion. The camera lacks "real", hardware-based, Canon-style Image Stabilization (IS), or manual shutter override, so unless you plan to always use a tripod, F40fd's good mid/low -light performance will not be of much use.

  • Reviewed by: newjourney2006

    12-06-07

    Duration of ownership: 2 Weeks

    Strengths: FASTEST indoors low light P&S camera, to capture fast moving small kids

    Weaknesses:If your need is for a small simple fast low light P&S camera, NONE

    Overall Evaluation: Since October I have been researching to find the fastest (for fast moving small kids) low light (for evening indoor pictures) P&S camera. I also know 99.9% of my prints will be 4x6 or 5x7, never bigger. And I want the red-eye reduction to work! I refuse to do touch-ups. Before I review, let me say a THANK YOU, to all who do post their reviews, because I have read them ALL, and a really big THANK YOU to Steves-Digicams and the CNET staff, who test and provide shutter speeds with flash. I have visited all local stores (BestBuy, CircuitCity, Target, Sears, Frys, Wolf, Office Depot & Max, Staples) multi-times to play with all cameras. Yes, I am retired and have the time. Plus I reviewed all CNET P&S reviews from 1/25/07 to 11/15/07. I documented speeds of low contrast shutter and shot 2 shot with flash. From my research, the final candidates, based on low light speeds, were Fuji F40fd, Canon SD 800, 850, 870(*). * Interesting the Canon SD870 specs say it should be as fast as the 850, but comparing 850 vs 870 under store lights, at 2 different BB stores, the 850s were noticeable faster. I even had the salesperson swap the batteries, between the two, just to be sure. I purchased the Fuji F45fd and Canon SD850. I borrowed a CanonSD800 and had my Canon A610. Without question the Fuji was the fastest for evening indoors pictures. The Fuji was also the fastest for flash recharge. The Canons 800 & 850 did missed some small kids indoors action shots. All cameras had the same brand 2Gb 150x SD. After a week I printed all the shots, as 4x6s, from the same store, as different orders with different names, to ensure no pictures were mixed. The Canon SD800 had too many red-eyes. My old A610 was to slow for evening indoor shots. For outdoor daylight shots, all 4 cameras had the same speed results. Overall the 4x6s quality was the same between the Fuji F45 & Canon SD850. Comparing two very similar pictures, sometimes one would be a slight plus over the other, when you looked close up, then on another picture the other camera would be a slight better, but no real difference.The Fuji was set to 4M(2304x1728 pixels) A5 size, approx. 980Kb files. The Canon SD850 was set to M2(2048x1536 pixels) A5 size, with medium(fine) compression, approx. 893Kb files. The Canons do have a better long range zoom, at MAX zoom. If your need is for enlarge crops, the Canon AUTO pictures are taken at lower ISO, then the Fuji, see comparison below. I also tested the Canon SD850 with different ISOs in low light conditions. It was at the manual ISO 1600, that the Canon was as fast as the Fuji AUTO(ISO800), but the Canon(1600) pictures had higher noise.Here are the ISO results, taken with AUTO mode. I believe this to be very important to understand the results. The listed numbers will first be Fuji F40(F45) then Canon SD850.AUTO mode:Evening indoors F@800, C@200 Outdoors 10pm Christmas Lights F@800, C@250Outdoors bright sun, at min zoom F@100, C@80Outdoors bright sun, at max zoom F@100, C@160Outdoors cloudy F@200, C@80Conclusion:NO one camera is perfect for all people or all conditions!!!!!Fuji F40/F45 is for those who want a fast, low light, small simple P&S camera, whose prints will usually be normal size(4x6,5x7). It is the BEST P&S available today, to capture fast moving kids indoors. I also appreciate the battery indicator.Canon SD850 is a great P&S choice for more outdoors(vs indoors) or indoor adults (vs kids) pictures, or if you usually print pictures bigger then normal size.

  • Reviewed by: my_girl_friday

    08-28-07

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: -High quality 2.5" LCD display-Long battery life (never received a low battery warning)

    Weaknesses:-No backlight compensation function key-Graphics clutter when navigating/zooming photos on LCD screen-No write capability to memory card

    Overall Evaluation: The F40fd's response to backlighting was very inconsistent; sometimes the flash would go off illuminating the foreground subject, other times it would not and depict the subject as a black silhouette against the sky, window or other light source. My previous digital camera had a separate function key to toggle on/off for backlight without using a flash. Backlighting is the primary challenge for me because my kids don't pay attention to lighting when they decide to do some photo-worthy antics. This alone is a knock-out for me with this camera. When calling up photos on the LCD, the delete function is too close to the photo toggle. A number of times when I thought I was pushing the arrow for next picture, I instead received the "delete image?" prompt. When I could successfully pull up a photo, zoom in and reposition the image, there was no way to turn off the screen graphics for zooming and re-orienting without the photo re-setting to it's original configuration. The interface options could be vastly simplified if Fuji would eliminate the functions that are mere gimmicks, like the "natural light" and simultaneous with and without a flash shot features. During three months of use, I never got a shot with these features that was worth printing. Lastly, many reviewers cite excellent image quality as a key differentiator for the F40fd. This may be true when comparing quality against previous generation models, but for this class of cameras in the 8MP range, image quality to me was average when comparing to those produced by Nikon and Lumix lenses.

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